Contrived and boring

Rating: 2/10 (9 December 2015)

Contrived and boring.
The Da Vinci code was fairly boring, living off only its controversial theories. Strip that aspect away and it was contrived, linear and predictable.
Angels and Demons is even worse. Even more contrived, and now Tom Hanks proves that even great actors can't overcome crappy scripts and listless direction. Hanks hams it up, and looks like an amateur.
At 140 minutes, Ron Howard also fails to observe the first rule of movie-making - if you can't make a good movie, make a short one.
Avoid.