DaVinci Snark
SPOILER ALERT: If you will be offended in any way by my flip comments about The DaVinci Code or haven't read the book nor seen the movie, then you can stop reading here.
Ok. On Friday, Mr. T (my one and only, not the mohawk/gold chain guy)and I went on a real date to celebrate my birthday. We went out to dinner and had the most wonderful bottle of white wine- Pino and Toi- it's like buttah. Afterwards, we went to see The DaVinci Code. I loved the book and yes the movie was good. But, I did have a "mystery Science Theater" moment several times. I think it was a reaction to not taking it too seriously, which the movie itself seemed to. Here are a few of them for your annoyance, entertainment, call it whatever you like.
1. Tom Hanks' character kept calling the police chief "Cap'n Fash" (rhymes with Mash). Why would a Harvard professor not be able to pronounce the man's name? Fache- rhymes with wash. And really, Cap'n? As in Crunch? Come on.
2. Sophie- she had this weird mole thing on her neck. My husband asked "What's that thing on her neck?" I said it was the Mark of the Beast. (this was after it was discovered that she was THE living heir to JC himself.
3. When Mr. Thibbing is showing them The Last Supper and points out that in his opinion, it is Mary Magdalene next to Christ and that the Apostles wondered if he loved her more than them, I said she was like the Yoko of the New Testament.
4. Towards the end, when they show the sarcophagus of Mary M., I thought it would have been funny to have the head turn toward the audience and "wink".
5. When Landon and Sophie are going through the underbelly of the church and end up in the little room with all of the records about Sophie's parents, I said, "Oh, they found the gift shop!"
6. When Sophie and Landon were trying to decode the cryptic , Mr. T whispered "Drink your Ovaltine? A crummy commercial? Son of a bitch!"
For those worried that we were disturbing those around us, Yes, we were quiet- the theater was only about half full.
The T's are crazy busy, we just got back from Summerfest in Milwaukee (FUN) where we saw Paul Simon (Awe. Some.) Tomorrow we are leaving at the ass crack of dawn for Disneyworld with the kids! Whoo hoo!
If I don't post until our return, hope everyone has a wonderful, relaxing 4th!
posted by Mrs. T @ 7:54 PM
8 Comments:
Happy B-day! I can so imagine the Mystery Science Theater experience you had. Too funny.
Have a great time at Disney, and God bless summer vacation.
HA! That is hilarious! I'm so with you on the church gift shop moment. Don't you wish that at the end when Sophie was jokingly trying to walk on water, if instead a bush would've burst into flames??? (Wait, Jesus wasn't even the person that made that happen - was he? I don't know religious tales, sorry. But I'm still chuckling at the thought...)
Happy Belated Birthday. I love Disney - so jealous. Have a blast! Just don't drink the "Mouse-ade."
Hey Lady T,
Happy Birthday! I too will add my name to the list of people that love Disney World. Hope you had a great time! But I will place myself in the minority when I say I did not like The Da Vinci Code -- the book -- at all, and as such, I have no desire to see the movie.
Funny line about the Ovaltine, though.
And was the guy's name Thibbing? Why did I think his name was Mr. Teabag?
Happy Belated Birthday!
My husband and I saw the DaVinci Code on Monday and I spent much of the movie wondering how Sophie could support herself on those little bird legs of hers....
I thought the movie was fun but I just couldn't identify with Tom Hanks as that character. And I love Tom Hanks. Oh well. Hope you are having a swell time here in Florida. Is it warm enough for you?
LB- I like the Burning Bush idea-who cares if it has nothing to do with Jesus? Still funny.
Kristin- her mole was bird shaped, too! Goes with the legs!
Wendy-I'm completely with you on the Tom Hanks thing. What was up with his hair, anyway? Floriday was wonderful, if not a tad warm. How do you all stand it this time of year?
Thanks to all of you for your well-wishes!
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