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The 10 Most Ridiculous Movie Conspiracies
Everything is Illuminati'd in the weirdest schemes in movie history
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The 10 Most Ridiculous Movie Conspiracies | The Da Vinci Code
The 10 Most Ridiculous Movie Conspiracies
The Da Vinci Code

What's the plan? More a cover-up than a conspiracy, it's all about protecting the secret that Jesus had a son and preventing his direct descendants from being exposed. This is done by killing anyone who gets wind of the millennia-old mystery. Annoyingly, symbolist Tom Hanks turns up with Nicholas Cage's hair on and throws a giant spanner in the works.

Who's responsible? Albino monk Silas (Paul Bettany) and a loopy fringe of Catholic enforcers, Opus Dei.

Why it would never work: According to the Vatican The Da Vinci Code is "full of calumnies, offences, and historical and theological errors". A load of papal bull, basically. Still, despite angering Opus Dei, upsetting a few million Catholics and baffling everyone else, this Dan Brown adaptation made over a bazillion dollars at the box-office. Even if you think Brown's the high priest of hokum, that's hard to argue with.

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Your Comments
1 Pelican Brief
Posted on Tuesday June 2, 2009, 23:52 by Beenthere
Your idiotic liberalism is IDIOTIC. Leave Palin alone and don't forget to send thank you note to the Arabs for oil that does not kill any wildlife. Read More

2 National Treasure 2
Posted on Monday June 1, 2009, 23:20 by faulknerdrummer
Anyone got a clue? Read More

3 Um....
Posted on Wednesday May 27, 2009, 19:28 by Spengler
Zoolander's conspiracy was SUPPOSED to be ridiculous? Read More

4 JFK may have been exagerated, but its basic thesis has academic support
Posted on Wednesday May 27, 2009, 18:29 by docorange
While Oliver Stone's film is a composite of a variety of possible scenarios, all the groups he mentions in the film were either highly plausible suspects, or as we know for fact in some cases, did actually participate in a cover-up of aspects of JFK's murder. The Senate House Select Commitee, in the last 70's, concluded that a conspiracy was the most likely explanation for JFK's death in Dallas, and much evidence has risen suggesting at the very least there was tangible FBI and CIA manipulation of facts and evidence. I don't believe in Area 51, or 9/11 nonsense, but for a political murder during the height of the cold war, the governments initial conclusion (lone nut) was naive to the point of being criminal. As recently as last year the CIA was still stonewalling a Washington newspaper reporter in court over the release of highly contentious JFK assassination documents, so take that for what you want. We will probably never know the all the people who were involved in JFK's death. Read More

5 Quantum of Solace
Posted on Wednesday May 27, 2009, 15:58 by Old_Pyrate
QoS "conspiracy" actually not that complicated. Buy up seemingly worthless area of desert that contains a natural underground reservoir and charge ridiculously high price as the new utility supplier. The plot was nonsense was because Bond had to negotitate this conspiracy in order to find the address of Vesper's exboyfriend. Read More

6 Where Eagles Dare
Posted on Wednesday May 27, 2009, 15:48 by Old_Pyrate
As we've mentioned Where Eagles Dare.... finding out the names of all the German agents in Britain by crash landing an American actor posing as an important General near an German HQ so that he will be captured giving the British an excuse to go in and get him and extract the all important names from a member of the German high command using verbal trickery (deep breath) is just a flimsy excuse for some Boys Own heroics. Cracking film, but why not just unleash the WWII equivalent of Jack Bauer on the guy who they suspected was a traitor all the long and save all those travelling expenses. Read More

7 Quantum of Solace.
Posted on Wednesday May 27, 2009, 15:19 by Chedderzz
Simply for the reason that NO ONE has ANY idea what is going on. Read More

8 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Posted on Wednesday May 27, 2009, 14:38 by shinysavage
A good list, but I think there's a case to be made for Gof. Voldemort wants Harry's blood so he can be restored to his full 'glory'. In order to do this, he puts oe of his goons into Hogwarts... where he teaches Harry a lot of valuable stuff, and helps him through a deadly tournament, so that in the final, he can be teleported away via the bewitched trophy. Instead of, say, giving him detention on the first day of term, then teleporting him away right then and there. Hmm. Read More

9 RE: Re: Number 3 - Wrong pic?
Posted on Wednesday May 27, 2009, 11:59 by Rustyfourbears
It is from The Eagle has Landed, the pic is correct Where Eagles Dare was Burton and Eastwood...."Broadswaord calling Danny Boy" Read More

10 Signs
Posted on Wednesday May 27, 2009, 11:02 by Moody
Not sure if this counts, but why would aliens that can be hurt/killed with water try to take over a plant (Earth) that has 70% of it's surface covered by water? Not very smart. Read More

11 Number 4
Posted on Wednesday May 27, 2009, 10:32 by DLE 78
Steve Winwood on the grassy knoll? Don't know why but I found that hilarious. Read More

12 Re: Number 3 - Wrong pic?
Posted on Wednesday May 27, 2009, 10:28 by DLE 78
Yes it is from Where Eagles Dare. But you can never have too much of Where Eagles Dare!! Read More

13 Number 3 - Wrong pic?
Posted on Wednesday May 27, 2009, 10:20 by kevomoore
this is probably really picky but in number 3, The Eagle has landed, isn't that scene pictured from Where Eagles Dare? Read More


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