movie - Angels and Demons

earching from the google picture, I discovered there are at least two versions of the posters. Both to me are impressive to me and may serve different functions. They are shown as follows. Honestly, I prefer the one with the winged angel, with its grayness displaying a spooky feeling.





Overall I would rate this movie as acceptable, and I'm not sure if this is because I read the novel before watching the movie. The movie itself is thrilling enough to make me a little bit suspensive, yet it is not so spectacular that drives me to recommend other to watch in the movie theater (anyway I myself did not go to theater watching it either...) I still like Tom Hanks, but not to the extent of being his crazy fan. It is always the case that when you watch a movie that you already read its novel before, more or less you will be affected when watching the movie, and very often the influence is disappointment. I would clarify, though, I was not disappointed at the movie. It's just ok to me, and I did not have much expectation laid on the movie before watching.

Let's take a look at the trailer:



After watching the movie, I really don't think the Church needs to worry about being demonized by the movie, for the upshot is more positive than I assumed: the newly-elected Pope is liberal, instead of cynical toward science. Though throughout the movie, the oppressed scientific organization Illuminati is repeated over and over again, trying to relate the oppression the past Church did with the science world. However, the result in the movie, as well as the novel, shows that the whole murder is nothing but something plotted perfectly by someone from Church, in order to call for people's attention on revive the spirit and orthodox of Church. The person plotting the whole murders died heroically, according to the Church official announcement. Yet the Church key figure, as well as the leading male and female characters, knew the person committed suicide after being revealed plotting the whole murders.

Back to reality, though studying Bible and attending church, yet I don't self-identify as a Christian. From Christianity perspective, I may be either a Buddhist or an atheist. I do recognize the existence of God, yet I'm not sure if the God I recognize is the same as the God in Christatianity or not. I also value the external life and truth the Christan God may grant to us, yet I'm not sure if that's something I am pursuing or want. To some extent, I am pro-postmodernist, and the only truth to me is everything changes as time goes by, more or less.