This is a really bad film. It’s quite run-of-the-mill executed, but with that budget, those actors and the Hollywood-esque resources they had, I’m just appalled that these people couldn’t come up with anything better. Talk about ruining the collective consciousness as related to film. Now, I wasn’t expecting greatness when I saw this, just something that was above par when compared with “The Da Vinci Code”, which I think sucked but had something in the albino monk that tried to kill kill kill incessantly. So, if somebody would please graciously hack that film into something with just the albino, I’d be satisfied; the film would no doubt be much more exciting than seeing the main character find evidence and clues in everything he finds; oh yeah, so what about this film? The same. More of the same, only more trite; he shows the token female lead how clever he is, evades the enemy from time to time and makes all of Matt Damon in “Good Will Hunting” look stupid. My girlfriend fell asleep while we watched this; she’s the lucky one out of us. Don’t see this.

Hokey, predictable Science vs Religion followup to Davinci Code makes me think my time at seminary could’ve been a lot more productive if I spent less time praying and hung out at the library instead. The chase, grand and ambitious as it was – failed to deliver and lacked thrill. Insert sadface here. The Vatican Archives weren’t as impressive as one would think, though the movie really shows a section, and just a glimpse as that. Movies shot on location in Rome (or those that pretend to be) tend towards a certain old world beauty, and that’s the one true thing here. The Hannibal flick, and the Hepburn one come to mind. But Angels and Demons isn’t a travelogue. A whodunit, religio-tainted thriller that barely delivers, one would be well-advised to (maybe) read the book instead.

I went in with low expectations, and ended up finding this a lot of fun. Helped immensely that I couldn’t remember much of the detail from the book, so got a fair way through still wondering ‘who dunnit’.

Definitely an improvement on The Da Vinci Code, although in subtle ways, and not startling so. Still made for an enjoyable action/puzzle romp, imo.