Movie Review: Angels and Demons

Yeah, I'm late. I'm sleepy.

We saw "Angels and Demons" this weekend. Last weekend we rented "The DaVinci Code" so Yummy would be caught up. We've both listened to both books, but as movies and books tend to depart from the original during conversion she felt the need to be current. Of course, this wasn't actually necessary. Tom Hanks' character aside, there's no real connection between the two.

So, there's "The DaVinci Code" and there's "Angels and Demons". "The DaVinci Code" made for a better book than "Angels and Demons", but "A&D" made for a better movie. See, "DaVinci" isn't what you'd call action packed. The appeal of the story is in the detective work, the puzzle solving, and the history lesson. The tricky part is sorting out fact from fiction since so much of what they cover was real. But, there's not much in the way of action. Just kind of a background pursuit that rarely makes it to the screen.

"Angels and Demons" has some detective work but is more about the action. Lots of following the clues and then getting to the next site just as time is running out. Not as interesting to read, but much more interesting to watch.

The basic storyline is that the Pope is dead and the 4 leading contenders to replace him have been kidnapped. One will be killed each hour and on the 5th hour some anti-matter will explode and wipe out Vatican City.

Saw it, won't buy it, going back to sleep now.