I liked both of the films and if they make a 3rd I will see that one also. I liked the puzzle solving and running around of it all. It was the perfect series of Nick Cage to be in cause he can actually be his age and not try to look young with hair pluggins.
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:02 PM, ravenadal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I fell asleep at 9 pm yesterday and woke up at 3 am. Wide awake in > the middle of the night I decided to channel surf the plethora of > movie channels at my disposal since my upgrade to ATT U-Verse. I > stumbled upon the last segment of THE DEAD GIRL which features > Brittany Murphy (as the titular heroine), Josh Brolin and Kerry > Washington. All three of them are amazing. I immediately set my DVR > to capture the next showing of THE DEAD GIRL so I can see the whole > movie. > > Then I caught the beginning of NATIONAL TREASURE:THE BOOK OF > SECRETS. Due to devastating reviews from critics I respect, I had > assidiously avoided watching either of the NATIONAL TREASURE movies > but I was pleasantly surprised by BOOK OF SECRETS. For one thing, it > really moves. I saw THE DIVICI CODE, and I enjoyed it, but DIVICI is > decidedly pokey compared to SECRETS. > > I like smart people making smart conversation and SECRETS is chocked > full of them. I liked the breezy arguments and the arcane points of > contention. Heck, I like Nicolas Cage. Further, I love history, > puzzles, anagrams, codes, hieroglypics, and ancient languages and > lost civilizations. > > I like when great actors slum and five of my favorites - Helen > Mirren, Ed Harris, Harvey Keitel and Jon Voight - cavort marvelously > (shamelessly?)in this movie. > > Lastly, I enjoyed the pure out-sized audacity of SECRETS: breaking > into, successively, the Queen's quarters at Buckingham Palace, the > oval office, a secret archive at the Library of Congress AND > temporarily kidnapping the President of the United States. Not to > mention, the denouement at Mount Rushmore. I mean, that is something > right out of Marvel's MASTER OF KUNG FU, vol. 1, issue 22 (penciled > by the great Paul Galacy). > > Sure, you have to suspend belief and, for a guy trying to restore his > family's honor, Ed Harris' character is, inexplicably, the ruthless > head of a vicious criminal enterprise, but I have spent worse two > hour blocks in front of a television. > > ~rave! > > -- Michael Street, jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.greasyguide.com <a href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=185276&loc=en_US";>Subscribe to greasyguide.com by Email</a>
