History YMMV / AngelsAndDemons

* MagnificentBastard: [[BigBad Patrick [=McKenna=]]] is the [[SinisterMinister Camerlengo]] of the Vatican who plans to become Pope to renew the world's faith in Catholicism and discredit the works of science. To this end, [=McKenna=] murders Pope Pius XVI and hires an assassin to steal unstable anti-matter and kidnap four cardinals to brand and kill while making it appear as if TheIlluminati has resurfaced and is committing these acts. [=McKenna=] then kills the assassin [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness once he served his purpose]] and [[FrameUp frames]] Ritcher for his crimes, manipulating the police into killing him. [=McKenna=] then takes the anti-matter and send it to the sky saving the people of the Vatican City and Rome and when the Vatican confronts [=McKenna=], he kills himself, leading to the Vatican covering up his crimes so that the public won't loose their renewed faith, letting the world believe that [=McKenna=] died a hero for the Catholic Church.

* NightmareFuel: The third preferiti's death by fire. The cardinal is still alive and screaming when found and the attempts to free him only drop him closer to the fire.

* MagnificentBastard: [[BigBad Patrick [=McKenna=]]] is the [[SinisterMinister Camerlengo]] of the Vatican who plans to become Pope to renew the world's faith in Catholicism and discredit the works of science. To this end, [=McKenna=] murders Pope Pius XVI and hires an assassin to steal unstable anti-matter and kidnap four cardinals to brand and kill while making it appear as if TheIlluminati has resurfaced and is committing these acts. [=McKenna=] then kills the assassin [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness once he served his purpose]] and [[FrameUp frames]] Ritcher for his crimes, manipulating the police into killing him. [=KcKenna=] then takes the anti-matter and send it to the sky saving the people of the Vatican City and Rome and when the Vatican confronts [=McKenna=], he kills himself, leading to the Vatican covering up his crimes so that the public won't loose their renewed faith, letting the world believe that [=McKenna=] died a hero for the Catholic Church.

* EngagingChevrons: Extra points for [[Series/StargateSG1 Jacob Carter]] being involved.

* AcceptableTargets: Changing TheDragon from a radical Muslim to a common hitman that hints to have been contracted by the Catholic Church and comments "they made [him] a sinner", despite their heroic roles in the story.
* EngagingChevrons: In the movie. Extra points for [[Series/StargateSG1 Jacob Carter]] being involved.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: The film version, treated as the sequel to ''The Da Vinci Code'', is considered to be a better movie overall. Compared to the first film higher stakes are involved, much better pacing and more action. The supporting cast in general was much more relevant to the plot and has a stronger, more clearly defined villain.
* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Say what you will about the story, but everyone can agree that the ambigrams used for "Earth," "Air," "Fire," "Water," and "Illuminati" (as well as [[spoiler:the Illuminati Diamond]]) are cool as all hell.
** To say nothing about the full blown [[spoiler: amazing sky view of the antimatter exploding in the sky and leaving a mixture of beautiful blue and red clouds, as if a sign from Heaven itself]]. Granted it [[spoiler: it's mediated by the fact it was orchestrated]], but it still doesn't deter from the amazement.

* MagnificentBastard: Janus ([[spoiler:a.k.a. Camerlengo Carlo Ventresca]]). And it's Dan Brown's greatest villain.
** And in the movie [[spoiler:The Camerlengo doesn't go through a VillainousBreakdown at all, leaving him with the [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome major cool points from the helicopter escape]]]].

** At one point in the movie, Robert Langdon looks at his Mickey Mouse watch. Four years later, Tom Hanks would go on to play Creator/WaltDisney in the biopic ''Film/SavingMrBanks''.

* At one point in the movie, Robert Langdon looks at his Mickey Mouse watch. Four years later, Tom Hanks would go on to play Creator/WaltDisney in the biopic ''Film/SavingMrBanks''.

** And in the movie [[spoiler:The Camerlengo doesn't go through a VillainousBreakdown at all, leaving him with the [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome major cool points from the helicopter escape]]]].

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Say what you will about the story, but everyone can agree that the ambigrams used for "Earth," "Air," "Fire," "Water," and "Illuminati" (as well as [[spoiler:the Illuminati Diamond]]) are cool as all hell.

* AcceptableTargets: Changing TheDragon from a radical muslim to a common hitman that hints to have been contracted by the Church before makes the Catholic this, despite their heroic roles on the plot.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Say what you will about the story, but everyone can agree that the ambigrams used for "Earth," "Air," "Fire," "Water," and "Illuminati" (as well as [[spoiler:the Illuminati Diamond]]) are cool as all hell.

* RoleAssociation: In spades.
** Film/ForrestGump and the wife from ''Film/{{Munich}}'' run around Rome.
** For some reason, [[Franchise/StarWars Obi-Wan]] [[Creator/EwanMcGregor Kenobi]] is in a priest's cassock instead of Jedi robes.
** [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Bootstrap Bill Turner]] is the Commandante of the Swiss Guard.
** [[Literature/PrinceCaspian General Glozelle]] is Captain of the Vatican Police.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Having an Islamic assassin before 9/11... Averted in the movie, since they changed him to a white man.
** Speaking of being published in 2000, let's not forget the passing of a real-world Pope a few years afterwards.

* MagnificentBastard: Janus. And it's Dan Brown's greatest villain.

* RoleAssociation: In spades. ForrestGump and the wife from ''{{Munich}}'' run around Rome, and for some reason [[Franchise/StarWars Obi-Wan]] [[Creator/EwanMcGregor Kenobi]] is in a priest's cassock instead of Jedi robes. [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Bootstrap Bill Turner]] is the Commandante of the Swiss Guard. [[Literature/PrinceCaspian General Glozelle]] is Captain of the Vatican Police.
* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Say what you will about the story, but everyone can agree the symmetrical versions of the words "Illuminati" and the four elements are cool as all hell.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The scene in the movie where a group of citizens jump into the fountain to help save the fourth Preferiti
** [[spoiler: Even knowing he's an evil bastard, The Camerlengo]]'s bit with flying the Antimatter into the sky and then parachuting to safety is unquestionably awesome.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Say what you will about the story, but everyone can agree the symmetrical versions of the words "Illuminati" and the four elements are cool as all hell.

* CompleteMonster: In the process, the Hassassin gets addicted to killing, and tries to rape and kill Vittoria in his climax as a fantasy.
** Averted in the film, he's just doing his job and [[spoiler: lets Langdon and Vittoria go because he doesn't need to kill them, but tells them that if they follow him he will]]
*** That places the movie assassin right on the NobleDemon or PunchClockVillain shelf.
*** [[spoiler: The Camerlengo]] definitely counts as well.

** Averted in the film, he's just doing his job and even [[spoiler: lets Langdon and Vittoria go because he doesn't need to kill them, but tells them that if they follow him he will]]

* CompleteMonster - In the process, the Hassassin gets addicted to killing, and tries to rape and kill Vittoria in his climax as a fantasy.

*** [[spoiler: The Camerlengo]] definitely counts as well. Even our heroes steer into this territory toward the end. [[spoiler: After TheReveal that the entire plot was forged within the church itself, our heroes and the church decide it's best to not tell the truth, because they want people to believe what happened was a miracle. ''Despite eight innocent people being killed as a result of the plan.'' '''''One being the original Pope'''''.]]
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome - The scene in the movie where a group of citizens jump into the fountain to help save the fourth Preferiti

* EngagingChevrons - In the movie. Extra points for [[Series/StargateSG1 Jacob Carter]] being involved.
* FunnyAneurysmMoment - Having an Islamic assassin before 9/11... Averted in the movie, since they changed him to a white man.

* MagnificentBastard - Janus. And it's Dan Brown's greatest villain.

* EngagingChevrons - In the movie. Extra points for [[{{Stargate SG-1}} Jacob Carter]] being involved.

**** [[spoiler: Making that decision is no more monstrous here than it was when the heroes of TheDarkKnight did the same thing: When the truth would destroy the hope and faith of countless people, a lie is sometimes preferable.]]

* AdaptationDecay: The "Illuminati Diamond", [[spoiler:a brand with all four element names used as an ambigram,]] features in the book but not in the movie, where the Papal crossed keys are used instead for that purpose.