The Mona Lisa Mock
Mr. Black apologises if the above portrait of Mona Lisa is disturbing. It is, in a weird kind of way, I have to agreed, disturbing for the eyes seem to follow you regardless of where you are looking from (try it). Well, I am not a paint-enthusiast and I am not here to tell you how well this painting was done but this painting did indeed have something to do with the movie I watched lately.

Being not religiously implicated by the contents of the movie, Mr Black went to watch The DVC (Da Vinci Code) -- abbreviation for a code, how apt!-- and was left whirling in a pool of twists and conspiracies wound up so tight it hurts. What's worse is that one has the feeling of mixing fact and fiction after the movie (like imaging dinosaurs are walking alive in your backyard after watching Jurassic Park for 5 times in a row). The plot is intelligently crafted by the now-billionaire Dan Brown (I have yet to read the book, shucks), wonderfully embodied by Tom Hanks as The Professor in question and aptly wrapped up in two and a half hours of thrill in another sense. Thrill as in not pulsating car-chase type; Thrill as in you can feel your adrenaline flowing through your veins when the cryptex (coined by Mr Brown himself by combining the words cryptology and codex) is uncovered. Da Vinci himself will be disappointed to know that a customised cryptex can be bought at http://www.cryptex.org/.

Overall, it was a pretty good movie (if you are not offended of course) which brings the viewer through the streets and churches of Paris and England while on a Holy Grail quest. In Mr Black's opinion, the highlight of the movie must be the point when another professor tried to justify the existence of Mary Magdalene as the companion of Jesus Christ and that a Holy Blood Line does exist, thus giving rise to the postulation of the theory of their descendents. This, and the finding of Mary's tomb, essentially made up the pivotal points on which the whole plot leans on. I like the way the arguement was presented, though I have no qualm about it being true or false. It's all up to your belief, Mr Black concludes, of what is fact and fiction. Like the other portrait painted by Master Da Vinci below, "The Last Supper".


Can you spot Mary Magdalene as depicted in the movie?

"The mind sees what it wants to see" quoted from the movie itself and Mr Black agreed.

Don't lose sleep over this.


Mr Black's ratings: 3.5 stars out of 5 (means that if you are looking for plot and drama, watch it. If you are looking for action, try others.)

Mr Black is a current undergraduate who resides in Singapore. This blog is a non-whimsical reflection of his life and the society in which he lives in at large.

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