Angels And Demons

Watched it this afternoon with my friends at JJ. For those living under the rock, Angels and Demons is an adaptation of the best-selling book of the same name by Dan Brown. It's the prequel to the highly controversial book, The Da Vinci Code. The way the movie set it is a bit different, with Angels and Demons being worked as the sequel to the movie The Da Vinci Code, which was out few years back. Both movies were being directed by Ron Howards, Oscar-winning director of 'A Beautiful Mind' and starring two-time Oscars-winning actors, Tom Hanks.


I remembered reading this when I'm in Form 4/5 after I finished The Da Vinci Code. I was awed by the controversial 'facts' presented in the book and the fast-pacing and action-packed plot filled with twists and turns that once I'm done with it, I quickly bought Angels and Demons. The book also featured the same ingredients minus the shocking 'facts' that The Da Vinci Code had. There were some scenes I can't imagined but I did enjoyed both books.

After around 4-5 years, when I entered the cinema hall today, I totally can't recalled anything about the movie except it's about sciences and religion. I watched the movie without any recollections of the book but halfway through the movie, certain parts of the book were coming back.

Guy: Can't believe I can pick up this chick from the street.

Overall, the movie is rather good. The pacing is well-set that you can feel the urgency of the situation. They had inserted some humors in the movie which I think lighten up the tension. While the movie had took some creative license with the book, I don't think it deviated too much from it.

Lady: Why is everyone staring at me opening this junk? Doncha have a life?

I read that because of the nature of the movie which revolved around the Catholic Church, the production team was denied permissions to shot in a lot of places around Rome and Vatican City, forcing the them to rely on replicas. I have yet been to Italy (or anywhere outside Malaysia for that matter!) but I can't differenciate which is the real location and which is the set.

" Jesus, is that an angel or a demon?" (lame, I know..)

Cardinals: Can't believe I was caught doing that on tape!

Oh yea, in the movie, those cardinals were like mafias, armed with their cigarettes and sunglasses. It's rather funny seeing them in such acts. And yea, I know the captions are very lame and uninspiring.