National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Despite my curiosity of how they were going to amass a treasure or secret mystery that would top the first one, I wasn't sure what i was going to expect from this movie exactly. Turns out, it was a GREAT sequel to the first movie, they did a lot of interesting things in here I sure as hell wasn't expecting.
This movie doesn't quite live up exactly to the awesome first movie, but its a worthy sequel and I'm quite glad it was made. The story lacks the in depth mystery and intensity I feel the first one had. The creativity with the money symbols and glasses and stuff like that, I loved that and this one was all right.
The actual book itself was a great concept and it definitely had its unique points. But what I loved about this movie that I felt they did better then the first was the characters. Everyone is more involved, more active and more socially electric. Nic Cage and Diane Krueger have some HILARIOUS scenes together.
They really jazzed things up with them and even Riley Pool (computer guy) gets more involved, and more funny one liners. This movie is also freaking intense, they got some great action sequences and chases that just kept me captivated, it kept going and going and it never once lost my interest.
The villain turned out to be different then I expected as well, like I said, I was quite impressed at the improvements of the characterizations and the dramatic chase scenes. I think they really have a fun cast of characters who can work in almost any environment and I could easily see myself seeing a 3rd.
Overall, great sequel to a great movie. Btw, happy to hear you loved "Enchanted" Jekyll. I truly think that is one of Disney's best LIVE movies ever and one of the best movies I've seen in 2007. That movie and this one have really given me hope for Disney's future in the LIVE action movie business.
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