Angels & Demons was another one of my most anticipated movie of the year and again it did not meet my expectations. Like all blockbuster sequels and book adaptation movies, they are always not as good as the first movie or the book. For those who plan to watch Angels & Demons, you can continue reading. I promise I will not go into details of the storyline. The movie began oh so gradually, it started with a 5 minutes long narration. Continued with a 10 minutes long scene where dialogues were in Italian, without subtitles. Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) didn't appear on screen till afterwards. What made this movie even less captivating for me was because I was unfamiliar with the elements mentioned in this movie. Unlike The Da Vinci Code, even without reading the book, I knew of The Last Supper, Mona Lisa Smile, etc. My interest and understanding level of the movie was relatively high. For Angels & Demons, I just wish I had read the book first.
Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) in Angels & Demons has a sense of humour, was expressive and at certain points comical. Robert Langdon was suppose to be somewhat like Detective Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise) in C.S.I. New York - cool and intelligent. Tom Hanks did a great job in the Da Vinci Code, but this time he just lost his cool factor. It was also weird to see heartthrob Ewan McGregor playing Camerlengo Patrick McKenna (a priest). Vittoria Vetra (Ayelet Zurer) looked really gorgeous, but she was just another-pretty-face-pointless character in this movie. 
The good part of this movie is the setting. You get to see most of Rome. The storyline is a fast-paced thrill ride that will get you at the edge of your seat. It is also not as controversial as the The Da Vinci Code.In a nutshell, I prefer The Da Vinci Code. I am still glad that I went to watch Angels & Demons during the premier. It might not be as good as I expected it to be. But hey, you don't always get what you want and is the experience that counts. Right?
For more information on Angels & Demons, you can visit Angels & Demons Homepage or Angels & Demons on IMDB. Here are what the critics have to say about this movie on Rotten Tomatoes.
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