$ National Treasure 2 Book of Secrets Blu ray

This movie was lots of fun although it requires a healthy dose of suspension of disbelief. The story line generally flows well although there are a few sections here and there where one is left to wonder about some loose ends, but these are nothing major, just the usual fare for these kinds of movies. Nicholas Cage is one of my favorite actors and he is up to the task as the self-effacing, slightly socially awkward, brainy hero Ben Gates who does the right thing. His love object Diane Kruger (Abigail Chase)is an excellent partner to Gates. Jon Voight (Gate's father) and Justin Bartha (as Reily Poole, Gates' partner in treasurer hunting) is also very good, particularly as the "chopped liver" character who gets the short end of the stick throughout. The entire process of finding and deciphering clues is very entertaining and convincing and the action scenes (chases, escapes) are good, although somewhat stereotypical.



One part that bothers me about these types of movies: the chase scene in London where the chaser and chasee wreck havoc throughout, totalling other vehicles, throwing drivers out of their cars to commandeer them, destroying property left and right, and not a peep from the London police. I have come to accept these as necessary aspects to keep the action moving. What I had a major problem with however, was in the interpersonal area, and I will attempt to describe this without spoiling the plot. Certain changes of personality and reconciliation of relationships were just not believable. In movies like these, I can much easier believe that the characters can be in Washington, DC one day, in London the next, and in New Hampshire on the third, than I can believe some of the changes of attitude that the directors have asked us to accept. I think personalities are less malleable, paradoxically, than physical realities but the viewer is asked to go out on a limb, all for the sake of the cliche "all's well that ends well ending". That's too bad. I think the American public can take a little more of reality and deal with unhappy endings than given credit for.
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• ISBN13: 0786936763416
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