December 06, 2009.

Hollywood "history" making bucks off the Bible..

Rating: 1
Hey, if DaVinci put it into a painting, and Ron Howard sells it in a movie with lots of pseudo scholarly verbiage and ominous sounding music, then it must be true, right? Oh, puhleeze. Religion aside, as someone who has studied Biblical history and archaeology for years, this is too sad a piece of work to be taken seriously as any kind of scholarship. As one who used to not believe in Yahusha, aka Jesus Christ, I can see how this would lead many of the naive into more and more Hollywood sloppy-think. Still I gotta wonder, how many people who know anything about the Messiah really think His true followers would be having weird sex rituals complete with satanic looking garb? (Uh, could that scene be a good hint as to where this story is reeeally coming from? Just a thought, now!) Gimme a break! Well, countless numbers have been desperately trying to destroy the Word for thousands of years with and without Hollywood. Without success. The Word of YHWH still stands and will, mho, forever. Historical research, fulfilled prophecy and archaeological findings confirm it's truth more and more as time goes by. But really, though it is good to know what history actually reveals, one has to have an actual encounter with Yahusha to truly find out how wonderful He and His omnipotent and healing Love are. If one has that, then one can withstand the lies and the fairy tales even if one never has the time or inclination to get seriously into historical studies. If anyone wants to know more, "He will lead us into all truth." He's only a (for real, now) prayer away always.

December 29, 2008.

Lost in Translation.

Rating: 3
Considering the popularity of the novel, the movie comes across as flat. Perhaps the puzzles were too complex for the brevity of film, but the acting is so unemotional that it's hard to get engaged with the characters. In the end, we just don't care about the people in this movie, which is strange because Tom Hanks can make us care about an bald, graffiti-laden basketball.

(The film probably won't offend as much as the book because the negativism toward religion has been toned down from Dan Brown's book. I still would not recommend this movie to the devout unless they can view it as pure entertainment.)

Ron Howard did a magnificent job with the location shooting, and this may be enough for the fans of the novel that want a visual frame for Brown's story.

December 16, 2008.

Da Vinci Code's missing pieces?.

Rating: 3
This is an excellent movie full of twists and thrills. But the edition being published now has many scenes missing from the original movie. I was very disappointed they were not included in this version. Still, this edition did not omit the scenes that included a lot of the art giving the movie deeper meaning than its appearance.

December 25, 2008.

Why a different movie in the states than was released overseas?.

Rating: 3
Can someone please explain to me why the movie released overseas was 35 minutes longer and contained the movie scenes that would have actually allowed the screen version to make as much sense as the book? I was so lucky to have seen the extended version, but was quite angry and frustrated to find that I cannot purchase it anywhere in the USA or on a disc that can actually be played on a DVD player from the United States. And people actually think we have freedom here in America. You are only kidding yourselves if you believe that.

December 13, 2008.

Great movie and great price.

Rating: 5
I baught this movie for me wife and we both love it. It's fast paced, yet very cerebral.