Bloodline the Movie: Da Vinci Code Redux?
Oh brother. Here we go again. Another "Jesus had children with Mary Magdeline and it's the greatest secret ever revealed" movie. I thought we got this out of our system with the Da Vinci Code.
Fortunately, even the mainstream media see through it this time. Here's a funny (and damning) quote from the NYtimes review...
“I’m not an archaeologist or a historian,” the director Bruce Burgess humbly states. “I’m just a filmmaker who is fascinated by the huge implications of this story.” He also seems to be more than a little fascinated with himself.
And here's another funny quote from Mania.com, an entertainment review site...
Perhaps the most saccharine moment of the film came when a forensic artist drew a life image from a photo of the mummified corpse - a female figure, naturally, although the lab at Lakehead has since pointed out that their test did not reveal the gender of the corpse. The Magdalene fans in the audience could be heard sighing their approval, although one seated near me expressed disappointment that the artist made her a brunette instead of a redhead.
Lastly, Mania reports that the movie isn't exactly setting the box office afire...
Bloodline wasn't even the highest ranking new release in the New York theater it premiered in—Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead opened the same weekend at the Village East Cinema, taking in $10,624.00.
3 comments:
i find it humorous that they found another fat scruffy guy to do the documentary--does this somehow make people think that it's the new michael moore film?
hehe, I saw the trailer for this movie a few days ago. It's a Da Vinci Code rip off. I am surprised te filmaker didn't make this film at the time Da Vinci was out to cash in on the hype. Clearly, I am giving this movie a miss.
M
I agree with both of you... I don't think he'll make it to Michael Moore sized (pun intended) notoriety. :)
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