Showing posts with label Jon Voight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jon Voight. Show all posts

Friday, January 4, 2008

DVD Review: National Treasure

National Treasure DVDNational Treasure
2-Disc Collector's Edition
Directed by Jon Turteltaub
Starring Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Jon Voight, Sean Bean
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Available Dec. 18, 2007


During the Johnson administration... no, the other Johnson administration (that'd be Andrew Johnson, late 1860s)... a clue to the location of a mythical treasure is revealed to a young man by ailing Senator Charles Carroll. The "secret" to the location of the treasure, he is told, "lies with Charlotte." The treasure Carroll so enigmatically refers to here is believed to be one which was amassed centuries ago by a secret order known as the Templar Knights, a legendary treasure that had been deemed too great for any one man to possess, so it was hidden away by the Knights...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!

Saturday, December 29, 2007

Movie Review: National Treasure: Book of Secrets

National Treasure: Book of SecretsNational Treasure: Book of Secrets
Directed by Jon Turteltaub
Starring Nicolas Cage, Justin Bartha, Diane Kruger, Jon Voight, Helen Mirren
Rated PG
Release date: Dec. 21, 2007


National Treasure was that one movie that everyone hated to admit that they liked. Anytime that I would bring it up, someone would attempt to shank me just because I liked it, but you could tell it in their eyes that they liked it too. For a movie that was about finding treasure other than the boogers in your nostrils, it was pretty good. It wasn’t an Academy Award-winning movie, but it was a fun popcorn flick. I mean, SOMEONE else had to like it, because it made $173 million in the United States alone, and I know it just wasn’t me that paid into it...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!