Good for Kids, Bad for Adults

Rating: 5/10 (1 February 2011)

I don't know how much I actually believe the whole propaganda angle for the bad reviews, I'll certainly believe the patriotic angle. I'll justify it by looking towards Indiana Jones, anyone that is around my age, a generation older or younger, got into the History/Archaeology fields because of Indiana Jones. Later you find out that it's no where near as fun as Indiana Jones would have been, but some of the mind set stays, along with "it belongs in a museum." Gates (Cage) and his ramblings about the D of I, no using it as a bargaining chip, that's historian at work there. Furthermore, I have a hard time believing the right wing would support a propaganda movie based on the people having more power than the government.
With that rant finished, when you cut out the absolutely horrible clues--the first clues meant the Founding Fathers would have had an improbable belief in improbability to use a wooden ship as a clue when the world was at war with Muslim Pirates--the history is solid both in footnote & theme. The character names relate back to American Revolution, the factoids as a whole can be used to pass a High School history test. It's only the conspiracy that gets in the way & turns it into a ridiculous film.
If you're into history you can sit through it for the actual factoids, if not it will be a bit painful to watch. But in any case, it wasn't made for adults. I can admit, without a single thread of guilt, that if I was eight, this movie, like so many other horrible movies I've grown out of, would have made my top ten list.