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Waste of time

So much average

Redundant and unnecessary.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

This is seems like my totally my type of film, so it's weird that I saw it so belatedly, 11 years after it came out. Where was I in 2006?! Anyway, if you see Ben Stiller these days, he still looks the same - he's hardly aged at all. Still handsome, and still worthy of being a "really, really, really good-looking" male supermodel. Night at the Museum seems like one of those fun summer flicks that you go to see with your friends, family, or a date. It doesn't take itself very seriously, and it's not trying to be artsy or profound. It's not even making some minor, dumb statement, like what Ben Stiller was kind of trying to do in his supermodel films. This was made by a Quebecois director, Shawn Levy, and if you watch his commentary in the DVD, you'll see that he's overly articulate and formal. He's a no-name director, and maybe it's because his films are not serious, and they're overshadowed by a big-name cast, like Ben Stiller. It's a feel-good, fun film. But Sacajawea in the film takes herself too seriously. The part-Native actress, Mizuo Peck, has remained F-list these days; no one has heard of her. Stiller's love interest in the film seems very innocuous. You might've heard of her - Carla Gugino. You've probably suspected she's the love interest very early on, since the first shot of her, because she seems sweet and pretty, and she's dressed so modest and sexy at the same time. A low-cut cardigan, pencil skirt, and heels - overly dressed up for a mere museum docent job, yet teacherly at the same time. Films are stupid, and they like driving in the beauty-and- brains thing too much. It's slightly pathetic that they made her a very pretty geek girl who's going for her PhD and writing a dissertation on Sacajawea. It just seemed a bit insulting and patronizing, in some way. Stiller seems like a fairly smart guy, but not that smart. It's like he might have a decent IQ and appreciation of all things cultured LA people are into. But then, he hasn't experienced much of life or of the human condition, so he really doesn't know that much. He's like a late Gen Xer - cool, but uncool at the same time. Anyone remember The Ben Stiller Show? Maybe not. It was from the early Gen X days in the 90s, when 20-somethings thought they were the coolest and most badass people on the planet. But I guess every 20-something generation thinks it's that. Stiller is guilty of Asian stereotyping, and he obviously has no close Asian friends in his A-list Hollywood royalty circle. It's so minor, but I can see that he doesn't like the "Asian representation" in the film - the Huns. Attila the Hun was played by a no-name Eurasian Canadian actor, Patrick Gallagher - a character actor, obviously, due to his big build and lack of leading-role looks. Every fantasy character in the museum was non-white-American - and yet, when Stiller was faced with an angry mob of "Asians" (Attila the Hun's crowd), he asked, stupidly, "Do you speak English?" He didn't ask that to Sacajawea, or the pretty Egyptian mummy, or the little monkey, any of the other characters, who were just as unlikely to speak English as Attila the Hun, if not more so. This reflects the "no speak English" stereotype, and so many other wrong stereotypes that are pervasive in American films and American culture in general. Stiller is a major player in Hollywood, and he has plenty of major films under his belt, so he has tons of influence. Even something as minor as asking ONLY the Huns if they speak English, and no one else, is driving in foreign, stereotypical singling out, something that Asian Americans suffer from on a daily basis. Anyway, the film is fun, but it's not totally innocuous. As always, it reflects the stupidity, stereotypes, and limited worldview of its filmmakers and actors. Films drive and influence the perception of the masses, so they have a very important role. Stereotype and degrade, even in s subtle way, and that's causing the stereotyped to be degraded and to suffer in real life, in their everyday lives.

This film is a very entertaining family comedy in which Larry Daley, a man overthrown by divorce and successive career failures, manages to be admitted as a night watchman at the Natural History Museum in New York without knowing that everything in the museum comes to life at night. The idea is original but it certainly has passed through the minds of many fans of history who love to visit museums and feel like seeing the story come to life and happen before their eyes. And, in fact, most museums should gain more life and stop being just empty spaces, with showcases, exposed objects, dead things or old stones. People want to be in a museum who harmoniously combines culture, education and family fun. This movie "explores" these ideas to create a funny story where a night guard, naturally unprepared, is caught unaware by the abnormal nocturnal activity of the space that he must watch. There is a certain scent of adventure mixed with good jokes and first-class situational humor. Larry's attempts to keep things under control and the fights between some historical figures are great moments of humor. Among the actors, Ben Stiller naturally dominates all. Until I saw him working here, I considered him someone of little value, just another guy trying to be funny in stupid movies. Now I recognize that I may have been unjust in that judgement. Actors cannot be blamed for bad material that is given to them and can only shine when their has material that allow them to do so. That was Stiller's case in this movie. Also brilliant were veterans Dick Van Dyke and Mickey Rooney, in roles of villains. Carla Gugino, Ricky Gervais, Robin Williams, Steve Coogan and Owen Wilson make up the core of the supporting cast and have the time and opportunity to give their best. A great movie to watch in family and just laugh without worries.

Well most kids dream. I had a similar thing story that I wrote for class when I was younger and I can imagine that I wasn't alone with a fantasy like that. Wouldn't it be nice if ... this happened? And you don't need a time machine to go places or get a feel for things that are out of reach for you.The movie is aimed at kids then, but that doesn't mean that adults can't enjoy the movie. Just find the inner child and get with the movie, you'll be fine and watch a movie with (your) kids. The story is simple of course and lives off the main idea. You kinda wish it stays night forever ... maybe they should've gone to the North- or South Pole with the Museum ... just an idea ...

a film who seduces. all type of public because it has the chance to represent more than a silly series comedy. first for presence of great actors like Mickey Rooney, Dick Van Dyke or Bill Cobbs. than- for the cultural games. it is a childish explosion of imagination. and it is enough. because nothing could be realistic, the clichés are not rare, the situations are crazies but, after its end, not the smile is the prize but a sort of happiness. one of comedies about childhood dreams. not memorable, not complicated but comfortable at all. a nice film for the courage to not give only fun but a form of introduction in humanity's history chapters. a nice film, in same measure, for the science to represent celebration of imagination. a nice film, first, for the small lesson about life. so, a not bad show.