'Angels and Demons' Review

Tom Hanks and Ayelet Zurer rush to save the Vatican in Angels & Demons. Watch the trailer: http://www.moviefone.com/movie/angels-and-demons/28282/main

Angels and Demons is one of Dan Brown's novels I haven't read so I can't compare this movie version to it. My wife and cousin read it and said the movie basically followed it but with several changes to the plot and characters and their motivations. It's a better movie than his previous The DaVinci Code because of the nature of the material.
Code was a talky movie with less action but so was the novel. There were lots of needed exposition and pseudo Biblical/historical explanations that slowed down the action but was faithful to the novel. The makers of Angels wisely kept the talking to the minimum and concentrated on fights, chase scenes, and last minute escapes. The same director and actor (Ron Howard and Tom Hanks) give us more entertainment, lots of scenery, and Vatican costumes cloaked in the usual suspenseful holy-holy type of music score. This time Hanks' hairdo won't be the center of attention. The rest of the cast is good. So when will we see a movie of Brown's The Digital Fortress? Hanks's character won't be in it but if done right will be as entertaining as the novel.
What irked me was people's reaction to Code's novel and movie. How many morons protested because they thought the story was real!! It was fiction. Hello? If a story can change your religious beliefs, then you got a problem. These morons shouldn't complain about Angels & Demons because this time our hero is recruited by the Vatican to save it from disaster. The only official comment from the Vatican, which did not let them film on their premises, is that the movie is only an action thriller not to be taken seriously. So go see it as only that and enjoy it. There's two good current programs shown on The History and Discovery Channels that explore fact vs. fiction in the book and movie.

Today our Catholic church bulletin featured a warning about this movie. When are these morons going to learn that their protests only make people want to see the movie and make it sucessful.