It still makes no sense. He was allegedly born on Northern Ireland but raised in Italy... Therefore he should sound vaguely Italian? Although having heard MacGregor's 'French' accent in Beauty and the Beast, he should just stay away from accents in general.
Ewan McGregor's helicopter parachute jump over the Vatican is one of the funniest scenes I have ever seen, well worth the price of admission. I am laughing even as I write this.
I watched the movie thanks to these reviews and the phrase "parachuting pontiffs" that came up somewhere. I can't tell you how stupider the movie was than I expected
"The first hour is as boring as ever... even though they're doing the running and explaining.. with the less bad haircut, the little bit after that snore inducingly bad..but the last forty minutes are laugh out loud funny."
Antimatter is identical to the matter that we see around us. However, the only difference is that antimatter is oppositely charged. Therefore, when matter and antimatter come into contact with each other they will cancel each other out and thus cause an annihilation. This would produce photons.
Which asks the musical questions - how the HELL do you store it?!?!?!?!??!?!? I know the book comes up with a bit of Using Pym Particles to Reverse the Polarity of the Neutron Dilithium Crystals, but I gather the movie (I tried watching it on cable & nodded off partway through) doesn't do a very convincing job of explaining....
I've seen this film, and Mark is right. The smoke up the chimney bit is proper slapstick and Tom Hanks trying his best to look serious while he's doing it. Its proper mission impossible, we must keep this smoke going up the chimney at all costs. It's hilarious. And that joke at the end of the video was really funny
Who else loves the phrase “intergalactically stupid” and thinks it should be adopted into every lexicon. There’s no question mark after my question because I already know you love it.
Kermode later (or was it earlier) mentioned in a podcast that though A&D was utterly stupid, it was still passably entertaining and alluded that it was not films like this that were pushing him towards retiring from his film critic career but another film called "Bride Wars" or something.
What I meant is that if we had the equivalent mass of anti-matter to matter that would normally be required for a small nuclear weapon (i.e. about a basketball size ball of Uranium 238) the size of the matter/anti-matter explosive would dwarf the nuclear explosion by orders of magnitude. Far more than double or triple the size.
When anti-matter hits matter they annihilate, the combined mass turning instantly into energy that's orders of magnitude great than an atomic explosion. Just thought I'd clear that up.
@sulijoo I believe in the book he explains that the anti-matter is being held in place by two opposing magnets or something, and as the canister has been stolen from the CERN labs it had limited battery power for the magnets, and once they ran out, ka-boom etc.
I actually quite enjoyed this, it was a bit more pacey & thrilling than The Da Vinci Code. But Mark is right, the accents are bizarre and the plot like something out of Star Trek. Not a classic, but diverting enough.
@orwell98 I think its a Bond movie where theres a massive fight going on with everyone on the boat, yet the boat keeps going straight. Hence, who's driving the boat?
i agree with him....i was furious after seeing the movie....i couldn't stop ranting for like an hour....i think the only reason they tampered with the story of the book is so that the church wont get offended...and it was funny...the end was shocking and funny!
I feel it quite helpfull to have the plot explained basicly if i'am stupid.... wich I AM. hahahahahahahahahahhahahahaahha Simon Mayo is abseloutly brilliant
For whatever it's worth, I also could not get through the first 40 pages of The DaVinci Code, but I sped through the Angels and Demons book, and thoroughly enjoyed it.
He is very funny and entertaining, but I have to disagree. I like the movie very much. It's fast paced, thrilling, has a surprising twist at the end (which wasn't necessary), great music and some interesting facts about caatholic Rome
I watched this treating it more like a Batman or Spiderman film. If you take it for what it is (a load of old non-sense), it's actually quite enjoyable. Agree on the explaining part. But doesn't annoy me too much.
Ewan McGregors character grew up in Italy since the age of 9. So he wasn't around any Irish people since then. No surprise that he doesn't speak with the accent you want from him. Actually it is surprising that he doesn't sound more italian. But irish accent is clearly misplaced here
Good review. I loved the book a couple of years ago, as I loved The Da Vinci Code before it, simply by forgetting how silly the whole plot is. It's also amazingly exciting. Trying to realize all this into a movie just won't work since you can actually see and hear how silly it all is. The book at least told the silly story at a decent pace and i was able to go with it. Stuff like this should be read, not seen, as you would believe even less of it.
Tbh I thought Ewan wasnt doing an accent lol. I knew he was supposed to be Irish even though the original character was Italian or whatever but in the the film it was just Ewan's normal accent except when he said "senori" or whatever. Don't get me wrong, I'm not criticising him, I adore Ewan McGregor, he's my favourite actor, that's why I was like grrrr when Kermode brought his accent up lol. At least he was doing his normal accent rather than a bad Irish one lol..
I agree with everything the guy said about Dan Brown... He has as much talent as Heather Graham has... And that's saying something... They both write like 13 year-olds...
I've read three Dan Brown books precisely because they were terrible. I just couldn't believe it, I couldn't put them down - they're just hilarious in their ineptitude!
@zionravescene I think I'd actually prefer that at this point. Not even a "Thunderbirds" film (like the awful Jon Frakes film), just some puppets having adventures and what not.
@BigBoss7777777 I think the trade-off is that the expository dialogue in "Inception" was presented in scenes that were shot and acted in an interesting, dynamic way. With "Angels and Demons", it was just running and explaining. Booooooring.
I think the movie was great. A perfect mix of symbols and ancion and overall very good. I know it is very unlikely for this to happen, but it's a movie! What do we have movies for!?
Love Ewan MaGregor's Irish-Polish-Spanish-Russian accent there.
All of them living within a mile of Perth.
As far as I can tell he didn't speak with any accent there.
Bit of American thrown in for a second too.
McGregor obviously got his Italian accent from the same place Bill Scott got his Boris Badenov one.
It still makes no sense. He was allegedly born on Northern Ireland but raised in Italy... Therefore he should sound vaguely Italian? Although having heard MacGregor's 'French' accent in Beauty and the Beast, he should just stay away from accents in general.
"You are a man of great faith. You believe, though you have not seen."
Genius!
This review was so powerful with righteous fury that it revived a man from a coma - I'm not even joking, look it up.
+Andy G I just looked that story up and I still can't believe that it's real.
I think it was The Da Vinci Code review that supposedly brought about a bloke from his coma. He shouts a bit louder in that one.
Chazbot obvious bait
Lol I misread "Trot" as "thot" 😂 my apologies
Thought he was a Christian...
5:52 "Are you saying this is not a true story?"
I unashamedly lol'd like a mofo at that bit
"The Mullet Of Robert Dingy-Dong", somebody please make that film
"It's Mission Impossible Goes to the Vatican with Star Trek and Thunderbirds thrown In." Genius.
We've got a film review AND a literary critic for the price of one. Brilliant.
Ewan McGregor's helicopter parachute jump over the Vatican is one of the funniest scenes I have ever seen, well worth the price of admission. I am laughing even as I write this.
I watched the movie thanks to these reviews and the phrase "parachuting pontiffs" that came up somewhere. I can't tell you how stupider the movie was than I expected
Ten years since this review came out and it's still fun to listen to
oh, Ewan McGregor's accent is bloody priceless.
I've heard worse Northern Irish accents to be fair, but it's still not great lol
@@petelawd9648 It makes no sense given that he was raised largely in Italy.
'The running and explaining with the less bad haircut' :-D
i would watch angels and demons if Tom Hanks character was called Robert Dingy-Dong
I live quite near Crieff, where Ewan is from. We all speak like that up here, after six or seven drams.
In that clip Ewan McGregor is still deciding on his accent WHILE delivering his lines!
Anyone else get a Father Ted vibe from the Ewan McGregor clip with the pictures of the priests and so forth?
He DID kick me up the arse!
"The first hour is as boring as ever... even though they're doing the running and explaining.. with the less bad haircut, the little bit after that snore inducingly bad..but the last forty minutes are laugh out loud funny."
I liked the movie, solely for the fact that we got to see Tom Hanks in a speedo.
Antimatter is identical to the matter that we see around us. However, the only difference is that antimatter is oppositely charged. Therefore, when matter and antimatter come into contact with each other they will cancel each other out and thus cause an annihilation. This would produce photons.
Which asks the musical questions - how the HELL do you store it?!?!?!?!??!?!? I know the book comes up with a bit of Using Pym Particles to Reverse the Polarity of the Neutron Dilithium Crystals, but I gather the movie (I tried watching it on cable & nodded off partway through) doesn't do a very convincing job of explaining....
Listening to your wonderful rant is a lot more interesting than watching the silly movie.
I've seen this film, and Mark is right. The smoke up the chimney bit is proper slapstick and Tom Hanks trying his best to look serious while he's doing it. Its proper mission impossible, we must keep this smoke going up the chimney at all costs. It's hilarious. And that joke at the end of the video was really funny
"This movie is so The Thunderbirds" - lol
bless ewan mcgregor, i love him but this monologue is hilarious:D
I fuckin love this film , in the future this film will be held up as the zenith of unintentional comedy.
Its pure gold.
I'm in the future. It is.
“Because the dilitium crystals cannae take it anymore, Captain.” That was slick.
I want a Dr. Bob Dingydong mullet for my upcoming adult photoshoot.
Still funny 13 years later
I'm amazed how few views this has had. It's a classic review.
Brilliant!!..the best Kermode rant of all time, cuts me up every time :)
Any combination of words turns out to be a post punk band. Watch: Dirty Carrot. Canteen Purple. Dog Algebra.
Ambidextrous Whisk
Pleistocene Overkill Hypothesis. Salient Mountain. 27 Hours of North Korean Television.
Who else loves the phrase “intergalactically stupid” and thinks it should be adopted into every lexicon. There’s no question mark after my question because I already know you love it.
This guy is freaking great. Nobody this right on and entertaining in the states.
Kermode later (or was it earlier) mentioned in a podcast that though A&D was utterly stupid, it was still passably entertaining and alluded that it was not films like this that were pushing him towards retiring from his film critic career but another film called "Bride Wars" or something.
Put 0:26 on the poster
"Dan Brown is brilliant!" - Mark Kermode, BBC radio 5 Live
What I meant is that if we had the equivalent mass of anti-matter to matter that would normally be required for a small nuclear weapon (i.e. about a basketball size ball of Uranium 238) the size of the matter/anti-matter explosive would dwarf the nuclear explosion by orders of magnitude. Far more than double or triple the size.
The crazy thing is Pope Bededict XVI actually had a helicopter pilot's license
When anti-matter hits matter they annihilate, the combined mass turning instantly into energy that's orders of magnitude great than an atomic explosion. Just thought I'd clear that up.
Ewan McGregor doing a scottish italian
@sulijoo I believe in the book he explains that the anti-matter is being held in place by two opposing magnets or something, and as the canister has been stolen from the CERN labs it had limited battery power for the magnets, and once they ran out, ka-boom etc.
fun that mark alludes to “mission impossible goes to the vatican”, a plotline that was featured in mission impossible 4 a couple of years later!
I've seen these films. Mark Kermode's reviews of Dan Brown films are much more entertaining than the films. And they are a lot shorter.
"Intergalactically stupid" lmao
The cuts back to an increasingly dumbfounded Simon are gold.
is Ewan McGregor the new Meg Ryan vis a vis piloting helicopters?
Great video. The Da Vinci Code is one of the funniest movies ever made. A&D isn’t as “good” but still a fun ride.
he is not going to enjoy Tom Hanks is going to be back as Robert Langdon in Inferno in 2015.
+Leo Sylvermann DO NOT WANT
Sudev Sen
The phrase "intergalactically stupid" was used.
I actually quite enjoyed this, it was a bit more pacey & thrilling than The Da Vinci Code. But Mark is right, the accents are bizarre and the plot like something out of Star Trek. Not a classic, but diverting enough.
@orwell98 I think its a Bond movie where theres a massive fight going on with everyone on the boat, yet the boat keeps going straight. Hence, who's driving the boat?
I believe this is the review that revived a dying man.
i agree with him....i was furious after seeing the movie....i couldn't stop ranting for like an hour....i think the only reason they tampered with the story of the book is so that the church wont get offended...and it was funny...the end was shocking and funny!
I feel it quite helpfull to have the plot explained basicly if i'am stupid.... wich I AM. hahahahahahahahahahhahahahaahha Simon Mayo is abseloutly brilliant
“Intergalactically stupid”
Dr Robert Dingydom
For whatever it's worth, I also could not get through the first 40 pages of The DaVinci Code, but I sped through the Angels and Demons book, and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Is this the famous miracle rant that helped the guy out of the coma?
Kevin Kline is very good actor, completely under rated in my opinion.
@DontTouchMyVicodin "If we don't find the bomb by midnight the Vatican is going to be filled with jam!"
He is very funny and entertaining, but I have to disagree. I like the movie very much. It's fast paced, thrilling, has a surprising twist at the end (which wasn't necessary), great music and some interesting facts about caatholic Rome
I love this review. But I also love this film :)
17 people are still in a coma.
I watched this treating it more like a Batman or Spiderman film. If you take it for what it is (a load of old non-sense), it's actually quite enjoyable. Agree on the explaining part. But doesn't annoy me too much.
Fiat Lux was also a Swiss cult.. their leader Uriella sold holy healing water, which turned out to be bath water..
We’re British, not being able to make tea is the end of the world.
and that the illuminatti actually exists.
I watched this movie to truly feel Kermodes anger 🤪🤓👍
I can't. I fell asleep after about 30 minutes and then deleted the movie, which I'd downloaded. I want to see it again, just for the ending.
Who is kermit
Ewan McGregors character grew up in Italy since the age of 9. So he wasn't around any Irish people since then. No surprise that he doesn't speak with the accent you want from him. Actually it is surprising that he doesn't sound more italian. But irish accent is clearly misplaced here
Good review. I loved the book a couple of years ago, as I loved The Da Vinci Code before it, simply by forgetting how silly the whole plot is. It's also amazingly exciting. Trying to realize all this into a movie just won't work since you can actually see and hear how silly it all is. The book at least told the silly story at a decent pace and i was able to go with it. Stuff like this should be read, not seen, as you would believe even less of it.
That's 10 minutes you will never get back. How does that feel?
Tbh I thought Ewan wasnt doing an accent lol.
I knew he was supposed to be Irish even though the original character was Italian or whatever but in the the film it was just Ewan's normal accent except when he said "senori" or whatever.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not criticising him, I adore Ewan McGregor, he's my favourite actor, that's why I was like grrrr when Kermode brought his accent up lol.
At least he was doing his normal accent rather than a bad Irish one lol..
I'd say Fiat Lux are more new wave/synth pop
I feel like people who hear this stuff on the radio are missing a lot.
hoping this can save more lifes
these da vinci films are great for dozing off to
I agree with everything the guy said about Dan Brown... He has as much talent as Heather Graham has... And that's saying something... They both write like 13 year-olds...
I've read three Dan Brown books precisely because they were terrible. I just couldn't believe it, I couldn't put them down - they're just hilarious in their ineptitude!
@zionravescene I think I'd actually prefer that at this point. Not even a "Thunderbirds" film (like the awful Jon Frakes film), just some puppets having adventures and what not.
It's quite awkward WITHOUT Mayo, he sorta represents the not-so-literate moviegoing public.
sorry, what is exposition?
I need a laugh... I think I'll have to check this out.
@BigBoss7777777 I think the trade-off is that the expository dialogue in "Inception" was presented in scenes that were shot and acted in an interesting, dynamic way. With "Angels and Demons", it was just running and explaining. Booooooring.
How come he looks like Nick Faldo with Mark Lamarr's old haircut?
Love that this got a guy from a coma.
yeah, your right. I agree :)
I think the movie was great. A perfect mix of symbols and ancion and overall very good. I know it is very unlikely for this to happen, but it's a movie! What do we have movies for!?
a fellow stewart lee fan i see
I had to have a second take there when he said this movie had an Antimatter plot. Wtf is this
You don't like the movie,you don't watch it
You won't critisize the opinion of others though
Kermit doesn't no çrap
GI priest funnist part in a movie i have seen in years, random and stupid, movie over all laugh most of the time through it ^ - ^
@SweetMintPie555 Explanation.
6.11-7.02...wow
Some fine actors do their best with Dan Brown's arse gravy, but the last half an hour or so is worth waiting for, idiotic and hilarious... 🤣
4:45- 4:53
I think he means weight for weight. :)
@chrisandwhitechapel haveyougotaspacebarbro?
No - he just doesn't read literary chewing gum like the shitty doorstoppers that Dan Brown writes.
i think what made it worse is that the fucken leader of illuminati Max Koaler, wasnt in the fucken movie i was like what the fuck is this shit
@psionicman Heart what now?
You need to read the novels.