One of my favorite movies of all time is a stupid film from the mid-00s. Mind you, it isn’t one of the best movies of all time. Nevertheless, I unironically love it. That movie is the legendary Nic Cage masterpiece National Treasure.
The premise of National Treasure is ludicrous. The plot of National Treasure is preposterous. The realism of the movie is simply nonexistent. But that’s not its main draw. Its main draw is that it is an unapologetically sincere action-adventure romp buoyed by a truly interesting historical framework and peak Nic Cage. I’m going to steal the declaration of independence.