National Treasure...

As suspected... Jerry Bruckheimer, the producer of this film lived up to his reputation as one of the top movie producers in Hollywood... he also produced top grossers films like Pearl Harbor, The Pirates of the Caribbean, The Rock, Black Hawk Down, and Armaggedon... aside from films... he had also produced the Emmy Award winning reality show The Amazing Race... From this list... can you imagine how rich this guy is...

The movie is currently the number 1 box office film in the US... as well as for other countries knocking off The Incredibles... and gaining a gross of $110,113,345 in just 17 days from its first release. So, what made this film a box office hit?

Probably, one reason for their success is having Nicolas Cage as the movies' lead star... Because this man in Hollywood... Starring in box office hit movies like The Rock, Gone in 60 Seconds, 8mm, Snake Eyes, Con Air, Windtalkers and Face/Off just to name a few... he had also bagged an Oscar Award winning as Best Actor in a leading role in the movie Leaving Las Vegas... Indeed, this man had proven that his a real TREASURE...

Another reason is the films Cinematography... Caleb Deschanel's cinematography takes us on a national landmark tour. Part of the movie's pleasure is racing from the National Archives to the Library of Congress, from the Jefferson Memorial to Independence Hall. The sightseeing primes one's curiosity about American history and lessons get taught whether looking at the Liberty Bell or Benjamin Franklin's ocular inventions. It's just simply amazing how the director, John Turteltaub sequenced all the events that made the story very interesting...

Another reason is the Story itself... Here is the synopsis of the movie...

All his life, Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage), third generation treasure hunter, has been searching for a treasure no one believed existed: amassed through the ages, moved across continents, to become the greatest treasure the world has ever known. Hidden by the United States of America's Founding Fathers, they left clues to the treasure's location right before our eyes... from America's birthplace, to the nation's capitol, to clues buried within the symbols on the U.S. dollar bill. Gates' lifelong journey leads him to the last place anyone thought to look: a map hidden on the back of the Declaration of Independence. But what he thought was the final clue is only the
beginning. Gates realizes in order to protect the world's greatest treasure, he must now do the unthinkable: steal the most revered, best guarded document in American history before it falls into the wrong hands. In a race against time, Gates must elude the authorities, stay one step ahead of his ruthless adversary (Sean Bean), decipher the remaining clues and unlock the 2000-year-old mystery behind America's greatest national treasure.

And probably the last reason why thi movie become a box office is because of the hard work and dedication of the supporting casts as well as all the staff of the movie...

But if you have watched the movie and didn't like what you see because you are so much of a critic rather than of a fan... maybe you want to click here to backed-up your criticism.

But for me this movie is a very good film and much enjoyable especially when you are watching it together with your girlfriend... hehehe...