Angels & Demons

Amazing!

Eu gostei pra cara***!!!!! Suspense, ação, tudo de bom. Ansiosa pra ver Inferno.

Eu gostei pra cara***!!!!! Suspense, ação, tudo de bom. Ansiosa pra ver Inferno.

Armin Mueller, Stellan, Nikolaj, I will personally drag my sweaty balls across your face, you did an amazing job acting and made me angry AF, very good movie

Dan Brown stories are endlessly enticing, from page to film – but the way these stories translate for the silver screen are always an interesting one. I’ve held the notion that Dan Brown books are unfilmable – at least if you want to capture the essence of what makes the books so great. The Da Vinci Code, specifically, was an interesting movie – but ultimately a mess when it tried to explain things…between that and Angels & Demons, The Da Vinci Code was the book I favored. On the other hand, this is the movie I personally prefer

When it comes to the two films, Angels & Demons is more cohesive and works better on film than the other, even if I prefer the first movie’s story more. Both stories are compelling, but one tries to persuade you of a certain idea – while this one doesn’t. Instead what you have here is a story that you can comprehend and get behind. It still introduces exciting questions regarding secrets and faith…just not secrets that change the way the entire world operates.

I like to balance these films on a notion between entertainment and importance. The Da Vinci Code had a pretty good balance between the two – but they go over the top trying to explain everything to you. Angels & Demons is just more entertaining, period. I think more people will enjoy this as a film because it doesn’t demand that you trust its neverending crazy conspiracy theories. You can watch this like any other film. You’ll just be interested in the Vatican archives and maybe the large hydron collider. In the end, as weird as this may seem, the first movie is probably more memorable because it’s insane.

Regardless on how good or bad this movie is, or even the predecessor – both films are obviously based off books, and books that you should read…because even though they follow the basic plot – you’re missing a lot of very interesting details that stick with you for years. I’ve read all the books, and I’m still upset over the fact that they aren’t apparently planning to make the third book in the series – The Lost Symbol – a movie…because that was basically my favorite book. But hey, who knows? They are coming out with a 5th book next year, and you know I’ll be all over that.

I really liked the story and the ending was extremly unexpected for me. 10/10 for the story! However I will not watch it again since it was too brutal for (but that is just a note for myself so I won't forget). Hans Zimmers music is fantastic as always.

A much more competent adaptation of Brown's novel than its convoluted predecessor.Is it a perfect adaptation? Of course not, but that was also the biggest issue with the 2006 Da Vinci Code: it tried way too hard to stick to the book while also speeding through its plot with Hanks giving bad exposition dumps that felt ham-fisted and sluggish.

This, though, is a lot more streamlined and while faster paced, it still hit all the important beats of the novel, minus Vittoria's CERN boss, Maximilian Kohler, whose role in exposing [spoiler]the Carmelengo's false flag attacks was absorbed by Ricther[/spoiler] in this adaptation.

While faster-paced with much cleaner writing than the 2006 movie, this still pairs nicely with extended cut of The Da Vinci Code.

ewan mcgregor in that priest outfit...forgive me father for i have sinned am i right

rewatching the movie after so many years, having already forgotten the details in the book, and I found out it is actually a very legit movie!

I really enjoyed this film. Is it Indiana Jones? No, of course not. But the movie was gripping and I was into it. I get criticized fairly often for liking the artsy films but I think this movie proves that we can appreciate art on many different levels. The film was full of flaws but at the end of the day it was a lot of fun to watch. Of course, the book was better :-).