National Treasure

[zebralittle52]

It says a lot about a movie when, in the middle of a high-tension action sequence, all you can think is "Man, Nicolas Cage sure has great posture."

Seriously! Watch the man run... back straight, knees high... it's a beautiful thing.

The movie wasn't all that bad, really. Some parts felt heavy handed, what with all the historical exposition they tried to cram in, but the clues and the hunt were really rather clever.

And I could stare at Sean Bean all day long. No, seriously, the man's just... yum.

Unfortunately, ladydouji and I kind'a showed up late ('cause someone had to have a turkey-induced coma on my couch) and we were stuck with seats up front. Still, it wasn't as bad as watching Titanic five feet from the screen.

But yeah, it was all about the posture.

Comments

[ladydouji.livejournal.com]

Dude I'm sorry. One minute I was happily knitting away the next boom! out like a light. I have never had turkey knock me out like that before.

[madamblue.livejournal.com]

*grin* Don't worry about it... Better the couch than in the middle of hte movie!

[tsubaki-ny.livejournal.com]

Heh -- you know, I actually wound up enjoying that movie? Did not expect to at all. (Helps to remember it's a Disney thing, and to think of it as kid's fare -- as such, it's pretty awesome.) Fun to see them all in modern settings -- my and my friend Kourtney were all like "Hey, it's Helen of Troy! Hey, it's... OMG isn't that Boromir?"

Actually I didn't figure out it was Sean Bean until the closing credits, because I am a putz and I have never seen him without facial hair or some sort of medivial/ancient skirt-type garment on. ^_^ Not totally clueless, though -- I did spen the film going "Who IS that guy? i KNOW I know that guy."

[madamblue.livejournal.com]

*nod* Same here... both on being pleasantly surprised with the movie, and Bean not clicking till the end. I used to live in Virginia and my Dad would drag me to ALL the old historical sites (which, trust me, were a lot. You can't swing a cat in that state without hitting something historical) and for a while the movie felt like getting lectured by my Dad. ^_~ Still, it was fun.

If you want to enjoy Sean Bean in all his shaved nummyness, I highly recommend Sharpe's Rifles. It's the first in a series of BBC movies based off the books by Bernard Cornwell, filmed in the early 90's. The story takes place during England's war against Napoleon and Bean, playing Sharpe, runs about the entire thing in a tight black uniform commanding a troupe of sharpshooters. (I'm currently trying to download the next couple movies on eDonkey.)

[tsubaki-ny.livejournal.com]

I liked the New York angle. Of course.

Plus, they chose good sections of the D of I to quote, which struck me as very cynical and timely at the time and none of which I can remember now. *shame*

(They also gave me a little fake Declaration of Independence. No cool 3-Dness on the back of it, though. Pooh.)

The Sharpe thing actually sounds familiar. I'll look it up!