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National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
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"It was interesting to follow-up the real Indiana Jones with these movies, which features one of the most prominent Indy-Lite characters to be developed in recent years. Nicholas Cage and his cast of cronies run, jump and ponder amiably through Book of Secrets, which I actually watched first, as they try to stay one step ahead of the bad guys, who are after the same City of Gold that the good guys are. There’s nothing that they’re asked to do by the plot that’s all that engaging and the strength of the film is dependent largely by the action just never slowing down enough for the audience to actually think about what’s going on. If they were given that opportunity some bad things would begin to happen, including them starting to likely laugh at the action unfolding on-screen. While enjoyable enough as some fluffy entertainment there’s nothing beyond the surface layer. It’s like reading an early Grisham novel in that all the characters are dependent on everyone else being as illo ... "
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"When Helen Mirren signed on to "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," I laughed. Why would an Oscar and Emmy winner choose to be in the sequel to a movie like "National Treasure?" Surely she had something better to do--like meet the queen of England. How insipid and pointless could a movie be which used history and geography as markers for treasure? And then I sat down for the movie. Know what? It´s not half bad. Legend has it that a burned map from the Civil War included the first clue to the greatest treasure of all time, the Lost City of Gold. Ben Gates (Nicholas Cage), determined to clear his family´s name, sets off for the treasure which, presumably, will clear the name. See, history says one of Gates´ ancestors was in the process of deciphering the map when Abraham Lincoln was shot. With his ex-wife, assistant, and divorced parents in tow (not to mention a stock villain played by Ed Harris looking to write a different story for his own family), the Lost City ... "
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"National Treasure - 7 of 10 Good action but too far fetched, even for me. There were some very good action scenes and it did keep ones interest. The first National Treasure was ok. I just didn't really like this. It was almost like they were lacking a story line, so they pumped up the special effects to make up for it. I would expect that with a Rambo movie, but was expecting more. Would be a decent rental or dollar movie... "
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"David Pogue wrote an interesting piece in the New York Times last week about the marketing of National Treasure: Book of Secrets. Masked as something of an ad for the Internet Movie Database, the article dissects the movie’s trailers, telling us about the many clips that aren’t actually in the cut we see at the theater. Is this a form of false advertising? Pogue wonders how far Hollywood can take this type of manipulation: Rearranging scenes in the trailer is one thing. But what about this business of putting stuff in the trailer — a *lot* of stuff — that isn???t in the movie at all? If they can get away with ???National Treasure???-style misrepresentation, what???s to stop other moviemakers from putting special effects, witty lines, exotic locales and hot-looking actors into *their* trailers, just to get us to go to a movie that doesn???t have any of those things? Well, that’s exactly what Justin Lin’s
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"This film wants to be an Indiana Jones type film but falls far far short in my opinion. The script is lousy, lines are stupid, the interaction between characters is awkward, there's not enough action. The scene in the water (near the end) sums everything up for me - a cast of great actors just swirling around - someone please flush this one. "
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"... IF they had added one word to the title to make it National Treasure: Presidents' Book of Secrets.But It's Still 'Just a Movie'That's one of the problems with movies 'nowadays' (we say in the grumpy-old-man vernacular)—people don't take movies as "just movies" anymore. That's probably why Bruckheimer didn't name the movie "'Presidents'' Book of Secrets" ... because then it would be seen as 'another conspiracy-theory movie,' and that's not what it was.It was another 'Indiana Jones'—which itself was another patch in the great fabric of George Lucas's history. (George Lucas has a place reserved in Jerry Bruckheimer's heaven.)But the movie needed the conspiracy-theory to make it 'realer than Disney's Utopia.' I can tell, because my friend--who fell asleep during the conspiracy-theorizing beginnings of the movie (we went to a late showing, and he had been up since 5:45 that morning), and who is experienced enough to say "been there, done that" to most conspiracy-theory--complained a ... "
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"I just watched national treasure again and realized how much I liked that movie - read about it on spout (National Treasure). While watching the film they were promoting the new National Treasure 2 (National treasure - Book of Secrets) I am actually excited to see this movie. Originally posted on:Jimiz.net - Jim Becher on the web "
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"Over the weekend, a few??critic groups??united in naming No Country for Old Men the best??movie of 2007.??St. Louis, Utah and Florida all love the Coen Bros. movie, as well as Ellen Page, Amy Ryan,??Daniel Day-Lewis and Ratatouille. They managed to mix it up a little bit, though, so as not to be completely identical/redundant/unnecessar y. I’d give the most hugs to the gang in Utah for honoring The King of Kong if only they hadn’t disappointed me with their choice for best actress runner-up: Amy Adams. If I was booked to attend that little film festival of theirs next month, I’d totally change my mind and boycott. People just don’t know the lengths I’ll go to complain about this Enchanted kudos crap. Not surprisingly, "
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