Comments on: Ayelet Zurer cast in Angels and Demons http://themovieblog.com/2008/04/ayelet-zurer-cast-in-angels-and-demons The Official Home of Correct Movie Opinions Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:35:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Lay http://themovieblog.com/2008/04/ayelet-zurer-cast-in-angels-and-demons#comment-132570 David Lay Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:01:56 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/04/ayelet-zurer-cast-in-angels-and-demons#comment-132570 davinci was the better book (see every best seller list) hopefully A&D will be the better movie... davinci was the better book (see every best seller list) hopefully A&D will be the better movie…

]]> By: Roguepirate http://themovieblog.com/2008/04/ayelet-zurer-cast-in-angels-and-demons#comment-132522 Roguepirate Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:49:03 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/04/ayelet-zurer-cast-in-angels-and-demons#comment-132522 I loved the book Da Vinci Code but here was the problem with adapting the book into a movie. Da Vinci Code dealt a lot with historical references and explaining how those references linked to whatever they were trying to figure out at the time. This works really well in a book because you're finding out more about whats going on similar to when you're reading what a character is thinking. In a movie, this does not work well, in a movie the scene will go from story to lecture and that's where Da Vinci Code went wrong. There's a scene where Hanks and McKellen were discussing how the grail is Mary Magdalene and it felt like i was watching History Channel on the big screen. This might not be a problem that the book makes a bad movie and could have just been an adaptation problem. If Demons is going to succeed they're going to need to do a way better job at adapting the book than previously done. I loved the book Da Vinci Code but here was the problem with adapting the book into a movie. Da Vinci Code dealt a lot with historical references and explaining how those references linked to whatever they were trying to figure out at the time. This works really well in a book because you’re finding out more about whats going on similar to when you’re reading what a character is thinking. In a movie, this does not work well, in a movie the scene will go from story to lecture and that’s where Da Vinci Code went wrong. There’s a scene where Hanks and McKellen were discussing how the grail is Mary Magdalene and it felt like i was watching History Channel on the big screen. This might not be a problem that the book makes a bad movie and could have just been an adaptation problem. If Demons is going to succeed they’re going to need to do a way better job at adapting the book than previously done.

]]> By: nbakid2000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/04/ayelet-zurer-cast-in-angels-and-demons#comment-132518 nbakid2000 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:34:55 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/04/ayelet-zurer-cast-in-angels-and-demons#comment-132518 I loved the book (Da Vinci Code) myself (even if the source and the material presented as fact in the book WAS bullshit) but yeah, the movie was atrocious. I wouldn't make any great effort to see Angels and Demons if it's done by the same group of people...hand it off to someone else who can do something with it. Angels and Demons IS a really good book and I'd be interested in seeing a movie IF (and ONLY IF) they got a new team behind it. And made it good. Because with a new team and it still being crap, screw it. I loved the book (Da Vinci Code) myself (even if the source and the material presented as fact in the book WAS bullshit) but yeah, the movie was atrocious.

I wouldn’t make any great effort to see Angels and Demons if it’s done by the same group of people…hand it off to someone else who can do something with it.

Angels and Demons IS a really good book and I’d be interested in seeing a movie IF (and ONLY IF) they got a new team behind it. And made it good. Because with a new team and it still being crap, screw it.

]]> By: Austin http://themovieblog.com/2008/04/ayelet-zurer-cast-in-angels-and-demons#comment-132498 Austin Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:36:18 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/04/ayelet-zurer-cast-in-angels-and-demons#comment-132498 <i>"The DaVinci Code was such a critically acclaimed book..."</i> Umm...the book wasn't exactly <i>acclaimed</i> by critics. I think the word you're looking for is "disdained." Your point about books with large followings being difficult to translate to movies stands, of course, but in this case the source quality wasn't really all that great to begin with. “The DaVinci Code was such a critically acclaimed book…”

Umm…the book wasn’t exactly acclaimed by critics. I think the word you’re looking for is “disdained.”

Your point about books with large followings being difficult to translate to movies stands, of course, but in this case the source quality wasn’t really all that great to begin with.

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