I can't quite wrap my head around all of the contraversy surrounding this movie. The folks over at Opus Dei are all in a tizzy about Ron Howard's refusal to insert a disclaimer at the intro to the upcoming 'Davinci Code' movie. They are wanting the disclaimer to say that "any similarity with reality is purely coincidental". There have also been many publications that are aimed at debunking the content of Dan Brown's work. One such example is '20 Big Lies in the Davinci Code' (Charisma Magazine).
I'm very intrigued on why there is such a huge backlash against a story which is admittedly a WORK OF FICTION.
According to dictionary.com....
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fic·tion
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n)n.
- An imaginative creation or a pretense that does not represent actuality but has been invented.
- The act of inventing such a creation or pretense.
- A lie.
- A literary work whose content is produced by the imagination and is not necessarily based on fact.
- The category of literature comprising works of this kind, including novels and short stories.
- Law. Something untrue that is intentionally represented as true by the narrator.
Seriously...all these people screaming that this fictional story isn't acurate. No bloody kidding. Such another great waste of time, money, news, and patience. These, unfortunately, are signs of the times.
2 comments:
Well stated....Trish
I think the biggest complaint that most devout Catholics would have with this book is that on the bottom of the first page is this sentence:
"All descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents, and secret rituals in this novel are accurate."
So for a work of fiction, the author explicitly says that the events that take place isn't true, everything else is. Which for some Catholics, that might be a problem. The book goes on to pretty much villify the Catholic church and the Vatican along with a group called Opus Dei, a deeply devout sect. I would go on to describe more but, it's a decent book that I wouldn't want to spoil it. But it does raise interesting questions and therein lies the problem. Me personally? I couldn't care less. These are probably the same people who shout, "Harry Potter is Satan!"
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