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Before more people misunderstood "KVETCH" as a person name, perhaps I should explain the meaning a little.
Kvetch actaully meant to complain and whine. This blog named "Kvetch Haven" so that I can complain a little, whine a little about life. Of course, this blog will not be solely on constant whinning and complain.

"The Da Vinci Code" Movie

whispered @ Sunday, May 21, 2006 by stardusz

Starred by Tom Hanks (as Robert Langdon), Audrey Tautou (as Sophie Neveu) and Ian McKellen (as Sir Leigh Teabing) in the adaption of the bestseller book written by Dan Brown; "The Da Vinci Code", is said to be narrated very closely.

The story began with the murder of Jacques Sauniere and clues are left by him that uncovered a religious mystery that could shake the foundation of Christianity. A secret society has vowed to protect this secret for the past two thousand years.

Personally, without having read the book beforehand, I felt that this movie was very nice and intriguing. It brings a lot of people to ponder about Dan Brown's concept of alternative thinking about Jesus Christ's mortal life and his living years on Earth.

What I felt (and I believe it was blogged some times in August 2005), remained the same as before.

Each and every human has an individual mind of their own. At least to a group of people that behaves and think along my point of view might most probably have this kind of opinion: since Jesus Christ is born to the world to salvage the dying huamn race, he should most probably had all the "assets" that a human possessed since birth. If he experienced pain and suffered for human kind, then most probably he should have emotions and desire like any other human. Only by knowing what is happiness and sadness to the human race would he be able to fulfill his duty to God so that he could report truthfully and factually to Him. If he was an ultra being that did not have desire and emotions, doesn't that make him far and away from human reach?

Back to the reality, when this book was first published, it caused a commotion among the Christians, many have an anti-feeling for this book. Others begin to wonder if there is truth lying between the lines, and some are pretty convinced by what was written. When the director, Ron Howard, decides to put this bestseller onto the silverscreen, he received a lot of reactions from the public (especially the Christians), some protested strongly against it while others waited for the movie eagerly.

When the movie was about to be screened, Christians locally petitioned against the idea. I guessed thaey have not succeeded. (since I managed to catch the movie with my friend on Saturday)

Overall, I would say that this was a very interesting movie with a nice plot and personally, I think Christian should watch it with an open mind.

I would rate 4 stars out of 5 for this movie.

Here is the official movie site: | Click Here |
The trailer (if you prefer to not to navigate away from here)

Last but not least, some quotes from the book that I find interesting.
"Jesus as a married man makes infinitely more sense than our standard biblical view of Jesus as a bachelor…Because Jesus was a Jew…the social decorum during that time virtually forbid a Jewish man to be unmarried. According to Jewish custom, celibacy was condemned, and the obligation for a Jewish father was to find a suitable wife for his son. If Jesus were not married, at least one of the Bible's gospels would have mentioned it and offered some explanation for His unnatural state of bachelorhood."
The Da Vinci Code

History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books-books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe. As Napoleon once said, 'What is history, but a fable agreed upon?'
The Da Vinci Code

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