Angels & Demons

[Odon]

So, I just got back from the midnight showing. Wow. Tom Hanks was amazing yet again. It was a fantastic film, I recommend it completely.

[Toth]

Going to see this Monday. Angels and Demons is one of my favorite books (sooooooo much better than the Da Vinci Ciode) so I am hopeful its going to be a food adaptation. I actually liked the first movie but I know this book has a much better storyline to follow than that one did so I'm happy to hear good press so far :D

[yayaok]

tom motherfucking hanks can do no wrong

[The_OG_Nelta]

Are you fucking joking me?

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for a 2 and a half hour movie, they left out a SHIT load of important stuff out... No Leonardo, No Arab Hassassin, No character development between Langdon and Vittoria, Random person killed "Vittoria's partner" Robert didn't go in the helicopter with Carmerlengo, and the 5th fucking sign was wrong.

I can honestly go on.. Was horrible movie.

[Zilong]

Wait, then what the fuck do they use instead of the assassin as the antagonist?

[Kenkyo]

Are you fucking joking me?

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for a 2 and a half hour movie, they left out a SHIT load of important stuff out... No Leonardo, No Arab Hassassin, No character development between Langdon and Vittoria, Random person killed "Vittoria's partner" Robert didn't go in the helicopter with Carmerlengo, and the 5th fucking sign was wrong.

I can honestly go on.. Was horrible movie.

By the sounds it, they ruined a Masterpeice I guess it's another film for the online stream rather than cinema.

[Toth]

Well, based on those brief spoilers, I'd say:

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The whole helicopter episode in the book was one of the weakest parts in the book. You simply CANNOT survive a drop like that no matter how makeshift Langdon's 'parachute' was. It made little sense in the book and I'm not concerned over it being gone. Now, if they did remove Vittoria's father as the murdered scientist, I do see that as an unneccesary plot change. However, since the Da Vinci Code had Sophia trying to avenge her grandfather who was murdered, I can see why they did not recycle the same thing (which The Da Vinci Code of course did...). Finally, as for the Hassassin, he didn't have much character development in the book anyway. He was just a generic villain too foolish to realize how he was being used.

[The_OG_Nelta]

Well, based on those brief spoilers, I'd say:

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The whole helicopter episode in the book was one of the weakest parts in the book. You simply CANNOT survive a drop like that no matter how makeshift Langdon's 'parachute' was. It made little sense in the book and I'm not concerned over it being gone. Now, if they did remove Vittoria's father as the murdered scientist, I do see that as an unneccesary plot change. However, since the Da Vinci Code had Sophia trying to avenge her grandfather who was murdered, I can see why they did not recycle the same thing (which The Da Vinci Code of course did...). Finally, as for the Hassassin, he didn't have much character development in the book anyway. He was just a generic villain too foolish to realize how he was being used.

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I don't mind the helicopter scene being taken out honestly, because it was kinda stupid. He happen to land near a hospital lol. But the Hassassin being arab was something I was really looking forward too, in the book he was very very evil and devilish. In the movie, he was just... another person killing other people..

[Qalbert]

I'd say the real problem here is expecting anything other than pretentious mediocrity from DB. I have read this and DaVinci and both were decent stories, but horribly written. Additionally the whole presenting stuff as facts that aren't irks me to no end.

[Toth]

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I don't mind the helicopter scene being taken out honestly, because it was kinda stupid. He happen to land near a hospital lol. But the Hassassin being arab was something I was really looking forward too, in the book he was very very evil and devilish. In the movie, he was just... another person killing other people..

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To be honest, I always found the Hassassin as kind of a 'cliche Arab villain number 4567. Yes he was evil, or rather fanatical, but he was just 'there' to be used by Janus and kill the priests. I guess I will reserve my judgment until I see how they reworked it. I'm sure they were trying to avoid an Arab vs Catholic firestorm in their decision.

[Natallon]

i saw it and thought it was pretty good

although i have not read the book so I can't make any sort of judgment call there.
my sister has read it and was fussing about how inaccurate the film was as compared to the book

[Shuvo]

First few minutes with the LHC was cool. Rest of the movie was zzzzzzzz.

[BerenTebogo]

LHC stuff was cool - rest was decent.

Lame plot twist is lame. Easily called it like 40% through the movie I don't know how you people could have sat through the book after that.

[Fryte]

8 bucks to see Tom Hanks run around Rome. It was lame and I didn't read the books so it was almost unenjoyable.

[Onigami The Yagudo King]

It pissed me off that they didnt explain that the Pope was actually Camerlengo's father, and that he was a child of science.

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Also, they never explained WHY Camerlengo did what he did with the whole Illuminati scheme and the hassassin. In the movie they made it seem like he was doing it to get his dick in the door and be the next pope. Yes, he wanted to be the next pope, but for the right reasons. The whole thing with the helicopter exploding and him coming out perfectly fine was supposed to show people that there is hope still left in religion. He thought that if you take hope away from religion and prove it all with science, people without their religion would crumble away and have no reason to wonder about the unthinkable any more because everything is defined with science. I explained it horribly but my point is, they made him out to be a bad guy in the movie when he was nowhere even close. Pissed me off.

I was also looking for more plot development between Langdon and Verra, and of course the Hassassin, He was one of my favorite parts of the whole book. I dunno how they equated him to being some italian dude with little circle glasses in the movie, but w/e. Overall, the movie was beautifully shot throughout rome. I just wish they didnt piss away alot of the important stuff that made the book one of my favs.

[The_OG_Nelta]

yup.

[Rhinox]

Loved the movie.

[Headspace]

ITT: People assuming movies stick to the books word for word.

Get out of here, that never happens. Da Vinci Code was a snore fest, so they took out small points of plot development to appease those who don't read the book and wanted a thriller.

[Jaybar]

I enjoyed the book as a thriller. I'm hoping to enjoy the movie as an altered thriller (that's what I've learned so far from watching movie renditions of awesome books).

[Epical]

A&D was the last book I ever read when it came out, so after seeing the movie last night, I also noticed a lot of stuff was missing from the book. However, this is ALWAYS what happens in novel -> movie scenarios, so I wasn't overly disappointed. Beyond that I thought it was definitely entertaining.

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The way they did the antimatter explosion was awesome. Looked like something cosmic.