Comments on: Angels & Demons Review

By: 790

790 — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:12:58 +0000

I watched about 10 minutes of this today as I was waiting for Land of the Lost.

Hank’s acting was horrible. The scene I’m talking about was where he’s asking certain members of the Vatican for access to their archives.
Wow that was some of Tom’s worst acting and some of the most predictable writing I’ve seen in a long time.

Ron Howard what’s happened to you man, not that I was ever really impressed but your films remind me of bad tv shows…

By: Vic Holtreman

Vic Holtreman — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:49:59 +0000

@tasouli

Dude… 3 out of 5, not 3 out of 10, bud.

Pay attention.

Vic

By: tasouli

tasouli — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:18:56 +0000

The movie was not that bad people. While again it did not capture the magnificence of the book and yes there were several ridiculous scenarios/moments, I feel that teh ovie was a success.
In both cases I feel that the books were in fact better but people cannot simply judge a movie by those standards. I actually AM a fan of the Da Vici Code theatrical version.
If you have never read the books than you will like the movies. They are very contreversial, fast-paced, offer twists, and keep you guessing until the end.
Things that were not good with Angels and Demons were that they did NOT stray away from teh book all that much. Tom hanks’ performances were mediocre at best but I would not blame him for that. Things SHOULD have been altered in the movie from teh book to make the movie more appealing to the audience.
1- For 1, Prof Rob. Langdon (T Hanks) should have been more emotional and shown us his acting range. There shoudl havce been scenes added whgere he conveyed more emotion; in order for us as people to relate more closely to the character as a person, instead of a cut-dry character from a novel.
2- Tom Hanks and the female scientist shoudl have had more chemistry. I am not talking about full out animalistic passionate scenes but a kiss or some inadvertent handholding would have spiced up the movie and kept the audience on their feeting waiting to see if things would go astray from the novel.
3- Ewen Mcgregor was a loveable character in the movie, a character that really nailed in his role. I do agree that they wanted to keep teh storyline similar to the books…but it would have been better if the Carmangelo did not conjure up the entire concept of the illuminati and if he did in fact save the Vatecan. They could have made one of the other priests or someone else responsible and left McGreggor’s character the way people wanted him- on our good graces trying to do what is right for the church. I know I’ll probably get bashed for saying this but think about it…plot it out in your mind, it would be more suitable for the screen adaptation of the novel.
4- Ron Howard and Dan Brown novels dont mix. Botom line. Howard’s directing feels rushed and quickly pasted together and he doe snot try to grab teh essence of the books. Maybe he did not read them, who knows, but another director could have done a more solid job.

All in all, I liked the movies and the books….i will agree taht the movies could have been better but you cannot honestly tell me that they were that bad. 3/10? come one
this one has got to be a 6/10-7/10 easy
Wolverine was a 3/10

By: rich

rich — Sun, 24 May 2009 20:20:21 +0000

1 question

“can your pope fly”

By: John "Kahless" Taylor

John "Kahless" Taylor — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:55:57 +0000

These are the US grosses I found on boxofficemojo:

Daily gross Monday Tuesday Wednesday
1 STAR TREK $4,530,194 $3,360,553 $3,117,839
2 ANGELS & DEMONS $4,737,211 $3,603,421 $2,947,014
3 WOLVERINE $1,425,181 $1,067,934 $956,416

Total gross
STAR TREK $158,653,970
WOLVERINE $154,442,700
ANGELS & DEMONS $57,491,814

By: John "Kahless" Taylor

John "Kahless" Taylor — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:30:58 +0000

@Cat
According to rottentomatoes, A&D made $46 million last weekend and Trek made $43 million. Trek probably beat it worldwide though.

By: Vic Holtreman

Vic Holtreman — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:29:59 +0000

No, it’s not. You must have been looking at yesterday’s box office numbers. So far:

US
Star Trek: $159MM
A&D: $57MM

Worldwide:
Star Trek: $231MM
A&D: $160MM

Vic

By: Cat

Cat — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:26:11 +0000

Vic
I’m thinking this is a mis-print but I saw that angels n demons is only $1million behind star trek despite coming out a week after. There is no chance this is true right?

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:10:02 +0000

I would like Ron Howard to give me my $7 back as well as the 2 1/2 hours I wasted watching this movie. I LOVED the book and was so looking forward to this movie. I could not believe what a departure this screenplay was from the original book. How does that even happen? What really put me over the edge was having a character that dies in the book but stays alive in the movie. I expect more from Ron Howard.

By: John "Kahless" Taylor

John "Kahless" Taylor — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:16:26 +0000

I wouldn’t call what I’m about to say is a SPOILER but I will warn you that some things may seem obvious after reading what I’m about to say. So, you have been warned:
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I have to tell ya, I figured who the bad guy was pretty early on. I didn’t figure out the total ending, but the part I did figure out was kind of obvious (knowing hollywood). Even though I agree with the 3 out of 5, I was bored in parts and would say wait for the DVD. It’s hard to believe it beat out Trek but Trek is in it’s 2nd weekend. One thing that was surprising is that I didn’t see anything to belittle the Catholic Church. The Catholics I talked to before seeing the film said they wouldn’t see it because Dan Brown usually comes down hard on their faith; I didn’t see this happen in this movie. This movie should have been released before May; it’s not a summer blockbuster, IMHO.

By: John

John — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:35:49 +0000

I saw the movie this weekend and I gotta tell ya. I thought it sucked and so did the two people I went with. I would call it the movie that wouldn’t end. It was predictable and boring. We all wished we had gone to see Star Trek or The Soloist instead.

By: Nancy Broertjes

Nancy Broertjes — Mon, 18 May 2009 01:47:23 +0000

I am a great fan of Dan Brown’s books and I thoroughly enjoyed the movie Da Vinci Code. Unfortunatly, while the movie Angels and Demons was entertaining, I was highly disappointed at the failure to be true to the book. I felt that the things in the book that MADE the story were left totally OUT of the movie. What was left was so fast paced but disjointed tht it failed to make sense. I feel that abridgements could have been made at other points in the story to conserve time. One of the major “suspects” was totally omitted. Nonetheless, I do hope that Ron Howard will make more movies out of Dan Brown’s books…..just PLEASE follow the story in the book better!

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By: EnglishGavz

EnglishGavz — Sun, 17 May 2009 18:14:53 +0000

Watched it, very much liked it, my family chose to simply enjoy the twist at the end for the spectacle rather than putting it into perspective. Just found it rather unlikely that after TDC all anyone does is give Tom Hanks nasty looks every now and again.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sun, 17 May 2009 13:59:56 +0000

if the rating to be given is how they followed the book, i would rate it 3/10… not sure i exagerated but i dont think so

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sun, 17 May 2009 13:56:35 +0000

i love the book..A&D i mean..it was great, much more better than DVC, but the film messed up…there were so many changes, i watched it with my friends and we all were disappointed. we were distracted as we watched it,, some were even pinpointing every detail that was changed..man,, even their way of transportation was changed..lol,, too bad we all didnt see the jet from CERN

By: Vic Holtreman

Vic Holtreman — Sat, 16 May 2009 15:37:43 +0000

@MBL

You only gave it half a star more than I did.

Vic

By: EnglishGavz

EnglishGavz — Sat, 16 May 2009 09:35:25 +0000

Watching it tonight with my family, we did the same with The Da Vinci Code, my goodness we’re bad Christians.

By: Andy S

Andy S — Fri, 15 May 2009 20:32:53 +0000

I was a BIG fan of both books. Hearing that they took a lot of liberties with the novel is disheartening. I was already planning on waiting for the DVD, but now I am DEFINITELY going to wait for the DVD and catch Trek again in IMAX.