Da Vinci Code movie review

This blog is part of my classroom activity, after watching movie here is my answers to the questions asked in this blog.

As Dan Brown has stated that his books are not anti Christian, ‘he is on constant spiritual journey himself’- this thing we can find in the character of Robert Langdon and Sophie Neuve. Right from the beginning they were in search of truth. As Robert narrates how he had a near death experience and he said that god saved him; whereas on the same hand Sophie also had faced a major car accident and she was the only person who survived as one alive , but still she doesn't believe in god. Author presents this two contrary characters Meanwhile on other hand Silas who is blind follower of Christianity and in a name of religion kills other people, Bezu fache is also believer of Opes Dei; these two characters are blind folded in religious faith. Aringarosa is doing wrong religious practice. Author juxtaposes this different character and presents different definition of faith. Robert’s faith is still on Christ after knowing about the sarcophagus of Mary Magdalene; this how we find introspection and exploration of faith.


Stories of genesis are written, then rewritten and edited several times and narrative of paradise lost follows the stories of genesis. Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code is more convincing to the contemporary young mind, rather believing in such stories one should question their faith; question remains important than answer.

John Milton’s Paradise Lost have the same story like bible, but Eve in Milton’s Paradise Lost questions and argues; she is curious (rather becomes more rational) to know why god has prohibited fruit of knowledge. She is questioning god’s command and also human’s faith on god has questioned. In a same way in Da Vinci Code human’s faith on religion is questioned with the story of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene. It can damage the faith of people on religion in which they have believed from ages. I would say that this kind of Narration leads us to see different side of story; people become more rational rather believing in such narration made up by different narrator without any evidences. Story of Da Vinci Code has evidences which make us believe that story of Mary Magdalene and Christ is right.

Ophelia’s Character is marginalized in Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet; she is mere an object, there is no other importance her Caharcter. Harmoine Garnger is smarter than Harry and Ron then also she needs their help to rescue her from dangerous situation. She is more rational and logical than Harry and Ron; but in last two parts her mind stops working as it sparks with an idea in her mind in previous series and Ron was shown Smarter when it comes to destroy Horcrux. Her Knowledge is shown only bookish knowledge, she comes under the aura of Harry but her Character is quite Justifiable. In starting of the movie Da Vinci Code Sophie Neuve seems to be more rational and mentally strong than Robert Langdon. But some time she acted dumb.

Movie like OH MY GOD and PK tries to question established notions about religion. In Oh My God protagonist do not believe in god by saying that he has not seen the god. In Pk Protagonist has tested many things to meet the god but ends up everything because god never appeared to him and exposed persons who were doing wrong religious practice in a name of religion.

If we do traditional reading of novel ‘The Da Vinci Code’ Leigh Teabing will claim the position of protagonist. He is rational, who is an atheist. Teabing’s motive was not money but mankind. He says to Robert Langdon that “all the oppression of the poor and powerless of those different skin of women, you can put an end to all of that, you must explode the truth onto the word”.