The DaVinci Code Movie

Fascinating movie. Was it an all-time great? No. Was it entertaining? Vastly so. My bottomline on the movie? It's a long way from Ron Howard's maiden voyage on Mayberry RFD!

What did I like best about the movie? Most definitely the story behind the movie, and of course the book as well. Like I so often do, I read the reviews after I see the movie. Why let a bunch of numbnuts critics spoil the movie for you?

I like what Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, two very credible reviewers of spiritual books, movies, and musical productions, had to say about the movie: "Opens the door for many spiritual seekers to think afresh about Jesus, sexuality, the Sacred Feminine and the great mysteries that cannot be contained in dogmas." Read their full review here. Also, take a moment to explore some of the Brussat's other reviews and research here.

What does Opus Dei have to say about the movie? Click here. Want to know more about the Knights Templar? Click here. Want to know more about the Holy Blood and the Holy Grail? Click here.

By the way, did you catch the part in the movie and book about Sir Issac Newton and the conflict that ensued between the Church and Science as a result of his discoveries? Get a taste of it here.

Bottom line? My Dad used this expression often when I was a young boy: "The bigger they are, the harder they fall." That is pretty much the way I feel not only about the significance of the DaVinci Code for Catholics and other "brands" of Christians, but people in general who cling too much to their religiosity. Perhaps someone should write a book called "The Dark Secrets of the Holy" that looks at what is hiding in the closets of all world religions. Probably too much for a book, but it might make a great blog!

Interested in related information about the story behind the book and the movie? Check out the bibliography below, which comes from Dan Brown's website, the book author.

Bibliography for The DaVinci Code

The History of the Knights Templars
--Charles G. Addison

Rosslyn: Guardians of the Secret of the Holy Grail
--Tim Wallace-Murphy & Marilyn Hopkins

The Woman With The Alabaster Jar: Mary Magdalene and the Holy Grail
--Margaret Starbird

The Templar Revelation: Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christ
--Lynn Picknett & Clive Prince

The Goddess in the Gospels: Reclaiming the Sacred Feminine
--Margaret Starbird

Holy Blood, Holy Grail.
--Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, Henry Lincoln

The Search for the Holy Grail and the Precious Blood
--Deike Begg

The Messianic Legacy
--Michael Baigent

The Knights Templar and their Myth
--Peter Partner

The Dead Sea Bible. The Oldest Known Bible
--Martin G. Abegg

The Dead Sea Deception
--Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh

The Nag Hammadi Library in English
--James M. Robinson

Jesus and the Lost Goddess: The Secret Teachings of the Original Christians
--Timothy Freke, Peter Gandy

When God was a Woman
--Merlin Stone

The Chalice and the Blade. Our History, our Future
--Riane Eisler

Born in Blood
--John J. Robinson

The Malleus Maleficarum
--Heinrich Kramer & James Sprenger

The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
--Leonardo da Vinci

Prophecies
--Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci: Scientist, Inventor, Artist
--Otto Letze

Leonardo: The Artist and the Man
--Serge Bramly, Sian Reynolds

Their Kingdom Come: Inside the secret world of Opus Dei
--Robert A. Hutchison

Beyond the Threshold: A Life in Opus Dei
--Maria Del Carmen Tapia

The Pope's Armada: Unlocking the Secrets of Mysterious and Powerful New Sects in the Church --Gordon Urguhart

Opus Dei: An Investigation into the Secret Society Struggling for Power Within the Roman Catholic Church
--Michael Walsh

I. M. Pei: A Profile in American Architecture
--Carter Wiseman

Conversations With I. M. Pei: Light Is the Key
--Gero Von Boehm