<p>I generally agree with the statement that rarely are the movies as good as the books. One exception in my opinion is To Kill a Mockingbird. I still think after all this time since it came out, that both the book and the movie were wonderful.</p>
<p>Just saw The Da Vincin Code tonight. As a thriller, not a bad movie. Filming was good, and acting - particularly McKellan - was excellent. </p>
<p>I think various details were changed in order to not appear so anti-Catholic. For instance, it is Teabring who states the main thesis as fact, while Langdon is the skeptic. Quite different from the book. </p>
<p>One thing I find rather bizarre - but only a genealogist would even care! - is the theory that there is only one person descended from Jesus. If you assume that the thesis was correct (and it almost seems as if Brown has strong sympathies in that direction), then how could a family determined to carry on, and aware of their importance, only have one member left? After all, the Pilgrims had few people on the Mayflower in the 1600’s, and there are now 4 million descendents of those Pilgrims. </p>
<p>But the Vatican, when it points out the book’s errors, never even mentions that.</p>