Here come the Buffalo

Rating: 5/10 (9 December 2004)

In the John Sayles book "Thinking in Pictures, the Making of Matewan" he has a segment when he's talking about the executives at the studios being afraid of long periods of no dialog, he then uses an example. "The Indians are waiting in an open plane, cut to a close up of the Indians brandishing there spears and lances, cut to the buffalo thundering towards them, cut back to the Indians. 'At this point somebody will inevitably say can't one of the indians say here come the buffalo? 'Good observation yellow deer your really on you toes today."
That was my main problem with this film, there were too many "here come the buffalo's" people just saying obvious thing after obvious thing. It was filled up with dialouge that you didn't need, I don't know maybe they feel that they need to spoon feed us everything so that we'll understand stuff that is right in front of us.
This film did have it entertaining elements although there were too many moments that we have seen in every other movie in the genre. And I still find it baffling that they could figure out all these clues that were supposed to have eluded people for hundreds of years by guessing and taking stabs in the dark.
Also, the whole idea that our founding father's had all of that treasure during the coarse of the revolutionary war and decided to hide it rather then try to use some of it to pay for the war and then hiding it.
And, of course two scientists and a woman that works for the national archives all of the sudden turn into stunt men when they need to.
Overall, not one of Jerry Brukheimer's better investment's. Maybe take your kids to see it because it's only rated PG but if your over the age of ten it will just seem too low brow.