My friend Bunny and I went to see The Da Vinci Code. I had read the book (by Dan Brown) [1] a couple of years ago, and as I explained to my friend Hoade (who's written a book (Ain't That America) [2]) that the writing was bad—amateurish, choppy, simple vocabulary, chapters that were at most four pages or so, wooden charaters, and I was able to guess the next “reveal” before the characters did (except for the identity of “The Teacher”).
In short, a really bad book.
But, as I futher explained, one that I (and fourty zillion other people) couldn't put down. Not only a fast read, but a real page turner (so Dan Brown, the author, did something right).
So it was with rather low expectations that I went to the film, and given such low expectations, it was rather good [3]. A decent mindless escapist entertaining piece of film, but not for those of you who don't want the divinity of Jesus Christ called into question.
[1] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400079179/conmanlaborat-20
[2] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0595095291/conmanlaborat-20