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Angels and Demons

10th June 2009

Angels and Demons follows Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks), a Symbolist, as he helps the Vatican. He helps them in their search for four captured cardinals and a threat against the Vatican from a secret brotherhood, The Illuminati.

The movie fails as a book adaption, I just feel they have changed too much, if you are going to make a thing about how a movie is based on book then keep it faithful to the book. In Angels and Demons major characters have changed back stories or the relationships between characters are changed, a major part of the plot is removed (no investigation into the murder at CERN) and even the ending is changed, however much I thought the book ending was unbelievable you have based the movie on the book so keep it true, even in the books failings. The other annoying change is that in the book the Assassin identity is kept well hidden, in the movie it’s a clear as day who it is, this removes some of the plot’s intrigue.

As a movie (ignoring the fact it was based on a book) it is not as bad as I expected, it is a better movie than the ‘Da Vinci code’ was. The plot is easy to follow and the action/thriller nature of the plot keeps you both entertained and interested. The shots across Rome in great and if you are anything like me you’ll be waiting to go and visit Rome after watching the movie. Overall Angels and Demons is an alright movie but it let’s itself down in being a poor book adaption.

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