Natalie defends a movie she loves even though she knows it's terrible.
If you haven't caught on by now I love a good movie involving treasure and a lot of history. So obviously National Treasure was bound to make the cut eventually! But instead of Egypt or Africa this time the treasure hunt takes place right here in the good old U.S. of A.!
Treasure Room under NYC Why I Love It:
5. The party scene in the National Archives building. This may seem stupid to most, but let's be honest: who doesn't want to go to a super swanky party in a really important building in Washington D.C.? So besides that fact, there is also the awesome way Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage) sneaks into the party and steals the Declaration of Independence.
4. Justin Bartha as Riley Poole is not only great comedic relief and definitely the Yin to Gates' yang, but is also a totally lovable nerd!
3. Traveling all over the eastern seaboard to the country's most historic landmarks such as the Liberty Bell and Trinity Church searching for clues to one of the most infamous and oldest treasures in the world.
2. The ragtag team of history nerds running amok all over the east coast trying to find a historical treasure while running from the feds and the "bad guys" who are just in it for the money.
1.Treasure!! Isn't it always?? But this isn't any ordinary treasure; it's thousands of years of treasure collected and moved from place to place and covered up by some of the most important Americans. There are scrolls from the Library of Alexandria for Pete's sake!
5. The party scene in the National Archives building. This may seem stupid to most, but let's be honest: who doesn't want to go to a super swanky party in a really important building in Washington D.C.? So besides that fact, there is also the awesome way Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage) sneaks into the party and steals the Declaration of Independence.
4. Justin Bartha as Riley Poole is not only great comedic relief and definitely the Yin to Gates' yang, but is also a totally lovable nerd!
3. Traveling all over the eastern seaboard to the country's most historic landmarks such as the Liberty Bell and Trinity Church searching for clues to one of the most infamous and oldest treasures in the world.
2. The ragtag team of history nerds running amok all over the east coast trying to find a historical treasure while running from the feds and the "bad guys" who are just in it for the money.
1.Treasure!! Isn't it always?? But this isn't any ordinary treasure; it's thousands of years of treasure collected and moved from place to place and covered up by some of the most important Americans. There are scrolls from the Library of Alexandria for Pete's sake!
Chase, Gates, and Poole (from left) Why It's a Terrible Movie:
5. Nicholas Cage as a super smart, treasure hunting, history buff. No one would ever believe any part of his character, even the desire to clear his family's name.
4. There is supposed to be some great romance between Abigail Chase (Diane Kruger) and Gates, but there is zero chemistry and why would Chase ever trust Gates when he lied to her from the start?
3. They all get out of serious trouble way too easy. They steal the freaking Declaration of Independence and then escape, and later when Gates gets caught, he is allowed to roam free with no real tracking device before escaping again!!
2. The historical accuracy is dodgy at best. They seem to gloss over situations like how the gold was hidden, stored, transported, etc. and absolutely no one but the Gates family has ever known about it. Yeah, that makes sense.
1. There is a giant cavern, roughly a square mile large, under New York City that no one has ever discovered even when the subway tunnels were built. This is even more unbelievable because the subway trains shake the entire cavern at one point, so they're close enough to have been found by any of the surveys required to build the tunnels.
5. Nicholas Cage as a super smart, treasure hunting, history buff. No one would ever believe any part of his character, even the desire to clear his family's name.
4. There is supposed to be some great romance between Abigail Chase (Diane Kruger) and Gates, but there is zero chemistry and why would Chase ever trust Gates when he lied to her from the start?
3. They all get out of serious trouble way too easy. They steal the freaking Declaration of Independence and then escape, and later when Gates gets caught, he is allowed to roam free with no real tracking device before escaping again!!
2. The historical accuracy is dodgy at best. They seem to gloss over situations like how the gold was hidden, stored, transported, etc. and absolutely no one but the Gates family has ever known about it. Yeah, that makes sense.
1. There is a giant cavern, roughly a square mile large, under New York City that no one has ever discovered even when the subway tunnels were built. This is even more unbelievable because the subway trains shake the entire cavern at one point, so they're close enough to have been found by any of the surveys required to build the tunnels.
I promise that this was the last of terrible action, treasure hunting, unbelievable plot movies for a while. I just had to get all three of these out of the way and next time it will be something completely different.
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