January 16th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
We went to see Ben Stiller’s Night at the Museum on the weekend and I was actually pleasantly surprised. We nearly missed this one because we had read in the newspaper and on the web about how bad it was. One critic also went as far as to say that it was his worse film ever.
My response to the critics is — what movie were they actually watching? I thought it was very entertaining and funny, a good family movie. Critics need to keep things in proper perspective. Honestly, if you are going to watch a Ben Stiller movie and critic the acting, you are really watching the wrong movie.
If you haven’t watched it, this is about a jobless guy who is forced to accept a job at a museum as a graveyard shift security guard. Little does he know that when the sunsets, all the museums wax figures and exhibits actually come to life. Throughout his experience, Larry Daley (Stiller) will figure out how to improve himself as a security guard, show that he is a responsible dad to his kid and learn how to handle the true to life museum characters — Attila the Hun, cowboys, Roman soldiers, wax figures, mummies, and of course the Tyrannosaurus Rex. He also finds out the main reason to why they come alive with some quite hilarious and chaotic problems associated with it.
Go see it, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. Forget the critics and judge the movie for yourself.
Also, the *before the movie* trailers were awesome. This is going to be a good year for movies with my favorite comic/tv characters coming to the big screen … Ghostrider, Fantastic 4: The Birth of the Silver Surfer, Transformers the Movie, Spiderman 3 and Simpsons the Movie. Can’t wait!
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Bean said: @ 6:23 am
January 17th, 2007
Critics do seem to be a lot harder on family movies. Seems to me it’s important to have an appreciation for the things that all kinds of movies bring to the table. Nice to have some clean laughs sometimes :) Glad you enjoyed it Foo
Mrs Lifecruiser said: @ 1:31 pm
January 17th, 2007
Ah, thanks for that confirming! We got interested from the trailers, we love all fun movies. Then we read what the critics said and wondered, but we said to each other: “nah, we know how those critics can be sometimes, so better hear from some “normal” person too.
So now we can add one more movie we want to go and see. “Lucky” for us here in Sweden: you in the U.s get to see the movies before us and can tell us about it :-)
Janvangogh said: @ 4:05 pm
January 17th, 2007
Yes, bad acting. Everone seemed so casual to find out that the exhibits come to life. I think in real life, people might freak out a little more. Other than that, entertaining film.