I was super thrilled of course... Angels and Demons, the movie. I have read the book and I love it. The story is superb... so I was expecting something good in the movie as well. But... as I often say, expectations bring disappointment (more often than not). And this turned out to be true, in an "ugh!" way.
First of all, the research part. Silvano and Vittoria (or may be Victoria) were supposedly generating anti-matter... but in the movie there's a whole research team going gung-ho about that. Still ok... But then Vatican Police comes to fetch Robert Langdon (Vittoria or Victoria is nowhere to be seen around him till they are all inside Vatican City). There was no Kohler in the whole movie... Jeez! The guy getting shot in the Pope's office towards the end was one of the Swiss guards. Double jeez! The assasin, after branding and killing four Cardinals from the Preferiti did a little jig, fumbled around with a car's circuit and then killed himself. He got into it, slammed the door shut and "ka-boom"! I understand these guys can't show everything from the book and hence shorten it by smoothing out the rough edges but... Common sense, guys! There wasn't even a Langdon- Assasin fighting sequence... Real dampener! Langdon is not there in the helicopter at all. But the blast was pretty cool... I admit. Still, still, still, in the end the movie doesn't make sense. Aw phooey!
The only character I liked in the movie was one blonde, young Swiss guard who got stuck with Langdon inside the Vatican archives. Just see his face when he faints due to lack of oxygen... Hehe! Anything for a pack of smokes, eh?;)
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