Watched this as soon as it opened over here, haha. Well I’ve read the novel before, and it follows closely, with only minor differences. Plus it all felt too fast because of the required compression to fit the length of the film. So sometimes I felt that the interim between each location didn’t feel like there was enough tension and urgency.

I seriously don’t know what to write much about it here because there are too much spoilers for people who do not know the story. When it begins it surface that there is an apparent secret society who call themselves the Illuminati, meaning the enlightened ones, that seems to be pitting itself against the Church, and the story soon takes place in the Vatican and across Rome, including many locations of monumental significance. I felt it was better than Da Vinci Code (the transition to the big screen) relatively.

Anyway, symbols play a considerably pivotal role in this plot, specifically, what they call ambigrams. Ambigrams are words in artform that are readable when you rotate them 180 degrees, often the exact same word. Interested people are able to search on the web easily for the ambigrams found in the story. The film is only going to make them more popular Oh yea, just something to note, the final brand in the film is different from what is illustrated in the novel, which is the Illuminati Diamond. Another thing I found interesting is the eye of illumination, the “all-seeing eye” on the USD. Was it referenced in the show? I kinda forgot. But I know Dan Brown did say something about it. Hahaha… You are under the scrutiny of the enlightened ones…