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Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
 
This looks very, VERY silly!

But also fun...in a dumb sort of way.

Hey, Helen Mirren!
 

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Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
 
yeah, i'll definitely be seeing this.

I'm such a dork.
 

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Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
 
Looks good to me.
 

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Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
 
Well, National Treasure was very, very silly.

There are enough absurd/improbable/impossible plot points to make me feel ashamed about enjoying the movie.

I expect I'll see and enjoy this one too.

I'll just go to the theater in disguise and won't tell anyone I saw it.
 

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Posted by CRash (Member # 7754) on :
 
Hurray for the Disney DaVinci Code! Just as lite as all their other fairy tales!

And of course I'll go see it and most likely enjoy it.
 

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Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
 
National Treasure is one of those movies I can't help but like, even though I know how silly it is. I'll bet this next one will be just the same for me.
 

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Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
 
Interestingly, out of all the silly things that happen in the movie, the one I always yell about (to the amusement of Diane) is the finding of Ben Franklin's glasses.

Knowing they have to see where a shadow falls at 2:22 pm is not enough. They need to know which *day*. Apparently that was too complicated for Masons to handle.

(And according to another site I read, they reckoned noon differently in Franklin's time, so you'd have some more calculations to do)

After this particular scene, I calm down and and enjoy things. Even when there are convenient torches in massive excavation leading to the treasure, the oil-filled lighting system, and the dried, rotting wood that doesn't catch fire and burn everyone up.

And yet I really enjoy this movie.

Please don't tell anyone.
 

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Posted by Irami Osei-Frimpong (Member # 2229) on :
 
I'm obliged to defend this movie in every thread it's disparaged because it works as a character study. Ignore the puzzles and gimmicks, it's Ben Gates the man that sets National Treasure apart from Tomb Raider, Da Vinci Code, and Indiana Jones. Indiana Jones is an antiquarian, Lara Croft is a rich fetishist, and Professor Langdon is a detached academic. Gates is special. He holds on not for some adrenaline rush, but out of a fragile and unpopular sense of duty. He understands and is awed by his place in history. I appreciate this. The first movie depicted this extraordinarily well, I think.

[ August 03, 2007, 08:15 PM: Message edited by: Irami Osei-Frimpong ]
 

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Posted by LargeTuna (Member # 10512) on :
 
When we watched national Treasure in history class (after finals) my history teacher would yell out OOH I THINK THEY LIKE EACHOTHER!! whenever a slightly romantic part happened. it was hillarious. (same thing with Highschool musical)
 

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Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
 

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Originally posted by Irami Osei-Frimpong:
I'm obliged to defend this movie in every thread it's disparaged because it works as a character study.

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Irami, do you see a comment above where we bash the character traits of the heroic lead?

Every time you defend it's always about things no one has a problem with.

We said we liked the movie, it's just that things like finding "invisible ink" on the back of the Declaration of Independence are silly. Because they -are-.

Calling plot gimmicks silly !=bashing the motivation of the hero.

Heck, calling something silly !=calling it a bad movie. It's escapism, I expect a bunch of silliness.
 

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Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :
 
I also really enjoyed National Treasure...sure it was silly, but like Irami, I loved the characters.
 

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Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
 
That movie didn't to anything for me.
 

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Posted by dantesparadigm (Member # 8756) on :
 
I think it was a fun movie, and it's always nice seeing other people get giddy about history. It takes a considerable amount of effort to get over some of the movie's shortcomings, but once you do that I found it quite enjoyable. I don't know if it deserves a sequel though.

By the way, the 'not-equal-to' sign is option equal on my Mac. 'course you can just copy and paste this one. ≠
 

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Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
 
The movie will come out and Mrs. BB will insist on dragging me to it and all the while I'll put up a fuss but secretly be alittle interested.

Hey its Ed Harris and Nicholas Cage in a movie together since The Rock!
 

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Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
 
Oh, man, that looks ridiculous.

I'm sure it'll be lots of fun, though.
 

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Posted by Nathan2006 (Member # 9387) on :
 
Meh. I watched it, enjoyed it while I was watching it, and then never thought about it again until I saw this thread.
 

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Posted by theamazeeaz (Member # 6970) on :
 

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Originally posted by sndrake:
Knowing they have to see where a shadow falls at 2:22 pm is not enough. They need to know which *day*. Apparently that was too complicated for Masons to handle.

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