After reading The Da Vinci Code by D.Brown, I found his writing style very interesting and wanted to read more of his material. I have to say that Angels and Demons is a fast pased novel full of intrigue and action and it would be great material to be made into a movie. Hopefully Tom Hank’s hair will be clean and short by then or; big or; they can instead have George Clooney or Dennis Quaid to play the main character. When I first read The Da Vinci Code, I invisioned Tom Selleck as Robert Langdon because he fits the attractive professor’s type and masculine good looks and he is a such a great actor. He keeps himself fit and young looking and his portrayals come accross as genuine and so witty. I feel he could do the role justice, with ease.  Had he made the Indiana Jones movies, he would be a terrific looking Indiana, too bad he had a Magnum P.I. contract he wouldn’t be released from or be a studio loaner.
Reading material such as Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, Holy Blood Holy Grail, The Hiram Key (Mr. Lomas and Mr. Knight have a winner here - all about Hiram Abif/King Seqenenre Tao’s connection to Freemasons) and many other out there that I have read - all extremely enthralling books - I find they open up a whole new wave of interest in exploring such fascinating topics contained in them, like Freemasonry, the Knights Templar, Medieval history, French history (one of my favourite world history topics), Rome and Vatican City, the Holy Land, Egypt, the Nag Hammadi scrolls, Gnostic gospets, etc., it makes one feel like what Indiana Jones would feel while researching one of his archaeological quests. You feel the excitement of the adventure without the dangers and physical risks.
And that is why I find this site’s tag line rings so true, “for the adventurers at heart” because I think in all of us, there is the adventuresome spirit of an Indiana Jones, a Howard Carter, a Lord Carnarvon, or the Librarian character of the TV movies, or Ben and Patrick Gates (National Treasure), and in reading such books we get an opportunity to experience the thrill of discovery and be explorers ourselves.

UPDATE -April 11, 2008 It looks like my appraisal of this book being good material for a movie was right, I got my wish. I was checking a website (movies.com) that tells you what movies are coming out in the near future, late 2008 and next year, and, it turns out that Mr. Ron Howard is currently making “Angels and Demons” into a movie that will be released in May 2009.   I am looking forward to this film as I do like Tom Hanks’ acting and I must give credit where credit is due.  The more I have watched “The DaVinci Code”, the more details I have found that I had not really noticed in the first viewing and in contrast to this first experience, I did not fall asleep or felt like doing so.   Also, I now find that Mr. Hanks’ portrayal of Robert Langdon has grown on me, he comes across as a calm, analytical, very pleasant and human individual, someone you could have long and interesting conversations with and learn something new. And I have to admit that I pushed the “hair” issue a little too much; my apologies to you Mr. Hanks.

I must admit there is something about conspiracy theories that captures my passion and imagination, the more controversial the better. Can’t wait to see this movie, so it is time to start reading “Angels and Demons” again, as well as look up “the Illuminati”. Happy reading and research to you all.

 

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