tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028421806345240705.post6497839565161673781..comments2024-01-08T03:05:32.560-05:00Comments on Riding with Rickey: Watching Bad Movies So You Don't Have To: Rickey Reviews "Angels & Demons"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028421806345240705.post-63079266592692149272010-03-11T16:49:26.966-05:002010-03-11T16:49:26.966-05:00I saw that movie and is great, thanks for the blog...I saw that movie and is great, thanks for the blog!!!Lots in Samara Costa Ricahttp://www.lots-in-costarica.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028421806345240705.post-78647004862268456692009-05-20T09:47:48.203-04:002009-05-20T09:47:48.203-04:00Hey! I hear Dan Brown's next book comes out prett...Hey! I hear Dan Brown's next book comes out pretty soon!Noahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345059376742159966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028421806345240705.post-69644700745070366732009-05-20T07:26:58.462-04:002009-05-20T07:26:58.462-04:00No, none whatsoever. Perhaps it was played during...No, none whatsoever. Perhaps it was played during the credits. Thanks for luring Rickey's inner movie nerd out into the light by the way...Rickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05773465359487671887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028421806345240705.post-32382820165917277712009-05-19T23:04:58.542-04:002009-05-19T23:04:58.542-04:00According to some film score geeks, Chevaliers de ...According to some film score geeks, Chevaliers de Sangreal is on the A&D soundtrack- Joshua Bell plays it on his Stradivarius. Does that ring a "bell" to you, eh?TheJackSackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16846734759298261359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028421806345240705.post-22250420954040775922009-05-19T20:56:12.404-04:002009-05-19T20:56:12.404-04:00@Bob: Sadly, no. No time for love, Dr. Langdon. Th...@Bob: Sadly, no. No time for love, Dr. Langdon. That's probably the greatest irony of all in the movie--for a guy who proclaims to be critical of the Catholic Church, Hanks' Robert Langdon is chaste like a freaking priest.Rickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05773465359487671887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028421806345240705.post-46786526598654235172009-05-19T13:20:00.000-04:002009-05-19T13:20:00.000-04:00"Chevaliers de Sangreal" is the piece, Rickey. I ..."Chevaliers de Sangreal" is the piece, Rickey. I have decoded part of the track's title to mean "Royal Blood" which tells me that Tom Hanks is a royal tampon. But seriously, they wouldn't use the Holy Grail music in this one. Thye needed anti-matter music. And I guess Jerry Goldsmith being dead kind of took away from that fun.TheJackSackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16846734759298261359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028421806345240705.post-75527709330039267032009-05-19T08:38:00.000-04:002009-05-19T08:38:00.000-04:00I hate movies with eunuchs. In DaVinci, Tom Hanks...I hate movies with eunuchs. In DaVinci, Tom Hanks spends three hours with that smoking hot French actress and never even cops a feel.<br /><br />Is the similarly hot Israeli actress similary wasted?bobmelonoskyhttp://poundthebudweiser.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028421806345240705.post-12480481810743447182009-05-18T22:08:00.000-04:002009-05-18T22:08:00.000-04:00That was the worst part--they cut out the heroic t...That was the worst part--they cut out the heroic theme from Zimmer's score from the last film (you know, the soaring music that plays when Tom Hanks has those "Beautiful Mind" moments where he decrypts the code). Just all around weak sauce.Rickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05773465359487671887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028421806345240705.post-85623227156985590652009-05-18T18:23:00.000-04:002009-05-18T18:23:00.000-04:00Papal Paratroopers? I think I jsut found a name f...Papal Paratroopers? I think I jsut found a name for my new garage band!<br /><br />How was Hans Zimmer's score? (the only worthwhile thing to come out of the first movie).TheJackSackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16846734759298261359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028421806345240705.post-89566670301524884902009-05-18T16:20:00.000-04:002009-05-18T16:20:00.000-04:00Rickey will describe the literary works of Angels ...Rickey will describe the literary works of Angels and Demons and the Da Vinci Code thusly: not literary works.<br /><br />Out of curiosity, did the book also have skydiving priests?<br /><br />You're 100% right--it's the seriousness that kills these movies. If you're gonna make something like this, make it like National Treasure.Rickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05773465359487671887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028421806345240705.post-14993688391245536082009-05-18T15:58:00.000-04:002009-05-18T15:58:00.000-04:00I will describe the literary works of Angels and D...I will describe the literary works of Angels and Demons and the Da Vinci Code thusly: fun. The were fun thrillers, very pulp, and entertaining. Not great. About on the same par as Clancy.<br /><br />The problems began when, as happens to Clancy books, people started to take Brown's books as some sort of newly unveiled truth. Then people read them as some sort of philosophical statement and textbook of biblical history.<br /><br />The Catholic Church didn't help. They could have said "meh...it's just a work of fiction." Instead, they went batshit crazy and it fanned the flames.<br /><br />And so now what should have been brainless entertainment has been blown into this franchise. But where Indiana Jones movies never took themselves seriously and were better for it, these movies seem to take themselves very seriously indeed.Noahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345059376742159966noreply@blogger.com