In this week’s OTI Think Tank, I present “National Treasure” as my “reference movie,” a concept which we define in a couple of ways:

• a movie in which every good thing about it is balanced by something bad, or
• a movie by which you judge “good movies” versus “bad movies; i.e.,, if a movie is better than your benchmark movie, it’s a “good movie,” and if it’s worse, then it’s a “bad movie.”

My choice? “National Treasure.” Good fun, but totally schlocky and riddled with cliche.

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