| The Da Vinci Code probably deserves a lukewarm | | | | Leonardo Da Vinci, etc. |
| three stars. As with the paper back or hard | | | | Once again, however, the feminism and goddess |
| cover, a major problem is that the climax of the | | | | worship from the book's revisionist history are |
| story, the murder of the curator, occurs in the | | | | almost completely absent. Also, instead of |
| very first scene. Then the treasure hunt by the | | | | defending the pagan point of view often as he |
| hero and heroine, including the assistance they get | | | | does in the book, the Robert Langdon character |
| from the Wise Old Man, in the form of the Ian | | | | in the movie actually sometimes defends the |
| McKellan character. | | | | traditional Christian view of the historical record. |
| Because of its changes and additions to the | | | | He does, however, buy into the royal bloodline |
| book's story, the movie version of The Da Vinci | | | | story of Mary Magdalene. |
| Code has a more mixed pagan worldview. The | | | | He also doesn't present a lot of facts to dispute |
| feminism and goddess worship from the book are | | | | Ian McKellan's character's phony stories about the |
| almost completely absent. Even so, however, the | | | | Emperor Constantine and some believers inventing |
| movie's mixed worldview still seems very strong. | | | | the traditional New Testament stories about Jesus |
| Its mixed nature contains strong positive | | | | Christ. Furthermore, the movie's final scene |
| references to paganism, as well as some positive | | | | overtly shows the audience (but not the |
| Christian elements referring to Jesus Christ and an | | | | characters) the hidden tomb of Mary Magdalene. |
| apparent answered prayer to Jesus (which is not | | | | Thus, the final scene gives a final credence to the |
| in the book), positive references to God, some | | | | movie's Mary Magdalene story despite the hero's |
| humanist statements of atheism and agnosticism, | | | | skepticism. Before that final scene, however, the |
| some light political correctness, and some light | | | | hero in the movie (unlike the book) casts doubt |
| feminism. | | | | on some of the Ian McKellan character's diatribe |
| Also very strong is the movie's false revisionist | | | | against traditional Christian history and the |
| history. This false history includes references to | | | | Church's alleged invention of Christianity. |
| an alleged marriage and alleged royal bloodline | | | | The movie hero also says "Godspeed" to the |
| between Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene. It also | | | | heroine at one important point. He also tells her |
| includes some false history regarding the famous | | | | that she can decide whether to "destroy faith or |
| Knights Templar from the times of the Crusades | | | | renew it" and tells her, "The only thing that |
| against the evil, murderous Cult of Islam, some | | | | matters is what you believe." Finally, he says, |
| false history regarding the origins of Christianity | | | | "History shows Jesus was an extraordinary man. |
| (including the New Testament documents and the | | | | Why couldn't Jesus have been divine and still have |
| Council of Nicea), some false art history regarding | | | | been a father?" These lines are not in the book. |