Normally, I don't watch a movie before I read the book if I intend on reading the book... or it just so happens that I usually read the book before I watch the movie. However, yesterday, one of my pharmacy friends invited me to come watch Angels and Demons with her.
I was skeptical about how well I would follow the movie, because I'm usually the person that asks their friends millions of questions and still not knowing what is going on. This time however, I was able to understand what is happening in the movie, that's why I'm trying to write a review.
Since I have not read the book, I don't have a good comparison of how accurate of a movie it is, according to the book. The movie, on itself, did make logical sense to me overall... I still don't know how the main scientist was connected with the illuminati's though.
If I were to choose a few words that describes the movies, I would pick the following: Gruesome and convoluted. It's not a light movie to watch, and this should be expected considering the topic of discussion. There involves a few cardinal murders and a twist in the plot. I like the way that was arranged, me and my friends definitely got a kick out of the twist. I'm trying to not spoil much of the movie, but basically, it reminds me of National Treasures plus the TV series, 24. I think those of you who enjoyed National Treasurers would enjoy this movie, even if you have not read the book.
Right after the movie, I called a friend and ask if I could borrow his copies of The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons... he then told me that there are two more books. In addition, guess what I got in my e-mail?
I'm considering ordering it, since 40% off is considerably a high percentage off and this series seems promising.
p.s. Yes, I'm watching movies now! My classes and final exams are finally over. I should get more active again on Gather and Xanga, playing the F horn, crafting, creating art, Bikram yoga, and life!
p.p.s. I'm still in NJ, waiting until Jens' graduation, plus a road trip, then I'll be back in MD!!! It sounds pretty exciting to me!
Contrary to popular belief, I send out gifts early sometimes too! Take this mother's day for example, I actually got the gifts ready 1 month ago, then sent it 2 weeks prior to mother's day.
I didn't expect the little box to get to Taiwan fast. But after about 1 week (today), I got an email from my mom. It was titled: The Greatest Gift on Earth.
At first, I thought it was one of those e-mails that all moms like to forward and share (which are really nice most of the time). But I clicked on the e-mail, and this is what it reads:
Dear Amy, I recieved the best gift from you. It's very creative, I'm very happy. I will not put it in the recycling bin, I will keep it happily* (When you were young, you loved to collect things**, I threw them away when you didn't notice.) The mother's day gift this time is so good! Thank you
I was so happy to hear that from her. I was actually a little worried that it wasn't good enough, because I didn't have much time to prepare a more lavish gift, or a more expensive, valuable gift for her.
*She means she will preserve it, and happily do so. **She means the springs of the pens that ran out of ink, the tape dispenser that no longer has tape on it, plastic parts of things, metal parts of things, old CDs, etc. Basically, really useless things. I always thought I was going to do something cool with them, but I guess, after more than 10 years, they were still sitting in my drawer, in another country.
Sometimes I feel sad watching people playing the piano, or the violin so amazingly well. I feel like I could be that person there if I hadn't chosen the path I choose.
The weird thing is, even though the F horn is my love, I haven't felt that way about the horn before.
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