More to Christianity than meets the EYE!

Rating: 4/10 (9 April 2019)

The Vatican 1966 My Maternal Grandparents went on a world wind tour of Europe via the prized fleet luxury vessel " The Queen Mary". Quite a reward for their lifetime of Marriage raising 4 successful children. My Grandparents went on a tour of the Vatican City when my Grandfather felt ill. He told the guide that he felt dizzy and nauseous. The guide told my grandparents to sit in a church and rest . Out of nowhere a Cardinal showed up and asked my Grandparents if they needed some assistance. The Cardinal in his broken English detected a Polish accent by my Grandfather. The Red Clad man of the clothe put his hand on my Grandfather's shoulder as he asked in Polish "Mowisz po polsku?" "Do you speak Polish?" My Grandfathers' blue eye lite up as he responded, "Tak, urodzitem sie tam!" Yes I was born there!" Which town? asked the Cardinal. My Grandfather said Lodz and the Cardinal's eye also went aglow. The Cardinal went on, "I gave my first mass at Holy Name of Jesus Church on Sienkiewicza Street." My Grandfather knew the area of that city well and they broke into conversation in their primary tongues. The Da Vinci Code was a wonderfully written book by Daniel Brown. A great mystery thriller involving the Catholic Church. The book opened my eyes about the origins of Christianity. From the bloodline of Jesus himself to current descendants caused a mass controversy among Christian readers. That being stated, I wondered how Director Ron Howard would cram those many pages into a two and half hour film? On surface the cinematography was superb with location shots around Paris. Our story on the out set grabs your attention with Murder and a chase for the Holy grail. Our two main characters are Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) and Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou) work well together but strictly business here as romance takes a back seat to religious answers dodging authorities. The most recognizable character in all of this the Albino Silas played by Paul Bettany. The Louve curator is found dead lying in a position of a Vitruvian man. Harvard Professor of religious studies (Langdon) is summed to the site. The police Captain Fache (Jean Reno) tells Langdon about the cryptic message left by the body for decoding. To make matters worse The police tie Sophie to the murder of her grandfather the curator and Langdon and Sophie ditch the police and the chase is on which ends up in London. I personally would have preferred a mini series on television but Hollywood has a way of straying, once again, from the narrative switching characters intentions to shorten a screenplay to accommodate time restrictions. Other players to watch for. The versatile Alfred Molina as Bishop Aringarosa and a pivotal player in our story veteran actor Ian McKellan as Sir Leigh Teabing. As for my Maternal Grandparents and their visit to the Vatican, My Grandfather told the Polish Cardinal that he felt queasy so the Cardinal blessed my Grandfather with the sign of the Cross against his far head and short prayer in Latin. My Grandfather apologized and said it wouldn't work, I'm of the Jewish faith. The Cardinal replied, " Where all G-d's Children!" The Cardinal left and all of a sudden My Grandfather felt better. In-fact no complaints of nausea the rest of the trip.