{"id":623,"date":"2009-05-26T06:29:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-26T06:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/05\/highly-improbable-but-mindlessly-entertaining.html"},"modified":"2009-05-26T06:29:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-26T06:29:00","slug":"highly-improbable-but-mindlessly-entertaining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/05\/highly-improbable-but-mindlessly-entertaining.html","title":{"rendered":"“Highly improbable but mindlessly entertaining”"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>The USCCB has weighed in with its own review<\/a> of Ron Howard’s “Angels & Demons”: <\/p>\n

Highly improbable but mindlessly entertaining sequel to \u201cThe Da Vinci Code\u201d – adapted from Dan Brown\u2019s prequel written in 2000 — in which religious symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) and a scientist (Ayelet Zurer) join forces with a church official (Ewan McGregor) to try to prevent the destruction of the Vatican and the murder of a quartet of kidnapped cardinals by following a trail of clues left across Rome by the secretive Illuminati cult of anti-Catholic intellectuals. Though director Ron Howard has toned down some of the book\u2019s most egregious elements, the historical church is still portrayed as a relentless and at times violent foe of science, but the film ends on a positive note from a faith perspective and the final image of the Church is relatively positive. L — limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. <\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There’s a longer and more detailed analysis at the USCCB website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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