Went to see Angels and Demons last night...

No you really don't have to have seen or read the other one. There may be some bonus if you have, but I went with a friend who hadn't and she seemed to enjoy it just fine.

Ok, then I might watch it. Thank you!

[i][/i]We are not a sore loser, the point here is that Holy places should not be used in silly purposes just to generate income and selfish endeavor at the expense of sacred venues. As Catholics, we are deeply hurt with the stupidity of Dan Brown, no one in this world has the right to challenge God and all its existence, if there's one thing we should put into consideration of respect its our religion, if you are criticizing one's faith and religion then you are a loser, nobody has the right to contort religion history. The point here is simple. If you want to splash your dirt around the world, spare the holy places like Vatican city, it's the focal point of our religion which the film painfully lambasted, so why on earth those stupid people should be allowed to get in there? Let me illustrate this, if your home or place is extremely lambasted, would you allow them to get in?only crazy and lunatic people will allow that to happen.[i][/i] I am Catholic and i read Da Vinci Code and watched the movie... never really liked the two of them... i think the plot interesting... but i never questioned my faith in God or Jesus Christ in the process... i never said the Vatican officials are sore loser... but a lot of people would see them as that... since scholars and even respected theologians would certainly see that the Vatican seemed to be so close minded in terms of treating the work of Dan Brown as Fiction... I love being Catholic and i have a deep respect for its authority... i even cried when i saw Pope John Paul II during World Youth Day... but i always try to keep an open mind... Dan Brown is not the only one who wrote something like the Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons... we are all entitled to our own opinion... and only God has the right to judge us... no point on casting a stone at those who sinned when we all know that we are and will never be perfect...

We are not a sore loser, the point here is that Holy places should not be used in silly purposes just to generate income and selfish endeavor at the expense of sacred venues. As Catholics, we are deeply hurt with the stupidity of Dan Brown, no one in this world has the right to challenge God and all its existence, if there's one thing we should put into consideration of respect its our religion, if you are criticizing one's faith and religion then you are a loser, nobody has the right to contort religion history. The point here is simple. If you want to splash your dirt around the world, spare the holy places like Vatican city, it's the focal point of our religion which the film painfully lambasted, so why on earth those stupid people should be allowed to get in there? Let me illustrate this, if your home or place is extremely lambasted, would you allow them to get in?only crazy and lunatic people will allow that to happen.

I enjoyed it more than the first one personally - I think it was more action-driven, the timeline of the film being quite clearly driven by the timing of the events of the narrative. In many ways it is entertaining hocum of course :-) There is a strong science v religion element to the film (its a huge part of the story after all), just not what I wanted to focus on in my comment :-)