Last night was dinner and a movie here in the golden state. X-Men 3 was OK, mostly because I would most definitely fornicate with Wolverine. The real treat of the night was seeing these folks from America Needs Fatima.
It’s a shitty picture, I know. (My one big complaint about the Danger Sidekick from T-Mobile is the completely crappy ass camera.) But, you can see the rather large American flag and the protest placards.
Ah, the Da Vinci Code. Yet another movie on a Friday night I dozed through a bit. If I could reason with the–to my mind crazy ass–protesters, I would explain one thing. The only blasphemy in the Da Vinci Code is the over-hyped claim that somehow this work of fiction is credible and frankly good.
It ain’t literature, for sure, and as action and intrigue it’s light years behind something like The Bourne Identity. I’ve checked out a bit of Dan Brown, and he’s not up there with Ludlum or Le Carre or Clancy.
You gotta love the protesters, though. I guess if you believe in miraculous visions of our blessed mother appearing in Portugal, believing a crappy book and movie could shake people’s faith might not be so hard.
For my money the single best Da Vinci Code engendered talking head moment was a couple of humorless folks from Opus Dei on one of the cable news channels. They carefully explained that (a) there ain’t no monks among their group of lay people and priests and (b) they’re not murderous, conspiracy-driven assassins prone to self-flagellation. Come on, people, if you need to explain that there aren’t any sack-cloth-wearing albino hitman in your acquaintance, you might be taking a fictional book too fucking seriously.
I wonder if the flip side of the literalism is a bunch of Christians thinking there really is a lion king on the other side of the closet.
Ah. . . Where so I begin ? AS you know, I believe that the Blessed Mother appeared at Fatima. I do believe it. Also, I saw the DaVinci Code and it was not a great movie. I wish these “Christian” protesters would see the movies before they draw attention to them by protesting them. If they saw say, “Mission Impossible III” and “The Wedding Planner” and THEN went to see the Davinci Code, well, maybe they would have a better understanding of what is crap and what is blasphemy. Also, for the record, Opus Dei is a male only organization which Catholic males join so they can get an annulment from their first wives so they can marry younger more fertile versions of the same model and then still be able to accept communion at Mass.At least , that’s what the 3 memebers of Opus Dei I know did. Fuckers.
Oh, man! You’re just trying to make me feel guilty because I slacked off reading your blog. Ok. Mission accomplished. Do I still get to link whore Billy Bob’s disection of it?
And, Dotty, fuck you. I’m a direct descendent of the guy that founded Opus Day. So, back off!!
Shame on me ! It took me 30 seconds of being totally irate and then I laughed out loud ! Brilliant ! Please extend my greetings to the new wife. . and enjoy your sacrament —FUCKER !!!!!Sorry for the swear Mz. Rob.
Ha. You’re both cracking me up. Hbee, I would only assume you’d whore your alter ego. Be careful or I might out you on the board that shall not be named. Wait, I mean the board you can name.
And, Dorothy, I’m publicly sorry about mocking Fatima. But, man oh man, the website I linked to and the nutty protesters, I don’t think that’s who the blessed mother would be visiting. Unless she was visiting them to clue them into some future smiting.