My Prediction
Okay, let's talk about the new National Treasure. I agree wholeheartedly with the reviews I've seen that are saying it moves too fast. It does. Needs a little more conversation and a little less action. In the original, there was much more setup to the capers. Here everything just happens in a nonstop torrent. Still, it's a worthy enough follow up, and if you liked the first one, you'll like this. In fact this essentially -is- the first one, with the settings and treasure changed. And a slightly less interesting villain, but Sean Bean > Ed Harris isn't exactly a surprise. Besides, Riley is still hilarious, and that's all that counts.
I want to share with you though a thought I had toward the end. Now, they pretty much promise a third movie. You'll see. But, what could it possibly be about? In the first movie they stole the Declaration of Independence. Outrageous. So in this one, they kidnap the President. More outrageous. Good way to raise the bar. But, where the hell do they go from there? There are very few ways to top that. And then it came to me, and the more I think about this, the more plausible this follow-up seems:
An ancient treasure secretly ferried up to the Moon on the Apollo missions. Nicholas Cage has to sneak onto a rocket to get to it.
You wait and see. Moon treasure!
I called it.
Merry Christmas
from Chiron Beta Prime
where we're working in a mine
for our robot overlords
I want to share with you though a thought I had toward the end. Now, they pretty much promise a third movie. You'll see. But, what could it possibly be about? In the first movie they stole the Declaration of Independence. Outrageous. So in this one, they kidnap the President. More outrageous. Good way to raise the bar. But, where the hell do they go from there? There are very few ways to top that. And then it came to me, and the more I think about this, the more plausible this follow-up seems:
An ancient treasure secretly ferried up to the Moon on the Apollo missions. Nicholas Cage has to sneak onto a rocket to get to it.
You wait and see. Moon treasure!
I called it.
Merry Christmas
from Chiron Beta Prime
where we're working in a mine
for our robot overlords