OK, so mother and I (together with the rest of western civilization) went to see Tom Hanks try to convince us that he knew the difference between the Fibonacci sequence and Meg Ryan's telephone number. I found it entertaining and an interesting challenge to try and keep track of all the inconsistencies, incongruities and impossibilities in 110 minutes of film (I think that's where Fibonacci got his start!) I mean, just walk up to the Madonna of the Rocks in the Louvre (not exactly the Springville Art Museum), lift it off the wall and out drops Grandpa's car keys? We used to just hide the spare in the garage!
I liked the girl. She was cute but after the $10,000 her parents (real ones, not the fake ones in the "out of nowhere" car crash...scared me off my seat!) she could have smiled more. Silas was spooky. I knew a guy like that once. He was on our track team. We could never figure out how he ran with that metal thing on his leg! I also really admire the man murdered in the beginning. Shot in the gut, he still had plenty of time to draw circles and traiangles and notes and numbers and a reminder to the milkman to leave 2% instead of whole.
But the best was Gandolph. I knew he was a good wizard, but transforming himself into a wacky, rich, well-connected (knew all the right people in the Vatican) "Teacher" was really cool. In moving Mary Magdalen to the other side of Jesus and trasforming her into John the Beloved, did Leonardo really invent "cut & paste"? I thought it was Bill Gates...or Steve Jobs...or my Kindergarten teacher Mrs. Hardy.
As I said, I liked the movie. It kept me entertained right up until the end. The end was really lame. Tom Hanks' last conversation with the woman he has been chased with, shot at, threatened, and figured a lot of neat stuff out with went something like, "Well, so you are a direct descendent of Jesus Christ. Uhmmm, well, have a nice day!"
One last little question: The people who are building our house will have to dig, level and pour concrete under our version of the Louvre pyramid. Are we to believe that the construction guys in Paris really did miss that big stone box with the lady in it? Immigrant labor!
Enjoy "The Code" but don't try to figure it out. Fibonacci already has that covered!
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oh, dear seven star hand...I'm not sure I even have a comment after all of that. Where is my blue blankie? I need a hug...just when you thought going to see a movie was good, clean fun.
Hi,
James here, not Abby. A few points of rebuttal if I may:
1. In the middle of the night with the Louvre closed, it is probably not that hard to walk up to Madonna on the Rocks. Its not like there are docents working the graveyard shift on the off chance that someone gets killed and they have to keep the police a respectable three feet away from the paintings.
2. Speaking of the Springville Art Museum, I happen to know its director Vern Swanson quite well. As it turns out, he is a renowned scholar on all things Templar, Grail, etc. and has even presented his research to members of the Seventy (First Quorum, that is).
3. Aren’t all car crashes “out of nowhere”? If they weren’t, would there actually be any?
4. Silas was spooky, but he was even more so in Wimbledon.
5. As it turns out, a gut shot, while most definitely lethal, actually affords the victim plenty of time to engage in stated activities. When shot in the gut, it is not the bullet that kills, but the damaged digestive tract poisoning the bloodstream. This takes about 20-30 minutes. Trust me, I was shot in the gut once… it sucked.
6. It’s a good thing to remind the milkman, whole is way more fattening than 2%, and not all of us have Abby’s metabolism.
7. Truth be known. Leonardo probably did invent “cut and paste”. Apparently he invented everything else. Including the Post-It.
8. What would you say to a direct descendant of Christ, “If he’s my brother, that makes you my…” I think he did just fine. I would want her to have a nice day as well.
9. Regarding your last point, the book explains that the sarcophagus was moved there after the construction of the Pyramid, said movement made possible by Sauniere’s power as director, and his personal relationship with another documented Priority of Sion member, French president Francois Mitterand, who just happened to have commissioned the Louvre addition. All this notwithstanding, even if the sarcophagus had been in place before construction, the French construction workers probably would never have found it – they are all unionized, and you know how those guys are.
10. Lastly, who would remember Meg Ryan’s phone number, let alone Meg Ryan with a code-cracking French vixen detective hanging around?
I don’t want to poo-poo your cleverly written blog, but the movie and the book are probably both a little more doctrinally correct than we give them credit for – just ask Vern Swanson.
PS – with this long post, did I just put myself in the same category as the seven star fingered wack-job? Who has time to post 25000 word retorts to random people’s blogs anyway? I mean, besides me.
Ok, this really is Abby.
Congrats, Dad--James has been lurking around our blogs for quite some time and you have given him reason to speak! Granted, he used his power to argue, but then again, are we really surprised? He just gets so passionate about accuracy...and by the way, how the heck does he know so much about so many things?? It's like having my very own little [big] DaVinci! As for my own take on it all, loved it. Loved the book, loved the movie. And Mr. Hand, is it? New rule: if you are not in our family you are not allowed to talk crazy for a trillion lines--What the heck?! Did Dad give the impression that he really wanted to "understand what the Vatican and Papacy truly fear"? Dude, go sell crazy somewhere else--we're all stocked up here!
WOW... who knew... first off, can we deletes 7 star's thingy? cause its takin me too long to scroll past it. second, number 8 was my favorite. ive never laughed that hard at a blog comment.
i liked the movie too. sho was bored for the first half, but we had sneeked in a lot of bulk candy and she was able to stay interested until it picked up.
dad, you ran track with a guy wearing a ciclise?...dude... huh.
hummmm. I liked your review. And Mr. Seven Star hand... no one here has ever taken the Vatican seriously and perhaps you have taken this movie a little too seriously.
Suzie P. where are you? I think you are the only one who has the power to remove strange blogs from the site. Wow, that kind of makes you like a Grand Master in the Priory de Sion or something....do you also know Meg Ryan's phone number? How about where to buy a cilise? Have you left a note for the milkman? Has this gotten strange enough for everyone? Loved the post, Hjalmar. Sometimes you surpise me with your subtlety.
Whoa. I'm feeling very weirded out (nice phrase, don't you think?) by the recent surprises on our family plot in cyber space. First, I had to check to be sure it really was Hjalmar2 posting. (Hooray!)
Second, Mr. seven star hand (may we call you "seven"?) is not unlike the masters of "cut and paste". I'm sure he has been spreading his wealth of knowledge regarding such... uh... significant doctrine (?) all over the internet. But, thank you, seven, for attempting to set us straight. And here I was thinking it was just a cleverly written movie review by my dad!
Third, James?! Is that really YOU? Wonders never cease. I am so pleased to see you here.
By the way, did anyone actually read seven's entire "comment"? Just wondering... because I certainly did not. I think I'll leave it for now so everyone can enjoy his ramblings and understand the hub-bub.
Oh, forgot to mention... Is it wrong of me to have no desire to see the movie? I read the book - ok, so I listened to it on cd on a car trip. I don't get what the big deal is. Really. Can someone explain why the book and movie are so popular? Is it just the contraversy? Ok, I'm done now.
OK, I changed my mind. After seeing that mr. seven's occupation was listed as "Messiah" I decided to delete him. Somehow I find that dangerous and disturbing and no longer entertaining. Sorry mr. seven. May I direct your attention to www.lds.org? And I have a couple friends I would like you to meet.
Great post Hjalmar. I laughed very hard while sneezing on the cardboard dust in my house (boxes everywhere.) I take it I really didn't miss out on 7 star finger/hand thingy-guy since I missed the comment. You are right Suzie P., you have to be careful of anyone who calls themselves the Messiah. I met one while working at welfare square who called himself Immanuel and 1 year later he got himself involved in a very well known kidnapping involving a Salt Lake family. Spooky.
Julie! You met Immanuel? That is really creepy!
Am I right to assume that Hjalmar is Paul?
I read the book and thought it was entertaining but that the ending was lame.
My Abby and I are talking about seeing the movie, but in turn. I will watch the kid and go and then she will, or vice versa. Actually, does Burley Idaho even have a movie theater?
James, long time no see. Remember the good times as freshmen at Deseret Towers?
So, I watched Myth Busters on Discovery Channel the other night (the previous owners of our house hadn't turned off cable yet) and they did a special on the Da Vinci Code and they pretty much convinced me that Mr. Brown was a good at spinning all of the different unconnected stories surrounding the grail into a best selling novel. Myth Busters rocks.
I look forward to being enterained when I see the movie, but probably not as much as reading this blog and the posts.
When were you shot in the gut James? Pretty cool.
Amy's looking over my shoulder, but it's Chris doing the writing here. We just saw the movie this weekend and can anyone explain why a security system that would drop a steel gate over a gallery entrance when a painting was yanked off the wall wouldn't also set off an alarm with security somewhere? Did I miss something? and then did the nearly dead guy have a way to open the gate back up so he could go trapsing all over the museum. OK, so you learn pretty early on in the film to go with the flow and just ASSUME that even a brilliant expert on sybology , along with the last and ONLY direct descendent of Christ can figure out all these codes on the fly while being hunted down. Then it's pretty entertaining. But I agree that the whole DaVinci code thing is overrated.
So sorry to have missed the wacky response before it was removed.
Ah, so we just heard from James and Chris. I'm not even sure where to go from here. Well done boys.
Personally, the movie ended and I stretched, ate a few kernels of popcorn from the bottom of the bag, and had to go to the bathroom really, really bad. I didn't get it. I've read the book, seen the movie and can't figure out who is who or how life got so complicated.
I didn't like the French girl's outfit in the movie. It was distracting to me. And it bothers me that she wore her hair down the whole time and obviously had time to apply lip gloss during the whole ordeal.
Silas was spooky.
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