1. If Mary Magdalene is in the painting of the Last Supper instead of John, then WHERE IS JOHN??? Did he have a dentist appointment that day?
2. Why are the evil Cardinal and the albino monk loyal to Christ and the Church? After all they KNOW that Jesus was married and the Church is covering it up. They are fanatical followers of Jesus yet they are seemingly ashamed he was married and are tying to hide that fact from the world. I am totally confused as to their motive for even being Christians given that Jesus has disappointed them by being married.
3. For the sake of argument let us say that the young woman really was the last in the bloodline of Jesus. IMHO, So what???? What good is she to the world more than any other person? And what good to the world was the "real grail", ie, Jesus's baby daughter. Did she do something earth shattering? What did she DO? Was she sacred in some way more than any other human? What's the big deal about anyone who is related to Jesus? I don't get it.
4. If Jesus DID have sex, who would he cry out to in the middle of it? Himself?
It increases tourism in the south of france. It's been slacking of late. Have you seen the websites? They are all the same, in effect, "In search of the feminine Goddess in the south of france."
Not to mention you "must" have a renewed interest in DA Vinci who's paintings are all in Paris...right? You know..the guy who was at the last supper...for real!!!/s
[Valley Girl voice]: Hellooo? He was, like, taking the picture!
"I saw the movie but did not read the bood. I can see where this would be an interesting book given it is about ancient things, exotic places and earth shaking themes."
You'd think so, would'nt you? But Brown cannot write his way out of a paper bag, trust me, the movie was more exciting and had far more detail than his book - and his characters had far more life breathed into them by the sheer happenstance that living people played them - in the book his characters are devoid of anything resembling humanity, they may as well be cardboard standups.
I was flat out disgusted by how little reverence he has for ancient things, exotic places and earth shaking themes - they are mere plot devices for him, and he shows little if any passion or interest in describing them, or properly researching their backgrounds and importance and including that data in teh book. As an artist and art history devotee, I'd say Dan Brown slept his way through art history (if he took it), because he has no skill at all describing the masterpieces that his book revolves upon. What could have been a fascinating book full of details and information and lush detail is instead a trite read-at-the-beach throwaway, on the level of Joan Collins. For instance, part of the book is set in the Louvre...but you get no sense of what the Louvre is, it's character, it's importance, it's history. It's just a set for the story, and he treats it as such. At least in the movie you can admire the architecture.
Besides ripping off the original work of the authors of "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" (nonsensical conspiracy theory, read only if exteremely bored), there's the matter of how much he got wrong, and the fetid ideas pushed forward. Meh. A true hack, Brown is...and a dangerous one, because he's perfectly willing to push the lies and distortions and fairy tales forward to get more fame and fortune.
I look at authors like Mark Helprin, in his masterpieces like "A Winter's Tale", where in one paragraph he can take your breath away, and it angers me that hacks like Brown make any money at all, or get any recognition. It's some comfort that Helprin's books will be read generations from now (they're THAT good), and that Brown's book will be forgotten.
Do yourself a favor, and read Emberto Ecco's "Foucault's Pendulum", and see how a master treats the topic. This book will floor you in it's richness of depth, scope of research (Ecco gets his history right...), and when you're done taking in the wonder of how good the book is, find out English isn't his first language. (He's Italian). This sis the book you want, if you seek ancient things, exotic places, and earth shaking themes - and a lot of passion in the writing about it. Ecco's passages of the museum that figure in Pendulum alone make Brown look like a first grader scribbling on lined paper with a blunt crayon.
Then do yourself another favor, and get "A Winter's Tale", by Mark Helprin. Prepare to be floored. Helprin can communicate more with one paragraph than Dan Brown ever will with 200 books. Then try his others, like "Soldier of the Great War".
I just hate when hack writers get attention like Brown does, so this is my contribution to dispell the attention his hack book and movie are getting.
As for your questions, they don't matter to authors like Dan Brown, he did'nt think that far, and there is no answer for you in his book. He merely demands you accept his ideas at face value, as illogical or stupid as they may be.
His "prequel" to Da Vinci Code was just as badly written and poorly thought out, unfortunately I read it on vacation before Da Vinci came out, and was disgusted at how the book never delivered ( I cannot leave a book once started, so I had to finish it), and his "revelation" at the end was laughable. I have full faith the book he's working on about Mason's will be the same laughable dreck, and will borrow heavily from other works. Sadly, it will sell.
And, with all that to work with, Dan Brown produced a result that brings to mind Truman Capote's sneer, "That's not writing; it's typing!"