Title: Da Vinci Code Rip-Off Extraordinaire
Product review: Predictable. Unoriginal. The first two words that come to mind if asked to describe National Treasure. Another one...formulaic. Anyone who has read The Da Vinci Code will recognize from the outset of this movie what a blatant and shameless rip-off it is of the best-selling book.For starters, the Knights Templar, The Free Masons, the secret societies, the mysterious and elusive hidden treasure, etc., etc. To make matters worse, I didn't exactly find it absolutey necessary for Nicolas Cage to launch into unprovoked historical pontifications ad nauseam while he deciphered the painfully predictable clues out loud to the audience - all of which made the whole movie nothing more than mindless fodder for the masses.The only thing stopping it from being one star is the stellar acting of Diane Krueger. How she put up with this drivel is beyond me.
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