Reply #9: Well, I agree that nothing's in a vacuum, but where does that leave us? [View All]

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It isn't even necessary to compare The Da Vinci Code to any other film; one can view the film and say "this or that opportunity was missed," or "that plot device is hackneyed and unbelievable." These are assessments drawn from one's experience of life and needn't be appeals to previous films or books.

The whole "in terms of the other" mindset is, of course, the misbegotten progeny of postmodernist over-reaching. A thing can stink all by itself, sez I, and The Da Vinci Code is an example of this...