It was the first intallment in the increasingly addictive series created by Dan Brown. The most interesting concept of the book was that of ambigrams - i.e. the words written in such a away that even when viewed upside down, they look the same. just check out some of the ambigrams at google images.. they're really fun
I wasn't that desperate to see this, I was disappointed by the first film. I started watching DaVinci Code but got bored and turned over... much more exicted about the new Transformers film!!
I could sit through the Davinci Code because I love Audrey Tautou and Jean Reno (nice watching them together in an English language film, since I usually watch both in french films). I had high hopes for Angels & Demons, but was extremely disappointed in the writing. I went in open-minded (hadn't read the novel yet). It was simply too predictable (you can tell who the villain is almost as soon as the character is introduced). On top of it, they tried so hard to throw suspicion on innocent characters that it was done too hard. That just made it even more obvious, and reeked of desperation. Blah. It was OK if you're going to sit through it once. It's not really the kind of thing I'd ever watch again though.
i kinda agree with you there jhmatters... It was entertaining, i'll grant you that, but it wasnt what you call "quality reading". It was purely commercial...