National Treasure

[Gee!]

Seen a commercial for this tonite. Looks good to me.

Has Nicholas Cage in it.

Sorry, dont have more info. Like director and all that.

 

[Dback Jon]

Seen a commercial for this tonite. Looks good to me.

Has Nicholas Cage in it.

Sorry, dont have more info. Like director and all that.

Looks entertaining, other than the fact I can't stand Nicholas Cage

 

[arthurracoon]

It's being made by the same guy who made Pirates of the Carribbean!


It looks REALLY good and intresting!

 

[Mike Olbinski]

Yeah, i'm looking forward to this as well...

Mike

 

[Cheesebeef]

It's being made by the same guy who made Pirates of the Carribbean!


It looks REALLY good and intresting!

no it's not - it's being PRODUCED by the guy who PRODUCED Pirates. This is gonna be another bad, Nic Cage/Bruckheimer teaming - the poster and cardboard cut outs look like something I'd see in a movie parodying a bad action movie.

 

[arthurracoon]

no it's not - it's being PRODUCED by the guy who PRODUCED Pirates.

ahhh

I stand corrected.

well...you never know how good a movie is going to be until it comes out.

 

[Cheesebeef]

ahhh

I stand corrected.

well...you never know how good a movie is going to be until it comes out.

Arthur - haven't you figured out by now - that I KNOW EVERYTHING!

 

[Stout]

Looks entertaining, other than the fact I can't stand Nicholas Cage

Exactly.

 

[arthurracoon]

Arthur - haven't you figured out by now - that I KNOW EVERYTHING!

Like how Pedro Martinez was not going to get the win tonight?









It's rhubarb time!

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Like how Pedro Martinez was not going to get the win tonight?









It's rhubarb time!

ZING!

:notworthy

 

[Cheesebeef]

Like how Pedro Martinez was not going to get the win tonight?









It's rhubarb time!

I actually, originally, made mention of that tongue in cheek in parantheses but I couldn't word it right so I left it out.

 

[azdad1978]

This movie looks good. Can't wait till it comes out.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

National Treasure

Release Date: November 19, 2004
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Screenwriter: Terry Rossio, Ted Elliot, Marianne Wibberley, Cormac Wibberley
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Sean Bean, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Jon Voight, Christopher Plummer
Genre: Action, Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG (for action violence and some scary images)
Official Website:National Treasure

Plot Summary: Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage stars as the brilliant Benjamin Franklin Gates, third generation treasure hunter. All his life, Gates has been searching for a treasure no one believed existed: amassed through the ages, moved across continents, to become the greatest treasure the world has ever known. Hidden by our Founding Fathers, they left clues to the Treasure's location right before our eyes... from our nation's birthplace, to the nation's capital, to clues buried within the symbols on the dollar bill. Gates' life-long journey leads him to the last place anyone thought to look: a map hidden on the back of the Declaration of Independence. But what he thought was the final clue is only the beginning. Gates realizes in order to protect the world's greatest treasure, he must now do the unthinkable: steal the most revered, best guarded document in American history before it falls into the wrong hands. In a race against time, Gates must elude the FBI, stay one step ahead of his ruthless adversary (Bean), decipher the remaining clues and unlock the 2000 year-old mystery behind our greatest national treasure.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

My wife and I are going to see this tomorrow.

:sneakpreview:

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Okay, this was a cool movie experience.

I've seen countless advance screenings, but I've never actually been to one that was as strict as tonight's was...with people scanning the crowd looking for electronic devices, etc. They even checked our cell phones to make sure they weren't camera phones.

This was a special screening by invitation only, before the other advance screenings which will take place closer to the actual release date of the 19th.

Evidently our names were on a list with a certain communications company which arranged this screening. It wasn't by our entering any contest, having connections, etc. The tix just appeared in the mail one day.

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On to the movie - very good mix of action, adventure, mystery and comedy.

I don't want to say too much until others have seen it, but I would definitely recommend it.

Unlike some other Nic Cage action films, this one flowed really well and was very believable. The writing was really good, especially the dialogue and interaction between the main characters (Justin Bartha was great as Riley).

At the end of the film, the crowd cheered - something that happens at a lot of screenings - but this was an emphatic applause, and people were talking positively about it on the way out.

 

[arthurracoon]

Cool!!!

Thanks for the info BIM!

 

[Cheesebeef]

The writer I work for actually went to the cast and crew screening last night also in Los Angeles and he was surprised by how much he liked it. Said it was really good popcorn trashy adventure. So - I'll withold my earlier scathing judgement on it having heard two pretty positive reviews on it.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

The writer I work for actually went to the cast and crew screening last night also in Los Angeles and he was surprised by how much he liked it. Said it was really good popcorn trashy adventure. So - I'll withold my earlier scathing judgement on it having heard two pretty positive reviews on it.

I'm with you as far as Nic Cage. Sometimes I like him in a role and other times I can't stand him.

This worked though and the crowd was into it.

Both my wife and I liked it a lot and will see it again (meaning we'll own the dvd when it comes out). Heck, I'd see it again in the theaters even.

It was obvious that the crowd liked it. Everyone was really into it. You could tell by the reactions, laughing, etc.

 

[Cheesebeef]

I'm with you as far as Nic Cage. Sometimes I like him in a role and other times I can't stand him.

This worked though and the crowd was into it.

Both my wife and I liked it a lot and will see it again (meaning we'll own the dvd when it comes out). Heck, I'd see it again in the theaters even.

It was obvious that the crowd liked it. Everyone was really into it. You could tell by the reactions, laughing, etc.

that's cool - It's been a while since a really good action-adventure pic came out. Sky Captain tried to be that but man was it god awful.

 

[azdad1978]

Okay, this was a cool movie experience.

I've seen countless advance screenings, but I've never actually been to one that was as strict as tonight's was...with people scanning the crowd looking for electronic devices, etc. They even checked our cell phones to make sure they weren't camera phones.

This was a special screening by invitation only, before the other advance screenings which will take place closer to the actual release date of the 19th.

Evidently our names were on a list with a certain communications company which arranged this screening. It wasn't by our entering any contest, having connections, etc. The tix just appeared in the mail one day.

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On to the movie - very good mix of action, adventure, mystery and comedy.

I don't want to say too much until others have seen it, but I would definitely recommend it.

Unlike some other Nic Cage action films, this one flowed really well and was very believable. The writing was really good, especially the dialogue and interaction between the main characters (Justin Bartha was great as Riley).

At the end of the film, the crowd cheered - something that happens at a lot of screenings - but this was an emphatic applause, and people were talking positively about it on the way out.

thanks for the info BIM

 

[Brian in Mesa]

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[Chris_Sanders]

I saw this today at the Cine Capri and it was awesome!

Great fun movie. Definitely

 

[Brian in Mesa]

I saw this today at the Cine Capri and it was awesome!

Great fun movie. Definitely

Was I right or was I right?

Were you laughing as much as we were when we saw it? Some great moments/lines in that film. Awesome action too. Overall just a blast.

Justin Bartha did well enough that people will eventually forget that he was in Gigli.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

I was actually worried about the movie since some of the critics were down on it but it was great.

Everything in the movie is believable which is pretty amazing considering the story itself.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

I was actually worried about the movie since some of the critics were down on it but it was great.

Everything in the movie is believable which is pretty amazing considering the story itself.

I don't understand the bad reviews.

Did the reviewers go in with certain expectations and give it a bad review because it wasn't what they thought it should be?

Which crowd did they see it with because everyone in our crowd seemed to like it a lot...I've only heard positive comments from people who have seen it.

I've never seen/not seen a movie based on a review. I give them zero weight. After all...Speed 2 got "2 Thumbs Up, Way Up!"

After we saw it, my wife said "We're owning that on DVD."