National Treasure 2 was the selection for the annual Dibb family Christmas Eve movie, poor selection. I didn't like the first one and the second was worse. Both National Treasures and the Da Vinci Code movie just don't do it for me. The characters figure out puzzles and mysteries way too easily and it becomes annoying. It's like "Oh! A pine tree sketched into a rock.....Oh yes, that means Queen Elizabeth had a Christmas tree in her 3rd year of rule in her winter cabin, which was taken from a forrest in the Swiss Alps! Quick! To the Alps we go!" And Nicholas Cage isn't at his best and his sidekick tries to be a little too funny and becomes just as annoying as he was in the first one. I know a lot of people who really liked the first one so maybe they'll like this one, but I don't like either of them.
*1/2
Definitely the highlight of this movie experience was the return of Disney 2D animated shorts. Before the movie there was a new Goofy animated short called "How to Hook Up Your Home Theater". It's about Goofy buying a new home theater and all the troubles that entails. It was hilarious and very well done, totally on par with the Disney shorts of old, and apparentely Disney is going to continue doing this. Great news. This is all because the head of Pixar Animation, John Lasseter, took over all Disney animation as well. Great move.
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