I'm not going to review this one, this will be handled by one of our Movie Night correspondents
who is standing by, live in St. Peter's Basically from the Vatican.
Jory Caron - how are you doing?
I'm doing good Jon, I'm live here from the pews of St. Peter's Basilica where I am about
to be ordained as one of the Pope's newest Cardin--- no...
no I'm not?
Yeah, I guess that makes sense - I have sinned an awful lot in my life...
So let’s get right down to it and explore this 2009 box office hit.
Angels and Demons is the much anticipated sequel to the hugely successful Da Vinci Code.
Fun fact here, although Angels and Demons is the sequel to the Da Vinci Code in movie
form it is actually the prequel to it in book form.
But I digress.
Angels and Demons brings back Robert Langdon, a Harvard professor of symbology, or symbolism,
whichever studies symbols, to solve the case of the missing vial of stolen antimatter.
Robert Langdon and friends have to follow a whole bunch of hidden clues to save the
world.
Now just when you think, I've heard that plot before, the movie introduces the catholic
church vs. illuminati twist, oh snap.
Riding on the heels of the popes death and the uneasy times of the papal election, the
Illuminati kidnaps the four preferiti, for those not familiar with the catholic lingo
they are the four preferred contenders for the popes seat.
On top of that prefferiti pwnage the Illuminati decide to take their newly acquired speck
of antimatter and consume Vatican city in light.
In lamens terms the illuminati are going to use their weapon of mass destruction to blow
up vatican city.
They don't just want to blow up Vatican City though, they want to create a series of solvable
riddles to ultimately thwart the attempt of the church's destruction.
Robert Langdon, who knows apparently knows everything about the catholic church, even
more than the catholic church, discerns that the Illuminati are going to kill in the style
of Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water.
But I felt as though they lacked heart and so the captain planet star of approval can't
be awarded to this flick.
This movie brought so much to the big screen, It had History, mystery, mutilation, a detonation,
a car chase, and the beautiful face of Ayelet Zurer.
Wait a second, Wasn't she in Munich directed by Speilberg...
Tom Hanks has been in a Speilberg movie too, What could it mean.
There must be a clue here!
Wait...
I'm just beyond the eight row of pews here... and the eight letter of the alphabet is the
letter H - and Tom Hank's is last name starts with an H!
Of course!
The clue must be buried somewhere underneath my feet!
Jon – Ah....
Jory, implausible deduction skills aside - I don't think defacing Vatican property is such
a good idea.
Jory – Listen Jon I need answers...
These movies somehow rope me into the mystery every time.
Even though some of the acting was a little too revealing and obvious and some of the
clever comedic one liners a little out of place it still held my undivided attention.
That's what I thought about it - lets see what you guys thought of Angels & Demons:
TubedUp909Part3 Angels &? Demons: A surprisingly very entertaining college lecture.
Hanks gives a great performance (no surprise) and it has a pretty good twist at the end.
blah22322 Angels & Demons was a good movie, but it can get VERY slow.
Maybe if u read the book beforehand, the movie will seem better or worse, but as a person
who has not read it, i thought?
it was just OK
deltoragal Angels and Demons was a well made movie that I think many people who haven't
read the book would enjoy, but as an avid Dan Brown reader, I was rather disappointed
in the alterations the producers saw fit? to make.
That's what you thought, but did I enjoy it?
Yeah, I certainly did, and for that I have to give it a “cool”.
I must know though, what riddles can I solve by digging up the floor of this 400-year-old
church!
What mystery am I on the verge of discovering?
Vandalism or not Jon you have to understand if there's even a remote chance that by doing
this I could save Vatican City, then I have to do it.
Does anyone have a shovel!?
TubedUp909Part3 Angels &? Demons: A surprisingly very entertaining college lecture.
Hanks gives a great performance (no surprise) and it has a pretty good twist at the end.
blah22322 Angels & Demons was a good movie, but it can get VERY slow.
Maybe if u read the book beforehand, the movie will seem better or worse, but as a person
who has not read it, i thought?
it was just OK
deltoragal Angels and Demons was a well made movie that I think many people who haven't
read the book would enjoy, but as an avid Dan Brown reader, I was rather disappointed
in the alterations the producers saw fit to make.
Thanks for that exciting review Jory.