Overall, as someone who read the book, I enjoyed the movie but did feel let down. I mark this as negative because the book made me think about what I had taken for a given, the movie simply entertained me and went away afterwards. So while the basic story is similar, the actual take away I left the theater with was very different from the book. One thing to note, Dan Brown's message was pretty much lost and I wonder if that was intentional? Even the ending, which in the book was used to punctuate Dan Brown's obvious point, is radically changed in the movie. That said, among several disappointments, I was looking forward to a Vasari Corridor scene and I was very much let down. I found the changes made for a better experience since I wasn't just seeing a rehash of what I had read. Knowing the book-story means you will know what is going on, even through elements that were not in the book and/or were presented poorly (e.g. That said, reading the book is an advantage and might be a compelling reason to go see this. One sentence opinion: "It was OK and I enjoyed it." and "It was OK, let's go eat." For those who have read the book, in my opinion this movie departs radically from the source material. Inferno (Robert Langdon 4), Dan Brown Inferno is a 2013 mystery thriller novel by American author Dan Brown and the fourth book in his Robert Langdon series, following Angels & Demons, The Da Vinci Code and The Lost Symbol. Both of my movie companions felt the movie was entertaining but nothing special. Given that this movie was adapted for the screen and had radically altered elements from the book, the handling of the story telling was sub par. As someone who knew what was going on, even I felt the way they injected some story elements and then dropped them just as fast was a bit dizzying. However, the biggest problem my non-book reading movie companions had was confusion. Even though I had warned my movie companions about this, both were quite disappointed by this aspect. In this movie, all the puzzles are manufactured by a modern day character in the story, so it almost completely lacks that Indiana Jones feel. Those stories dealt with secrets and puzzles from many years ago (hundreds or thousands in some cases) and they had that Indiana Jones for the art history major feel to them. For those who haven't read the book, you should know that this is not like the other 2 Dan Brown movies. I have read the book (and liked it) and I went to see it with 2 people who had not read it. Aside from Hanks, the story was muddled but chase-movie action and constant changes of beautiful scenery makes this entertaining if forgettable. Hank's role here is a slight departure from how he previously played the role, due to the circumstances that are made apparent from the very beginning (but I won't spoil), and yet he was excellent again as Robert Langdon. 1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon awakens in an Italian hospital, disoriented and with no recollection of the past thirty-six hours, including the origin of the macabre object hidden in his belongings. Edition watched: 2D IMAX The largest positive for this movie is Tom Hanks. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Fiction - 480 pages. If you haven't read the book, prepare to be confused, but it can still be an entertaining ride. Reading the book beforehand is a positive here and you will want to go see it, but keep expectations down and expect a radically altered story with no lasting impression. Sienna, fearful of what the governments of the world might do with Zobrist’s technology, had not intended to release Inferno but to hide it.TL DR: This movie was good but forgettable. As a result, the human population will decrease over time, thus avoiding what Zobrist saw as an inevitable environmental collapse. And since the virus embeds in the germline, it will also render one-third of unborn humans infertile as well. Remorseful, Sienna confesses that the Inferno virus will not kill billions but instead will randomly render one-third of the world’s population infertile. She almost escapes but turns back when she realizes she has nowhere else to go. When Langdon discovers that Sienna is also present in the cistern, he chases her across the city. They track Inferno to Istanbul’s ancient cistern, but they are too late, and the virus is released. Fearful that Sienna intends to release the plague on her own, Langdon joins Sinskey, Brüder, and the provost (who allies with the others following the discovery of Zobrist’s plot) in traveling to Istanbul, hoping to find Inferno before Sienna.
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