MOVIE: Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

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At a glance: comedy


From the official website:

Get ready for the most wild and adventure-filled Night At the Museum ever, as Larry spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever.

Luna comments

I think this is one of those stories that highlights the big difference between movies and books. If this was a novel, I don't think I'd enjoy it. As a movie, though, I did - probably mainly because it was comedy. There's a lot of visual humour, and I found it very funny.

I like museums, too, so that's another plus for the setting =]

Aside from that, though...there's not much to say about the film. I liked it, that's all. The plot isn't anything really special - there's a very simple problem, and they have a very simple solution (that takes a bit more work to get it to work). It's a rather simple "Do this, do that, some complications thrown in" sort of film. There's nothing to love or hate about the story. To me, it's just a sort of background on which to hang the comedy, & that's okay with me.

Similarly, the characters aren't very interesting or very dull. They're what you need for this film to work, & that's okay too. & of course, there's some requisite stuff about the importance of relationships and friendships thrown in - the sort of thing I'd get sick of from overuse, if I didn't feel bad about getting sick of it. I did, however, like the father-son dynamics between Larry Daley and Nick, especially the look, no plans, dad! attitude from Nick and Larry's stressed-father antics.

The ending is also a nice, fitting conclusion to both the movie and the series. =] (Surely they're not going to be like Toy Story 3 and pull out a fourth movie. This ending feels too final to have anything else added.)

My favourite parts:

• The cat video
• The familiar Roman city
• Sir Lancelot's nose

Closing

It's a light film with a pretty straightforward and typical plot, but quite funny =] It's good for when you don't feel like taking anything seriously.