Langdon character in the movie actually sometimes defends the traditional Christian view of the historical record. He does, however, buy into the royal bloodline story of Mary Magdalene.
He also doesn’t present a lot of facts to dispute Ian McKellan’s character’s phony stories about the Emperor Constantine and some believers inventing the traditional New Testament stories about Jesus Christ. Furthermore, the movie’s final scene overtly shows the audience (but not the characters) the hidden tomb of Mary Magdalene. Thus, the final scene gives a final credence to the movie’s Mary Magdalene story despite the hero’s skepticism. Before that final scene, however, the hero in the movie (unlike the book) casts doubt on some of the Ian McKellan character’s diatribe against traditional Christian history and the Church’s alleged invention of Christianity.
The movie hero also says “Godspeed” to the heroine at one important point. He also tells her that she can decide whether to “destroy faith or renew it” and tells her, “The only thing that matters is what you believe.” Finally, he says, “History shows Jesus was an extraordinary man. Why couldn’t Jesus have been divine and still have been a father?” These lines are not in the book.
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