[Apologetics] Tom Hanks hits back at 'The Da Vinci Code' boycott

[Art Kelly]

I wonder what church--if any--Tom Hanks belongs to.

I hope all of you will be able to be at Marty's house
Saturday night at 7:30 PM to talk about The DaVinci
Code movie and book.

Art

Tom Hanks hits back at 'The Da Vinci Code' boycott 
Thursday May 11, 09:28 PM      
 
LONDON (AFP) - Hollywood actor Tom Hanks criticised
calls from church groups and religious leaders for a
boycott on his new film, "The Da Vinci Code",
insisting they are taking it too seriously.

"We always knew there would be a segment of society
that would not want this movie to be shown," the star
told London's Evening Standard newspaper ahead of the
movie's release later this month.

"But the story we tell is loaded with all sorts of
hooey and fun kind of scavenger-hunt-type nonsense."

Hanks, who plays central character Robert Langdon in
the film version of author Dan Brown's controversial
best-selling 2003 novel, told the newspaper
movie-goers would be making a "very big mistake" to
take it at face value.

"It's a damn good story and a lot of fun ... all it is
is dialogue. That never hurts."

Critics of "The Da Vinci Code", which gets its world
premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in France next
week, claim its theme -- that Jesus Christ had
children with Mary Magdalene and their bloodline
continues -- is blasphemous.

Those who have come out in opposition include the
conservative Catholic organisation Opus Dei, accused
in the fictional film of covering up the secret. Opus
Dei members have said it perpetrates "lies" about the
Catholic Church. 

Angelo Amato, a key aide to Pope Benedict XVI, has
also said director Ron Howard's film had enraged The
Vatican and urged the public to shun the movie,
describing it as perversely anti-Christian.



                           
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