all i can say is: way to take one for the team!!! once again ya'lls dedication is proven, cuz there was NO WAY i'd even go near this...thing... (Honestly? I have a hard time seeing Tom Hanks outside of 'Bosom Buddies" or..."big".."batchelor party"..."the money pit"...wow, what happened to THAT tom hanks?!...THAT tom hanks woulda ended up a cylon on bsg!)
now, to add my two theo-political-pursuit-of-happiness-in-media cents: as far as dawkins/hitchens being 'throw aways,' - ultimately, since the dawn of man, there have been people that believed in god(s) and people that don't, and it will always be that way. Now whether or not the pursuit of science is akin to the pursuit of faith is debatable, but it does make for great screenwriting fodder because it's a 'collision,' if you will, that is eternal and affects the common man - so way to drop the ball on that one ron howard! ;)
and just what is a 'symbolist' anyway? please tell me that is a dan brown created term and not an actual career...sounds like to me that Indy knew more about symbolism and the church than any tom hanks 'symbolist'!