Claire's review of Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1) > Likes and Comments
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I wanted to hate it too. And I agree that a lot of it is funny, but it's not supposed to be.
Katrina wrote: "You're probably one of those people who don't like it when movies don't follow the book exactly, huh? I try to not take Dan Brown too seriously. Fact and fiction just kind of entwine in his books a..."
I'm actually a big proponent of films that don't follow books, seeing how the two are very different media and attempting a verbatim translation from one to the other would just be unproductive.
I definitely agree that Dan Brown is not an author to be taken seriously, and can completely understand why people enjoy his books. I clearly didn't at the time of writing this review, but I guess that's what reviews are for.
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Jun 12, 2007 10:38pm
I wanted to hate it too. And I agree that a lot of it is funny, but it's not supposed to be.
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Katrina wrote: "You're probably one of those people who don't like it when movies don't follow the book exactly, huh? I try to not take Dan Brown too seriously. Fact and fiction just kind of entwine in his books a..."I'm actually a big proponent of films that don't follow books, seeing how the two are very different media and attempting a verbatim translation from one to the other would just be unproductive.
I definitely agree that Dan Brown is not an author to be taken seriously, and can completely understand why people enjoy his books. I clearly didn't at the time of writing this review, but I guess that's what reviews are for.
