National Treasure
2004 Directed by Jon Turteltaub
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The greatest adventure history has ever revealed.
Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to have been stashed away by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin during the Revolutionary War. The chest's whereabouts may lie in secret clues embedded in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and Gates is in a race to find the gold before his enemies do.
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I'M GOING TO STEAL THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
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Good, harmless fun, in the company of Nic Cage. I can't complain.
I found the ending a little unnecessarily exaggerated, but it was bearable, due to the fact that I was thoroughly entertained throughout the movie.
But the best thing about the movie, was Justin Bartha and the genious that is his character, Riley Poole;
"It's a big blue-ish green man... with a strange-looking goatee... I'm guessing that's significant." hugs statue
"Well, I'm no expert but... it could be that the hydrothermic properties of this region produce hurricane-force ice storms that cause the ocean to freeze and then melt and then refreeze, resulting in a semisolid migrating land mass that would land a ship right around here. "
"Can I marry your brain?"
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Nicholas Cage may play a broke ass Indiana Jones, but there's no denying he's this generations National Treasure.
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A jaw-dropping masterpiece. Nic Cage's performance as Ben Gates may be his most dedicated yet, and will be remembered for years to come.
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I don't care what you think or how cheesy this is, I enjoyed the crap out of it.
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Always liked this one. It's a nice light fare popcorn blockbuster movie. I really like how they play with and integrate history with all the clues. Nic Cage is fine and also, there's Sean Bean. Gotta love that. Turtletaub done gooood.
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STOP. GETTING YOUR FINGER OILS. ON THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE! You might not wanna roll it up, either. Just sayin'...
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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If ever a film poster warranted the line "From the guy who directed 3 Ninja Kids, Phenomenon and Cool Running"... National Treasure is most definitely the sum of its Turtletaub'ian parts.
Nic Cage being... well, Nic Cage tries to find and save histories greatest treasures... It's Indiana Jones for the modern Disney generation and in all fairness, it's alright. It's not great, its not rubbish, but it does sit nicely on the side of being OK...
It's OK.
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I don't care what you think or how cheesy this is, I enjoyed the crap out of it.
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God help me, but I love this movie. It's got a complicated heist, tomb raiding, dusty stony things, Diane Kruger, and dubious historical basis.
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Easter Sunday! A blessed time for family get togethers...so this review is brought to you in association with my Mum and the only other relative too slow to escape the room..my 7 year old nephew Ryley!
First thing to note...one of the characters shares his name, so already we are in a positive frame of mind!! Also, I have Haribo.
Nicolas Cage IS Indiana Jones + Lara Croft as they go on a far fetched tale to find some old treasure in America.
To me, things like this are 'sunday afternoon' in movie form, a big old shaggy dog tale spun out into a 2 hour explosiony spectacular...snow, guns, chasms, a pinch of realism, Sean Bean being posh. Fantastic!
Obviously…
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Nic Cage is a treasure hunter, Jon Voight is his dad.
SOLD!
Cage steals the Declaration of Independence to read a secret treasure map written on the back of it. Sean Bean pursues.
RETURNED!
It's safe to say that I expected it to be a lot worse than it actually turned out to be. For a kids adventure film, I guess there wasn't really an awful lot wrong with it; decent performances, lots of twists, mystery, intrigue, etc. But it is very much like an Indiana Jones lite.
I wouldn't necessarily watch it again but I wouldn't tell people not to watch it either. As far as Cage films go, it's rather disappointingly "safe".
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Nic Cage & Sean Bean on an American History themed scavenger hunt. Not great but undemanding & fast-paced. 6/10.