Da Vinci Code

I find it a bit sad that anyone sees the need for a Catholic boycott of the Da Vinci Code film. Why would any Catholic care to waste time in a film like this to begin with?

I can understand the Catholic urge to patronize crap that is nice and pious. After, we might find the message worthy, even though the artistry is cringe-worthy. Fine. We give them $10 and a couple of hours of our miserable lives, a couple of hours we will never get to have back again...anyway, and think, "well, that was a stinkbomb, but their hearts are in the right place and maybe next time they will make a movie that is only mildly atrocious." They won't, but it never hurts to be optimistic.

But if an overblown Hollywood film comes out with a preposterous premise, why would we bother? I can't even see the need to discuss it (please note that this post, in spite of its title, is not about it at all, rather about the sad fact that Catholics, as much as anybody else, seem to have the urge to toss away money and time on crappy film). A boycott? Irrelevant. I have the same inclination to see this dud as I do any film by Steven Spielberg, which is none. Yawn. I have Wings of Desire on DVD, which I am almost always in the mood to watch. Why would I spend money on a film simply because all of the idiots around the watercooler are talking about it?