Welcome internet world, to the newest post on my blog. Previously, I had rated Dan Brown’s “Angels and Demons”, a historical-fiction book that took place in Vatican City, which was in danger of being blown up by a futuristic bomb. Today, however, I will turn my attention to the movie that was later produced, based on the book.
Starring Tom Hanks, the movie was as exciting and interesting as the book was, and the power to keep viewers on their seats during the entire production. The locations and key artifacts that were in the books were accurate in the movie; as each of them appeared on screen I could remember reading about them some nights before. However, the main flaw I found in the movie was that although locations and objects were the same on and off the pages, not much else was.
There were many changes made to the plot, which I could have idly ignored if I hadn’t read the book, but unfortunately I had. These were huge changes as well, not minor scenes cut out because they were unimportant to the progression of the story. Maximilian Kohler, and all of CERN as well, were cut out of the movie, Langdon instead being picked up by a Vatican officer. They also removed the marriage of Langdon and Vittoria, played by Ayulet Zurer, which was, in my opinion, a major part of the book, regardless of the fact it had no contribution to the plot.
All in all, however, the movie was a success, with a great cast and director. I believe the movie would have been even greater if they had extended it to show more of the important scenes. It is understandable that the unnecessary must be cut off to allow for the movie to have an appropriate time, but the movie was very short, and there was plenty of room to add a little more of the scenes that were removed, perhaps a shortened version of Langdon’s trip to CERN.
No comments:
Post a Comment