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MOVIES: What are you watching?

indybobindybobMember
I hear you TBird, and while I believe you're talking about this particular movie (not movies in general), I'll walk out on maybe 5 or 10 percent of the performances I see (walked out at a local opera last week at intermission). Whether the ticket was 5 or 50+ bucks, I always ask myself if I'd be happier watching something I don't like, or out doing something I do, if even for an hour.
K ksc02Member
That reminds me of a 'Wagner Series' of tickets (at the National Opera House in Munich) that my g'friend at the time purchased (we lived close by at the time and loved attending the operas). The first one we went to was 4 hours in length with a 15 minute intermission (one of the upcoming operas in the series was 6 hours in length with one 30 minute intermission). I realized that evening that I can't stand Wagner, or his pretentious operas. Roll Eyes

I promptly sold the rest of the series, which was very easy in Munich.
indybobindybobMember
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Originally posted by wine+art:
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Originally posted by indybob:

(walked out at a local opera last week at intermission).


Which opera?


Good call KSC02. It was a local production of Wagner's Das Rheingold. Very good orchestra, some good singing, terrible production values (one of the principals was wearing what appeared to be Nike Shox, presumably because of bad knees?) There was some sort of power point presentation on a giant screen above the orchestra that would lock up intermittently. Probably needed a faster graphics card on the lapper running it.
W wine+artMember
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Originally posted by KSC02:
That reminds me of a 'Wagner Series' of tickets (at the National Opera House in Munich) that my g'friend at the time purchased (we lived close by at the time and loved attending the operas). The first one we went to was 4 hours in length with a 15 minute intermission (one of the upcoming operas in the series was 6 hours in length with one 30 minute intermission). I realized that evening that I can't stand Wagner, or his pretentious operas. Roll Eyes

I promptly sold the rest of the series, which was very easy in Munich.



Well, looks like I must take KSC02's birthday gift back now!
W wine+artMember
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Originally posted by dannyk8232:
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Originally posted by wine+art:
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Originally posted by dannyk8232:
The Prestige - one of my all-time favorites. Just can't get enough of this movie.

Plus Scarlett Johansson looks even more unbelievable on Blu-Ray.


Whoa, how did this movie not get on my radar? Confused

Thanks for the heads-up!


A completely unique movie. Enjoy Wink



I was thinking more about Scarlett, but will give it a shot nevertheless. Wink
winetarelliwinetarelliMember
Re: Get Smart
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Originally posted by TBird:
i read the bad reviews and expected the worse. maybe free in my living room softened the blow, but it was nowhere near as bad as i had read.
would have NEVER walked out on it...

Agreed. I only watched it for Anne Hathaway but found myself enjoying it quite a bit. Not a 'good' movie, but I was entertained.
glennkglennkMember
Watched most of The Da Vinci Code on TV last night for the first time. I had such low expectations after everything I have heard that I wasn’t disappointed, but wasn’t really impressed either. I like Tom Hanks, but I just cannot see him as Langdon. You need someone more professor like. Everyone says Harrison Ford but he is one of my least favorite actors and he is too old at this point. How about someone like Greg Kinnear???
D dannyk8232Member
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Originally posted by GlennK:
Watched most of The Da Vinci Code on TV last night for the first time. I had such low expectations after everything I have heard that I wasn’t disappointed, but wasn’t really impressed either. I like Tom Hanks, but I just cannot see him as Langdon. You need someone more professor like. Everyone says Harrison Ford but he is one of my least favorite actors and he is too old at this point. How about someone like Greg Kinnear???


How about Kirk Cameron?
glennkglennkMember
Watched Star Trek today. I never got into Star Trek when I was younger; in fact I have never seen one Star Trek movie or TV show. Growing up, the only thing I really knew about Star Trek was that the more knowledge you had of the subject, the less likely you were to have sex with a women. Wink

With all that said, it was awesome! My wife and I agreed that the movie stood on its own, we liked the cast, liked the story, action etc. Looking forward to the next one.

PS – The actress playing Uhura is smoking! Have not seen or heard of her before this…
W wine+artMember
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Originally posted by GlennK:
Watched Star Trek today. I never got into Star Trek when I was younger; in fact I have never seen one Star Trek movie or TV show. Growing up, the only thing I really knew about Star Trek was that the more knowledge you had of the subject, the less likely you were to have sex with a women. Wink

With all that said, it was awesome! My wife and I agreed that the movie stood on its own, we liked the cast, liked the story, action etc. Looking forward to the next one.

PS – The actress playing Uhura is smoking! Have not seen or heard of her before this…



Why did you decide to give up sex after all these years?

Perhaps it is just me, but no movie is worth that! Razz

So what is next, a pocket protector?
wineismylifewineismylifeMember
Angels & Demons

I found it entertaining. A nice little diversion.

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Originally posted by KSC02:
Angels & Demons

Much better than D-C. Starts out a bit different than the book (not bad) and then falls in line pretty closely. If you enjoyed the book, you should appreciate this as well.

Worth seeing, IMO. D & I both enjoyed it.

Tonight: Star Trek on IMAX


Don't know about that one K-. I went out and finally bought the book when I decided to go ahead and see the movie. Read about a 1/3 of it before going to see the movie today. It seemed to me that is was more of a loose adapation of the first 1/3 of the book. Lots of changed scenes, some people having conversations that different people had during the book, etc... fwiw.
K ksc02Member
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Originally posted by wineismylife:
Don't know about that one K-...It seemed to me that is was more of a loose adapation of the first 1/3 of the book. Lots of changed scenes, some people having conversations that different people had during the book, etc... fwiw.

Someone else recently mentioned that there were more differeces as well.

If you'd have read the book a few years ago, with the rest of world and gone by memory now, you might not be so d*mn picky. Smile

That said, even with the differences, the movie storyline works....IMHO of course...

Did you like the movie, Joe?
wineismylifewineismylifeMember
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Originally posted by KSC02:
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Originally posted by wineismylife:
Don't know about that one K-...It seemed to me that is was more of a loose adapation of the first 1/3 of the book. Lots of changed scenes, some people having conversations that different people had during the book, etc... fwiw.

Someone else recently mentioned that there were more differeces as well.

If you'd have read the book a few years ago, with the rest of world and gone by memory now, you might not be so d*mn picky. Smile

That said, even with the differences, the movie storyline works....IMHO of course...

Did you like the movie, Joe?


Yeah, I basically liked the movie. I thought the ending was a little bit of a stretch but other than that it seemed to roll along fairly well. Wish it was about 20 minutes shorter.
mneeley490mneeley490Member
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Originally posted by Neil K.:
Watched Slumdog Millionaire with our daughters (13 & 16 y.o.). We all were quite taken by it.

Neil

We loved it as well.
There have been reports in the papers that some of the child actors have had their slum housing bulldozed in the last few weeks by the Indian gov't. Apparently the money they earned was put in trust accounts until after they turn 18, to keep greedy relatives from it. But until then, I guess they're as poor as ever. So sad. Frown
mneeley490mneeley490Member
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Originally posted by wineismylife:
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Originally posted by KSC02:
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Originally posted by wineismylife:
Don't know about that one K-...It seemed to me that is was more of a loose adapation of the first 1/3 of the book. Lots of changed scenes, some people having conversations that different people had during the book, etc... fwiw.

Someone else recently mentioned that there were more differeces as well.

If you'd have read the book a few years ago, with the rest of world and gone by memory now, you might not be so d*mn picky. Smile

That said, even with the differences, the movie storyline works....IMHO of course...

Did you like the movie, Joe?


Yeah, I basically liked the movie. I thought the ending was a little bit of a stretch but other than that it seemed to roll along fairly well. Wish it was about 20 minutes shorter.

I read the Davinci Code long before I saw the movie. Each had pros and cons. At the time I remember thinking the author had a great idea, but he really isn't a very good writer, technically. He needed a better editor.
glennkglennkMember
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Originally posted by mneeley490:
There have been reports in the papers that some of the child actors have had their slum housing bulldozed in the last few weeks by the Indian gov't. Apparently the money they earned was put in trust accounts until after they turn 18, to keep greedy relatives from it. But until then, I guess they're as poor as ever. So sad. Frown
Hey, at least they had it good for a short time. It’s the other billion kids that I feel bad for….
indybobindybobMember
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Originally posted by wine+art:
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Originally posted by indybob:
Spanish Prisoner: ***


Your first time to view?

I'm a fan of the movie, and a longtime fan of Mamet.


Yes, my first time. K has seen it before, and recommended it to me. I wavered on giving it an extra 1/2 star. Very good film. Have seen about a half dozen of his others. Intelligent, thoughtful director.
J jcocktostenMember
MLV and I saw Angels & Demons - a very rare trip to the theatre for us as we usually watch movies at home now but we had free passes. Much much better than Da Vinci Code - good but not great movie - good summer flick though. As we leave for Italy next week, that did not hurt.

Loved seeing the Chef guy from Father of the Bride as the Vatican Security guy who fetched Tom Hanks.
glennkglennkMember
Could not sleep the other night so I started watching Edison on TV. Easily the worst movie I have seen in a long time. Morgan Freeman and Kevin Spacey must have been paid serious bank to make this turd. Why would you have a hottie like Roselyn Sanchez in a movie and only show her for 30 sec’s? Justin Timberlake was not good and should leave the bad acting to his better half. You know the movie is bad when LL Cool J gives the best performance. I would almost rather watch the Rachel Ray show (almost Wink).
W wine+artMember
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Originally posted by GlennK:
Could not sleep the other night so I started watching Edison on TV. Easily the worst movie I have seen in a long time. Morgan Freeman and Kevin Spacey must have been paid serious bank to make this turd. Why would you have a hottie like Roselyn Sanchez in a movie and only show her for 30 sec’s? Justin Timberlake was not good and should leave the bad acting to his better half. You know the movie is bad when LL Cool J gives the best performance. I would almost rather watch the Rachel Ray show (almost Wink).


GlennK, I'm confused.

Thumbs up or thumbs down? Razz
D dannyk8232Member
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Originally posted by mneeley490:
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Originally posted by dannyk8232:
Taken. Pretty mediocre.


I thought so as well. However, as a father of a 19 year old girl, who is getting more independant all the time, it still disturbs me.


I hear ya.

This movie seemed like a blend between Hostel and a Bourne movie...not very original IMO. Just rather unlikely one guy is going to do that much damage.
R RothkoMember
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Originally posted by duckfaninmt:
Vertical Limit - With the exception of the IMAX movie Everest I can't think of a halfway decent mountaineering movie out there. This one's about as dumb as they come. Entertaining, but for all the wrong reasons (I was laughing quite often at all the cliches and melodramatics)


Clearly you haven't seen Cliffhangar yet then...

Razz
P purpleteethMember
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Originally posted by duckfaninmt:
Vertical Limit - With the exception of the IMAX movie Everest I can't think of a halfway decent mountaineering movie out there. This one's about as dumb as they come. Entertaining, but for all the wrong reasons (I was laughing quite often at all the cliches and melodramatics)


Agree on Vertical Limit, a sappy movie indeed. Try K2, for a significantly better mountaineering movie.
D duckfaninmtMember
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Originally posted by Rothko:

Clearly you haven't seen Cliffhangar yet then...

Razz


I did, but was ashamed to admit it until now Big Grin

And as lame as that movie was I still think Vertical Limit is even more lame. At least Cliffhanger had a halfway decent lead actress (Janine Turner... not great but a better actor and better looking than Robin Tunney) and a good villain character (John Lithgow) in it.
board-oboard-oMember
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Originally posted by gigabit:
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Originally posted by wine+art:
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Originally posted by ThistlinTom:
No Country for Old Men

I thought it was brilliant. Cool

AGREED!


I thought Javier Bardem was perfect as the quiet yet viciously evil bad killer. I've seen him in several other movies and he plays a wide variety of characters equally well. He's a very talented actor.
indybobindybobMember
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Originally posted by Purple Teeth:
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Originally posted by gigabit:
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Originally posted by wine+art:
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Originally posted by ThistlinTom:
No Country for Old Men

I thought it was brilliant. Cool

AGREED!


Another fan. I've seen it 3 times now and have enjoyed it more each time.


Ditto. My MOTY in a VERY strong 2007 for films.
K ksc02Member
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Originally posted by wine+art:
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Originally posted by KSC02:
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Originally posted by ThistlinTom:
No Country for Old Men - didn't really care for it, especially the "ending". Not sure why it got so much acclaim.

With you on that one.
This had my vote for WMOTY!

I thought it was brilliant. Cool

After speaking with D, I have a big, slightly embarassing, confession to make. Red Face

I have not seen "No Country for Old Men" yet!

It seems that I've confused this movie with "There Will be Blood" Roll Eyes
My apologies...

Guess I need to rent this movie and see what the fuss is about.
T tbirdMember
both *COMPLETELY* overrated. pay no attention to this thread. Popcorn

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Originally posted by KSC02:
After speaking with D, I have a big, slightly embarassing, confession to make. Red Face

I have not seen "No Country for Old Men" yet!

It seems that I've confused this movie with "There Will be Blood" Roll Eyes
My apologies...

Guess I need to rent this movie and see what the fuss is about.
P purpleteethMember
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Originally posted by KSC02:
What was your impressions of There Will Be Blood?

Am I the only one who absolutely hated this movie?


I thought it was a very good, but not a great film.

Once I got past the anti-capitalist sub text and the slow pacing, I recognized a brilliant performance by Daniel Day-Lewis, and the extraordinary cinematography.
indybobindybobMember
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Originally posted by Purple Teeth:
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Originally posted by KSC02:
What was your impressions of There Will Be Blood?

Am I the only one who absolutely hated this movie?


I thought it was a very good, but not a great film.

Once I got past the anti-capitalist sub text and the slow pacing, I recognized a brilliant performance by Daniel Day-Lewis, and the extraordinary cinematography .


Good call, the imagery was the star of the film IMO. Plus some line about milkshakes or something. . .
mneeley490mneeley490Member
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Originally posted by Dunder:
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Originally posted by mneeley490:
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Pretty much a by-the-numbers, unfunny comedy, with poor acting and even worse direction.
I'm surprised it didn't make billions. Roll Eyes
Yeah it was pretty crappy, and that's coming from someone who doesn't mind him in King of Queens.

Unfortunetly, the only part where I laughed was when he checks his match dot com ad and sees he has "0" matches. Nothing funnier than a fat guy blubbering... Razz
W wine+artMember
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Originally posted by steve8:
Revolutionary Road. Very good, but dark film. I hate to admit it, but DiCaprio was pretty good...again. Kate Winslet...just another excellent performance. It didn't dawn on me until after the movie that Sam Mendes also made American Beauty. Safe to say he and Kate must not live in suburbia. Big Grin


Solid movie!
mneeley490mneeley490Member
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Originally posted by dannyk8232:
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Enjoyed the first bit, middle part started to lose me, last part the wheels came off


I had the same experience. I think this is one of those instances where the book really doesn't translate to a movie. Of course, that's what a lot of people said about Lord of the Rings.
W wine+artMember
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Originally posted by winetarelli:
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Originally posted by wine+art:
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Originally posted by steve8:
Last night

North by Northwest


I'm such a fan of Hitchcock.


GREAT movie. My #3 of his. (#1 - Rear Window, #2- To Catch a Theif)


You are really starting to scare me. Wink

I would add to the list, Vertigo, Notorious, Dial M for Murder and The Man Who Knew Too Much.
winetarelliwinetarelliMember
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Originally posted by wine+art:
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Originally posted by winetarelli:
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Originally posted by wine+art:
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Originally posted by steve8:
Last night

North by Northwest


I'm such a fan of Hitchcock.


GREAT movie. My #3 of his. (#1 - Rear Window, #2- To Catch a Theif)


You are really starting to scare me. Wink

I would add to the list, Vertigo, Notorious, Dial M for Murder and The Man Who Knew Too Much.


The Lady Vanishes

Razz

And don't worry. While I think he's been horrible since moving to 11:30 (and Letterman has been borderline brilliant the past two weeks) I used to think Conan had some talent. So there is that. Wink
S scbeermanMember
Saw both Pelham 123 and Hangover last weekend.

I thought that Pelham 123 was a good movie. Denzell Washington is always solid and Travolta plays a good psycho.

The Hangover is one of the funniest movies that I have ever seen. To me, it rivals American Pie 1 and Borat as the best I have seen in the last ten years. The writing is brilliant and the comedy is non-stop. Warning, it is definitely juvenile, male bonding humor.
winetarelliwinetarelliMember
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Originally posted by scbeerman:
Saw both Pelham 123 and Hangover last weekend.

I thought that Pelham 123 was a good movie. Denzell Washington is always solid and Travolta plays a good psycho.

The Hangover is one of the funniest movies that I have ever seen. To me, it rivals American Pie 1 and Borat as the best I have seen in the last ten years. The writing is brilliant and the comedy is non-stop. Warning, it is definitely juvenile, male bonding humor.


I need to see The Hangover. There are so many movies out this summer I want to see on the big screen that I might have to wait for the DVD. But, I may succumb and just see it now, anyway.
D duckfaninmtMember
Taken - Agree with others' opinions about this movie. Somewhat entertaining but nowhere in the league of a "Bourne" movie.

State of Play - Entertaining movie, with some very good performances. However, I think the dialogue was recorded too low compared to the music and sound effects. That made it difficult to fully hear and understand the dialogue, especially that of Russell Crowe, who has a low, "mumbling" voice to begin with. Still, a movie worth seeing.
K ksc02Member
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Originally posted by duckfaninmt:
Taken - Agree with others' opinions about this movie. Somewhat entertaining but nowhere in the league of a "Bourne" movie.

Interesting comparison. I just watched a "Bourne" movie last night.

Tried to watch taken last night and this evening but D not 'in the mood' for a movie yet. Roll Eyes

I'll give it til tomorrow and this movie is rolling...with or without her
winetarelliwinetarelliMember
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Originally posted by KSC02:
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Originally posted by duckfaninmt:
Taken - Agree with others' opinions about this movie. Somewhat entertaining but nowhere in the league of a "Bourne" movie.

Finally got a chance to see it.
Worth seeing but predictable. Decent action.


While he has had some other successes -- he wrote Point of no Return as well as La Femme Nikita -- Luc Besson really is a one hit wonder, imo. Nothing else he has done has come close to Leon: The Professional.
winetarelliwinetarelliMember
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Originally posted by gigabit:
The Simpsons Movie


"Spider pig, spider pig, does whatever a spider pig does..."

Lots of movies this week seen and on tap.

You Don't Mess With the Zohan - on TV. Second time I've seen it. Still my favorite Adam Sandler movie.

HP marathon. (Less than a month to go!)

Also revisiting The Godfather, Part II -- it has been about 4 years since last I saw it. Too long. Ditto Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Ditto This is: Spinal Tap.
T thereweresevenineightMember
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Originally posted by winetarelli:
You Don't Mess With the Zohan - on TV. Second time I've seen it. Still my favorite Adam Sandler movie.
Not my "favorite" Sandler movie, but I really came to appreciate his movies more so while watching them with my son. Still enjoy the Wedding Singer, 50 First Dates, and Big Daddy. One of my favorite Adam Sandler movies was not typical of his work, but very well done; Spanglish.
indybobindybobMember
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Originally posted by DoubleD:
I also saw Angels & Demons which I thought was better than Davinci Code; I loved seeing the Roman sites best.


I haven't seen this yet, and this isn't exactly a ringing endorsement. Citing the setting as the star doesn't bode well for the other parts of the movie, like acting, script and stuff. Glad you liked it nonetheless. Smile