Wait , THIS was a hit ?!

Rating: 4/10 (11 August 2013)

*SPOILERS*SPOILERS*SPOILERS*SPOILERS*SPOILERS To be honest I don't know why "National Treasure" was a hit . On other side , I don't know why people are still complaining about the quality of Michael Bay movies , yet his movies keep making money. Somebody has to watch them  Maybe I'm too harsh for "National treasure " . Compared to "Transformers" series , this is actually a decent popcorn flick for one night. I guess people missed a good adventure movie since "Indiana Jones and the last crusade". "NT" is better than Spielberg "Indiana Jones and the kingdom of crystal skull" , so let's start with the good things about this movie.
Diane Kruger is cute in this movie . Justin Barthe is great as a comic relief . The humor is probably the biggest strength of this movie . It's really funny and well placed . Jon Voight and Sean Bean give nice performances . Also , the art – direction is good.
The bad things ? Nicolas Cage . A hero of adventure movie should be charismatic and likable. Harrison Ford in "Indiana Jones " movies ? Yes . Michael Douglas in "Romancing the stone" ? Yes. Nicolas Cage here ? No. Just NO. He is boring and lifeless . He seems stiff and nervous through all the movie . A big miscast . I was also disappointed with Harvey Keitel who seems like "I just came for few minutes and when I'm done just give me the money as quick as it's possible".
The action scenes are TERRIBLY LAME . The music is uninspired . I was able to guess some of the riddles before our heroes and I'm not even American . The plot is kinda predictable in few places and there aren't too many surprises here. Not to mention that the riddles seem to throw our heroes from one place to another just to keep the movie going. The characters also act illogical – The FBI should be at Voight house almost immediately after they identified Cage . It's a standard procedure , people ! Also , the villains at one point allow our heroes to escape , despite the fact that they need them . Near the end of the movie they also fall for an obvious lie. The movie also should end 15 minutes sooner. It was annoying in the end.
Overall , you could skip this movie and watch something else , but if you want to watch it , it's not that bad. I give it 4/10.