[REVIEW] National Treasure
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koobear and I went to the Queensway Cineplex Odeon to catch National Treasure, the Nicolas Cage vehicle-cum-conspiracy thriller movie centered around an interesting theory:
a) There is a vast treasure dating back to the time of Ancient Egypt.
b) The Knights Templar formed to protect this treasure following the First Crusade.
c) The Freemasons descend directly from the Knights Templar.
d) The leading signers of the Declaration of Independence were Freemasons, devoted to protecting the treasure.
e) The treasure is still around.
Myself, I prefer the theory that Princess Diana was ritually murdered by the Anglo-Dutch banking conspiracy at an ancient Merovingian site of human sacrifice for her refusal to marry Bill Clinton. To each their own.
I enjoyed the film, actually. It was light, it was definitely fluff. Diane Kruger's slight German accent, to name a single plot hole, was explained by her origins in "Saxony, Germany," but not only is "Abigail Chase" not exactly a German name, but "Saxony, Germany" was a region in East Germany a generation ago. Still, the action was entertaining, the actors apart from Cage attractive, and the movie constituted a minor education in American history.
One thing that impressed me about the plot was the way in which it self-evidently put forward the thesis that the United States was a state of world-historical importance (how could it be otherwise, to receive the treasure of the Templars?). This might well be accepted by an American audience, but I wonder how non-American audiences would react. It would be interesting to compare, in a few months' time, sales receipts inside and outside of the United States' frontiers.
koobear and I went to the Queensway Cineplex Odeon to catch National Treasure, the Nicolas Cage vehicle-cum-conspiracy thriller movie centered around an interesting theory:a) There is a vast treasure dating back to the time of Ancient Egypt.
b) The Knights Templar formed to protect this treasure following the First Crusade.
c) The Freemasons descend directly from the Knights Templar.
d) The leading signers of the Declaration of Independence were Freemasons, devoted to protecting the treasure.
e) The treasure is still around.
Myself, I prefer the theory that Princess Diana was ritually murdered by the Anglo-Dutch banking conspiracy at an ancient Merovingian site of human sacrifice for her refusal to marry Bill Clinton. To each their own.
I enjoyed the film, actually. It was light, it was definitely fluff. Diane Kruger's slight German accent, to name a single plot hole, was explained by her origins in "Saxony, Germany," but not only is "Abigail Chase" not exactly a German name, but "Saxony, Germany" was a region in East Germany a generation ago. Still, the action was entertaining, the actors apart from Cage attractive, and the movie constituted a minor education in American history.
One thing that impressed me about the plot was the way in which it self-evidently put forward the thesis that the United States was a state of world-historical importance (how could it be otherwise, to receive the treasure of the Templars?). This might well be accepted by an American audience, but I wonder how non-American audiences would react. It would be interesting to compare, in a few months' time, sales receipts inside and outside of the United States' frontiers.
