Well… went and saw The Da Vinci Code with Ben and Marcus and there’s much to be said about this film but not much to be said at the same time. The movie is supposed to be controversial. I was not supposed to waste my time and see it, and maybe to some extent I did. I do know this: after seeing the Da Vinci Code my faith in God is just as strong if not stronger. The only thing controversial about this movie is the various twists in the plot. I thought I was watching Mission Impossible. I do have to say that the scenery was very eloboarate and well filmed, however, that’s about all this movie has going for it. Religious implications aside from this movie, I just couldn’t get behind these characters. There was a lack of emotional connection. I wouldn’t have cared if any of them were killed.
As you may see, this is going to be a longer post than the average movie, but heh you make a movie that is supposed to reveal the “dark con of man” then you will hear it from me. Anyway, where was I… Without giving a lot away on this movie, from a Christian perspective I feel this movie tried very hard to take away the essence of faith in Jesus. This doesn’t work very well with me. With that in mind, this movie tried to use real history to drive home this point, and let me tell you, it really tried. Lastly, this movie truly couldn’t have done a better job of tring to confuse the mess out of you. Dan Brown is an excellent fictional writer. He writes novels that use factual events to come up with a story. This is not an original concept. Look at the highest grossing movie of all time, the Titanic. Nothing about the love story in that movie was true. The sinking of the Titanic was and it was used to make this movie believable.
There are so many more I can think of right off hand that use real events to make the movie: Saving Private Ryan, Forrest Gump, Glory, Braveheart, Jurrasic Park, The Patriot, and Jarhead are just a few that I can think of. Yeah, most of these are war time movies but if I thought hard enough I could think of some different ones that use different topics, but my point is still clear. Writers, Filmakers, pretty much any creative story teller use real life events or ideas in their work. Why? Because that is what the audience will relate to. Look at any film or book and look for any simlarities to real life. It will be hard to find one that doesn’t connect in some way to a real life element. Geez, even Sci-Fi has connections to real life.
Bottom line, The Da Vinci code has never claimed that the events in the movie are true. On Dan Brown’s own website he answers this question: How Much of the Novel is true? The Da Vinci Code is a novel and therefore a work of fiction. [read the rest on the link]. This comment here is what makes me sad. Many people to this day will want to believe the creativity of this man and not the words of the Creator. The Da Vinci Code (film/book/whatever) is fiction. It is just like any other film that uses historical and factual evidence to tell a story. It is not a documentary, there is no narrator, it doesn’t really make that much sense to be honest. Heck, Flight 93, which is to come out later this year, will have more truth in it than the Da Vinci Code. Soooo with all that in mind, I give this movie a 5 out of 10. I think it’s an interesting point he tries to elaborate on, but there is no real plot here and no real emotional connection for me in this movie. If you tend to question anything in this movie, honestly seek the truth and you will find it.