From the day it rocks , so much controversy over a film that has been said over and over again to be fiction (as is the book). First and foremost this is a work of fiction, both the movie and the book. Just watching the Discovery Channel and A&E on the DaVinci Code tell you that the ’facts’ in the book and movie are not true. …
There are numerus places in the book and movie where anyone who has done any study of the Bible and Christian history has to say ’Where did they get that stupid idea?’ They are both works of FICTION. Yes, Fiction. It is not a comedy so you will not find humor in the movie. It is not an action movie so there is not a lot of car crashes or chase scenes in this movie. It is a conspiracy theory thriller and that is what we get.
As a fiction story , this movie was very well done. Filmed very well, and in many beautiful locations. The acting is also done very well. The characters have a good chemistry together..
Tom Hanks is portraying a bookworm not an Indiana Jones and does a good job of it. Paul Bettis did a wonderful job of portraying the Albino Monk. Although the film had very good acting and a very creative plot, however, there is a lot of breaking down of christians. …
The movie basically portrays Catholics as evil people who are trying to cover up a lie. This movie rips Christianity and Catholocism up, chews it up, and spits it out. They base the their theory on Davinci’s painting ’The Last Supper.’ They act like the painting was a portrait of the last supper, as if Davinci was there painting it.
The fact is, Davinci was born over 1, 300 years after the death of Christ. The painting was Leonardo’s interpretation. And, where in the Bible does it say that Mary Magdellan was Jesus’ wife? It says that she was his ’companion’, but the book that they reffered to was not written in Greek, but in Aramaic. The Greek translation of ’companion’ literally means ’Spouse.’ But, the Aramaic translation actually means ’friend.’ I think that when Leonardo painting the female looking person in his painting, he was painting John. The Bible said that John was a beautiful man. A beautiful man possesses feminine traits. Also, in the picture, how many people were there? The answer is 13. That means that if Jesus and all twelve disciples were there, there would be no room left for Mary.
The most exciting—and best filmed—sequence in the movie—ensues when Sophie careens her mini car in reverse down a crowded street. Basically the movie imitates the book but lacks the book’s tension. Ian McKellen brings depth to his role by the revolutionary expedient of smiling and even chuckling.
But still The DaVinci Code is what it is, a 2.5 hour Saturday matinee for grown ups. I enjoyed the movie, it is a good work of fiction that keeps you thinking and paying attention to it. When I came out of the movie everyone was saying that they thought it was great.