TDVC

You’ve waited for almost a week now for Casey’s take on “The DaVinci Code,” well today is that glorious day – well, maybe not “glorious,” but whatever =).

I was sort of expecting multitudes of DaVinci followers to show up in costume or something. But I couldn’t find any of them. There appeared to be little reaction to the film at all – good or bad. The movie played for 2.5 hours, the lights brightened up, and everyone left the theater. There was no applause. No shouting. No Hooray’s. I honestly felt that most people were bored with the movie. They were glad it was over – maybe glad to have seen it – but glad it was over nonetheless.

Personally, I was not bored for a single moment. But I’m not an ordinary person either =). My motivation for watching TDVC was completely different than most folks: I was there so that I could give a meaningful response to the film. I gave the movie my full attention and was fascinated by it.

Tom Hanks and Ian McKellen were great, as always. McKellen’s reasons for playing Teabing were obvious: so that he could play the most anti-Christian role in the film. What I did not expect was how offended I would be at hearing the many heresies brought out in the film. I wanted to scream out of pure frustration. Thankfully, I don’t think many people bought it. Tom Hanks’ character, Langdon, played a much more conservative role than in the book. In fact, Hanks’ character served as the only challenge to TDVC’s theories. Contrary to the book, this left the strong impression that TDVC’s theories were indeed fiction, and nothing more. Praise God for that.

If you are an unbeliever, or an undiscerning believer – I do not recommend this film.

If you are a discerning believer – I do recommend this film.

After the movie, me and the two friends I was with tried to witness to a Mormon who was with us. Our strategy was quite simple really: talk about the film, and the conversation will naturally turn towards the gospel. Isn’t it amazing how apologetically minded Christians think alike? Unfortunately this LDS fellow was completely unwilling to even talk about the movie. I’ve never seen such unwillingness before. We certainly could have forced the conversation, but that would have been casting pearls before swine. Pray for this young LDS guy.

I wonder what a Latter-day Saint’s perspective of “The DaVinci Code” would look like? What would they find offensive? Early Mormon leaders taught that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene … which is an interesting fact to consider. Anywho, just food for thought.

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