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review: Angels and Demons
« on: May 10, 2009, 06:48:58 PM »
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Re: review: Angels and Demons
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2009, 03:13:06 AM »
One slight technical error: it says "Camerlengo Patrick (Ewan McKenna)", and it needs to be "Camerlengo Patrick McKenna (Ewan McGregor)".

As for the review itself, I'm actually looking forward to this film now. I wasn't quite sure what to think about it before.
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Re: review: Angels and Demons
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2009, 03:36:33 AM »
Nice review. I think it's a bit silly that they're playing this as a sequel to Da Vinci. It's not as though people are incapable of grasping the concept of a prequel (although, technically, Angels and Demons was written first).

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[The Screenwriters] seem to be hell-bent (no pun intended) on improving from their previous misfire [the Da Vinci Code]

That's one way to look at it, though I would as soon attribute it to the source materials. The authors, having not read the books, have no way of knowing, but Angels and Demons was a far better book than the Da Vinci Code. I didn't mach care for the latter, but I loved the former. Given this disparity, it would be shocking if Angels and Demons were not a better movie than The Da Vinci Code.
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Re: review: Angels and Demons
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2009, 06:23:44 AM »
I definitely liked the book of Angels and Demons better. I mean, there's an anti-matter bomb! That's just plain cool.
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Re: review: Angels and Demons
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2009, 10:57:38 AM »
I've read that the plot to Angels & Demons is frighteningly similar to the plot to Da Vinci Code.

Had I reviewed the Da Vinci Code film, I would have probably given it 1-1½ stars.  I'm so skeptical of "Angels & Demons" that I'm even afraid to rent it for fear of wasting 2 hours.  Glad to hear it's better, but I'll need a few more second opinions before giving it a chance...
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Re: review: Angels and Demons
« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2009, 11:52:19 AM »
antimatter bomb def:  Positrons not in magnetic confinement.
Triggering device def: a light switch.
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Re: review: Angels and Demons
« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2009, 06:58:54 PM »
Quote from: Chaos2651 on May 11, 2009, 03:13:06 AM
One slight technical error: it says "Camerlengo Patrick (Ewan McKenna)", and it needs to be "Camerlengo Patrick McKenna (Ewan McGregor)".


fixed. ty for pointing that out
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Re: review: Angels and Demons
« Reply #7 on: May 11, 2009, 09:08:12 PM »
Quote from: The Jade Knight on May 11, 2009, 10:57:38 AM
I've read that the plot to Angels & Demons is frighteningly similar to the plot to Da Vinci Code.

Had I reviewed the Da Vinci Code film, I would have probably given it 1-1½ stars.  I'm so skeptical of "Angels & Demons" that I'm even afraid to rent it for fear of wasting 2 hours.  Glad to hear it's better, but I'll need a few more second opinions before giving it a chance...

Yes - but only in that ALL of Dan Brown's plots are strikingly similar. A&D is better done, though, and without all the Templar myth baggage.

(Ok, in fairness, I haven't read everything he's written, but I think three books is a decent sample size.)
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Re: review: Angels and Demons
« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2009, 09:11:20 AM »
What's the third?
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Re: review: Angels and Demons
« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2009, 06:17:02 PM »
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Re: review: Angels and Demons
« Reply #10 on: May 12, 2009, 10:19:36 PM »
I have read four of his books.  Digital Fortress and Deception Point have absolutely nothing to do with religion, though they are suspense thrillers.  Deception Point actually attacks science, to a degree.  I also liked Angels and Demons better than the Da Vinci code, but I thought both books were good.  The Da Vince Code movie, however, was not good at all.  I didn't even watch the whole thing, to be honest.  I'm glad they did a better job with A&D (ambigrams are awesome, by the way).
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Re: review: Angels and Demons
« Reply #11 on: May 12, 2009, 10:42:51 PM »
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Re: review: Angels and Demons
« Reply #12 on: May 15, 2009, 08:57:11 PM »
I'm going to see this movie tonight. I'll tell you what I think :P
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Re: review: Angels and Demons
« Reply #13 on: May 17, 2009, 01:29:13 AM »
I must say, I quite enjoyed the film. Very well made. I'd recommend it for sure.
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Re: review: Angels and Demons
« Reply #14 on: June 18, 2009, 03:16:35 AM »
My first non-intro post! I was going to post in the religion thread but I haven't read through all of the pages yet. I saw this movie the other day (along with UP in 3D which was so good! As well as Night at the Museum 2 which was funny but not brilliant) and I really enjoyed it. Much more than the Da Vinci Code certainly. I hadn't read the book yet so the twists were surprises to me. In fact I got the "bad guys" all wrong! Usually I'm better at it but I was off my game. Anyways I would give it 3 stars probably, I'm generally easy to please.
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