Pop Culture Saturday: What's Wrong with the DaVinci Code?

Pop Culture Saturday is intended to be a more light-hearted look at American culture. There's much more going on in America than the darkness of Liberalism.

If you're looking for a more in-depth discussion about the humanist thought behind the DaVinci Code movie, I recommend purchasing a copy of Lee Strobel's Exploring the DaVinci Code. I've participated in two small groups that have used this book and the Discussion Curriculum to guide an exploration of the lies and half-truths in Dan Brown's book. I'll spend these few paragraphs comparing the DaVinci Code to the Passion of Christ.

"What's the connection?" you ask. After spurning Mel Gibson's masterpiece about the ultimate sacrifice, then watching as it broke all box office records worldwide, Hollyweird decided that the world needs more movies that are "bible-related" (that's the best term to describe the Hollyweird blasphemy). Don't get me wrong - Hollyweird has always had a fascination with the supernatural. Consider Rosemary's Baby (1968) or The Exorcist (1973), for instance.

Another movie due to premier this December will bring the story of the Nativity to our theaters. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Lords of Dogtown), the cast is almost entirely muslim - and there's bound to be some political as well as Christian backlash when this news gets out. Will it be as pain-stakingly accurate as Passion? Or will it be just another homage to the deification of Mary? The point here, my Conservative friend, is that everybody is jumping onto the "bible-related" bandwagon.

Aside from the obvious lies and half-truths throughout the DaVinci Code, the movie is wrong simply because it's an obvious attempt to rake in the money from people whose minds are so open that their brains are falling out (oops - I promised I wouldn't mention anything about Liberals). Gibson produced his movie without the help of the heavy-handed marketing of groups like Columbia Pictures - and the Code probably won't be breaking any worldwide records.