Say what you will about the context, but this movie did well in following the novel

Rating: 7/10 (20 May 2006)

This type of story has always appealed to me. I honestly don't know why it caused so much controversy. So what if Jesus had a child? God is devine too and he had a son, didn't he? The thing that people need to understand is that Jesus wasn't a Christian. He was Jewish and followed Jewish laws. One of those laws was that they had to have children to obey God's first commandment to 'multiply and replenish the earth.' There is likely no way to prove a bloodline for Christ at this point, but the plot of The DaVinci Code provides an excellent theory of how such a bloodline might be documented. The one thing the movie could have done better in would be in the background of all the hidden clues in famous works of art. It did show the Last Supper and explained that one, but there were many other pieces of art explained in the book that helped the reader see why this theory is so easy to believe. It is the omission of those explanations in the movie that cause me to rate it 7 out of 10. I am hoping there will be an extended version available when it comes out on DVD.
Look at this movie as fiction. It is exploring a theory as provable as the thousands of JFK assassination theories. Regardless of what your faith causes you to believe, you can't deny that the points Dan Brown makes in his book are very intriguing and worth thinking about. Believing that Christ had a child and was married doesn't make you any less Christian. Just remember that Christ was a Jew and followed different laws than you do. You also have to remember that the Bible was voted on by men and not assembled by a devine being. You can't discount the fact that more clarification about Jesus and his life could exist and weren't included in the Bible.
If you liked the book then you won't be disappointed in the movie. It leaves some things out and it tweaks the end a bit, but there isn't anything missing that would lose someone who doesn't have the background of the novel. It was an enjoyable movie that I look forward to adding to my collection.