Anticipating Angels & Demons

Several narratives have encountered the accomplishment enjoyed by Dan Brown’s the Da Vinci Code. With a fascinating premise and a production of a thriller – which isn’t that new to begin with – in an exciting new light, booklovers have been engrossed with the literary work. The film, presenting Tom Hanks in the starring role of Robert Langdon, equally faced huge success given the fame of the book it was founded on.

But the greater part of Dan Brown’s patrons are of the opinion that Angels & Demons, the volume that emerged prior to the Da Vinci Code which also featured Robert Langdon as the lead character, is a far superior labor in contrast to the more illustrious follow-up.

While the Da Vinci Code discussed an ages-old secret concealed by the Catholic Church, that is, Mary Magdalene being the wife of Jesus Christ and the Holy Grail being a reference to the holy bloodline of God’s sole begotten son, Angels & Demons contends with anything more earthly – how the Vatican operates.

Angels & Demons, in reality, is one of only a few of legendary compositions that gives us a glance at the selection of a new Pope.

This is what the volume is all about, amidst the backdrop of a plot to hold the Vatican captive with pressures of letting loose an anti-matter device that can rapidly eradicate a quarter of the world. It’s a battle versus time, with Robert Langdon guiding the group by solving puzzles and decoding cryptograms in an attempt to find out the location of the anti-matter bomb.

It’s a thrilling story, surely. And all indications point to the fact that it’s going to be an exciting flick. This early, censors are by now announcing that Angels & Demons is more custom-made for the big screen contrasted to its heir, the Da Vinci Code. The latter, after all, is chatter, its conflict runs are more stationary, and its selling point is the logical unraveling of its mysteries. Angels & Demons, on the other hand, is a pursuit account – one which will convert well as an action mystery film.

Apart from Tom Hanks, Ayelet Zurer stars in the flick, portraying the part of Vittoria Vetra, a CERN scientist and an intellectual and loving match for Robert Langdon. Ewan Macgregor portrays the persona of Camerlengo Carlo Ventresca, who is a vital character in the story.