Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

That was an excellent one.

Good concept, poorly executed.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Ol' Tom Gates decrepit voice spoke ancient words of the Hoily Boible, but despite God's words, lil Nic vacuumed but one word into his ears and one word alone" T R E A S U R E "And from that moment, lil Nic KNEW he had sucked the Bible dry.6/10Some good Nic Cage moments, and an overall decent story with sub par acting beyond Nic

Nicholas Cage is a great actor, but he's been in a lot of awful movies - this being one of them.National Treasure is boring, dull, and slow-paced especially being 2 hours and 11 minutes long, the performances are okay, it is just everything else that is wrong, watching this film is like watching paint dry, the movie plot lacks excitement - watching a bunch of people look for things...not very entertaining.The only good thing about this flick is the film score composed by Trevor Rabin.

National Treasure really is a cute family movie. The action isn't too rough and the violence isn't bloody at all, so it's suitable. The movie is all about these two men who are searching down in an old abandoned ship under a big frozen lake, while they're searching they find these clues to a big treasure, and one of them is to steal the Declaration of Independence. Nicholas Cage and his friend Riley try to convince Sean Bean's character to not do it but of course he and his men decide to anyways. And that begins the endless chase and race that drives the film. I liked all the actors. Cage is good here, and so is Diane Kruger, Sean Bean, and Jon Voight (Cage's father in the movie). The script is pretty average for a film like this. It's not to a great level, but it's not bad, really it gives you enough you need and then that's it, it doesn't try to dazzle you or anything, but it also won't let you down. The ending is well done, I enjoyed it very much. And the visuals are nicely done. All in all, it's an entertaining live action Disney treasure hunt movie that's mild enough for family viewing. 8/10.

National Treasure (2004) is Nicolas Cage's best solid performance for an outstanding role of his character Benjamin Franklin Gates! This movie become very popular in 2004 and it got a sequel. I am still waiting for third sequel but I doubt there will National Treasure 3. This is also the best one of the two films in the franchise. The adventure and action in this movie is perfect executed. This film is about a treasure hunt that whole life Benjamin Gates (Nicolas Cage) was hunting, now a team of mercenary's who betrayed Gates are trying to steal Declaration of Independence from museum which is the lead and final clue to a treasure hidden somewhere in the country. I love how Benjamin (Nicolas Cage) is trying to convince and warning the authorities about Ian's plans but they don't listen to him. So Benjamin and his only loyal friend Riley Poole (Justin Bartha) has to steal the Declaration of Independence so they can protect it from Ian (Sean Bean). What I love about this film is the plot, the acting, the cast, well decent character development and a good fun action. This is my third favorite Nicolas Cage film and I love it to death!Plot: Benjamin Franklin Gates descends from a family of treasure-seekers who've all hunted for the same thing: a war chest hidden by the Founding Fathers after the Revolutionary War. Ben's close to discovering its whereabouts, as is his competition, but the FBI is also hip to the hunt.That is the basic plot, it also does involves FBI chasing Benjamin and Riley beside Ian. Beautiful gorgeous sexy German actress Diane Kruger who was playing Dr. Abigail Chase did a perfect job playing her character, I haven't even noticed that she has an accent in this film. I love the music theme from Trevor Rabin for this film. This movie is awesome, It's the most thrilling treasure movie I ever seen. It keeps you excited there's humor and action. I recommend this movie to anyone who likes a good action movie with a few laughs and adventure around it. It isn't Indiana Jones - Raiders of the Lost Ark, but a great movie along those lines none the less. I love all 4 Indiana Jones movies with Harrison Ford but I still think National Treasure is original and it is not violent or scary movie. You also have a likable cast with humor and surrounded with history around you. Jon Voight as Ben's estrange father also did a good job portraying his character Patrick Gates. Harvey Keitel was great as FBI Agent Peter Sadusky chasing Gates on his trip. The last actor I really had fun watching him was Sean Bean as the bad guy in his role as Ian Howe. I love Nicolas Cage and some of his films, but my favorite films are Con Air, The Rock and this one and National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007). I really did enjoy this film Nicolas Cage does a wonderful acting job, it is his decent acting performance. Today Nicolas Cage wastes his talent on junk movies, just like Steven Seagal and Eddie Murphy and they don't care about there fans. I love this movie and for my self I like history, this is one movie I really did enjoy watching because this movie is about history. The facts: I don't think there is really a map on the Declaration of Independence, I think they just made that up for the entertainment. But still this is intense film, still I love that you can see a lot of history museums in this movie. I reminds me when I was last year in high school I went on class tour 2007 to visit Museums in Munich, Germany (Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum), it was an awesome class trip and It was the same year National Treasure 2 come out. I really miss those times. Overall: Special effects are great and thoroughly entertaining movie. This is a bad ass action adventure flick with great original story, interesting intense plot with lots of action that are all well done! This was a blind buy on Blu-ray for me and I have watched the film three times already! It is a decent solid Nicolas Cage flick MILES way better than Face/Off (1997) and other trash movies Cage is doing today! Raiting I am giving is a 10/10. National Treasure is a 2004 American adventure heist film produced and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was written by Jim Kouf, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, and The Wibberleys, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and directed by Jon Turteltaub. It is the first film in the National Treasure franchise.10/10 Grade: Bad Ass Seal Of Approval Studio: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Starring: Nicolas Cage, Harvey Keitel, Jon Voight, Diane Kruger, Sean Bean, Justin Bartha, Christopher Plummer Director: Jon Turteltaub Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Jon Turteltaub Screenplay: Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Cormac Wibberley, Marianne Wibberley Story by Jim Kouf, Oren Aviv, Charles Segars Rated: PG Running Time: 2 Hr. 11 Mins. Budget: $100,000,000 Box Office: $347,451,894