DaVinci Code - the Film

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

(and being very annoyed by the thousands of people who think it has revealed some sort of hidden truth)

For a lot of people, this is the first time they have heard of this theory. So, yes, the story may have stunk but the theory is compelling to a lot of people who heard about it from reading the book for the first time ever.

I grew up hearing about 'Holy Blood, Holy Grail' so it wasn't a surprise to me. But we're living in a time where there's a genreation of people out there who haven't even seen the first three 'Star Wars' movies in the theater. (Wow!!) So amazing to me, but it makes sense that reviving this theory is finding a newer audience...

I'm still not sure about the movie. Hanks as Langdon... I dunno...

Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

I saw glowey letters. Is that it?

Yep.

Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

2. WTF is Paul Bettany doing to his leg at the end? Pulling out stitches?

Nope.
He was tightening his cilice.

cilice: n. a spiked chain worn around the upper thigh for two hours each day, except for Church feast days, Sundays, and certain times of the year. This is perhaps the most shocking of the corporal mortifications, and generally Opus Dei members are extremely hesitant to admit that they use them. It is a painful mortification which leaves small prick holes in the flesh, and makes the Opus Dei members tentative about wearing swim suits wherever non-Opus Dei members may be.