Da Vinci Code movie update
Christians are apparently already getting worried about the release of this movie, especially the Catholic League and the real-life Opus Dei.
The Catholic League asked that Mr. Howard include a disclaimer acknowledging that the movie is fiction. Opus Dei, a conservative Catholic group, was particularly worried about its own depiction, because it is a central villain in the book. "The novel portrays Opus Dei in a completely inaccurate way; if the movie does the same thing it's something we'd be concerned about," Brian Finnerty, a spokesman for the group, said.
Studio officials have consulted with Catholic and other Christian specialists on how they might alter the plot of the novel to avoid offending the devout. In doing so, the studio has been asked to consider such measures as making the central premise - that Jesus had a child with Mary Magdalene - more ambiguous, and removing the name of Opus Dei.
Oh, come on, a little controversy never hurts.
1 Comments:
At 10:22 PM, Robert Taylor said…
The whole story revolves around these central plot points. If you remove them, you don't have The DaVinci Code. You have some Ron Howard/Tom Hanks Apollo 13 in Europe movie.
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