Saw the movie - really liked it. Our oldest granddaughter took us to see it.
Loved the interplay between the girl and the guy - no sexual tension - no “man versus woman” - just two folks working together, each pulling their own part to actually solve an insolvable problem.
One other problem remains though. The gal was supposed to be Jesus’ descendent. She was also supposed to be the last drop of Jesus’ “blood” left on this planet after he had married and had kids way back when. How could that possibly be? I ran with some figures after I got back to my computer and was amazed.
Because if Jesus and Mary Madeline had only two kids, and each of them had carried on the “bloodline” by having only two kids each, your computer will tell you that that “blood” will now be distributed among 2,417,851,639,229,258,350,000,000 people on the planet.
Of course the main guy in the movie was a math guy. He would have to know there are only 8,000,000,000,000 people here now. That’s probably why he went back to his lecture circuit.
I might add that I have never had a math class and know nothing about mathematics. So my figures could be off a decimal point or two, or even a coma or two. But, why quibble over details? We all liked the movie.
And one more thing. Dan Brown, if you should ever happen to read this . . . please tell me that the monk, Silas is not dead.
I would like to talk to him about working in my garden. Probably early in the springtime. Silas would be wonderful with some of the briars and cat-claws I have growing here. And I have a wonderful climbing rose fence that has gotten out of control. We could erect a crucifix out there behind the rose and Silas could do his flagellatons out there while he cleared out part of the garden I have not gotten into in years.
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