The Da Vinci Code

[magician]

I went to see the movie last night and Audrey Tautou was so doable. Anyone else thought of the same thing?

I enjoyed the movie although the process it which they solved the puzzles seem really rushed. The thinking process in the book was a lot more interesting than the movie. Also, I was a bit disappointed to see Ron Howard has used the same technique in highlighting the clues in the puzzles in this movie as in A Beautiful Mind (another movie by him 5 years ago), the part where Nash helped the Department of Defense to decipher the intercepted Russian encrypted code.

 

[Kev]

I read a lot of books but never was interested in reading this one. Saw the movie though but didn't understand why the Priory wanted to keep the whole thing a secret. Did they feel it was their job to help perpetrate the church's lie? If they wanted to protect Jesus' bloodline it would seem the safest way to do that would be to make it public. And whats the deal after 2000 years there's only 1 descendant left? There should be a hundred thousand they better get some jizz in that girl pronto.

Hard to explain but i'll give it a try.

The way the book explains it is Jesus was a regular dude (ie. not perfect, not the son of God etc) and it was the Catholic church that built him up to the God like figure that we know him today. If it was learned that Jesus was a mear man than that would shoot down everything the church has been preaching all these years. So they would need to keep it quite.

Anyone else with some thoughs?

therealalex how'd you like the movie? Ebert and Roper gave it two thumbs up.

 

[Sexy BBW]

Hard to explain but i'll give it a try.

The way the book explains it is Jesus was a regular dude (ie. not perfect, not the son of God etc) and it was the Catholic church that built him up to the God like figure that we know him today. If it was learned that Jesus was a mear man than that would shoot down everything the church has been preaching all these years. So they would need to keep it quite.

Anyone else with some thoughs?

therealalex how'd you like the movie? Ebert and Roper gave it two thumbs up.

I share the same thoughts

 

[wolverine]

I went to see the movie last night and Audrey Tautou was so doable. Anyone else thought of the same thing?

I had those same thoughts of Audrey when she starred in Amelie.

And whats the deal after 2000 years there's only 1 descendant left? There should be a hundred thousand they better get some jizz in that girl pronto.

It was mentioned in the book that Jesus' royal family in France was subjected to assassinations and purges by the Vatican. Plus don't forget that the French Revolution killed off most of their royal families and aristocrats, and that was just over 200 years ago.

 

[sirlickheralot]

Saw the movie though but didn't understand why the Priory wanted to keep the whole thing a secret. Did they feel it was their job to help perpetrate the church's lie? If they wanted to protect Jesus' bloodline it would seem the safest way to do that would be to make it public.

You could argue that since for most of the 2000 years they kept the secret there was no mass media or internet there wouldn't really have been any safe way to disseminate this information to the masses before the Church swooped in and destroyed all the evidence. You would need the means to show the evidence to more than a couple of hundred or even a couple of thousand people for it to have any real impact on the Church. If the Church was able to destroy the evidence before it was widely known they could then just pass it off as a hoax.

 

[therealrex]

Hard to explain but i'll give it a try.

The way the book explains it is Jesus was a regular dude (ie. not perfect, not the son of God etc) and it was the Catholic church that built him up to the God like figure that we know him today. If it was learned that Jesus was a mear man than that would shoot down everything the church has been preaching all these years. So they would need to keep it quite.

Anyone else with some thoughs?

therealalex how'd you like the movie? Ebert and Roper gave it two thumbs up.

I enjoyed the movie but I still had some logic problems with the things I've mentioned as well as why would he move the remains from the church after it was safe there for a thousand years to the Louvre when that Rose line seemed like such an obvious clue. Also Tom Hanks solving the Apple clue seemed kinda lame like he has some massive robot brain or something.

 

[westwoody]

the Catholic church that built him up... If it was learned that Jesus was a mear man than that would shoot down everything the church has been preaching all these years.

Jews,Muslims and others dispute the divinity of Jesus. There are other accounts of the life of Jesus besides the bible, look at all the stuff that has been weeded out.
Peter claimed that Jesus left him "in charge", and today's popes like to call themselves the "Vicar of Christ". So the whole authority of the church is based on the claim that they are God's chosen successors. If Jesus was not divine, their claims of moral authority are invalid.

 

[therealrex]

It was clear why the church wanted to keep it covered up but the movie at least never explained the connection between the Priory and the church. Why were all these intellects like Leonardo and Newton Guardians of the Priory when most of them spent their lives at odds with the Vatican they'd be the first ones to reveal the secret and destroy the church.

 

[Yuppie]

I went to see the movie last night and Audrey Tautou was so doable. Anyone else thought of the same thing?

Just saw the movie today - wasn't as good as the book (but again, it is hard to cram it into less than 3 hours. But quite a decent movie - but I think you need to have read the book to fully follow and understand the movie.

Yes, Audrey was such a cutey in that movie (with her cute French accent), Hanks should have done her.

 

[Kev]

It was clear why the church wanted to keep it covered up but the movie at least never explained the connection between the Priory and the church. Why were all these intellects like Leonardo and Newton Guardians of the Priory when most of them spent their lives at odds with the Vatican they'd be the first ones to reveal the secret and destroy the church.

Read the book certain events you don't understand will be alot more clearer. Others are so vague that i don't even think DB could explain them.

 

[sirlickheralot]

It was clear why the church wanted to keep it covered up but the movie at least never explained the connection between the Priory and the church. Why were all these intellects like Leonardo and Newton Guardians of the Priory when most of them spent their lives at odds with the Vatican they'd be the first ones to reveal the secret and destroy the church.

Kev is right reading the book makes the movie easier to understand. I think the objective of the Priory was more about trying to reform the church rather than destroy it. The priory in Dan Browns story were Christians who saw Jesus as a prophet like Mohammad was to the Muslims rather than the son of god. They saw Mary Magdalen as his rightful and choosen successor and someone to be worshiped. If they weren't Christian there would be no point in trying to protect the heirs of Jesus, the documents were all they would really need to discredit the church.

 

[sdw]

Well, the movie doesn't live up to the hype. Should have rented a Disney movie at Blockbusters. Would have got more out of it.

 

[Oldfart]

It pissed me off that Ron Howard had Robert Langdon disagreeing with Teabing's account of history when Dan Brown had him supporting it. I think Howard wussed out due to pressure from the establishment, as did Brown, who was a producer of the flick. Which goes to show, it's all about money...

 

[Yuppie]

Ok, it was a matter of time before this happened.

(I'd watch it just for Eva Angelista alone).