Sunday, October 13, 2013

Freemasonry in Movies: National Treasure

 
"Ben Gates comes from a family of treasure hunters. Now his grandfather believes that the forefathers' buried a treasure somewhere in the country and have placed clues everywhere but unfortunately the clues are highly cryptic and scaterred all over the place. Now Ben thinks he has found it but it only leads him to another clue which is on the back of the Declaration of Independence. Now one of his associates Ian wants to steal it so that they could get the clue but Ben refuses to do it so he tries to kill Ben. But Ben evades him and tries to warn the authorities about Ian's plans but they don't believe him. So Ben takes it upon himself to steal it in order to protect it. And he does but Abigail Chase the curator of the National Archives, where it is kept, discovers what he has done and tries to stop him but gets caught in the crossfire between Ben and Ian, so Ben takes her with him. While she doesn't believe him, he is determined to prove he is right about the treasure. But it won't be easy cause Ian's always a step behind him and he is being hunted by the FBI."
 
 
I personally really enjoyed this movie even though it is very exaggerated about Freemasonry.  This movie contains a lot of myths and fantasy about the craft, but I still like this movie all the same because it is one of the few movies that has Freemasonry so strongly involved with the story. If you're looking for a movie with some slightly romanticized Freemason storyline, this is a good one.
 
 
 
Hollow brick outside Independence Hall containing a tool for the treasure hunt.  Marked with the Square and Compasses


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