The sun is shining, I've been devouring films like a
professional of late, I have a semi-day off tomorrow and I'm
almost two days early on my write-up. Things couldn't be
looking further up.
With that sort of positive energy crackling through my blood
stream I'm willing and able as always to break down this
week's releases for you, my maybe loyal readers...
Sadly, there's only one movie really being released
tomorrow, and it's one I don't really like ... so, uh, I'll
write about it.
As always, thanks for reading.
Hitting Theaters This Weekend:
ANGELS AND DEMONS
Director:
Ron Howard
Cast:
Tom Hanks, Ewan MacGregor, Ayelet Zurer
Summary:
Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) religious investigator discovers
a horrible assassination plot involving the Pope, the
Vatican, and the overly used, oft times shadowy organization
the Illuminati.
Thoughts:
II thought The Da Vinci Code was a fast-paced, pretty
stupid, pretty entertaining thriller in book form, but
somehow Ron Howard managed to elongate its paper-thin plot
in to a two and half hour snoozer that literally sucked out
a piece of my will to live and destroyed it. Thus, my
expectations for this second film aren't high. But, Ewan
MacGregor is in it, Tom Hank's hair has been altered so he
no longer looks like he should be molesting children, and
perhaps, perhaps, Ron Howard is so awash in the goodness of
Frost/Nixon that this film might not suck. Perhaps.
Also, how come Langdon's trying to stop the Pope's
assassination? That old coot has been screwing up shit for
far too long.
Rotten Tomatoes Score:
41%
Final Thoughts:
I know, most of you will toss your money in to the succulent
big budget trap that is Angels and Demons, but I
implore you, please, spend your time tomorrow watching
something different. A Criterion film (like the amazing
Science Is Fiction - a collection of oceanic shorts that
leave Jacques Costeau for dead on a beach somewhere) or
The French Connection (Gene Hackman and this film are as
good as everything that's been said about theme) or the new
Star Trek flick (everyone is talking about it and
only the true haters are saying negative things) or hell,
just go to your video store and pick something up from the
more and more barren aisles. Just don't go and see this
film because you think you have to. You don't.
Noah Sanders is the blog/news editor at Light In The
Attic and a contributor at Sound On The Sound and
the KEXP blog. He also has his own
Criterion-based film site, Criterion Quest.
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