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The Da Vinci Code Angels and Demons [Blu-ray] [2006]
enlarge	Director: Ron Howard Actors: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tatou, Ayelet Zurer Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£44.99~~ Buy New: £21.99 as of 23/11/2009 11:48 GMT details You Save: £23.00 (51%) New (10) Used (1) from £19.49 Seller: Peter152 Rating: 1 reviews Sales Rank: 11417 Format: Box set, PAL Languages: English (Audio Description), English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), Hindi (Subtitled), Norwegian (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Media: Blu-ray Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 2 Running Time: 285 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5 Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 5.4 x 1.3 EAN: 5050629141214 ASIN: B002G1YB3I Theatrical Release Date: 2006 Release Date: September 14, 2009 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review p/pbiThe Da Vinci Code/i/b: Critics and controversy aside, iThe Da Vinci Code/i is a verifiable blockbuster. Combine the film's huge worldwide box-office take with over 100 million copies of Dan Brown's book sold, and iThe Da Vinci Code/i has clearly made the leap from pop-culture hit to a certifiable franchise (games and action figures are sure to follow). The leap for any story making the move from book to big screen, however, is always more perilous. In the case of iThe Da Vinci Code/i, the story is concocted of such a preposterous formula of elements that you wouldn't envy Akiva Goldsman, the screenwriter who was handed a potentially unfilmable book and asked to make a filmable script out of it. Goldsman's solution was to have the screenplay follow the book as closely as possible, with a few needed changes, including a better ending. The result is a film that actually makes slightly better entertainment than the book. p/p So if you're like most of the world, by now you've read the book and know that it starts out as a murder mystery. While lecturing in Paris, noted Harvard Professor of Symbology Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) is summoned to the Louvre by French police help decipher a bizarre series of clues left at the scene of the murder of the chief curator, Jacques Sauniere. Enter Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou), gifted cryptologist and Sauniere's granddaughter. Neveu and Langdon are forced to team up to solve the mystery, and from there the story is propelled across Europe as it balloons into a modern-day mini-quest for the Holy Grail, complete with alternative theories about the life of Christ, ancient secret societies headed by historical figures like Leonardo Da Vinci, secret codes, conniving bishops, daring escapes, car chases, and, of course, a murderous albino monk controlled by a secret master who calls himself "The Teacher."p/p Taken solely as a mystery thriller, the movie almost works--despite some gaping holes--mostly just because it keeps moving forward at the breakneck pace set in the book. Brown's greatest trick might have been to have the entire story take place in a day so that the action is forced to keep going, despite some necessary pauses for exposition. Hanks and Tautou are just fine together but not exactly a memorable screen pair; meanwhile, Sir Ian McKellen's scenery-chewing as pivotal character Sir Leigh Teabing is just what the film needs to keep it from taking itself too seriously. In the end, this hit movie is just like a good roller-coaster ride: try not to think too much about it--just sit back and enjoy the trip. i--Daniel Vancini, Amazon.com/i p/p biAngels Demons/i/b: If the devil is in the details, there's a lot of wicked fun in iAngels Demons/i, the sequel (originally a prequel) to iThe Da Vinci Code/i. Director Ron Howard delivers edge-of-your-pew thrills all over the Vatican, the City of Rome, and the deepest, dankest catacombs. Tom Hanks is dependably watchable in his reprised role as Professor Robert Langdon, summoned urgently to Rome on a matter of utmost urgency--which happens to coincide with the death of the Pope, meaning the Vatican is teeming with cardinals and Rome is teeming with the faithful. A religious offshoot group, calling themselves the Illuminati, which protested the Catholic Church's prosecution of scientists 400 years ago, has resurfaced and is making extreme, and gruesome, terrorist demands. p/pThe film zooms around the city, as Langdon follows clues embedded in art, architecture, and the very bone structure of the Vatican. The cast is terrific, including Ewan McGregor, who is memorable as a young protégé of the late pontiff, and who seems to challenge the common wisdom of the Conclave just by being 40 years younger than his fellows when he lectures for church reform. Stellan Skarsgard is excellent as a gruff commander of the Swiss Guard, who may or may not have thrown in with the Illuminati. But the real star of the film is Rome, and its High Church gorgeousness, with lush cinematography by Salvatore Totino, who renders the real sky above the Vatican, in a cataclysmic event, with the detail and majesty of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. i--A.T. Hurley, Amazon.com/i

Customer Reviews: Angels Demons + Da Vinci Code boxset October 23, 2009 Mr. Scott Mckendry (Coatbridge, Scotland) Other than the fact that the product arrived diferent to what was advertised, I was satisfied with the promptness that the product arrived and with the quality of it. There could have been more extras as in the computer it stated that there was two discs in each cover but when it arrived there was only one disc in each cover and I assumed that the extra discs were the extras. Nevertheless they were excellent movies and I'm an ardent Dan Brown fan and cant wait till they put another of his books onto the big screen. Well worth purchasing!!

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