The night at the museum this time is no so amusing afterall.. down 30minutes , the movie loses the very appeal it starts with .
The props and exhibits in the original american museum of national historyare being moved to the Federal archives of Smithson (or is it Smithsonian?) institute and Larry is going to miss his buddies, the exhibits cant come to life outside of this place too without the magicaltablet.
One of the mates among them manage to steal the tablet along with them . The next day Larry gets distress call from cow boy Owen Wilson that some evil pharaoh in their new place is attacking them andLarry is off to rescue them.
Why doesn’t the the battle of Smithsonian work?Well here is the thing , there are fantasy movies , horror movies , zombiemovies , super hero movies , et al. You can incorporate all the fantasy or supernatural stuff , yet when doing them, u appreciate its brilliance , when the movie doesn’t bring the effect outright for sheer entertainment, but use it in ways to weave myriad conflicts and make the protagonist struggle against it all and emerge strong and successful. I consider zombie movies highly silly , yet cannot help admire the way it had been scripted around in “I am legend” .. it all comes down with a profound impact with the final act of its protagonist.
The very own first installment of this movie worked well because all things were fine within a constrained environment and there were rules of the game, there was chaos among the historical characters from different eras and our hero needed to understand them to bring control, and that’s what the movie brought about exactly.
What you have here is a mere display of animation extravaganza. There is no depth to the character of Ben stiller, what a waste. He merely goes around programmed and not even with artificial intelligence. You have things moving here and there , anything is possible , because there are no other live beings for even hundreds of miles around the supposedly greatest and biggest museum other than Larry and not even a single guard anywhere around the museum in the dead of the night. The arena is open and the makers with a single license of animation have forgone everything about storyline. The characters execute crude mockery and funny one liners not at all funny.You tend to wish for all this to end soon and get up do something better.
If there is a reason to watch the movie , it is this , the animation and special effects are indeed awesome. LittleEinsteins , full of life wall hangings , giant sized Abe Lincoln statue walking around cursing pigeons and philosophizing are delight to watch. And err .. this one too .. Amy Adams is absolutely cute and adorable .. prop or not she deserves a kissanyway ;-)Watch if u really want to .. or wait for the dvd