Typical - National Treasure Reviews

This movie had the same old story as every other treasure type movie out there. Sure, there were some cool clues, but the plot was pretty predictable. Acting and special effects weren't bad, but they weren't astonishing either. Maybe some of the action sequences could have been a little better put together, but I wasn't really disappointed by them. There was some excellent camera work; good job by the directer of photography. All in all, this is the sort of movie that you see one day and forget about the next.

Great fun! - National Treasure Reviews

I know I shouldn't read the negative reviews on here before I see a film, because it leaves me with all these pre-conceived ideas. And, in this case I was proven very wrong. This is a fast paced story and is one for those of you who go to the movies and always know what the next scene/line is going to be before it even happens. It's an entertaining mix of adventure, comedy, and suspense. You actually feel with the characters - and that's something rare. Go see this movie and have some fun!

The most interesting history movie ever!!!! - National Treasure Reviews

This Movie is really good and gets me really thinking aboutbwhat lies in the past....I LOVE THIS MOVIE. :) :) :) All I have To say is Fantastic Movie to the directors, actors, producers,ect. This is a GREAT,GREAT,GREAT,GREAT, GREAT,GREAT,GREAT,GREAT,GREAT, Movie!

Do you absolutely need to see it? - National Treasure Reviews

Yeah, the grades are low because... it deserves low grades. It's crap when you look at it under a microscope and... it's the only fun action pic out there right now. This is the line of questioning I put before myself before going to see National Treasure: "Do I absolutely need to see this movie? I know it's going to be a stinker but 1)All the weepy Art House stuff is making me depressed; 2)The animated pics are making me feel like a kid drowning in Saturday morning cartoons; 3)The Oscar hopeful season is making me question Oscar." Lastly, "I am primally starved for an action pic!" And along comes... A BRUCKHEIMER! Yippeeeee! With the Da Vinci Code come coming out next year and likely hundreds of scripts pouring in for other conspiratorial-type stories, Bruckheimer gets the 'first-to-market' award with a Templar/Mason conspiracy story. About time. I'm just going to speak my mind, plainly, from here on out: 1)There is nothing compelling about the acting in this pic. And just like "Conair" or "The Rock" -- WHO CARES. If you do, here's my simple advice: don't go see it. 2)Suspension of disbelief? Yeah, you will not be suspended. I found myself playfully waving my hand at the screen, hissing lightly. It's just fun, people. 3)If you're ADD or ADHD or not diagnosed yet and you have trouble reading all of this review in less than twenty minutes, go see this film. 4)If you watch any of the CSIs, go see this film. 5)It's worthy of a matinee price. Well, not really, but if you need a place to escape while your better-half shops -- get a ticket.

Favorite movie - National Treasure Reviews

this is my all time favorite movie, it is funny, cool action, a big time clue movie, this was the first nicholas cage movie i have seen and i was impressed.

Masons aren't really this silly - National Treasure Reviews

Really. It's true. I went in watching "National Treasure" expecting an okay popcorn flick (you can't expect much more from Jerry Bruckheimer) and ended up watching a soggy morality tale about the Masons. Well, here's a little information about the Masonic Lodge. It is a charitable brotherhood of men who seek to make the world they live in a better place. The Indiana Jones mentality is something you will not find at a Lodge meeting, and Bruckheimer's feeble attempt tp capitalize on this is laughable at best. Nicholas Cage seemed way out of place here, hardly believable as a heroic character. And as we follow his exploits to find this quasi-mythological "treasure," we are reminded of the Indiana Jones trilogy. So much better, so much more fun and interesting.

No 'treasure' here. - National Treasure Reviews

Well, this film was recommended to me by several co-workers, so I figured...'What the heck.' What the heck was right! Total waste of two hours time and seven dollars, fifty cents of my hard earned money! Disney would have you believe that the Masons originated from The Knights Templar, who were supposed to have unearthed a massive treasure in the Middle East during the First Crusades. The Masons and the Templars are two individual societies, neither of whom have very good past reputations if one bothers to research actual history and not the sugar coated politically correct variation that Hollywood passes off as 'the 100% truth' in order to sell more tickets at the box office. Disney further stretches the credibility gap by implying that somehow, the Founding Fathers and their Masonic cohorts were able to transport all this treasure to America, during the height of a war with Great Britain, and hide it in a catacomb beneath a church on what is now modern day Wall Street. And taking a tired old cliche right out of practically every other treasure hunt movie, Disney reveals that... *GASP!* the key to the location of the treasure is hidden in a secret cryptographic message on the back of the Declaration Of Independance! Didn't a similiar scenario get used in 'Raiders Of Lost Ark' with the whole ancient medallion and staff pinpointing the Ark's location on a scale model of some ancient city? Hmmm, I thought as such! Futhermore, the pace of this film was so plodding and so predictable, that I very nearly fell asleep several times in the course of the two hours the movie ran. The only thing keeping me awake was the large Mt. Dew that I had to shell out an extra $3.65 for at the concession stand before the movie started. Basically, I found this movie to be Disney's blatant attempt to glorify Masons and pass them off as being "not so bad of guys after all" to the masses. The repeated visual references to the Masons throughout the movie made that perfectly clear. *i.e- the zoom-in shot to display the Masonic ring on the right hand of the senior FBI agent during the final scenes of the film.* Bottom line...NOT WORTH THE MONEY! Go read a book, search the Internet and educate yourself with the real truth behind our country's founding and the influence of secret societies upon our nation since then. To borrow a line from the 'Matrix'.... FREE YOUR MIND!