Choosing Between the DaVinci Code and Over the Hedge

Barbara Nicolosi made a suggestion that has caught fire around the blogosphere. Instead of going to see the DaVinci Code go to see Over the Hedge.

But wait a minute.

Have y'all seen the trailers for Over the Hedge?

*shudder*

I've been dreading that children's movie for longer than I've been dreading the DaVinci Code.

So we should pay to go see one bad movie to make our objections against another bad movie? Hmmm ... I object strenuously to either being encouraged with our hard earned cash.

How about this? Her adoration idea is a good one. Let's all either go to adoration or, if that doesn't work for your schedule, stay home. Either way you're not pay for any intelligence-insulting dreck whether directed toward adults or children.

While you're home you can catch up on the summer blockbusters and why you might (or might not) want to watch them. I liked this about the DaVinci Code.

"What it's about: In the film adaptation of Dan Brown's mega-bestselling thriller, Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou follow a series of cryptic art-world clues to a long-kept religious secret.

Why it's probably a waste of time: Wasn't reading Brown's stilted, tortured prose bad enough, without having to hear Hanks declaim it too?

Why it might be worth seeing anyway: Given the film's massive budget, it's likely to look really, really good onscreen. Also, if everyone in the country goes to see it, maybe they'll finally burn out on Da Vinci Code fever and America can get a new national obsession.

Suggested alternate activity: Reading a good book, wishing someone would make a movie out of that instead."