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It started to rain lightly in the Vatican
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“Angels and Demons” (USA, 2009, Ron Howard). Despite a very specific relationship with the Vatican, professor and symbolist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump, Cast Away, The Da Vinci Code) is forced to once again become imbued with near-Catholic secrets: representatives of the ancient order of the Illuminati kidnapped four cardinals right before elections of a new Pope and are going to kill them in accordance with their ideas about the confrontation between science and religion. And after that, raze the Vatican to the ground with the help of antimatter stolen from the Large Hadron Collider... The film adaptation of the prehistory of Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" (which became a sequel on the screen) is one of the main commercial hits of this year, which is predicted to be a little around the world or billions in fees, despite the fact that the Catholic Church, as usual, has already protested about the disrespectful handling of the material. But one way or another, it turned out (especially in the second half) almost like an action movie, in which the Eternal City and its iconic sights are subjected to completely unimaginable destruction, and in general it’s an order of magnitude more cheerful than “Code”. Also starring Ewan McGregor, Aylet Zurer, Stelan Skarsgård, Pierfrancesco Favino, Armin Mueller-Stahl, David Pasquesi, Cosimo Fuscu, Alain Dula and Calvin Dean.“Battle for Planet Terra” (USA, 2007, Aristomenis Tsirbas). After a total environmental disaster, the Earth became completely uninhabitable, and its indigenous inhabitants went into space in search of new permanent residence. A suitable planet - Terra - was successfully found, but the trouble is that if earthlings settle on it, the existence of the Terran aborigines will be threatened. It’s not easy to find a compromise, but in principle it is possible... The latest 3D cartoon to reach our screens, which needs to be watched with special glasses, is the first major independent work of Tsirbas, a visual effects specialist who has until now worked, among other things, on such films, like Titanic, Dogma and Hellboy. From the point of view of the picture, everything is more than in order, but from the point of view of the plot, nothing more than another humanistic fantasy about the need for intergalactic friendship. But, as usually happens, three-dimensional special effects make you forget about all the shortcomings of the drama within five minutes after the start.
“Like a tough security guard” (USA, 2009, Jody Hill). A brutal comedy, every now and then bravely and not always neatly crossing the boundaries of generally accepted decency, but that makes it, in all honesty, even funnier. Ronnie (Seth Rogen - “Knocked Up,” “Zack and Miri Make a Porn,” “Pineapple Express”), a bullish mug with an unbalanced character, works as a security guard at a supermarket, but deep down he dreams of becoming a real police officer. And on this occasion, every now and then he applies the skills of Dirty Harry to the illegal visitors of the trading floor under his jurisdiction. It can’t do without a love interest - the lady of the heart is a girl of very easy virtue and with a weak resistance to alcoholic drinks (Anna Farsis - “Scary Movie”, “Laughter”, “Boys Like It”). The director, however, describes his film as nothing less than a comedic version of Scorsese's Taxi Driver. Also starring Ray Liotta, Michael Pena, Patton Oswalt, Jesse Plemons, Azis Ansari, Colet Wolfe, John Yuan and Matt Yuan. The film is released in domestic distribution with the “correct” translation by Dmitry “Goblin” Puchkov, who usually does not mince words, so it makes sense for especially sensitive people to have earplugs ready, just in case.