Thought Quotient

I went to see National Treasure last night. I must say that it was an incredibly entertaining movie - if nowhere near even remotely based in fact. It had a terrific soundtrack and was also surprisingly clean. I don’t recall any profanity and there were few scenes that I considered sexually explicit - excepting obligatory low-cut-evening-dress-cleavage-shots common to most modern adventure movies.

Even the acting was acceptable… although my standards for actors have - of necessity - decreased over the past few years. Nicolas Cage played his usual strangely obsessed, goofy persona, but the highlight (for me) was the performance of the relatively unknown Justin Bartha as “Riley Poole” - the goofball sidekick. Other notable presences: Sean Bean (Boromir from Fellowship of the Ring), Diane Kruger (Helen from Troy), Harvey Keitel and Christopher Plummer.

My only objection… the whole Masonic theme. I had thought the Masons were finally relegated to those 50+ years or older. Unfortunately, now there will be more interest in the secretive, gnostic organization… and more conspiracy theories. I wonder if the Masonic lodges plan an advertising campaign based on the movie… maybe they even helped foot the films expenses.

I’m going to start my own lodge, it’s going to be called… The Order of… ummm… hmmm…. The Order of the Gullible Stooges.

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