While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci -- clues visible for all to see -- yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.
DA
VINCI opens with
incredible $224 million
"The Da Vinci Code" proved to be a major
blockbuster grossing $77 million over the weekend making
it the 13th biggest USA opening of all time. Bigger than
the opening of “The Passion of the Christ. ”It's
the biggest opening of 2006, $9 million ahead of "Ice
Age: the Meltdown." "Da Vinci" did even better overseas,
where it had the biggest foreign opening of all time. Worldwide
box office was $224 million, the fourth biggest ever. However as
Daily Variety notes, “All three pics that opened
larger - Star Wars: Episode III, Lord of the Rings: Return of the
King, and War of the Worlds - bowed on a Wednesday or Thursday,
giving them a head start.”
People are hungry for this kind of spiritual movie.
Release Date: May 19, 2006 Studio: Columbia Pictures Director: Ron Howard
Screenwriter: Akiva Goldsman Starring: Tom Hanks, Jean Reno, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina, Paul Bettany Genre: Thriller MPAA Rating: Not Available Official Website: SoDarktheConofMan.com
While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci -- clues visible for all to see -- yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.
Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion -- an actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others.
In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who seems to anticipate their every move. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Priory's ancient secret -- and an explosive historical truth -- will be lost forever.
We
all struggle with or against faith (one way or another) and what
we should do as a result—and Sophie, at least, matures
into her role as a descendent of Jesus Christ. She is a stark
contrast to Silas, who seeks redemption through self-flagellation,
while never coming to a knowledge of the truth.
— Continue
To
start with, I was disappointed. Not that the Da Vinci Code wasn’t
a “good” movie, more so that it wasn’t a “great” movie.
With all the hype I had expected something more than I got. Maybe
that was the problem -- all the hype had built up my expectations
beyond what the movie delivered.
— Continued
The
power of THE DA VINCI CODE
lies
not on secular ears, but on Christian’s action.
In
the theater I was tempted to snicker out loud and moan and groan
at the “Dejesusfying” parts. I wanted badly to stand
up to the screen and yell blasphemy and throw the over priced
popcorn at Leigh Teabing. But doing that wouldn’t help
anything. In fact it would make the negative image of Christianity
the movie tries to present perfectly accurate.
— Continue
I
find it ironic that the one thing no one anticipated from this
movie is that it would turn out to be so bad. Of course, how
could it? It has such a high caliber of talent; Oscar winners
both behind the camera and on the screen. There’s even
an Oscar in the closet of the screenwriter, so surely this would
be the summer event movie of the year, right? Well...not so much...
— Continued
Well,
Jesus Christ had a daughter.
The Church is full of liars.
Christianity
is actually based upon pagan religions. Jesus died 'for the betterment
of humanity.' So, what question is left unanswered. Perhaps this
one: What is the worst part of The Da Vinci Code? There are several
possibilities, so let me sift through some of them for you.
— Continued
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