Review: National Treasure

Lol . red... thank you so much. That was the best movie i have ever been to. LOL Jerry brucheimer headbangin (american histroy rules)...LOL I cant believe he was one of the only guys that picked up on the amazing similarites of the dan brown "da vinci code" and national treasure. Bruckhiemer was bascially pleadgurising every aspect of his story, but in different context and with less thought provoking energy.

bruckhiemer... somthing hasnt blown up in a while...somthing blows the f.u.ck. up LOL thanks again red.

Only correlation between the two are clues leading to culled treasure, which was in movies before "The Da Vinci" code was written. It's similar in premise, but that's about it. A driving factor of "The Da Vinci Code", being religious symbolism, was totally devoid in "National Treasure", also.

oh yeah, that and the entire illuminati vs the masons which just so happen to be affliated together. Ummm i guess maybe you missed the entire cult thing there trying to cover up hidden messages. Only instead of being religous the illuminati title was dropped for sake of conspiracies. A new title was chosen, "The masons" which in popular conspiracy theories and actual evidence are linked together , but were glorified as DAMN good americans hiding a treasure rather than a well... how do we say a sort of code.

I'm not denying that there are similarities, but before any of you jump to conclusions, rent "The Name of the Rose", starring Sean Connery. It's the screen adaptation of Umberto Eco's book, and the source from which "The DaVinci Code" was more or less ripped off, and it shares more basic elements with "National Treasure" than the latter.

i wasnt sure with this movie at first i thought it was a bit wierd b ut then watched and changed my mind 😄 ...it was flipping great

nice movie

im going to see it next friday 🙂 lookin forward to it, everyone i know who's seen it says it's great

NO its a piece crap

Originally posted by Cinemaddiction
To new generation relic hunter, Ben Gates (Cage), the only thing more valuable to him than treasure, was erasing his families legacy of failure. He and his partner Ian (Bean) come to the realization that in order to find this lost bounty, they need a map. That map? The Declaration of Independence. Like any heist, when the stakes are raised, it becomes every man for himself. The hunt is on.

Upon leaving the theater, I said "This is what Tomb Raider" should have been like. It was exciting, humorous, very fast paced heist filled fun. No high flying wire work, bad accents, or killer robots. Nic Cage was cunning in his portrayal of a rare character in heist movies. One that isn't looking to benefit from the treasure, but for from rewriting his family's history, with admirable, yet backhanded patriotism. Justin Bartha as Riley played the Disney family friendly comic relief, Diane Kruger was cast as the female equivalent of Gates, except a lot more attractive, all while Sean Bean brought a shady, Boromir-esque presence to the role of Ian.

It was refreshing to see a big job movie that didn't contain the heist movie cliches. Gunplay was minimal, and money wasn't even a motivator. Talk about a rarity in the genre! A truly unique, effective, and involving storyline with a pinch of patriotism and redemption. "National Treasure" is indeed a treasure in its own right, and it's swift 2 hours well spent, IMO.

angelina jolie has a good british accent! cry!
and this movie sounds good!! Im so gonna see it!

What is the world comming to ? This movie is peice of Fu.cking SHIT. not one thing about this movie is good. NIck cage finds a boat that he is looking for on a hunch he digs two god damn feet untill he finds it. I mean Did the thought department take a break during this one? I am going to start shooting people in the eye who keep telling me that this movie is a good movie.

People are going to have differing opinions, naturally. What do you care? You're come off as incredibly misanthropic on these boards with your approach to people who like movies that you don't, as well as the movies themselves.

Lighten up. You'll live longer.

But if i dont people will keep liking this crap that is being made, and even more crap will still keep getting made.

No really i could care less what you like, i am just venting on these boards as i am sure many people do. Well, actually it does bother me how people can enjoy white chiks and hate sighns. It is a conspiracy i tells you from the oreo company. I'll figure it out sooner or later.

People have odd tastes, but even if you did change one persons opinion, that person would have had to been incredibly impressionable anyway, and their view isn't necessarily valid in that case, after all? 😖mart:

well, yes you have got me there. Though that would still be one more persons taste i have converted to brillance. No it takes all kinds to make this world go round. I love bad movies as much as the next guy. I just hate seeing grossely overated and over criticized movies bank millions, when they should have fallen into the nightmare at the video store.

Eh, a lot of people confuse "overrated" for genuine hype, which you can't really confirm or deny the validity of unless you see the movie for yourself. General disposition to have distain for certain actors/movies isn't being an eyewitness, with which you can form a valid opinion.

"Overated" is as meaningless as a person's opinion is biased. It's all subjective.

Originally posted by Cinemaddiction
"Overated" is as meaningless as a person's opinion is biased. It's all subjective.

Very true, but if the media-hype is substantial and the majority of the public's opinion of a movie is that it is poor, then surely it can be considered 'overrated'...

That's true, but then you have to be careful as to whom you side with, opinion wise. Not that I like critics, as they are only glorified movie fans with a more educated opinion.

I don't like the term "overrated", or speaking in generalities, but given those conditions, yeah, the movie is overrated.

I do tend to listen to critics so ill check it out when it hits dvd racks.

Originally posted by Cinemaddiction
To new generation relic hunter, Ben Gates (Cage), the only thing more valuable to him than treasure, was erasing his families legacy of failure. He and his partner Ian (Bean) come to the realization that in order to find this lost bounty, they need a map. That map? The Declaration of Independence. Like any heist, when the stakes are raised, it becomes every man for himself. The hunt is on.

Upon leaving the theater, I said "This is what Tomb Raider" should have been like. It was exciting, humorous, very fast paced heist filled fun. No high flying wire work, bad accents, or killer robots. Nic Cage was cunning in his portrayal of a rare character in heist movies. One that isn't looking to benefit from the treasure, but for from rewriting his family's history, with admirable, yet backhanded patriotism. Justin Bartha as Riley played the Disney family friendly comic relief, Diane Kruger was cast as the female equivalent of Gates, except a lot more attractive, all while Sean Bean brought a shady, Boromir-esque presence to the role of Ian.

It was refreshing to see a big job movie that didn't contain the heist movie cliches. Gunplay was minimal, and money wasn't even a motivator. Talk about a rarity in the genre! A truly unique, effective, and involving storyline with a pinch of patriotism and redemption. "National Treasure" is indeed a treasure in its own right, and it's swift 2 hours well spent, IMO.

yeah i luved this movie, really interesting how they solved all that. to think what someone went through to think that up, it's just really amazing and very well done. 😉

Originally posted by TWelling4Ever
yeah i luved this movie, really interesting how they solved all that. to think what someone went through to think that up, it's just really amazing and very well done. 😉

Your joking right? I could come up with better dribble if i had a stake going through my head.