National Treasure

I suffered through many kids targeted productions that kids wanted to watch over.. and over..and over.. and over again. You know the drill..When I bought this movie I did not know anything about it but the title and the cover sure did look interesting. We gave it a try one family night, reedy, set, stand by with bowls of pop corn and when themovie started, it instantly captured our attention and hearts.It is fabulously engaging!THE ACTION - is fast paced and keeps your interest sustained through. So wonderfully done that when it is over you have no idea where the time went.THE ACTING - STAR STUDDED MOVIE CAST!!!!Nicolas Cage needs no introduction and all his movies are acted to perfection. Diane Kruger did REMARKABLE job as well as the rest of the crew with stars like John Voigt, Justin Bartha, Helen Mirren,Christopher Plummer, Sean Bean. Those names alone are ENOUGH to guarantee the movie to be worth watching. I think that after reading this list you can reasonably stop reading this review and honestly just get it... you won't regret it.FABULOUS MOVIE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY - and when I say it I really mean it. I have played it many times for different groups of family gatherings at our house, lots of playdates, lots of family nights and everyone loved it. This movie was clearly loved by many since they made sequels and THANKS GOD FOR THE SEQUELS because not only they are just as great, but they made many movie choices so super easy for us.DO NOT FORGET TO GET THE SEQUELS - because.. once the last credits will roll.. you will be hungry for more. Get them now and thank me later :).

I'm a Nicholas Cage fan....what else is there to say??

This movie makes you think about what did happen and what could have happened in the past.

It has a middle age Sean Bean in white, and I like that. Then some other things happen.

My 4 year old said it was scary but both him and the 8 year old were entertained when we had to be in the hotel room in DC

This is a very good historical and adventure movie on Amazon Prime channel! It's a great on demand movie to buy on Amazon! It's affordable and educational!

I liked this movie when it came out

Who would not wonder at the idea of stealing a national treasure? Ever since "The Da Vinci Code" was published, much has been said about the Knights Templar and the existence of a magnanimous treasure, sometimes with religious implications, sometimes, as is the case in "National Treasure", just related to pure mutiny. I was never a fan of American history, yet this movie has managed to lit up my interest in it.The story centers around Benjamin Franklin Gates, a role impersonated by Nicolas Cage. A descendant of THE Benjamin Franklin, historian, engineer and Navy ROTC Ben Gates is on a quest after a family's life pursuit about the ancient treasure of the Knights Templar, that somehow seems to have found its way to America during the Revolutionary War, and was hidden in this land by the Freemasons who, among others, counted the names of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin himself as members. But the Gates family has been the laughing stock of the historical community in Washington D.C. for generations due to the elusiveness of said treasure. Just when Ben Gates appears to have found someone rich enough and willing to fund a costly search that includes an expedition to the Arctic, Ben realizes that not everyone has the same solemn intentions as he does when it comes to finding the greatest treasure ever coveted by mankind. For starters, the clues leading to its discovery are to be found in the Declaration of Independence... but how does one get to it and, more importantly, how can the clues be interpreted? Ben has his friend and co-conspirator Riley Poole, played by hilarious Justin Bartha, and National Archives expert Dr. Abigail Chase (played by Diane Kruger) as his right and left hands to help him.This is the premise of "National Treasure", a movie which unpacks fun and loads of action while taking the viewer on location to the National Archives and the Library of Congress in Washington D.C., the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, and the catacombs under Trinity Church in New York City.I have enjoyed it immensely, especially the historical aspect. Although the acting is not stellar by any means, one must admit that Sean Bean still offers a fantastic view of the human male species even when he is getting on years, and the feminine element offered by Diane Kruger as Dr. Chase is... cute, though sometimes borderline callous.True to a Jerry Bruckheimer production, the film offers great photography, and the 2-disc Collector's Edition is jam-packed with extras presented in the form of a treasure hunt, my favorites being "Riley's Decode This!", with three levels of discovery; and the featurette on "Ciphers, Codes & Codebreakers", a great documentary on code making and breaking that goes back to the first World War. The deleted scenes offer much needed background to the film, although it is understandable how they did not make it into it - at 2:35 hours, nothing else could go in.

This 2004 production directed by Jon Turteltaub about the rip-roaring adventures of Benjamin Franklin Gates played Nicholas Cage who is the third generation of the Gates family to look for the fabled Knights Templar treasure, the historical community have ridiculed the Gates family for their belief in the treasure existence but by deciphering the clues Benjamin finds along the way looking for it the goal of finding the family prize gets ever closer the quest for the treasure also becomes a race against time to find it before a group of mercenaries do.This Region free 50GB disc is encoded using the MPEG-4 AC codec in full 1080p resolution with audio tracks in English Dolby True HD 5.1 (48 kHz 16 bit) along with French, Italian and Spanish DTS 5.1 there are also Dolby Digital 5.1 in the same, the subtitles that on are offer are as follows: - English for the Hard of Hearing, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish.The Bonus features contained on this disc are:-Blu-ray only feature Mission History “The Declaration of Independence”Audio commentary with Director Jon Turteltaub and Actor Justin BarthaFrom the DVD versionAlternative ending with optional director commentaryDeleted Scenes with optional commentarySeven FeaturettesComparing the Blu-ray against the DVD the image is blurry on the DVD, the Blu-ray is a sharp and clear image with a greater and bigger amount of colours and the edges of the image is clearer and the actors have a natural skin tone and the shadows are more defined with deeper blacks and greys.This is a great piece of family entertainment and a worthy addition to a Blu-Ray library with its superb transfer which delivers a sharp image along with an excellent soundtrack which has enough punch and kick for any surround sound set-up.

An interesting film to waste a couple of hours. I'd say that this disney/brukhiemer film is better than the latter pirates films. I'm not up on American history so, although I've heard the history aspects of the film are questionable. I can't say yey or ney to that aspect of it. I can just say that it was a reasonably fun film that kept my intrest. The blu ray has a number of special features including Director & co-star Audio Commentary which was ok. They kept ripping off each other & I din't get if it were a jokes or real. But The film is a fine caper film, with decent action scences 4/5

If you want breathless adventure, thrilling escapes, and don't mind that it plays more than a little fast and loose with history and science, there is much to enjoy here. Nicholas Cage is his usual laid back cool, and the supporting characters are nicely played (and just occassionally more than just someone to explain the latest plot point to). Yes, the baddies are British (what's with those accents?) and non-US viewers may not feel quite as engaged with the subject matter as someone from the Colonies, but switch off your brain and go with the flow...

Nicholas Cage is obviously flavour of the month and has made some excellent films, e.g. "Captain Correlli's Mandolin". There is enough material in other reviews to give plot details. Suffice it to say this is an enjoyable film, not to be taken too seriously and fast moving. It is a little like a young person's "Da Vinci Code" meets Indian Jones, particularly during the end sequence.I enjoyed it but don't expect a classic.

An absolutely awesome movie as well as its sequel, I've watched them dozens of times and still aren't bored of them.Tons of bonus features, especially on Blu-Ray.