Like the millions of other people world wide I flocked to see the Da Vinci Code this weekend. I enjoyed it and thought they did a good job of not making an overy wordy, exposition filled movie. I did find it to be smart, interesting and reasonably faithful to the book. I can see why religous leaders are up in arms. Mr. Brown makes a compelling and easily believable suggestion that there was a Mrs. Jesus and little rug rat Jesi and there are decendents of Jesus among us today. Those of us with limited theological backgrounds don't find this suggestion horrific or ghastly.
Even if you believe that Jesus or "Jeeze" as his close friends called him was divine and the son of God - I don't see anything in his Divineness that would have prevented him from laying with a woman and bearing children. Sorry Red Staters... God gave us sex and it was man who made it shameful. It wasn't until like the 10th century that Pope's were 'chaste' - before then - I think they were into some pretty kinky stuff.
But I think it's importatnt to remember that it's just a movie. As for a rating - I'd say this one is solidly worth matinee pricing. Of course, I didn't pay a dime... I tricked my pal Yaz into buying my ticket by "losing my way' to the theater and not "having cash" on my person. Hee. She'll never uncover my evil plot to have her pay for everything.
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And your plan would have succeeded if it hadn't been for those meddling kids! Oh, wrong movie.
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