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Blogging The Da Vinci Code Part 2
 The Da Vinci Code can still be found in many theatres since opening nearly three months ago. The movie has made nearly $750 million worldwide and it is now 21st on the list of alltime worldwide box office leaders. The issues raised in the book and film continue to stir up conversation online and in the blogosphere. Like many religious issues the topic often leads to flame wars in web forums. The graph on the right from Technorati shows Da Vinci Code posts on Technorati over the last 180 days. You can see a big spike during the release of The Da Vinci Code movie. However, blogging has continued as bloggers continue to discuss the religious and cultural ideas introduced in the book and movie. What makes the Da Vinci Code controversial? Here are a few of the issues that make the book and film controversial from an article by John Flader at Mercatornet. (via pamibe)
Note: you will encounter spoilers if you have not read the book or watched the film.
Jesus is not God; he was only a man.
Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene. They had a daughter Sarah and their bloodline lives on in Europe today.
Mary Magdalene is to be worshiped as a goddess.
The Bible was put together by the pagan Roman emperor Constantine.
Jesus was viewed as a man and not as God until the fourth century, when he was "deified" by Constantine.
The Gospels have been edited to support the claims of later Christians.
In the original Gospels, Jesus directed Mary Magdalene, not Peter to establish the Church.
There is a secret society known as the Priory of Sion that still worships Mary Magdalene as a goddess and guards the secret of Jesus’ bloodline.
The Catholic Church is aware of all this and has been fighting for centuries to keep it suppressed.
The Catholic Church is willing to and often has assassinated the descendents of Christ to keep his bloodline from growing.
Here are some highlights from blogs that are discussing the Da Vinci Code.
The IWJ's Da Vinci Code Page contains hundreds of categorized links about the book, film and ideas and themes found in the book.
Here are another 100 sites for the Da Vinci Obssessed.
A post on the Conservative Voice thanks author Dan Brown: "Again I say, Thank you Dan Brown for getting the ball rolling on this critical discussion of eternal import: like Is Jesus Christ the Son of God,and hence the Savior of the World? Christian, think twice about your reaction to Mr. Brown, and seize this historical oportunity to dialogue and share your faith. Thanks to Brown, the masses along with Pontious Pilot(John 18:38) are asking: 'What is truth?' Are you ready with an answer? You can either 'berate' Dan Brown, or 'befriend' those around you in search of the truth... I choose the latter!"
Comment is Free reports that the Da Vinci Code is #1 on MPs' summer reading list for the second straight year.
The Goddess movement. The Wild Hunt blog post has about a goddess movement that is taking place in the post-Da Vinci Code world.
Yes, there is a video game based on the Da Vinci Code. Every movie gets one these days.
Cinematical blogs that the book has been banned in Pakistan. Iranians rushed to buy copies of the book even though it is also banned in Iran.
Reverend Father Troy W. Pierce blogs about his upcoming seminar, Illuminating the Da Vinci Code. He wants an end to the false debate about the ideas in the book. "The Da Vinci Code is something we are all probably tired of hearing about—but in a particular way. In the way that has become the standard way of approaching everything. In the way that ends conversation, turning it into a false debate where only one side is heard. We should all be tired of that. We shouldn't stand for it anymore."
A Curmudgeonly Crab is reading The Da Vinci Code despite promising not to: "What I'm Reading Now.. Or will be soon: the execrable Da Vinci Code. I swore I'd never read it; life is too short and good books too plentiful. But someone gave it to me, so I'm not wasting my money (only my beautiful mind), and I'm a little curious."
Jesse Ruderman blogs that Mozilla plans to use Fibonacci version numbers for Firefox but Mozilla says it has nothing to do with the Da Vinci Code. "Firefox user interface designer Mike Beltzner said 'Firefox is all about an intuitive and natural user interface, and the Fibonacci sequence is a perfect expression of nature's expression of order and beauty.'"
Sony is ready to film Dan Brown's Angels and Demon, another thriller starring professor Robert Langdon. The film has also been greenlighted by Columbia Pictures.
An autographed copy of The Da Vinci Code by actor Tom Hanks was sold on eBay for £2,250.
Mike's Noise investigates the question of whether or not Jesus Christ was married.
A woman claiming to be a descendent of Jesus Christ gets a book deal.
A novel called the The Asti Spumante Code spoofs the Da Vinci Code and the publishing industry.
Paranormal Magazine says the Rosslyn Chapel is haunted after two ghosts were seen there.
Tom Hanks, who played Professor Langdon in the film, has hired extra security guards.
Fodor's has a great slideshow of pictures from the travel guide, Fodor's Guide to The Da Vinci Code.
The Da Vinci Code passed The Passion of the Christ's box office take several weeks. Da Vinci Code has now made about $750 million worldwide -- crushing the Passion at the box office.
Note: You can find more links and resources in our first Da Vinci Code post from May, 19th.
Posted on August 14, 2006
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Blogging The Da Vinci Code
 The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown and the new film version from director Ron Howard are serving as inspiration for bloggers: the blogosphere is absolutely on fire about both. The posts have been increasing in the lead-up to the film's opening today. Not everyone is excited about the film. The film has been criticized by the Catholic Church and other religious groups. Opus Dei even started a blog to battle errors they believe are found in the book and film.
The controversy about some of the elements in the book -- especially about Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene -- are part of what is driving the blog posts. As anyone who has ever moderated a web forum or blog comments will tell you, there is nothing that starts flame wars like religious discussions. People also love the codes and secrets contained in the mystery novel.
Early
reviews of the film are in from critics who saw the film at the Cannes
Film Festival and are mixed so far. But mixed reviews
are unlikely to stop the book's fans from flocking to the theatres, especially when Roger Ebert gives the film a "Thumbs Up."
Technorati shows about 100,000 posts for The Da Vinci Code and the graph on the right shows that posts have increased to nearly 4,000 daily as the film date got closer and closer. And that's just the English language posts. BlogPulse shows 54,000+ posts, Google shows over 250,000 posts and IceRocket's index has over 100,000 post about The Da Vinci Code.
Here is a a collection of blogosphere links discussing the Da Vinci Code book and film. For the ten people left on the planet who don't know the book's big reveal then be warned: most of the articles and posts are full of spoilers.
The Book: The Da Vinci Code novel has sold over
43 million in hardcover worldwide since it was released in 2003.
The novel was finally
released in paperback this year and has already sold six million copies. Some sources put the total of books sold as exceeding 60 million copies.
Leonardo Da Vinci: The film has stirred interest in artist and inventor
Leonardo Da Vinci and
there have been new tv shows, like Da
Vinci & The Code He Lived By about his art and his inventions. Most
of the interest is in Da Vinci's painting of The Last Supper. A
Blog Critics post
points to resources like The Artcyclopedia
and this website for pictures
and information about Da Vinci's artwork. Technorati shows over 3,000 posts
discussing Da Vinci and the Last Supper.
Fending Off Lawsuits: Dan Brown has had to fend off lawsuits and
plagiarism accusations. He won the most recent case in England.
The judge Peter Smith even came up with some code of his own.
Dan Brown also won in a lawsuit
from author Lewis Perdue, who believes
his novels Daughter of God and The Da Vinci Legacy were plagiarised by author Dan Brown.
One cardinal has even threatened lawsuits.
Now that the plagiarism lawsuits are over Dan Brown is back
to writing his next novel, The Solomon Keys.
Opus Dei: Opus Dei launched
a blog to try and counter the evil image of them portrayed in the book and film.
Catholic Church: A Catholic Cardinal said
the film must be stopped. The Catholic Church has urged boycotts.
There have also been protests worldwide. Even some nuns are protesting.
Actor Tom Hanks recently defended the film from critics.
More Da Vinci Code and Religion: LifeChanging Blog points to
this collection
of Da Vinci Code related articles from Christianity Today. Here is an article debunking some of The Da Vinci Code from CatholicEducation.org. In some
countries Muslims are also upset about the novel and the film -- the film has
been banned in some Middle East countries. But the film will
be seen an India where a ban had been threatend. A British poll shows that many do believe some of what is suggested in
the novel. The Da Vinci Hoax blog claims to dispel errors contained in the book.
Gay Spirituality and Culture says the book's fans are not stupid: "It's easy for
conservative religionists to focus on allegations that Dan Brown's book drops the ball on some historical details, but this is a diversionary tactic. Conservatives do not want to address the overarching factual basis behind the Code's historiography: in the past 2,000 years, there has been a major shift of
religious paradigm."
Google Quest: Sony has created
12,358 original puzzles for Google/Sony promotion, The
Da Vinci Code Quest. The Google Blog has more
on the quest. A lot of tech bloggers picked up Google Quest news including Forever Geek,
Joystiq, GeekBlue,
The Code Project, Steve Rubel and Search Engine Roundtable.
Cannes Premiere: Perez Hilton has a picture of the Da Vinci Code pyramid at Cannes. ReadersRead.com has a another photo from Cannes. Monsters and Critics has a photo gallery from Cannes.
Will the film be a hit? That's one of the biggest debates in the blogosphere today. Defamer says Sony is not opening the champagne just yet.
Ben Witherington thinks the film will be a huge hit based on a seminar he gave in Burlington, N.C. a town of about 50,000. 2,000 of the town's 50,000 residents attended the seminar. "My prediction is that it will eclipse all other previous movies in sales including Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, perhaps in short order. And in fact the church is trying to respond to the book and the whole Da Vinci phenomena, but its response is piecemeal and inadequate."
Brendan Loy is ignoring the bad reviews: "Becky and I are off to see The Da Vinci Code. I realize many critics don't like it, complaining that it has too much exposition and gets bogged down in its own plot. But whatever. I’d
pay $8.50 (or $6.50 in this case, since it's a matinee) to watch Ian McKellen and Tom Hanks standing in a garden watching grass grow. They're that good. :)"
More Resources: Wikipedia,
Sony Movie Site, IMDB,
Author Dan Brown's Website and Amazon.com.
Posted on May 19, 2006
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