I believe, "BigGuy" said it well. If you think religious people are "stupid" and enjoy movies that make a mockery out of religious people you will not enjoy this movie. *WARNING*PLOT-REVEALED*Now from what I've heard the director or screenwriter, don't know which is supposedly anti-Christian and I read some articles where Christians were "predicting" that the movie will end up portraying atheist scientists as nice and intelligent people and Christians as crazy violent lunatics. From my point of view that didn't happen at all, in fact I'd say the movie had the opposite effect overall. I don't know if that's because the director/writer "copped-out" as some on here would suggest, or if they just messed up out of their own stupidity, messed up at ridiculing Christianity. Some apparently didn't watch the movie completely or didn't follow it closely. Antonio Banderas(the priest) did not lose his religion in the movie, although it was apparent that he invested a lot of his faith in science so whether he would have "lost" his religion if the bones were not proven to be of a "follower" of Christ and not Christ Himself was made a "real" possibility and may make even the possibility appear as blasphemy to some, there was enough given to believe that his(Antonio's) faith would survive regardless of what science may have had to say.(It was interesting the idea that was brought up that it was the "Anti-Christ" that provided that "false" body in order to deceive people, and scripture in Mark I believe was quoted.) Some people would have liked for the movie to have "gone for the money" and confront Christianity head-on. They look down on the directors/writers for not attempting to tackle the complex questions arising from such a confrontation in part I believe since they themselves greatly underestimate the consequences. And I don't mean the consequences of supposedly somebody discovering the body of Christ, since that would be impossible to prove completely, but "anything" that would have the possibility to totally undermine Christianity although impeccable arguments can be made that there is no such thing. But hypothetically, if you COULD destroy that "Foundation", what would you have to face? A world without a GOD? A world where once you die you cease to exist forever, what is life? Now think, how would the director/writer have offered a nice feel-good ending with such a revelation? Well, might as well say, "hey, guys, we solved it for you, there is NO GOD, ANYTHING GOES!, go kill, cheat, steal, rape, and enjoy yourself in whatever way YOU want". So yes, you could say the writer or director chickened out but can you really blame them? They couldn't figure out how to make you feel good about an atheistic world-view and don't think anyone can. The WORLD and especially this country(US) has been created on Judeo-Christian principles, what would happen, let's say if "hypothetically" somehow you could prove that(there is no GOD) to let's say 95% of the world? Regardless of whether it is true, what if you could make everyone "believe" that? What would the result be? Everyone would be living in peace and harmony following the "TEN COMMANDMENTS" and the other laws which were ALL BASED on the BIBLE? hey guys if you want a happy ending down that route, it "ain't there". There is right and there is wrong. "YOUR" truth can't make you free, only "THE TRUTH" can.
It's almost 3am so getting tired, anyway I think it was a great movie. How many movies can you have so much to talk about?
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