Reviews

I found this movie almost an insult to intelligence.

It had none of the real wit and humour of Indiana nor the suspense which had me jumping in my seats in other films. It reminded me slightly of The Mummy which at least did not try to be anything other then a horror/comedy kid flick.

I went with friends at their request. I wish I had not. It struck me as little more then American propaganda. Why should the treasure be hidden from just the English, surely it was necessary to hide it from anyone who would try to benefit from it, I mean we have Hitler who was known for stealing art works, Mussolini was hardly a nice character either? How did it come to be in the hands of a bunch of Americans anyway when the Freemasons and the Knights Templar were of European origin? That was really implausible, if it were in the keeping of the Knights Templar and then the Freemasons it would of been hidden somewhere in Europe.

When sconces which are generally oil or tar based (ie resin from pine trees) fired up at the slightest touch of a flame I groaned. After 200 odd years the oils would have evaporated not to mention the wood rotting away. I am generally pretty good at suspending belief but that really annoyed me. Not to mention that boats trapped in ice tend to be crushed and sink when the ice melts. Just study what happened to boats in the Antarctic on some of the expeditions there.

I am sure the teeny boppers and kids will enjoy it but I would not recommend it to anyone.

Agate

I could not remember the original event. Probably due to where I was living at the time and the fact we had no live TV. It took a week to get the news.

I was watching this film in the cinema and HAD to ask my friends if they made it back. The reason being that if they didn't I was going to have to walk out of the cinema or burst into tears.

Never before had I been so engrossed in the people in the movie. I sat and watched hunched forward.

BTW I still burst into tears when they made it back. Guess I am just a bit of a softie at heart.

This is escapism at its best.

Not a movie to sit and think about or look for deep and meaningful issues and ideas. One for when you want to forget about the world and go to another place where issues of right and wrong can be ignored.

I watched this with some friends and we laughed from beginning to end. It is weird and off beat at times, but we loved many of the lines and occasionally use them when we need to lighten an atmosphere.

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This is bat country!