Treasure should be comedy

Rating: 2/10 (29 November 2004)

My best friend and I saw National Treasure this weekend. We actually laughed through many of the scenes (and they weren't supposed to be humorous), looked at our watches more times then I can count, and at one point picked up our stuff to walk out thinking, "At last, this dreadful movie is over" only to suffer through 30 more minutes. And we LOVE movies! We couldn't believe anything could be this bad and still make it to the box office. Showgirls is the only other movie I can think of that would top this stinker.
The female side-kick is completely unbelievable, unlikeable and there is ZERO chemistry between her and Cage. The movie would have been so much better without her at all - she was completely unneeded and her performance showed that. It is almost like all the actors are sleepwalking through the whole film. The plot is so convoluted and so outrageous that to compare it to the brilliance of The DaVinci Code is like comparing a GED to a Master's degree at MIT.
I can't believe I hated it as much as I did. We both were so excited to see it and so ready for an escape - but you had to suspend your disbelief to such a huge degree on every aspect that even the most gung-ho action fan will roll their eyes continueously.