Much like the DaVinci Code, the National Treasure movies work because of the way they use real historic events and artifacts to drive the story and in turn, the fun. Nicolas Cage is perfect as the treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates. Cage whose acting is often over the top, has seemed to find the perfect balance in the National Treasure movies. Cage may not be the rugged action hero like Harrison Ford, yet he has the every man quality and he has found how to be believable while keeping it all tongue-in-cheek.
The National Treasure movies are now available on new special edition DVD’s and more importantly for the first time on Blu-ray. Disney is one of the studios that have been in the forefront of Blu-ray from its inception and they are one of the few studios that are doing the format justice. Not only are they issuing all their new releases in the Blu-ray format but they are utilizing the advancement of the technology.
Blu-ray is such a great format but it’s only good if you take advantage of what it has to offer. More often then not, movies that have been released in the Blu-ray format lack the bonus material that was released on earlier DVD’s. In comes Disney to the rescue, not only are they including all of their preview bonus features, but they are offering bonus material exclusive to Blu-ray.
Disney is doing the National Treasure movies right by offering a disc chocked full of bonus material. On both of these National Treasure Blu-ray discs, you have hours of material to watch and interact with. Everything is here from deleted scenes, bloopers and featurettes on everything in the making of these films. Director Jon Turteltaub is one of those filmmakers that loves to utilize the format, sharing with us the behind the scenes and in turn helps to make buying these discs worth the money.
But that’s not all, these National Treasure Blu-ray's includes material exclusive to the format. On the first National Treasure we have an audio commentary with the director and actor Justin Bartha. Also included is an interactive game “Mission History: Inside The Declaration of Independence.” Which is a fun but long game that lets you be the codebreaker and is narrated by character Riley Poole, played by Justin Bartha.
On National Treasure: Book of Secrets, we have two additional deleted scenes with special introductions by the director. We also have a feature called “Book of History: The Fact And Fiction Of National Treasure: Book Of Secrets.” Which apparently is a pop guide that will be displayed through the course of the film, that will allow you to go to exclusive featurettes. I say apparently since my Blu-ray player doesn’t support this feature. Still, it sounds like a great feature so I may have to go out and buy a new player. This time I think I’ll go Sony, not sure if I want to deal with another Samsung player.
Disney has once again shined with their National Treasure films and using the Blu-ray format to it's fullest. If you are a fan of the National Treasure films, then do yourself a favor and only watch them on the Blu-ray. In fact, if you don’t own a Blu-ray player what are you waiting for? There’s only one way to watch movies these days and once you’ve seen the beauty of Blu-ray there’s no going back.
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