The Code

Yup, I've watched it, but nope, am not going to jump into the cauldron and give my two-cents worth about the controversy, the movie, or why I think Ron Howard should say a prayer of thanks for the delightful Ian McKellen; instead, here's an opinion of the film that has resonated most strongly with me to date, and an expression of the way in which my faith has been swayed by the issues it brought up:

A little more of this — a more acute sense of its own ridiculousness — would have given "The Da Vinci Code" some of the lightness of an old-fashioned, jet-setting Euro-thriller. But of course movies of that ilk rarely deal with issues like the divinity of Jesus or the search for the Holy Grail. In the cinema such matters are best left to Monty Python...
-A. O. Scott, New York Times

On a vague and tangentially related note, in view of what I believe comes after death, wouldn't you want your funeral to be a celebration too? So- with no hint of morbidity or any fear of impending mortality- here's a preview of how I envision my funeral- warm, genuine, and joyful, otherwise known as the cast of Monty Python at Graham Chapman's memorial service: