IN DEFENCE OF NATIONAL TREASURE... (full article at Junkee.com)

My first  time writing for Junkee. com, and I defend the National Treasure movies with terminal intensity!

Upon its release in 2004, National Treasure received a grossly underwhelming response from critics. Slammed by most reviewers, it was unfairly labelled as derivative. Empire called it a ‘rushed-out knock-off’ of The Da Vinci Code, judging it ‘simultaneously moronic and mildly educational’. Rolling Stone, rating it 1 out of 5 stars, said it possessed a ‘robotic cheerlessness’ and called it a ‘paycheck movie’ for Nicolas Cage. Not to be outdone, USA Today dismissed National Treasure as a ‘tepid Indiana Jones knock-off’ with a ‘flaccid execution and stupefying premise’.

Read the full article at Junkee.com:
http://junkee.com/national-treasure-defence-adventure/131531

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