Angels and Demons

Well "Angels and Demons" was quite an intense ride. Wow! I really enjoyed it and I must give the proper adulation to Ron Howard for directing a moving and horrific and entertaining movie. He'd done such a great job with the other movie, that I wasn't surprised that I was as moved as I was.

One disappointment though. Of course, like all people who watch movies, you get your suspicions right off the bat as to whether someone might be telling the truth or not. And sometimes you're led to believe someone is the villain who really isn't. When I watch movies, I try to call it before it starts. I had my suspicions about Ewan's priest, the woman scientist, one of the cops and I think a bit of the Swiss police head. I later settled on Ewan and probably the woman. She seemed very shifty-eyed on a lot of occasions. And Ewan, as cute as he was, was just too softly spoken, pious and "oh I just want to do the right thing". Even when we came upon the scene where it's being presented that the Swiss head is trying to brand Ewan, I still felt that something was fishy.

But as events unfolded more and he did the "heroic" thing about getting the bomb, I changed my mind, thinking, "oh, maybe he was just trying to do the right thing". And then when they had his name on their lips as being the new pope, I was thrilled, thinking that a young man like that could bring a modern sense to the church, blah blah blah...

Well, in a sense he was trying to do the right thing, but was going about it in entirely the wrong way. And when everything washed out at the end and he immolated himself rather than be captured and possibly murdered by the guards, I thought, "oh.... awww that's too bad! Not a twist I thought would happen." *pouts*

But overall it was a compelling and exciting movie that really held my attention throughout. I don't know if this one will stand up to repeated viewings as TDC did, but... we'll see. :)

Mood: : Enthralled