Bloodline (2008)

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

The film asks the question: "What if the greatest story ever told was a lie?" Perhaps the question that should be asked is: "What if the premise and storyline in this movie is a lie?" What if somebody recently placed the parchments in bottles for the archaeological scavenger hunt in order to find the wooden chest? What if somebody recently bought some ancient coins, an ungenterium, a common clay cup, and a glass phial from one of the antiquities dealers in Jerusalem several years ago and places it in the wooden chest? What if somebody recently forged all those parchments? What if somebody recently recreated a plastic mummified "body" of Mary Magdalene (actually just her head and hands)? What if somebody had an agenda to attempt to disprove the deity of the Lord Jesus and His bodily resurrection? What if they wanted to lead people away from the truth of the greatest story ever told, and also try and cash in on the run away best selling fictitious novel, the Da Vinci Code?This movie is just another Hollywood hoax. Period.

Let me first say that I am not someone who regularly posts comments on movies. However, I get so disturbed by film making posing as factual journalism that sometimes I find I cannot avoid comment. This is one such time. Don't get me wrong, Bloodline is good solid entertainment. I watched with great interest and excitement as the elements of a so called plot by the Vatican to cover up the true history of Jesus and Mary Magdalene was revealed in step by step film noir fashion. The trouble is that there is nothing in the film that links any of these seemingly miraculous discoveries to the point that the movie is trying to make. Lots of suspicious artifacts are uncovered and revealed as true relics simply by proclamation by the people making the discovery. Some attempt is made is one case to back the claim with scientific evidence but the incredibly amateurish method of uncovering the relics, the lack of proper excavating procedure and artifact handling methods just adds to the suspicious nature of the claims. Everything discovered is contaminated by the people making the discovery. This is the worst form of amateur archeology I have ever seen and as a scientist myself I can only say how absolutely disastrous such a procedure is to substantiating authenticity. All that aside, the evidence presented is simply entertainment detail with nothing to directly connect it to the claim and I would expect, the premise of the documentary. Let me say simply that it's OK to make a film expressing a controversial point of view about any subject. The da Vinci Code showed there was real interest and big money in it for something done well. The problem with Bloodline is that although it was done reasonably well, there were too many loose ends that were just dropped when the movie ended. As much as I didn't like The da Vinci Code at least that movie had some plausible explanation for the connection between discoveries and the theme of the movie, and it provided at least some kind of closure. Bloodline has none! I expect more from a documentary.

I watched the movie DaVinci Code. It was long and boring. However this documentary DaVinci code, whether you believe it or not, has a strange conspiracy while making the movie and makes it all the more intriguing watch. Coverups, strange death of Lord Lichfield before getting interview for this movie, infiltration of the Roman Catholic Church into CIA, and Masonic Lodges, strange man who gave notes to a Priori Scion to shut up (which he did), the going to the location where the "original secret parchment" relating to the Bloodline of Jesus, makes an intriguing Spy vs. Spy type of movie. Mind you, I am not a Christian, have little interests in DaVinci Code or even another DaVinci code movie, got me really up and running as is this documentary is done with the intrigues of a real movie. What makes it so interesting is it's suppose to be a documentary with conspiracy background makes it all too intriguing. A must see movie, for both the skeptics and believers alike.

I was lucky enough to see Bloodline before it hits theaters next month.The documentary follows the director around France who is piecing together clues from the past to figure out if Jesus and Mary Magdalene had a child. He interviews members of the secret Priory of Sion and those who have also been searching for the truth about this long held mystery. As the film goes on, the mystery unfolds.Anyone who is interested in the Priory of Sion, Mary Magdalene, the Catholic church, or Christianity should see this film. It's beautifully shot, suspenseful, and an overall well crafted documentary. You will sit on the edge of your seat during the entire film, begging for more.