The DaVinci X-Men

Finally I've seen two of the most awaited movies of 2006.

I'll talk about The Da Vinci Code first: I don't understand a bloody thing! Hate the French accent. Can't get what they were saying. And too many people, too many relationship. The French detective, the albino, the fat bishop, the Teacher, and the butler. All seem evil. All seem to be in the same gang. But yet not really. The God, the wife, the blood line, the guardians. Who cares? As long as you believe in God, it doesn't matter whether you can prove his existence through scientific means or not. Trying to use a human scientific way to prove the existence of something supernatural defeats the whole purpose of religion. He is God because he is not human. If his existence can be proved by human then God is no longer God.

If you believe in something, then there's no need to prove to others that it's a right thing to believe in. That's the conclusion I came to after seeing the movie. And hence I never understand why the Church has to make such a big deal in opposing the movie. People who are already religious will never be affected by the movie; while people who don't believe in God will get even more interested in going to see the movie.

Another example to show how stupid and irrational the Vantican is.

And, I've got to mention this, I'm a Templar in real life. I'm a member of the Middle Temple which owns the Temple Church and I regularly go to some of the scenes shot in the movie. Obviously as a Templar I know secrets about "the very foundation of the western civilisation". Of course I'm not telling you all so easily. But I can give you a clue: Clams and Tom Cruise. Go to have a search on wikipedia.

Contrary to popular belief, I think the X-Men is indeed more intellectually stimulating.

The last instalment of the X-Men trilogy puts the questions right in front of your face: whether being different to the majority is something that should be "cured"? Is being in the minority, be it mutant (in the movie), or black, disable, gay (reality), a blameworthy situation and hence such people should be subject to a "cure" should it be available? And it ultimately leads to the question of who to say what is normal? What is not?

Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying X-Men is like a total academic movie. The special effect is excellent. The characters are cool. And the magic power is just magnificent. I had a very enjoyable time in the cinema. But I just think that X-Men is something which is much more than an ordinary action movie. It attracts a much deeper reflection on the nature of humanity. Something which The Da Vinci Code fails to do.

A question about the X-Men movie that till now I still don't quite get the answer. What's the point of adding Angel? Apart from adding a bit of entertainment by including a muscle boy running (or flying) around on the big scene, what's the purpose of having him there?