[REVIEW] Angels and Demons

[rfmcdonald]

Thursday, while it was raining, I caught the new Dan Brown movie adaptation Angels and Demons at the Varsity Cinema. I was pleased to discover that it was actually a good popcorn movie and that its pacing and plot was decidedly better than The Da Vinci Code's. I just have three non-spoiler things to write about the film.

• Having CERN generate grams of antimatter, quantities substantial enough to form droplets and create five-kiloton explosions is ludicrous. Besides, more energy goes into creating antimatter than you would get out of the antimatter's annihilation, making it useless as a power source.


• The film's perspective on the Roman Catholic Church and its history may make the various medievalists and church historians I know tear.


• Normally I consider the phrase "Liberal Agenda" to be a sure marker of some right-wing nut, but actually, that phrase is perfectly suited for this movie.