Movie Title: The Da Vinci Code
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (7/10)
Year: 2006
The Da Vinci Code official site: http://www.sodarktheconofman.com/
Ah… the long await release which claimed by many to be the most controversial movie of the year. One that I have no idea what it’s all about. Yeah… the first time I saw the teaser trailer.. I still wonder what it is all about until Brian told me it is based on some famous book, which at that point of time (3-4 months ago) I don’t give a damn about until they release the second trailer.
Well, as far as I am concerned, many country has banned this movie. Which I sometimes fail to understand why. Maybe they really do believe it will devise the very foundation of mankind. I think if your foundations and believe is strong enough, you just won’t shake that easily. And if a movie like this can really shaken your believes and foundation… I see the “YOU NEED HELP” light blinking.
And guess what, for the first time in my life I saw that “uncensored version” word embedded in to some newspaper ad which says they are showing The Da Vinci Code (where it’s being pronounced as The “da vin-chee” Code instead of “da vin-see” by loads of people including me due to mixing up my Vincci shoes with Vinci.
Based on the popular and famous book, The Da Vinci Code is set in Paris which very much focus on the La Musée du Louvre (the largest and most famous museum in the world) and the Saint-Sulpice Church (the largest church in Paris). As it is so noticeable that 80% of the movie is shot during the night (well, I guess it’s to create the ambience.. which on the other side of the story, they can only shoot the movie in the Lourve after it’s closed).
The movie, starring Tom Hanks as a Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and Audrey Tautou as a cryptographer Sophie Neveu. Everything started when Sophie’s grandfather(Jacques Saunière) is being shot in the Lourve and well, his body is being found naked and posed like Da Vinvi’s famous drawing the Vitruvian Man with a Pentagram drawn on his chest with his own blood and some text on the side.
Robert is being assumed as the prime suspect of Jacques death (believe to be the Grand Master of the Priory of Sion). Together, Robert and Sophie uncover all the codes, secrets and whatever not obstacles only to know they landed themselves in to a war, which has been going on since forever. They found out that Jacques Saunière was the Grand Master of the Priory of Sion and therefore knew the hidden location of the “keystone”, which leads to the Holy Grail and documents which would shake the foundation of Christianity and the church. He was killed by Silas(played by Paul Bettany) in an attempt to extract this information from him and eliminate the top members of the Priory of Sion.
While trying to put things to pieces together, they seek help from Sir Leigh Teabing (played by Ian). He is believed to be a person who know the history of the Priory of Sion very well. However, we finally found out that he is the “teacher”, using a phony French accent to hide his identity, and duped Bishop Aringarosa into financing the plan to find the Grail. Teabing believes that the Priory of Sion has broken its vow to reveal the secret of the Grail to the world during the millennium so he plans to steal the Grail documents and reveal them to the world himself.
As Teabing tries to force Sophie to open the cryptex, which she actually din know of the password, Robert decided to help out. Robert secretly opens the cryptex and removes its contents before destroying it in front of Teabing. Teabing is then arrested… which was a joy and relieve for me. And so I tot the movie ended when suddenly….
Bishop Aringarosa is arrested and Silas died while trying to run away from the police. Bishop Aringarosa knew he was being lied to but have no regrets as he believe what he is doing is to save the church.
And… I tot it’s the ending again when suddenly Robert pass the content of the documents to Sophie and they together went to this place called the Rosslyn Chapel. Yeah, there they discover the secret of the Holy Grail. Yes, the Holy Grail was indeed once buried there but was being shifted to somewhere else. Alongside that, many other documents were found and they finally found out that Sophie’s true identity.
And… I tot it’s going to end…. when suddenly Robert got this idea while he was shaving. Yes.. of all times in the day… the night again… Yes… he finally have a clue which leads to where the Holy Grail has been relocated. Yes… at the very beginning place he ever been. The Grail is buried beneath the small pyramid (the “blade”, a male symbol) directly below the inverted glass pyramid of the Louvre ( the “chalice”, a female symbol).
Well… I personally think it was a brilliant movie despite some boring scenes. But I totally loved it. I don’t know what the critics is all going after and hitting so hard on the movie for. First of all.. it is not a real movie… it fiction.. which means there are more than 50% fake, lies, hallucinations blah blah blah.. whatever you want to call it. I mean.. HELLO!!! It’s such a a good damn lie. Can you write something like this? I doubt so… it’s like… how many years of research and understanding you must have in order to link and put everything together?
I guess if the secret is about “mandy-ism”… it would have a better review and well… for sure it won’t get banned in countries
P/s – ikan… me still waiting for the book to read!