Angels and Demons

I saw Angels and Demons on Sunday... and thought i'd write a quick review.

The good:
+ Slick storyline
+ Beautiful shots of Vatican City and its buildings (I vaguely remember reading a story about the Catholic Church not letting them film onsite, so it may have all been lavish sets).
+ Excellent action sequences and camerawork. Not afraid to show some gore where appropriate.
+ Ewan McGregor's acting
+ Tom Hank's expressions lending him a professorial demeanor.


The bad:
- Fairly significant changes from the novel
- Significant compressed 'clue hunting' plot. At times it felt like Prof. Langton would jump through so many logical conclusions so quickly, you didn't have time to absorb what was going on. He'd look at something and say "ooh... a obelisk ... therefore, we have to go to (insert church/milestone here) ... and before you know it, he was in a car, cutting through traffic.
- A little bit 'kumbaya' at the end ("Religion and Science can be best friends! No lets all hold hands...)
- Tom Hank's expressions lending hime a constipated demeanor.

All in all, though - pretty good fun. Worth watching at the Cinema's for the spectacle of Vatican city.