For some reason I just never got around to watching Night at the Museum. I am a Ben Stiller fan thinking that this film was going to be exclusively for children I kind of held off on watching it. Normally I watch all kinds of movies and this being a"kid" movie would not normally be a deterrent but nevertheless I finally watched this movie over the weekend and I have to say that this was an excellent family film! The humor was good, the story worked well enough and this film had all the makings of a classic family film. It is easy to take the special effects in a film like this for granted but they were done exceptionally well. The T-Rex was flawless as was the miniaturization of Owen Wilson and Steve Coogan. The cast of characters in the movie was great and it was nice to see so many familiar faces in the movie. In it's own cooky way this film touched upon a lot of very important historical and scientific concepts. It also seem to encourage children to further explore these concepts which as a teacher made me smile. I am also a massive fan of the museum of Natural History and as a kid the place filled me with awe. This film hopefully was able to inspire that same feeling in children and being able to make history come alive is a great thing. Ben Stiller is probably the most consistent mainstream comedic movie star and I was very impressed with this film. It was certainly fun in every respect and in many ways was similar to another family film called "Jumanji." I really liked this film!
And the sequel filmed at the Smithsonian is just as good. Works both as a fun movie and also an attached to the historical wonderments that these museums have to offer.
ReplyDeleteReally enjoyed this movie when it first came out and enjoyed the second one as well. When I was a kid I was a big fan of the movie "The Indian in the Cupboard" and liked the idea of "toy story." That our stuff came alive when we weren't around. I collect some toys (mostly Star Wars) and get a kick out of movies like this.
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