Angels & Demons

Pros: Decent scenery, some suspense, polished look.
Cons: Terrible script, not believable, weak acting.

I though The Da Vinci Code was moderately palatable. Nothing spectacular. Which is why I was surprised to see a sequel. The film made lots of money but just was not that good.  Why someone chose to make a sequel is beyond my ...

Pros: Entertaining thriller.  Tom Hanks.
Cons: May offend some viewers.  Camera work in some scenes.

Back when I first read Angels & Demons by Dan Brown, I thought it could make a good movie.  Part of that was because I thought the plot would still be interesting in a ...

Pros: Great acting, directing, writing and cinematography--truly exciting
Cons: None

I had read and heard rave reviews of Ron Howard's "Angels & Demons" which was, of course, based on Dan Brown's bestselling book.  After watching the special midnight showing, I have to agree that the movie is sensational.THE ...

Pros: Good performances, especially McGregor, Skarsgard, Mueller-Stahl
Cons: Some parts are a bit implausible

The pope dies. A priest involved in a secret Swiss underground scientific experiment is murdered, and the item he helped to create is stolen. As the conclave of cardinals convenes at the Vatican to name a papal successor, the four leading candidates for ...

Pros: nice pictures, a decent vehicle for a travel-guide suspense thriller
Cons: predictable, outlandish, easy to snore through

Five minutes into this film, I knew how it would end; I just didn't know how many loops through the maze it would take to get there.  Angels & Demons is Dan Brown's follow-up to his hilariously controversial The Da Vinci Code ...

Pros: Some decent action sequences, pretty solid ending
Cons: Goofy plot, turgid pacing

Having not read either book, and having been forced to sit through the atrocious The Da Vinci Code in 2006, I had little to no impetus to check out Angels & Demons.  The reviews overall have been better, the book - I have it on ...

Pros: beautiful production values. informative. The Vatican gives it thumbs up.
Cons: unbelievable premise. standard fare.

I go to the movies with the hope that I'm going to have a good time. Some actors and directors give one more hope than others. The team of Ron Howard and Tom Hanks has delivered a number of my favorite movies over the years. When it came down to a choice ...

Pros: Really just a surprisingly fun film.
Cons: Yeah, there are some plot holes and whatnot.

After being relatively underwhelmed with Tim Hanks in The Da Vinci Code, I was hesitant to sign on for more symbology adventures in Angels and Demons.  Fortunately, this second Dan ...

Pros: A serviceable and reasonably efficient film, well-produced and filmed
Cons: Actors are flat (particularly supporting characters), plot is flat, new director needed...

Tom Hanks is looking for something. Interrupted during his morning swim by a slick, foreign-accented agent of the Vatican, he is whisked off to the Holy City by helicopter on the trail of a holy killer. Good men are so hard to find. Of ...

Pros: Action Scenes, Background score, Decent performances
Cons: Barely audible mumbled dialogs

Introduction Though Da Vinci Code is Dan Brown’s most popular book, my personal favorite is Angels & Demons. I was disappointed with the movie version of Da Vinci Code, and was hoping that the team would have ...

Pros: plot, acting, soundtrack
Cons: none

Angels and Demons was so much better than the Da Vinci Code, so, so much better.  Angels and Demons had a plot you could follow without a book load of explanations.  It was a great thriller, mystery, and quest movie with religion ...

Pros: nothing really...perhaps parts of the soundtrack?
Cons: everything really...especially the horrible copies of master art works!

              This film is based on the novel by Dan Brown, author of “Da Vinci Code.”  In the book series, this story precedes “Da Vinci Code,” but in the film versio...

Pros: Terrific action, just the right amount of humor and misdirection
Cons: Langdon's sidekick is just that

"Angels and Demons" is the sequel to Ron Howard's "The Da Vinci Code," in which it was "revealed" that Jesus Christ had a child or children.  I didn't see enough of "The Da Vinci Code" to review it, but the ending was OK.  I was lucky enough to ...

Pros: Excellent production values, great special effects and photography, reasonably good acting and pacing.
Cons: You have to put your brain in neutral about the science, history, or logical gaffs.

ANGELS & DEMONS (the ampersand is part of the title of both book and movie) is either (it hardly matters) a prequel or a sequel of THE DA VINCI CODE, and like that movie is based on a Dan Brown novel, directed by Ron Howard, and stars Tom Hanks as ...

Pros: edge of your seat wondering what happens next, plot structure, Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor
Cons: none

I liked the Da Vinci Code all right, but wasn't overwhelmed by it. However a friend of mine went and saw Angels and Demons and raved about how it was easier to follow and the overall plot was better. After her high marks I could not help but want to go ...