Monday, 22 July 2019

Angels and Demons


What a mess this film is. There are just too many errors which would make it very difficult to understand but have simply been cut to save expense and screen time. The opening sequence is very confusing, and only those who have read the book can really understand what is happening. There’s been a cut of one of the minor characters who would have explained what was going on, and it’s a shame that they couldn’t get a second person to jump out of a helicopter. A lot of the impressive tech that CERN owns which is mentioned in the book has also been cut. The action sequences are very realistic and can even be gory at times; but the explosions at the landmarks were amazing. But there’s a lot of dialogue to get through before the chase gets going, and Vittoria’s background isn’t really put to much use other than to conduct an autopsy which isn’t her field, leaving Hanks to be the credible intellectual one.

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