Religions > Atheism > Da Vinci Code On Track to be the Most Popular Christian Movie.. Ever!
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"Yang, AthD h.c, Kicking AWOLs Cocaine Snorting Ass" |
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10 Jun 2006 02:32:45 AM |
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Da Vinci Code On Track to be the Most Popular Christian Movie.. Ever! |
On track to outdraw the Passion of the Crepes.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=davincicode.htm
Oh, how's Left Behind III (Freddie vs the Predator) coming along?
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| User: "Roedy Green" |
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| Title: Re: Da Vinci Code On Track to be the Most Popular Christian Movie.. Ever! |
10 Jun 2006 04:38:23 AM |
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On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 00:32:45 -0700, "Yang, AthD (h.c), Kicking AWOL's
Cocaine Snorting *****" <eacmole@/*AWOLBUSH*/mail.com> wrote, quoted or
indirectly quoted someone who said :
On track to outdraw the Passion of the Crepes.
here is my review from imdb.com
http://imdb.com/title/tt0382625/usercomments-1275
2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful :-
James Bond meets Carrie's Mother, 28 May 2006
Author: Roedy Green from Victoria, BC. Canada
I went to the film to see what all the fuss was about. I just about
burst out laughing in the early scenes when I realised this James
Bondian film was being taken as actual fact by some people.
The evil, handsome, masochistic, religious nutcase, almost albino monk
Silas, played by Paul Bettany, ranks up there with the best of the
Bond villains.
The Lourve in Paris dripping with French flavour and French dialog
gave it that snazzy, international, ultra-wealthy, Bondian flavour.
Ian McClellan, as a grail scholar, was a hoot to watch and a treat to
the ear to listen to, especially his line "starting with him".
The movie had more plot twists and double crosses than an Agatha
Christie mystery. You never knew who the good guys were even after the
movie ended. I have never seen a movie with so many competing sets of
villains, each of whom is convinced he is the good guy. You experience
the movie from the point of view of the bewildered Tom Hanks, a mild
mannered university professor swept up into the supercharged world of
Christian fanaticism, where faith justifies any crime. Hanks seems to
be saying over and over to himself "What the heck is going on? Who ARE
these people? Why are they doing this?" This echoes your own
bewilderment. However, the bewilderment is not merely irritating, but
tantalising. You figure that any moment you will figure it out.
The reason the movie is controversial is that it puts not only
individual Christians in a bad light, but the entire religious
establishment. Both the "heroes" and "villains" are equally nuts in
this movie, fueled by ridiculous self-righteousness and exaggerated
importance of trivia.
To me, it was absurd people would kill each other for centuries over a
difference of opinion whether Jesus had a daughter born after his
death.
The rather strained narrative sections use a novel cinematographic
technique of showing history reenacted in a surreal sort of hologram,
with a cast of thousands. Christian viewers had their noses rubbed in
it as Hanks and McKellan reviewed the dark side of the history of the
church, though Hanks lies in claiming science supports the existence
of a historical Jesus.
I found myself wanting to shout out to the actors to "look out" since
again and again they took no precautions whatsoever as danger closed
in on them. It just about drove me crazy how many times the
protagonists were such dolts when it came to self-preservation.
Many things rang false to the point of being silly, e.g. the use of
Halmark Greeting Card English on supposedly medieval Italian
artifacts, and the initial premise, that a dying man would spend his
last hours composing an elaborate religious treasure hunt for his
granddaughter, starting by carving clues into his body, or the utter
lack of security on the famous paintings at the Louvre.
There are some delightful politically correct touches, such as the
advantages of the tiny Smart car, and the use of penis symbolism in
the military.
It's a long movie, but you won't be bored. Just the locations/sets
alone are enough to keep you entertained.
There are a few realistic scenes of ritualistic self flagellation and
mutilation. I had to look away. If you take young children, take
appropriate precautions to avoid terrifying them.
--
Canadian Mind Products, Roedy Green, http://mindprod.com
"It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory."
~ W. Edwards Deming
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