Halcyon Realms - Freedom Project/Otomo/anime

The "Jerry Bruckheimer films" indent screened before the commencement of the film National Treasure served as the best caveat of what laid ahead ( read : explosions, car chases, more explosions; basically your usual taosiao capers ). Extraordinarily we registered only one single explosion in the early part of the film, but this Davinci Code + Indiana Jones mishmash of plot still fails to take off as it lumbered on languorously, bogged down by some stiff acting and even stiffer lines. ( another example of great actors' performances suffering at the expense of lousy writing. ) Trevor Rabin's music is woefully misused, incessant perhaps in an attempt to mask the film's other shortcomings. To add to the insult the filmmakers usual undermining of the audiences' intelligence quoto by means of a clown sidekick that tries desperately to insert trite humour makes all but see red. Why can't for even once the supporting partner of the protaganist be given a little more intellectual credence ?