![]() ![]() But, and to quote Lady Bird ‘s Marion McPherson, remembering all this nonsense makes me laugh. I haven’t thought of this book in a very long time, although Robert Langdon continues to haunt over on Peacock. And from the post-release Vatican outrage–and the very divided opinions of the novel within my Catholic family-to sheer bonkers plot, this book was pure mess. However, Oliver’s rant reminds me why I appreciated The Da Vinci Code, even at a young age: I love mess. That is why in the prologue, after he shoots Sauniere and sees him in physical pain, he says to him. For him, physical pain is a constant reminder of Jesus’s suffering and of his own attempts to atone for his original sinand by extension, all of humankind’s. Columbia Pictures/HBOĪlthough interestingly, throughout the tirade, Oliver does not mention Tom Hanks’ unfortunate Langdon hair even once. This quote is made three times throughout the entire novel, all by Silas. With a much more focused and still-bonkers conspiracy at the center.) It’s, as a technical point, a bit underwhelming for a novel whose big reveal is that Jesus and Mary Magdalene got married and had a baby. (Not to show my allegiance too firmly, but National Treasure just did it better. Oliver is rightfully baffled that this is somehow a pivotal, very difficult puzzle at the center of the story. Isaac Newton is to apple what George Washington is to the cherry tree, after all. Too obvious for it to be the game-changing clue. ![]() And as Oliver points out in the video above, it’s just so very obvious. The game-changing answer to the cryptex is apple. ![]()
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