Inferno Review: I’ll Rather Watch Samsung Note 7 Catching Fire Than This Slow Movie

Before anything, here’s a big disclaimer: I’m a large fan of Dan Brown. In fact, I’m his die-hard fan—I’ve read all his novels, and if I recall correctly, I’ve read Digital Fortress (one of his older novels) twice.

But I’ve never been a fan of movies adapted from his novels, but Inferno being a blockbuster, and that there were no other good movies available last week, I gave it a shot.

I should have spent four hours looking at Samsung Note 7 being charged instead: It could well be fierier.

Just check out it trailer first. Yeah, I know: fiery. Watch it and read on.

Inferno’s plot is great—in fact, every Dan Brown’s novel has excellent plot. The novel has blown me away, and now, the filmmakers just need to ensure that the movie is as fast-paced as the book.

In the beginning, it delivers: our favourite hero Robert Langdon wakes up in a hospital, losing three days of his memories, and a cop is on her way to kill him. Together with the ER doctor Sienna Brooks, they escaped from the cop, and was convinced that everyone, including the government, is after them.

Okay, it’s staying true to the pace that Dan Brown has created. Until the chases (typical Dan Brown) begin, and the riddles revealed.

Inferno, just like all Dan Brown’s novels, often gives answers that rise more questions. That’s fine, because it’s Dan Brown’s trademark, but the way the answers are given is slow, boring and long-winded. It’s almost a sin to associate Dan Brown with the word “long-winded”, but that’s the best adjective that I can really come out with.

Here’s one example that won’t spoil the story: Langdon’s hallucinations. Yes, they mean something, but do we have to view it Nth times? Once is fine, twice is okay, thrice is boring, fourth is WTF were you thinking?!

Unlike Sully, the slow-motion-movie-that-is-slow-af, Tom Hanks’ superb acting saved it. But this time, it didn’t work.

If you’ve not read the novel, it might interest you, especially if you’ve not read any Dan Brown’s novels before. But if you have, you won’t be disappointed at just the movie itself—you might be crying out loud when the end credits appear. Simply put, the filmmakers, for some reason, changed the ending altogether.

Before you prepare rotten tomatoes to throw at me, here’re the facts from Rotten Tomatoes: The Approval rating for the movie is mere 23%. And for the record, The Da Vinci Code is at 25%, and Angels & Demons is at 37%.

Maybe Robert Langdon should remind in pages. Bring us Digital Fortress instead!

So, should you watch it? I would say that since there aren’t any good movies out there now, use this movie as a first date. Either that, or just watch Samsung Note 7 charge for four hours.

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