Not only does this look like the most ridiculous thing Bruckheimer has put through yet, I'm convinced that kids will remember more about the history of our country by watching this film than they will from school.

"There's a treasure map on the back of the declaration of independence"

The first 10 minutes are online now - they involve an explosion on a American Colonial ship from the 1840's, which is frozen in ice. In Antartica.

This is the highest of high comedy - and I don't mean that in an "It's funny if you're really stoned" way. It's lowbrow entertainment at it's finest. Plus, Harvey Keitel is in it.

I'm going to try and see it opening night (Friday). Who else on this board is with me?

I was wondering how they'd make a movie that was more stupid than the second Lara Croft movie. I'm glad to see they came up with this.

I wanted to vote yes - just for the sarcasm.

But I couldn't do it.

Like many Hollywood movies, I think the concept is fucking genius, and could've made for a literate, intelligent action yarn, in the line of Indiana Jones.

The execution is where it falls apart. This will suck a donkey's balls through a stirring straw.

whats it gonna take for nicholas cage to figure out he shouldnt be in these kind of movies? i mean come on already. worst action hero ever.

Stated with perfection.

And I'm totally stealing the donkey's balls/stirring straw line.

It'll take some studio not paying 14 million to do it.

Agree though. The amount of steaming shit he has put out is mind boggling.

Con Air?

The Rock?

Face/Off?

Gone in Sixty Seconds?

The Rock was cool for one thing only--Sean Connery's line, "The winner goes home and f$*#s the prom queen"

Thanks, I made that up on the spot!

And I will defend The Rock as being an OK movie, especially when you consider the original concept, which was, what if we had caught James Bond stealing national secrets and locked him up for thirty years.... again with the execution thing...but not a bad TNT mid saturday afternoon mongerfest movie.

Cage's main problem as an actor is he expresses all emotions with one move: breathing heavily through his nose.

You're forgetting the uncontrollable shaking of his hands, most readily evidenced in "Gone in 60 seconds"...

And I can't believe I'm alone on wanting to get drunk and laugh my ass off throughout this movie. I guess we're all too busy watching "indie" films like Garden State. Anyone?

i voted "no way", but might end up renting it eventually

Nah, I have this perverse desire to see the movie just cause I like the idea of it all.

But yeah, does look a little goofy.

I'll wait til it comes to video.

I wouldn't pay to see it, but I would watch it. It doesn't look good by any means, but heck, I like The Rock and Con-Air.

"the dollar's trying to tell me something"

. . . that line is so bad it's good.

c.

Somebody pointed out that it looks like Bruckheimer hired some writer and said "Write me a screenplay for The Da Vinci Code, and then change all the stuff that would get us sued for plagiarism."

saturday afternoon. me and the kids.

My kids really want to see it. I really don't.

But, then I paid to go see the second Tomb Raider movie. I like the way Jolie breathes through her nose, though.

i paid for the first tomb raider at the request of some dumb chick.

it's a good thing i learned early. now i will never see a stupid movie that requires money. as a matter of fact, i don't waste money on shitty movies that get shown at malls. independent theatres all the fucking way to the bank.