today i did something different. i skipped choir practice :) yup.. i was supposed to be at st paul tonight 'coz we had choir practice with members of sgs and oasis of love for the upcoming pentecost celebration. but i already made a "movie date" with mom and dad for the evening so.. goodbye choir prax :pi know lots of stuff's been said about "da vinci code" - both the book and the movie. i've read the book.. and today i've seen the movie. what can i say?! this is one of those rare times when i actually prefer the movie version to the book.
now, many people condemn dan brown for writing the oh-s0-controversial book. and most of them condemn the movie version as well.. even without having watched it. but i think that's totally unfair. i mean, hey.. i'm a christian. i firmly believe in God and am active in service. but considering the movie objectively, i can honestly say i see nothing wrong with the way it's been made. i did not find it dragging, nor did i find it offensive. it was, just as any other good *fictional* movie, entertaining and well-made.
the movie was a whole lot better than the book - for me, at least. (i especially liked that dialogue between langdon and sophie near the end of the movie - i think it was one of the redeeming qualities of "da vinci code" movie which i did not find in the book).
was my faith in God shaken after having read the book? no. after watching the movie?! heck, NO! as our spiritual director, fr. mario, once said.. "kung matapos mong mapanood ang 'da vinci code' ay kukuwestyunin mo na ang ilang taon mo nang pinaniniwalaan at pinananampalatayanan.. aba, isa lang ang ibig sabihin nun: MABABAW KA!"
'nuff said :)
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