Book was better well shot though

Rating: 5/10 (30 January 2008)

I had read the book the Da Vinci Code before seeing the movie therefore the movie version was somewhat of a disappointment. Perhaps if I had seen the movie without reading the book I would have a better predilection for it. The Da Vinci Code in both the movie and book is hidden in the subliminal imagery of Leonardo Da Vinci's paintings. According to Dan Brown the Da Vinci Code is the secret of Jesus' marriage and holy bloodline. However, although this is widely accepted as the Da Vinci Code, Scholars and researchers of this topic know that this in fact isn't the true Da Vinci Code. If you look at Da Vinci's paintings you can see that he hated the holy family as he always painted himself with his back facing the Madonna and child. So, yes the theory of Jesus being married is in Leonardo's work but it isn't the most important hidden message. The real Da Vinci is hidden most perceptibly in two of his paintings: "The Madonna of the Rocks" and "The Adorning of the Magi" Da Vinci believed that the true Messiah was John the Baptist and that Jesus Christ selfishly "took his place" in a matter of speaking.
Well the movie was acceptable although a lot of key elements from the book were left out and I didn't agree with the casting. I pictured other actors/actresses for some of the characters. Despite all of this the film was adequate. I particularly really liked two scenes: The first being towards the end of the film when he's solving the cryptex and reveals that "the missing orb from Sir Isaac Newton's tomb that fell from the heaven's with rosy flesh and seeded womb" was an apple! I have admiration for clever wordplay so I appreciated that riddle. The other scene was the last scene because of how it was shot with the motif of his voice narrating the riddle as he's solving it and the final realization that he had found the sarcophagus of Mary Magdalene.