A LOT better then the Da Vinci Code

Rating: 8/10 (15 May 2009)

Like most people I'd already read the book "Angels And Demons" and ever since then I'd been looking forward to Dan Brown's books to be made into movies. Of course with the flop which was "The Da Vinci Code" I was naturally pessimistic about Angels and Demons the movie.
The movie starts off with the Fisherman's ring being destroyed and the Pope's funeral. For the first 15-20 minutes of the movie definitely starts off on a down beat but as soon Robert Langdon arrives in Vatican City things start to pick up, for me, the next part of the movie is action packed and -even though I'd already read the story and so already knew what was going to happen- it was most definitely edge-of-the-seat-stuff. The last bit of the movie where all the bits and pieces are put together for both the characters and the viewer is thankfully not as action-packed. You definitely can't go into the movie expecting to just have a easy ride, you need your brains in gear to fully understand everything and to get all the points in the end because otherwise the movie will seem like just a load of sub-stories brought together into some obscure storyline.
People who feel that "The Da Vinci Code" was a let down and ruined a perfectly brilliant and best selling novel by one of the top authors of our time will be very glad to hear that "Angels and Demons" does in fact do fantastic justice to a brilliant book.