An Honest Review

Rating: 6/10 (12 December 2016)

It is actually better than "The Da Vinci Code." In the first movie...which actually takes place AFTER this one, the book is one cliffhanger of a chapter after the other. The chapters were short, the story formulaic, making for a book that everyone was bound to devour...
It's just books like that don't seem to transfer right when you turn them into one movie. Had they made it into a miniseries, kept the chapter format, it would have been better.
"Angels & Demons" was a different beast. It wasn't as beautifully streamlined in its source material and as a result it translated a lot better into movie form.
Not that the movie is great, it certainly has its flaws. It's just a better adaptation.
Ewan Mcgregor does fine, Hanks, however, well, he didn't have much to work with. I mean, honestly he is playing the mother of all Mary Sue characters and that is just hard to act.
Almost faultless and as a result, Hanks is stuck playing a fantasy character that is just too good at everything, someone who's only fault is that he is right all the time.
It makes for a boring hero, which makes for a boring movie.