Comments on: Angels, Demons and Diminishment http://cultureby.com/2009/05/angels-demons-and-diminishment.html This Blog Sits At the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:43:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Amy Alkon http://cultureby.com/2009/05/angels-demons-and-diminishment.html/comment-page-1#comment-792 Amy Alkon Sun, 24 May 2009 21:44:24 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=97#comment-792 The film was silly in so many ways. I went to a screening - did not pay. Most hilariously for anyone who's been to Rome, they were desperate to get places at certain times, and took big black cars around to do it instead of motorinos. If this were real life, they'd still be stuck in traffic waiting to get to the first location. On the bright side, they didn't have a love scene between the Israeli hottie and Stiffy Hanks. The film was silly in so many ways. I went to a screening – did not pay. Most hilariously for anyone who’s been to Rome, they were desperate to get places at certain times, and took big black cars around to do it instead of motorinos. If this were real life, they’d still be stuck in traffic waiting to get to the first location. On the bright side, they didn’t have a love scene between the Israeli hottie and Stiffy Hanks.

]]> By: Obs http://cultureby.com/2009/05/angels-demons-and-diminishment.html/comment-page-1#comment-791 Obs Sun, 17 May 2009 03:02:48 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=97#comment-791 I enjoyed the books as dime store novels; I think the problem most folks have with them is that the second they hear it deals with religious figures it somehow gets moved into a different rank of literature. These movies are basically playing the same notes as The National Treasure series, but for some reason if you get goofy and stupid with American/Freemason history it's deemed more forgivable than getting goofy and stupid with Catholic history. This movie shouldn't be compared with stuff like Taxi Driver and The Godfather. It should be compared with stuff like Snakes on a Plane. I mean, how can you call it poor writing when the Substitute Pope drives a helicopter? That's *awesome*. I enjoyed the books as dime store novels; I think the problem most folks have with them is that the second they hear it deals with religious figures it somehow gets moved into a different rank of literature. These movies are basically playing the same notes as The National Treasure series, but for some reason if you get goofy and stupid with American/Freemason history it’s deemed more forgivable than getting goofy and stupid with Catholic history.

This movie shouldn’t be compared with stuff like Taxi Driver and The Godfather. It should be compared with stuff like Snakes on a Plane.

I mean, how can you call it poor writing when the Substitute Pope drives a helicopter? That’s *awesome*.

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