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All caught up

I am now all caught up with my five TiVoed episodes of 24. It took me three nights, but I did it. I can only watch a little at a time or my hands turn cold and clammy and my heart feels like it might fall out. The suspense is unreal. Now I can’t wait to see how Jack gets himself out this mess. And I hope the First Lady does the right thing, but I don’t think it will improve her life expectancy. Is Audrey’s father still alive? Somehow I think so. These people have more lives than a cat.

Next item…

The lad was passing through the living room when I paused at a DaVinci Code trailer (while I was scanning through another TiVoed program). I stopped to take a look and the lad stopped to watch my reaction.

“Wait,” I said. “Is that....who is that? That can’t be....”

“Yep,” the lad said, “It is.”

“Tom Hanks!?”

The lad wandered away snickering. He’s not a Tom Hanks fan.

I thought the movie might be fun to see. Although I enjoyed reading the book, it’s not exactly a literary masterpiece. I figured a well done movie would remove the distractions of crummy writing. Now I dunno. Whenever I see Tom Hanks I think of Big or Sleepless in Seattle.

A scholarly Tom Hanks with long hair? That’s not working for me.

Posted on 05/03/06 at 09:36 AM
 




pablo

I’ve read Brown’s novel Deception Point, and that did it for me. I can’t imagine hating myself enuf to read any more of his drivel.

United States   Posted by pablo on 05/03/06  at  12:08 PM





Kate

I must a glutton for punishment because I not only read DaVinci Code, but the pre-quel, too. He’s a storyteller. That doesn’t excuse the books, but that was my only expectation in reading them. Which is why I thought the movie should be better than the book. Until they cast Tom Hanks, anyway.

United States   Posted by Kate on 05/03/06  at  03:51 PM





Linkmeister

Wasn’t Hanks a longhair in the FEDEX promo movie?  No room for scholarship there, I agree, but still…

United States   Posted by Linkmeister on 05/03/06  at  08:14 PM





Kate

Yeah, he had wildman long (blond) hair in that movie, along with the supposedly hunky poses in his loincloth. And it made me giggle. But this is a whole different Tom Hanks. Scholarly, urbane...a touch of brainy eccentric. With long dark hair. (Nicely coiffed, though.) It’s too weird. Maybe more distracting than the crummy writing.

United States   Posted by Kate on 05/03/06  at  09:47 PM





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