Why all the controversy?

Rating: 7/10 (22 May 2006)

The Da Vinci Code/2006/***
Main Stars: Tom Hanks Ian McKellen Paul Bettany Audrey Tautou Jean Reno Alfred Molina
Every single person in the United States knows that this film has caused more controversy than any film in decades and decades. I don't listen to one word those people say. They might as well shut it because no one is listening to them and if anyone is listening to the people who waste their breath they're in the crowds shouting like lunatics like all the others. I think the unnecessary ranting and raving should stop because now it's just getting ridiculous. "IT'S BLASPHEMY! DON'T BELIEVE ONE WORD OF IT! DON'T SEE IT OR YOU'LL GO STRAIGHT TO HELL IN BURN IN ITS FIRING, EVIL DEPTHS!" the overly-melodramatic people roar. I will have to say for the sixth trillionth time, it's FICTION! Do NOT blame Dan Brown or Ron Howard, one of THE BEST directors of all time besides Spielberg and don't blame the actors either or the screenwriter, Akiva Goldsman who does wonderful scriptwriting for several Howard films. I also have discussed the film with three of my teachers and they all believe it is FICTION and should really be left alone and not be insulted the way it is. No, when I talked to the teachers, they said they hadn't seen it yet but they are planning on it. So even the TRUE CATHOLIC SCHOOL teachers aren't making as big a deal about it as much as these extremely annoying protesters that are really starting to get on my last nerves. But yet I tell a few students that I had seen the film and they gasp and say it is against our religion. Is it? Yes. Is it FICTION? YES! It shouldn't be offending the Catholic Church or our Lord. You know why? Because it wasn't us that thought of the theory. It was Da Vinci who thought that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and had a child and that the famous painting The Last Supper proved it. All the movie is is a fiction. A fiction with fictional characters and crisis
THE FILM: The film was far-fetched and entertaining at the same time as was the great National Treasure which I thought was much better than what the critics thought. It contained a murder mystery and also contained a few secrets which I obviously will not reveal The murder mystery was an old man that supposedly had to tell an albino (Paul Bettany) this information that is later explained in the film. The albino is part of the religious membership Opus Dei which is another religious group besides others that are mentioned in the film. Opus Dei also includes French actor Jean Reno playing the captain named Captain Fache. It also includes a bishop named Bishop Aringarosa (Alfred Molina) who also seems to be part of the Opus Dei scheme. Opus Dei seems to be portrayed as the criminal group here or at least in my eyes it is because it tries to seize the Priory of Sion's secret which is a secret religious organization. Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) is the one to solve the murder mystery. The ones that find the body pick Langdon because they think he is an expert on examining religious symbols. He is a quite impressive symbologist! His photographic memory also comes in handy during the investigation. Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou) is the woman who is gifted with wonderful experience in cryptology and who also is the woman who joins forces with Langdon with this murder mystery. The symbols and codes they find and try to find lead up to the Priory of Sion and what it is. And unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher puzzle in time everything will be pretty much be lost. And that's not good. So it kept you going with intense, preposterous scenes and even some humor from which you wouldn't expect it from, Ian McKellen as Sir Leigh Teabing. He was a very interesting character that seemed very wise and yet it was a surprising end that involved him but obviously it is not fair to tell unless you've already read the book. The reason why I'm not making this movie review as long as some of the others I write is because most of the film is secret so if I say too much you have just been told a secret from the film and you will blame me for spoiling the film for you. My lips and words are shut about the film's story now. The movie was not excellent but it was not stupid either as some of the anti-'Da Vinci' think. I thought it was good and Ron Howard, as I said in my Cinderella Man review, is becoming better and better and will soon be the Steven Spielberg of film. Movie directed by Ron Howard.