The Da Vinci Code

Bless us father, but we must confess, the Dan Brown/Da Vinci Code bus is not one we ride.

However, Angels & Demons, the prequel to Brown’s The Da Vinci Code and the follow up to the blockbuster 2006 film adaption, is a thoroughly enjoyable movie. 

It must be a miracle! A sequel that’s better than its predecessor.

When we went to a screening of Angel & Demons last week, we were slightly stunned to see two nuns sitting in front of us.

They must have been doing re-con.

Because apparently, so did the Vatican.

The Vatican’s own newspaper released a review of the new Ron Howard/Tom Hanks follow up to The Da Vinci Code and has deemed the film “a gigantic and smart commercial operation” that’s just “two hours of harmless entertainment, which hardly affects the genius and mystery of Christianity.”

Sounds like a seal of approval to us.

Dan Brown’s third book in the The Da Vinci Code series hasn’t even made it to stores yet, but the film adaptation has already been green-lit.

That’s because it’s a freakin’ cash cow!

The film adaptation of The Da Vinci Code, starring Tom Hanks in 2006, grossed more than $758 million worldwide and the prequel, Angels & Demons, which opens on May 14th, is expected to do equally massive business.

Woo woo, time to ride that gravy train all the way to the end of the line.

Tom Hanks, Pierfrancesco Favino (Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian) and director Ron Howard played “I Spy the Paparazzi” on their first day of filming Angels and Demons, the sequel to 2006’s The Da Vinci Code.

The movie’s first day shooting was at the Piazza del Popolo in Rome, Italy.