Of confusing boredom

Rating: 1/10 (19 August 2008)

The thesis of the film is the same as in the book of Dan Brown. Jesus was married to Maria Magdalena and produced a child with her. After the crucifixion Maria fled with the child to France where she founded the dynasty of the Merovingian kings. In them the blood of Jesus lives on. Emperor Constantin has manipulated the Bible to make Jesus to God and ban the women from leadership of the church. Maria Magdalena leads on the godly line of the Egyptian Isis cult. In the film it is Leigh Teabing to explain the theory. Teabing is an anagram of the name "Baigent". Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh are authors of discussed Qumran and Gral-books. Their erroneous assertions were rejected by experts. But Dan Brown was inspired by them. He assembles in his book the full offer oft the actual Christian conspiracy theories: Templer knights, Maria Magdalena married to Jesus, Symbols of Da Vinci, Opus Dei, the Holy Grail. That is the fabric for millions to watch in the cinema. How is this proved to be true? With mysterious signs, alleged suppressed informations, hints on Da Vince paintings and reinterpretation of church history. Browns and the films conspiracy theory swims on top of the superficial, religious, tolerant spirit of the post modernism with an anti-Christian spearhead. Not like Brown director Howard shows Robert Langdon rather as a skeptic, not so much as a follower of the grail-theory. Before the start of the film, star Tom Hanks stated: "If you take a film  even a hundred million dollar production  for hard cash, you make a big mistake!" Right so! The story remains what it is. A play of irritation and a confusing labyrinth. But the film shows also what the book is, a fictive novel!