Cinema Genius

The first movie Da Vinci Code was boring: even the appearance of a crazy albino monk did not make it more entertaining.  We practically fell asleep while Tom Hanks was going through absurd church conspiracy theories and real meaning of Grail.  I think, Catholica church can be blamed in the success of that film. By panning it as a new heresy, priests attracted crowds of people into the theaters, the audience who would otherwise just skip it and save money on popcorn.  So the original made tons of money in spite of being a silly and absurd low-quality cinema.

Yep, here we go again. Here comes the sequel Angels and Demons that is even more absurd than the original.  The sequel has all the elements of the thriller, but somehow it just does not thrill too much.  Maybe, the plot is too ecclectic with threat of explosion in Vatican, kidnapping of prelates by weird secret underground society Illuminati and three stolen vials of antimatter from European Organization for Nuclear Research.  Naturally, aging celebrity actor Tom Hanks was a star and  hero in this movie too.

Catholic church got smart and kept relative silence while the movie was shown at the theaters. Thus, the revenue tricked down to lower amount. As of now, the studio did not even cover its budget of whopping 150 million bucks that were not-so-well spent.  Yet, I am sure that the creators will get back their money with the help of the audience that ran into the theaters the first time.

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