The Da Vinci Code prequel - "Angels & Demons"

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April 24, 2008


Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer has nabbed the female lead opposite Tom Hanks in Columbia Pictures' "Da Vinci Code" prequel - "Angels & Demons."

Story centers on religious art scholar Robert Langdon (Hanks), who once again finds himself entangled with powerful forces with ancient roots: the Illuminati - the most powerful underground organization in history - and the Catholic Church.

Zurer will play Vittoria Vetra, an Italian scientist who joins forces with Langdon.

Ron Howard is directing from an Akiva Goldsman script.

Zurer is best known in her native Israel, where she has starred in "Nina's Tragedies" and the TV series "In Treatment," which was recently adapted in the U.S. by HBO.

Her U.S. film credits include "Munich" and Columbia's "Vantage Point." She will next be seen in the Samuel Goldwyn release "Fugitive Pieces."

[ferretchucker]

It pains me to say it but I'm yet to see the da vinci code.

[urgeok2]

the book was a poorly written piece of junk.

stopped me from reading the da vinci code.



the movie the da vinci code was complete crap as well.


given these things i dont think i'll be seeing this one

[carpenoctem]

Frankly, Id rather wax my eyebrows with battery acid than read another book in this series or actually finish the Da Vinci code. I found the novel to be an overhyped, transparent piece of garbage that I only finished because Im OCD about finishing any book I start. I usually devour a decent sized book in one or two nights, but the Code took me a week because I kept falling asleep while reading it.

The movie had a huge strike against it in my book before I even saw it, as I absolutely ABHOR Tom Hanks. Dont know why but I just cannot stand him or his acting. I tried to be objective and watch the film, but I got bored within ten minutes and said screw it.

Definitely not interested in this one.

[neverending]

I'm a big fan of conspiracies & the Illuminati- but I'd rather see someone take a stab at Robert Anton Wilson's Illuminatus Trilogy- but it would take a really crazy director- maybe somebody like Tim Burton, to do it right.

[ferretchucker]

It is an interesting theory that Jesus may have had children and one that I would like to learn more about.

[urgeok2]

the storyline may be interesting - but the prose and the characters were terrible.

it's like listening to pink floyd without roger waters.

[ferretchucker]

fair enough. I think I'll still see it though, just so I can judge for myself.

[GorePhobia]

I thought the Da Vinci Code movie was medicore at best. I never read the book so I can't judge it based on that. I MIGHT see this one possibly but I won't drop what I am doing and rush out to see it.

[urgeok2]

fair enough. I think I'll still see it though, just so I can judge for myself.

as you should.


i'll always take advice to check out a movie.

i never take the advice that says - dont see it.

[Abominus]

The movie was garbage, the book might as well have been a picture book. I really can't say I care about anything else to follow.

[colubrid660]

the book was a poorly written piece of junk.

stopped me from reading the da vinci code.



the movie the da vinci code was complete crap as well.


given these things i dont think i'll be seeing this one

I agree. While I read it at breakneck speed, it took me a few hours later to realize how logically flawed the whole mess was.

Brown's success lies primarily in hinting at something mysterious through a character's dialogue, prompting the reader to speed on ahead to figure out just what the hell this "mysterious thing" is going to turn out to be. For instance, in The Da Vinci Code, the female lead character there keeps hinting at some weird thing she caught her grandfather doing. I could not put the book down because I so desperately wanted to figure out what this was. Its a cheap trick to keep the reader interested that any pulp mystery writer knows and uses A LOT, but it is effective.

Obviously, the other reason for the success of these novels is their controversy. Reading it makes you feel like you are throwing the Vatican and conservative Christians a giant "fuck you." This may be, but on their own merit, they don't offer much but a few cheap thrills. If you want cheap thrills and flawed plotlines, read Dean Koontz.