Some Notions

If for some foolish reason a reader of this “blog” has failed to see “National Treasure,” then we have little sympathy for you. We waited quite some time to post on it; the least you could do for yourself and your country is to see it. But being good citizens, we warn:

SPOILER ALERT

Furthermore, some readers of this site comment with consternation that it occasionally deviates from its stated purpose: furthering the critical study of http://clinomania.blogspot.com. But who didn’t love the addled professor who veered off on some personal tangent? All the more time to plan stinkfinger sessions with Sally Co-Ed. And little could be more in the spirit of Clinomania than a movie discussion.

We found two flaws with “National Treasure.”

1) At some point, Benjamin Franklin Gates should have realized that there weren’t any gold pieces or statues waiting to be discovered, but that the real treasure was the freedom the Founding Fathers won for us, and that’s something that scumbag Ian will never understand.

2) When they discover the treasure room, there should have been a cut to the techie guy taking a picture of it with his camera phone. This would have been a good place for a Nokia product placement, and that extra money in the budget would have allowed them to hire a better actor to play the techie guy.