The Popkorn Junkie :: National Treasure: Book of Secrets

      If you liked the first National Treasure, you’ll like National Treasure: Book of Secrets because… it’s no secret… the two films are nearly identical. Pretty much the only things that have changed are the historical sites. Being a Philadelphian, I enjoyed the original film which was a romp through the City of Brotherly love, but in this latest version it is fun to go to the other sites such as Mount Rushmore.

I       am not the biggest Nicolas Cage fan, and it kind of annoys me that in this film, like the first one, his character’s family is tied into every single event in US history .. ala Forrest Gump. I think it annoys me half because it seems so unlikely that his family was everywhere and did everything important in our history and half it annoys me because I am kind of jealous. I’d love to have all of his adventures myself and have a family with such a clear long interesting history. Even though it is annoying, I guess that’s also why I like the film because the way it is written it is easy for me to imagine myself right in the middle of the action.

      Not much to say about the storyline since it is the same as the first – solving one puzzle clue after another, outracing the bad guys and defeating complex security systems until success is found in the end. Both films are a clear rip off of the DaVinci code concept of – yes, following one puzzle clue after the other .. etc.

      So while National Treasure: Book of Secrets is a sequel that is practically a remake of the original which was a rip off of another film, I still really enjoyed it and hope there will be another in the series. I guess that is why I am a true Popkorn Junkie.

-- Pappy ( 3 out of 4 pops )

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