The Da Vinci Code Gets C+
The opening weekend has come...and gone.
The Da Vinci Code ranked first (not surprisingly) for the weekend with $77,073,388 in ticket sales (13th best opening weekend ever in the USA and 2nd best ever worldwide). Interestingly, in spite of the high sales, professional critics and viewers alike are giving the movie low marks. Some say its is boring, some say slow, some say too talky.
Who really cares?
The movie / story / plot is a major side issue. The problem is not that the movie was so popular or that it was deemed forgettable as a movie. The problem has never had anything to do with the part of the story that is obvious fiction. The problem is and will remain the theory about Jesus' life that underlies the story. A theory that author Dan Brown has professed to personally believe to be true.
Christians must be able to see the distinction between the story (Robert Langdon and company) and the theory. How people grade the movie does not change the theory. Keep in mind, this is not the only fairytale (with no historical substantiation) that people are believing about Jesus and the early church. There are many dreamers out there who are promoting made-up views, disguised as scholarly work. Just consider the productions of the Jesus Seminar.
The Da Vinci Code has come and it is now on the way out. Much like buying a new car, the second you drive it off the lot, it begins to dimish greatly in value. So it is with movies and books. However, the impact of teaching theories that have no historical grounding and no truth within will continue to grind upon the minds of those blinded by the god of this age. It will come in waves and in different forms.
Will you be able to discern truth from error, carefully examining and weighing evidence or will you be swept away in the tide of error that leads to destruction?
The Da Vinci Code ranked first (not surprisingly) for the weekend with $77,073,388 in ticket sales (13th best opening weekend ever in the USA and 2nd best ever worldwide). Interestingly, in spite of the high sales, professional critics and viewers alike are giving the movie low marks. Some say its is boring, some say slow, some say too talky.
Who really cares?
The movie / story / plot is a major side issue. The problem is not that the movie was so popular or that it was deemed forgettable as a movie. The problem has never had anything to do with the part of the story that is obvious fiction. The problem is and will remain the theory about Jesus' life that underlies the story. A theory that author Dan Brown has professed to personally believe to be true.
Christians must be able to see the distinction between the story (Robert Langdon and company) and the theory. How people grade the movie does not change the theory. Keep in mind, this is not the only fairytale (with no historical substantiation) that people are believing about Jesus and the early church. There are many dreamers out there who are promoting made-up views, disguised as scholarly work. Just consider the productions of the Jesus Seminar.
The Da Vinci Code has come and it is now on the way out. Much like buying a new car, the second you drive it off the lot, it begins to dimish greatly in value. So it is with movies and books. However, the impact of teaching theories that have no historical grounding and no truth within will continue to grind upon the minds of those blinded by the god of this age. It will come in waves and in different forms.
Will you be able to discern truth from error, carefully examining and weighing evidence or will you be swept away in the tide of error that leads to destruction?
2 Comments:
There will always be those that want to figure out things that are beyond human understanding.Some cannot accept that some things are just not explainable.God is not totally understandable and that is why we need Him,as well as for our salvation and our way out of temptation.He is my life.He gave me the oxygen I breathe,and so on.I don't question whether or not it is real oxygen,I just breathe.I accept it,even though I don't know why or how it's there for us to breathe it for us to live.That is a silly example,it's all that came to mind.Astrologers have tried to give us answers about the stars and planets,and still cannot explain it all.We will never be able to give the full explanation of God,because we are not God.There are too many god wanna-be's and not enough believers in the only true God.I think of the story of Nicodemus and how Jesus talked with Him about being reborn.Nicodemus did not know what He was talking about,and Jesus told him that if he did not believe things of earth,then how could he believe heavenly things?Thanks for the great article Jason.
I already did a review of the film on my site, so I won't do another one here. But the thing that I noticed is as weak as the film was, and believe me it was, it is still causing controversy. That really tells me that the underlying message is what people are taking from it. I do have to re-iterate something I said in my post: People have always been looking for a way around Jesus. Anything that gives them an out will be popular. The agnostics look to as many other sources as they can find, the atheists try to reason it away, and many more sidestep the issue. TDC is no exception. In the end, Jesus and what He said is what makes a difference and the only way to God.
-Jonah
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