How Did Opus Dei In The UK React To The Da Vinci Code Film?

A UK Director of Opus Dei, Jack Valero, advised people going to see The Da Vinci Code film to "take a pillow and a good magazine" because it is so "incredibly boring".

In a talk to Roman Catholics in Hull in the summer of 2006, Jack Valero said he could "hardly keep awake" but was amused by the plot.

"There is the anagram in one of the paintings, in the Mona Lisa I think where it says, 'So dark, the con of man,'" Mr. Valero said. "And we had this idea that we should rename this, 'So dull, the con of Dan.' Because for me, the film was so incredibly boring.

"It was so long. I mean there was a car chase at the beginning and I thought wow. And that was it, that's the end of the excitement.

"Before the film we said look, go and enjoy yourself, this is going to be a great film but don't believe any of it. And we stopped saying that after we watched the film and said, 'Please if you go to the film take a pillow and then don't believe any of it.' Take a pillow and a good magazine.