Angels (books) and Demons (movies)

Ever read a book that you absolutely loved that was later turned into a movie that you were dying to see, but when you eventually saw it you were sick over it?

If you are going to make a movie from a book, then I kinda think that in order for you to advertise that it is, for example, "Based on the bestselling novel by Dan Brown", then it should actually BE as close to the book as possible and not re-written for the movie!!!

If you haven't guessed it yet, I am a fan of the book Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. I am a fan of all of Dan Brown's books, including The DaVinci Code. When it was made into a movie I couldn't wait to see it and once I did I was in a bad mood for a week and constantly telling Jake, who is not a reader, how the story really took place and how it was nothing like what the movie made it out to be. I had a feeling it would be the same with Angels and Demons but I wanted to go and see it anyway.

And if you hadn't guessed it yet, we went to see it Saturday night. We even skipped Cyclefest for it! (This is the first year since we have been back in Auburn that we were not out partying at Cricket's wishing we had our own Harley's.) The only thing I can saw that is truly pleasant (and totally surprising), is that I genuinely liked Tom Hanks in this one. He is one of my least favorite people on the planet and typically I ignore everything he does. (I don't know, maybe it was the fact that he didn't have a mullet in this movie like he did in DaVinci Code.) I spent the majority of the movie growing at the screen, rolling my eyes, and trying to explain to Jake why certain things were not making sense to him...even thought it was making sense and I was the one confusing him by trying to tell him what the book really meant!

I stormed out of the theater and into the truck huffing and puffing about how the book was an angel and the demons were the Hollywood yay-who's who ruined the real story while Jake huffed and puffed on a cigarette. Now I KNOW they can make a movie from a long and detailed story without ruining it, they did it with all the Harry Potter movies so far with the exception of # 3 and parts of # 5. If I were Dan Brown, I would be steamed!!!

Okay, rant over. That must have been bothering me bad enough to make me get out of bed at 3 AM and whine about it on here...