![]() The Templar later formed Freemasons (Conspiracy Group #2), who are never exactly explained in the context of the movie. The movie opens with a flashback reminiscent of “Indiana Jones.” Sometime during the Crusades, a group of knights found an unbelievable treasure and came together as the Knights Templar (Conspiracy Group #1) in order to protect it. It borrows heavily from the fast-paced style of “The Da Vinci Code” and obviously attempts to capitalize on Dan Brown’s conspiracy-laden approach to history. “National Treasure,” then, is an action movie trying to be a book that was trying to be an action movie. His novel, unlike many other dragging tomes, is strikingly similar to action movies, with quick developments and tons of fast-paced events that kept his readers hooked. When “The Da Vinci Code” was published in early 2003, Dan Brown made waves with a jarringly active writing style that played perfectly to the short attention span of the American public. Though its history can be traced back to the glory days of “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981), it is more obviously modeled on something that doesn’t quite come from Hollywood. “National Treasure,” which debuts in theaters tomorrow, makes no attempt to hide its traditional adventuring roots. ![]() Rather: “When in the course of human events it becomes necessary to track down a mind-blowing treasure of unbelievable wealth, make sure you do it with as many explosions and evil conspiracies as possible.” Everybody knows the preamble … no, not that preamble.
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