First of all let me state that I must be one of the few people on the planet who genuinely enjoyed Angels and Demons far far far more than the DaVinci Code. Frankly there was just too much boring dialog and needless drivel, a bit of a disappointment after reading Dan Browns other books. Angels and Demons kept me engaged and was a joy to read, apart from the more absurd bits of the book... cough cough...Robert Langdon's makeshift parachute.
The film adaptation of Angels and Demons seemed to have left out some of these more farcical attributes. Although this was a really good watch - I now accept Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon for a start- it is slightly slower paced than the film version of the DaVinci Code for which I found the book much slower and much more boring.
The Angels and Demons film is definitely worth the watch if you read the book and if you can get around Tom Hanks mullet in the Da Vinci Code I guess you might as well watch this too. I was a little ... okay alot annoyed that this was billed as the sequel to Da Vinci Code but enjoyed it no the less.
On that same note, I completed The Lost Symbol a few months ago and I think Dan Brown's trend so far has been to go down hill. This book so could have finished 5 chapters from the actual end, as it seemed a little drawn out. I think the producers really have an opportunity to make a really good film out of this by removing some of the more ridiculous aspects as they did with Angels and Demons, so we will see in 2012 as Columbia and Tom Hanks are back with the third instalment of this franchise. Not holding my breath but we'll see it could be worth the wait?
Leilu
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