Did/will you see the Da Vinci Code?

[Compatriot]

I saw it last night, it was fine. The book is much more one sided but it is obvious they have infused a good amount more level thinking in Tom Hanks' character. I don't know who's decision that was, but it was nice.


Is anyone gonna see it? Has anyone else seen it already?

[StillSmallVoice]

Saw it and liked it.  Not having read the book, I can't comment on the comparison, but after seeing the movie I wondered:  What's all the fuss?  It's a story!  If the Church is concerned about some alternate portrayal of the Gospel, then it's up to us to do a better job of spreading The Real Thing!

When "The Last Temptation of Christ" came out in the late 80s, the congregation of which I was part was up in arms and wanted to picket.  Fine.  But where were they on Saturday mornings for our weekly neighborhood door-to-door invites?  Good thing Jesus went about "preaching the Gospel of God" (Mark 1:14) instead of organizing pickets of Roman paganism!

[Compatriot]

In the book there is no decenting voice. In the scene in the library with Tom Hanks and Liam Neison they have a debate about the Council of Nicea and such and Tom Hanks continually parrots out a bunch of stuff the Catholic Church has been saying for a couple centuries. In the book this is completely absent, everything is much more one-sided. I think the funniest thing is that the Albino Community is getting all up in arms about Silas. It is as if the Blonde community protested about Sophia (I don't know the actresses name), wasn't allowed to be casted blonde because that fits the stereotype of Blondes being dumb.

A little side note, does the Bible ever mention Albinos? I was racking my brain but I couldn't think of anything.