Saturday, May 20, 2006

The Da Vinci Code...

Just watched The Da Vinci Code.



Fantastic story with a complex plot that can rival Lord Of The Rings and interesting enough to engage you throughout the show. But ultimately, the plot is simply imaginery. To me, the whole story consists of a lot of facts put together in a sequence invented by Dan Brown. That is all.

I must admit the story is damn fascinating and engage the mind tightly. A simple message left by a dead person can lead to a BIG secret about Jesus is nothing but... cool. The story is trying to convince us that churchs over the world is preaching something that was modified some 2000 years ago, which literally means that the churchs is lying to everyone. Than it support this theory with a lot of facts, with real people and real objects being named, like Sir Issac Newton or the Last Supper painting. I have no doubts over most of the facts being mentioned but some are simply plain bullshit and it is rather obvious.

One example is that in the Last Supper painting, one of the person in the painting is Jesus's wife. Wow. I didn't know the idea of gay originated from Jesus. (To all Christians, no offence here). I mean, Jesus don't have a female disciple. Okay, maybe he has. But she is definitely not featured in the Last Supper painting ya? So it is obviously bullshit right?

Than the other one is about a Pope presiding over a Knight's funeral. In the story it was revealed that the Pope is Alexandar Pope and the Knight is Sir Issac Newton itself. But to my fullest knowledge, i never knew that two Popes can coexist. Futhermore, Sir Newton funeral was not presided by a Pope.

However, if we don't don't debate about the plot, there are certain things in the movie which i like a lot. I like the part where they mention about knights. Anything about knights never fail to fascinate me. Than the movie show you excellent scenary of churchs and its fantasic architecture. Again, european-style architecture never fail to amaze me too. That is why i say it is a great movie. =p

There are other things which sounds real but once you check out historic records, you know it is plain bullshit. My conclusion is that The Da Vinci Code is a great movie, just like any other blockbuster. However, it is really up to you whether you want to view it as a movie that feed you with facts or simply another movie that is for entertainment sake. I would choose the latter. =)