Hi all, this tumblr mainly exists as a way of tracking all the movies I've been watching and some of the initial thoughts, and general feelings, I've had about them.
5/5 - Fantastic movies; movies which need to be seen and enjoyed by everyone.
4/5 - Movies which are very good but don’t have that spark which compels you to make others watch them as well.
3/5 - Average movies; watchable and enjoyable, but nothing which elevates them higher. The baseline all movies are given before watching.
2/5 - Can be watched but really bland and forgettable.
1/5 - Minimal to no reason to watch these films. It may have some redeeming factors e.g. it’s so bad it’s good or there’s one character that’s awesome enough to make it not a total waste of time.
0/5- Total waste of time. Nothing redeemable about these films.
As with every review blog/site, this is all my own personal opinion so feel free to take everything with a grain of salt.
Also I'm Scottish so all reviews will be in UK English. Get used to theatre, colour and words ending in -ised.
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#335/#52 National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets
(Rewatch)
When the Gate’s family name comes under attack, Ben Gates (Nicholas Cage) starts tracking down evidence to exonerate his ancestor. This time his exploits take him around the world for clues, all the while being shadowed by another treasure hunter (Ed Harris) with ulterior motives.
I’m not quite as enamoured with this film as I was its predecessor. Where the original film walked the line quite nicely between acceptance or refusal of a given situation, the suspension of disbelief in this one is used just a few to many time for the audience to completely accept its logic. It doesn’t kill the film it just makes it a little less enjoyable.
It also suffers from sequelitis pretty hard. The leading couple has broken up in between films so that they can get back together by the end of this one, the sidekick gets his own romantic subplot, the father (Jon Voight) from the previous film and now mother (Helen Mirren) from this one are now main character but don’t really add anything, grander locations/settings for no real payout and the villain is just the previous villain in a different hat i.e. NT1 ‘I just want the money’ NT2 ‘I just want the money and family recognition’. Again it doesn’t make the film bad because of it, it just makes it less interesting.
I still enjoy the characters and the American history-mystery plot enough to not get bored watching this film but it’s never one I would watch without having rewatched the original movie first. 2/5
