If you have not watch "Angels and Demons" and want to, maybe you shouldn't read this entry.
I considered myself a fan of Dan Brown even only after reading 2 books. DaVinci's Code and Angels and Demons really drew me into the story, I hang onto every single word and didn't mind sacrificing sleep just to read 1 more chapter. The storyline was refreshing, the suspense was captivating and the characters were interesting.
Although DaVinci's Code, the movie, strayed from the book (due to the book's sheer length) but it covered the very essence of story. Symbols were explained, characters remain true. The movie didn't rush through the story.
But Angels and Demons, the movie, sucked BIG TIME. It is TOTALLY nothing like the book.
1) Where was the Director of Cern in the whole movie? He was the one who read the journals and realise that master mind.
2) Robert Langdon met Vittoria at Cern when Vittoria's adopted father was found dead with the Illuminati brand was found on his chest! Vittoria did not discover Silvano's body. There wasn't a team of scientists working on the anti-matter project. Only 2 people knew about this project - Vittoria and her father! Robert Langdon was first called to Cern. Vittoria was in another country when her father was killed!
3) How come the Carmalengo spoke in part scottish, part italian, part british accent?
4) The Carmalengo did not run so calmly out into St Peter Sq, asked the helicopter pilot to get down. He ran out like a crazy man with Robert at his heels, pull the pilot of and Robert got onto the helicoptor just as it got off the ground! That's where he discovered the mastermind behind the whole kidnapping. Carmalengo parachute off the heli and leave Robert to die. Robert jumped off and landed in a river....
5) Where was the guide at the Patheon that "helped" Robert and Vittoria find the first marker?
And many many more flaws. Its so disappointing and I am hardly disappointed with movies. I actually found this movie boring!
And to this note, after the movie, I overhead a conversation between this dude, whom i suspect is trying to impress his girlfriend and his friends by saying "Wah, what a great movie. It's exactly like the book and its great to actually see it on screen". BLAH!
I must say however, and it does sound a little perverse. As I read the book, i visualise in my mind the scenes and the scene of the 3 cardinals' murder was exactly the same as in my mind.
