Monday, August 5, 2013

NOKW - National Treasure 2

Here comes the next chapter in our "I'm Okay With, I'm Not Okay With" series (if you don't know what this is, click here for all of the past posts):

Movie:  National Treasure: Book of Secrets

Basic Plot:  The sequel to the surprisingly entertaining National Treasure.  This time Nick Cage, his sidekick, and his woman set out to find some ancient city of gold or something.

I'm Okay With:  The fact that Nick Cage's sidekick somehow owes more in taxes than the amount he was taxed on.  The fact that the US found their piece of the treasure map in their desk and didn't either tell the Brits about it or try and steal the second piece for themselves.  The fact that Nick Cage was able to abduct the President so easily.  The fact that the Secret Service would allow the President to go into a room alone with a random guy who they hadn't been invited to the party they were out even if the President insisted that they not follow him.  The fact that they try to pass off a clearly German woman as an American.  The fact that it is not entirely clear whether Nick Cage and his woman are married or were just living together in a ridiculously large mansion.  The fact that Nick Cage and his woman clearly are incompatible unless they are hunting for treasure.  The fact that a crappy traffic camera was able to clearly show enough detail so that Nick Cage could get a picture of the treasure map before he handed it over to the bad guys in London.  The fact that Nick Cage would just straight up ask the FBI about where the President's Secret Book is located.  The fact that the city of gold is in a cave just behind Mount Rushmore and no one ever found it.  The fact that by finding the city of gold, Nick Cage is not charged with kidnapping the President on top of avoiding any charges that should be placed upon him for breaking into Buckingham Palace.

I'm Not Okay With:  The fact that the bad guys shot at and led Nick Cage and his friends in a high-speed chase through the streets of London, the most highly monitored city in the world, without any repercussions to either group.  There are nearly 2 million cameras in the United Kingdom, a fourth of those are in London alone and somehow the bad guys in this movie were able to shoot up the public streets of London and are not instantly arrested.  Hell, Nick Cage and his team broke into Buckingham Palace, stole a piece of the treasure map from the Queen's chambers, and then were seen on London's cameras while in a high-speed chase and their passports weren't revoked.  How long could it possibly take to look up the license plate numbers of all parties involved, track them to the owners, find out that they are Americans visiting the country, and then immediately notifying the airports to look for them?  It shouldn't take longer than it would for Nick Cage and the bad guys to hop on a flight, but no, they somehow get away.  So, what in the hell are those numerous cameras good for if they can't even track down a couple of idiots who were firing guns all over their city?  I am not okay with that.

"I'm assuming that a producer vetoed Nick Cage in any ridiculous hair options he wanted to go with in this movie."

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