Re: OT: art and language and THE DAVINCI CODE

Dirk:
> On Monday, June 2, 2003, at 03:00  PM, Andreas Johansson wrote:
>
> > Quoting "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>:
> >
> >> Similarly, to this day I don't understand all the fuss over "The
> >> Matrix".  Great visual effects, impressive action sequences,
> >> laughably silly premise, passable acting and writing - enjoyable,
> >> but hardly "the thinking person's science fiction movie", as I
> >> heard it touted repeatedly
> >
> > The Matrix may very possibly have the worst plot of any movie I've
> > seen. "The
> > thinking person's SF movie"? Armagedon (sp?) makes more sense ..
>
> IMO, the appelation "the thinking person's SF movie" can only belong to
> "2001: A Space Odyssey"
I find Star Trek's preoccupation with ethics (& to a lesser extent,
epistemology) more thought-provoking than 2001's mysticism.

--And.