"DaVinci Code"

I'm ridiculously amused at how the Catholic Church and Opus Dei is pissing all over itself about the book.

But I'm more amazed at how much attention "DaVinci Code" is getting. The book itself is pretty crappy. The characters are not riveting. The dialogue is a yawner. And putting Tom Hanks in as the "hero" is about as good a choice as when Tom Hanks won the role of "Sherman McCoy" in "Bonfire of the Vanities".

In fact, the only thing "DaVinci Code" has going for it is the underlying history and mythology and code.

If you're a D.C. fanatic, stop and think and you'll probably agree with me that the book itself is mediocre at best. It's what Brown does with the underlying material that is marvelous.