Angels and Demons and Agnostic Harvard Symbologists, Oh My!

[motherwell]

Okay, I finally saw Angels and Demons, the sequel to The DaVinci Code, in which Symbology Professor Robert Langton (Tom Hanks) is once again called upon to solve a problem for the Vatican using clues that were literally under their noses the whole time, but that they couldn't do anything with because they'd forgotten 90% of their own organizational

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[motherwell]

I kind of expected it to be silly, and was rolling my eyes at exactly HOW MUCH silliness I was getting, and then was pleasantly surprised at the sudden plot-twist that miraculously made it a little less silly. But yeah, all in all it was still pretty damn silly. I was both laughing at it, and thinking "Damn, they could have done better with this!" (How about if Langdon had talked about the REAL history of the Illuminati, and suggested that any hints of a modern-day conspiracy were probably the work of dumb-ass wannabees? Just a thought...)

Part of the problem may have been that a movie like this couldn't get too serious, relevant, or plausible, without hitting a lot of nerves and offending a lot of Christians. Another part of the problem is that a lot of the ideas movies like this try to cover just don't go over real well on the big screen.

And yeah, I'm seeing supermodel scientists kind of...over-represented in movies these days. I mean, thanx for the nubile eye-candy, but _I'm_ getting to middle age -- anyone ever think I might like a little middle-aged eye-candy? Like someone else said in a thread about the Star Trek movie, middle-aged women just don't seem to exist on the big screen; they're all replaced by babes who somehow manage to get all the education and seasoning the rest of us don't get until we're middle-aged. The only exceptions I can think of offhand are Helen Mirren and Queen Latifah.