After reading this book when it first came out and being fascinated by the religious ideas put forth by Dan Brown, when I saw it as an option on the list, I knew that The The Da Vinci Code was supposed to be the film I chose to write about. It is important to note that the film remained very faithful to the spirit of the book in that all the main themes were still present and the similarities of the characters were consistent with the original author's intent. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay The film is set in both France and England. The cast is made up of a very internationally diverse group of actors and it is one of the most “international” films I have ever seen. Many times, American films are made with an all-American cast of actors who wear an accent to appear to be from a foreign place. In this film, French, British and American actors came together to more accurately portray their characters and maintain an authenticity that is often missing from American cinema. In fact, some French actors do not speak English at all, thus necessitating the use of subtitles and, once again, removing the American ethnocentric ideal that all actors should speak English because it is an American film. in the film they are Robert Langdon, agent Sophie Neveu, Sir Leigh Teabing and Silas. Langdon is an American professor specializing in religious symbolism. Of all the characters he is truly the only one who is as he appears. He is a fact-finder. He defines himself as a “flat foot of history”. His job throughout the plot is to uncover the truths behind the mystery, regardless of what the mystery may be. He does not get involved in a love story, does not use or abuse his position. For him there is nothing in this except the truth. Sophie is a strong female character. She is the heart of the mystery and doesn't know it until the end. He is an honest character in that his motivations are pure. She is involved because of her grandfather, and although she resists his inclusion in the mystery, she too is searching for the truth. My belief that Sophie is not what she appears is not because she is intentionally deceptive, but rather because her identity is the culmination of the film, and since she (and the audience) does not know this, it is for this reason that Sophie is not what it appears. Silas is portrayed as a fanatic. He's willing to do whatever it takes to protect the only family he's ever had. Although his actions are deplorable, he truly believes he is doing the right thing with every action he takes. Finally, Teabing. Teabing is the mastermind behind all the violence, the Grail seeker, but for less than honorable reasons. We meet him and he appears to be one of the good guys, an ally of Langdon in the search for the truth. Ultimately we know it's false. The themes presented by the film challenge the very heart of Christianity. Through a series of puzzles, artistic interpretations and historical symbols it is explained that the Holy Grail, long believed to be the cup used by Christ at the Last Supper, was actually a person. And not just any person, but the direct descendant of Christ himself. For Christ to have descendants, that would mean he had sex. The premise advanced is that Christ was married to Mary Magdalene and they had a son together. It was this child who perpetuated the royal lineage of Christ throughout the ages, and to protect the secret of the Grail, an organization called the Priory of Scion was created. The heart of Christianity is that Christ was pure. He didn't have sex, he didn't have man's pleasures. For Christianity to exist as it is, there is a truth in the fact that men are the heads of the Church, therefore the Pope,!