National Treasure (DVD)

...► Special Features National Treasure on Location - This is a rather short behind the scenes feature which mixes interviews with footage. Annoyingly they seem to rush through everything never really going into any major amounts of detail as to how they achieved things in the film. Better than a promotional feature but would have been even better if it had been longer and less rushed. Opening Scene Animatic - This is a computer animation of ...
...with an introduction from the director as well as an optional audio commentary which helps to explain what they were trying to achieve. Alternate Ending - Although enjoyable I can understand why they dumped this ending in favour of the one in the film. This again comes with an introduction and commentary from the director where he emphasises that they didn't want the ending to be a set up for a sequel, which is quite funny as a sequel is now in ...

christianfilmcritic 02.03.2007 · Read full review
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National Treasure (2004) - FILM ONLY REVIEW Certificate: PG (UK) / PG (USA) / PG (Ireland) Run time: 131 minutes Director: Jon Turteltaub Main cast: Ben Gates - Nicholas Cage Abigail Chase - Diane Kruger Riley Poole - Justin Bartha Ian Howe - Sean Bean Patrick Gates - Jon Voight Special Agent Sadusky - Harvey Keitel As someone with an interest in history and archaeology, it is perhaps not surprising that I enjoyed the cheerfully silly ...
...has gone missing from the National Archives. So begins a breathless adventure across, through (and occasionally under) several major monuments from American history as Ben and co race to find America's national treasure before being caught or beaten to their goal. The idea of writing a plot around the most familiar points in American history is a clever and interesting one, and is one of the film's greatest strengths. The wild theories at the heart ...

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National Treasure : The greatest adventure history has ever revealed. From the makers of Pirates of the Caribbean, Walt Disney. What better way to spend a Saturday afternoon before you have to trawl your way into work, than writing a review for Ciao. Now I’m about due one I think, I try not to block write reviews and to throw one out every so often, so here it is. Last Thursday, I went to see the film, National Treasure, so here’s my opinion of ...
...Chase (Diane Kruger) from the National Archives gets pulled along in the chase. So who will get the Declaration, and will there be a map? Will there even be a treasure after all these years of hunting? The film is defiantly one to watch, in my opinion. You always wonder, will there be a treasure in the end? The story moves along fairly swiftly, not too fast for younger viewers, and has plenty of details about history for the school kids to learn ...

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...be some comparisons made between National Treasure and Indiana Jones but Cage had been quick to play these down. I don’t think it ever helps a new film like this to be compared to something that has been so successful. ** Background ** National Treasure is an action adventure film based around a mystical treasure that some people believe may actually exist. The film has taken the mystery that surrounds this tale and turned it into something that ...
...as the F.B.I and the National Archives themselves without success, Ben decides that the only way to safeguard the document is to steal it himself before Ian can get to it. What follows is an all action cat and mouse chase as Ian and Ben compete to be the first to get the document and crack the remaining pieces of the puzzle to find the lost treasure. Will Ben be able to beat Ian to it and give the treasure back to the people or will Ian get hold ...

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...not I would actually enjoy National Treasure mind you, as I had already read a fair number of poor reviews both online and in the national media totally slating the movie. I needn’t have worried. As ever, Nick Cage makes a good fist of the movie, introducing us to the character Benjamin Franklin Gates, a modern-day treasure hunter much in the same mould as Indiana Jones except brought into the 21st Century. I say “introducing us” as I’d be surprised ...
...reviews from the film critics, National Treasure (from here on NT) continues to draw big crowds at the box office. Whether or not a sequel is actually made will no doubt depend on the Hollywood moneymen once all the profit and loss figures from the movie are crunched ~ ~ So what’s the film about? Take a huge dollop of Indiana Jones, throw in a flavour of Tomb Raider for good measure, and then add a bunch of scriptwriters and producers who were obviously ...

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...how the legend of the National Treasure began. Moving forward to the present day, and to an Artic landscape. Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage) has spent his life searching for clues, and his adventure is about to start, as he approaches the snowy site where a ship is rumored to be located. With support and finance from Ian Howe (played by Sean Bean), he has been able to trace the clues to this location. Unfortunately, this is just the start of Gates's long ...
...next stage of the hunt proves to be the most challenging - and lands Gates in trouble with the F.B.I., fronted by an old looking Harvey Keitel. It's at this stage that he first meets Abigail Chase (Diane Kruger). As the movie progresses, the characters find themselves in all types of perilous situations that you would expect from an action / adventure movie. There is the compulsory car chase, a compulsory cave in, compulsory street chases and, of ...

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...Treasure Hunt - Level 1 National treasure on Location Opening Scene Animatic Alternate ending Deleted Scenes Bonus Treasure Hunt - Level 2 Treasure Hunt Uncovered The Knight’s Templar Riley’s Decode This! Roadblock Easter egg We have not watched any of these features as I personally have no interest in them but hubby says that he will take a look at them once he has watched both of the films. The DVD has a running time of 126 minutes which ...
...it to be a good length as the film continued to move at a good pace from the start and I was not loosing interest at any time. The certificate on this film is a PG as it does contain some mild action violence and peril. I will not be showing this to my boys though as they really would have no interest in it. We paid just £4 for out DVD from Tesco which I felt was a great price and they also have the sequel for just £5. Well off to watch the sequel ...

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Ben Gates is the latest in a long line of treasure hunters following clues to get their hands on a bounty of legendary proportions squirreled away by the Founding Fathers. The latest clue is on the back of the Declaration of Independence, so he must get his hands on it before ally-turned-enemy Ian Howe. Jon Turteltaub has been directing for some time now and, in my opinion, doesn’t have a great back-catalogue. His oeuvre has consisted mostly of ...
...and “Phenomenon”. So he seems a strange choice to helm a big-budget action movie, especially after robbing scientist-turned-wild-man flick “Instinct” of all excitement. His direction here remains pedestrian with nary a sense of urgency to drive the action along. His opening gambit is a tired grandfather-to-grandson chunk of exposition that plays like a “Werther’s Original” advert. The pace switches abruptly to a montage of the legendary loot changing ...

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National Treasure is a bit like Indiana Jones for kids without most of the things that made Indy so hugely enjoyable. Nicholas Cage plays Ben Gates, who comes from a long line of treasure-hunting maniacs (well, that's being a little unkind, but most of the archeological and historical world view them as such), whose ancestor was apparently entrusted with the first key to finding the greatest treasure on earth. This treasure was collected and then ...
...been announced as producer of National Treasure 2… Overall, it's not bad for kids whose brains haven't developed to the stage where they can spot that this film has more plot holes than the old tree in the middle of the Woodpecker Academy's main training ground and can't tell a good performance from one of Ben Affleck's, but for the rest of us it's not quite fun enough to overcome its inherent weaknesses. 3 stars as 2 seems a little cruel, but I ...

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...to name but a few. National Treasure, released in the UK in December 2004, is the latest to hit the big screen. National Treasure is set for the main in modern-day Washington DC. The script was put together by no less than nine witers.including Jim Kouf, Oren Aviv and Cormac & Marianne Wibberley. Of course, there has to be a somewhat feasible story behind the existence of the treasure. The main character, Benjamin Franklin Gates played by Nicholas ...
...but gullible heroine and love-interest, National Archivist, Dr Abigail Chase played by Diane Kruger: at first unhelpful but is eventually won round. And least but not least is Gate’s trusty and loyal sidekick, Riley Poole played by Justin Bartha who like most good sidekicks provides most of the comedic roles in the film. Now, every good adventure story has to have an exciting mix of disastrous falls, high speed car chases and gun fights. National ...

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...Pirates of The Caribbean's producers, National Treasure. I seemed to miss this when it was out in the cinema but I decided to buy it on DVD, as I am quite a big fan of Nicholas Cage. Would it be any good or would I once again be left with that overwhelming sense of disappointment. Cage plays Ben Gates, the latest in a long line of the Gates family who wants to find the ancient Freemasons treasure. For years his dad, granddad, great granddad and ...
...an entertaining way that makes National treasure a joy to watch. The casting decisions will have gone a long way to helping him out as well. Cage is an excellent choice as the lead and brings his unique character stylings into the part. I've always thought that he can make any character his own, whilst still seeming to be Nic Cage. As a lead he is superb and it seems to have been a brilliant decision to play Sean Bean opposite him. I'm also a big ...

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National Treasure has to be one of my favourite Disney Movies in the last 10 years, and even though I think of myself logically too old for Disney films, this particular film has such a likeable, watchable quality to it, and at times reminds me of my younger years. For me national treasure has everything, action, comedy, family feel movie, yet at the same time not too cheesy. The cast is brilliant, and with the addition of Nicholas Cage, Sean Bean ...
...best. Plot: The story is set in America, and the plot centres around Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage), who is a obsessed historian, who's family through generations have believe in a legend that their was gold hidden somewhere in America, by the founding fathers of America, to protect it from British Soldiers. However, to find the treasure, you must find clues, which are located all over the world. Each clue will lead them to another, until ...

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...Ian Howe does? National Treasure got some fairly dire reviews when it hit the cinema and I can see why, it isn't particularly clever and the various plot twists are wholly unoriginal, but I tell you something it is one hell of a fun ride from start to finish. The action is intense and always exciting and the numerous clues are complex enough to keep the audience guessing without being isolated if they don't have a vast knowledge of history (sadly, ...
...this thrill ride. National Treasures screen play isn't the most impressive I have ever come across, but it does what it sets out to do. A mix of Indiana Jones type sets and action sequences, with more than a dash of the style and cocky boldness that both the Tomb Raider films had in spades with a hearty attempt at doing a Dan Brown makes for a interesting even if a little mixed up film. The script manages to keep the action loud and tense but allows ...

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National Treasure is an action adventure starring Nicholas Cage and directed by Jon Turteltaub, who also directed "Cool Runnings". In this film, Benjamin Gates (Cage) is descended from treasure hunters, and, as a boy, his grandfather tells him of a treasure over 1000 years ago that has changed hands many times and has most recently been hidden by the founding fathers. Clues have apparently been hidden on the one dollar bill and on the back of the ...
...as an adult, he believes he has found the treasure, only to come up with another clue. One of his associates, Ian (Sean Bean), leaves Ben to die in order to steal the declaration and find out the clue. Ben knows he is less than trustworthy and figures the only way to stop him is to steal it himself! Thus starts an epic journey across continents as each one tries to outdo the other in order to find the greatest treasure ever. This film is distributed ...

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I watched this film expecting it to be a tomb raider rip-off from what i saw in the trailer. But, i was pleasantly surprised. A great, well-thought out storyline (as in there is a lot of detail in it) and good action sequences. The only bad points were, it was a little predictable in parts! As well as a little unbelievable. ---- THE STORY The film starts off with a scene between young cage and his dad talking about this 'great treasure' that has ...
...freemasons. It has a few flashbacks to the past showing the treasure and fighting, etc. The treasure is enormous, from what it unbelievably shows, it could probably fill up the whole of central london! Anyways, this treasure was taken (obviously!) to america, where it was hidden. The exact place was lost, as people forgot about it. But, Cage's family never did and kept looking! But for years there was no luck, until Cage grows up. He believes in ...

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