If this is intellectual, then I am an elephant

Rating: 1/10 (28 May 2006)

Being a university teacher myself, I can only wonder why they call Da Vinci Code "intellectual mystery". There is nothing intellectual about it: the characters are not in a slightest way close to what professors are (in reality they don't own private jets), the plot is as primitive as Hollywood could possibly make it, music is too loud and particularly annoying because it is used to explain the situation on the screen, not to accompany the action, acting is wooden (Ian Mackellen is the only exception).
In short: it's a cliché-laden unsophisticated comic meant to entertain those who don't have any idea of the real complexity of scientific work.
I don't see how this bull's excrement can threaten the foundations of Christianity. If I was Christian, I would feel just annoyed by how talentlessly they are toying with symbols. And also relieved, because the movie makes such a joke of itself, that I could hardly sit it out (the same applies to the book).
If you are in for a really serious intellectual mystery, I suggest you to read Uberto Eco's "Foucault's Pendulum" where the topic of secret societies is treated with irresistible charm.