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The Da Vinci Code (2006)
What The Gnostics Again?
I think most viewers already know much of the unannounced theme behind the movie before they even go see it. Those who had a hand in making this movie no doubt had that in mind with how much money it would earn, simply by knowing many Christians are going to see it too, just to find out what ideas are portrayed in it without having to buy Dan Brown's book.
But the obvious bias it contains is not surprising to anyone who truly knows their religious history about the 2nd century Gnostics who believed Jesus Christ didn't really die on the cross, but that he was just a highly developed spiritual human being like Krishna, Buddah, etc. So the movie must be delegated as a mock false historical triad fiction, based on an equally fictional doctrine going back to 2nd century Gnosticism. Thus anyone taking ideas in this movie as serious factual events are probably living in a fictional fantasy land also.
Undiscovered (2005)
Musician Appeal
Thought the plot, the characters, the setting, and especially the music fit in every way the tunes, especially "Smart In A Stupid Way" and "Boomerang". Undiscovered has a musician's feel that non-musician's could easily miss. Life of musicians is hectic enough, as in all areas of performing arts. Add to that formula an attempt at true romance while trying to pull it all off with an artist's feel, even by actors playing musicians, and that's quite a feat. This movie was obviously not meant to be some chromed rich kid glamor story about rock musicians. It's a picture of real life in the quest for fame and musical discovery, which in final leans more to the side of musical creation than performing. Thus its setting has that raw quality of down to earth smelly club carpet intermixed with a glamor chase, eventually resulting in neither, but instead a down home one on one relationship with one's music and one's lover.
The soundtrack is excellent, the pop song composition is rich, and the musical performers are 'tight'. Some of the AR record scouts are slimy, which is not totally accurate in the real world, but enough to get the point across in the movie that songwriting carries many more benefits than performing.