Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Best movie ever!

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

I have just seen this movie and to me i really like it and to me i like this movie i would watch but not the kind of movie i would love. So i think the groups of people who would love or maybe just like could be explorers, full of action people,people that like lots funny movies,people that are fine with lots of different emotions, fiction people and people that like movies. But i would not recommend this to you if you don't like non fiction movies, or if you don't like the characters, or any of the things i said about people who would watch this but the opposite of what i said about it.When the exhibits at New York's Natural History Museum start behaving strangely, Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) -- now the director of nighttime operations -- must find out the cause. He learns that the Tablet, which magically brings Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams), Jedediah (Owen Wilson) and the other exhibits to life at night, has started to decay. Larry, along with his son and museum friends, must travel to London's British Museum to learn how to prevent the Tablet's magic from disappearing. I think the whole cast did a good job and really worked hard to make this movie.

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014): Dir: Shawn Levy / Cast: Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Dan Stevens, Rebel Wilson, Skyler Gisondo: Third and the best of this pathetic trilogy, and that is saying little since this one sucks to. It celebrates life and friendship through its suppose secret in the tomb. It begins in the distant past with the discovery of a tablet that is moved and is eroding so badly that it threatens the existence of the various figures and creatures that come to life after hours. Ben Stiller returns again as the security guard overseeing the museum and befriending the bizarre historical characters. Central plot regards his travels to Britain in order to have the Egyptians that come to life in that museum, examine and fix the tablet. Director Shawn Levy returns again, and the special effects are the big high point. Stiller seems to be reciting this time out as he struggles to maintain order. The sad factor is this being the final on-screen performance by Robin Williams as Theodore Roosevelt who rides in on his horse. Skyler Gisondo plays Stiller's son who desires to be a disc jockey. Rebel Wilson plays the security guard at the Britain museum. The one shining performance comes from Dan Stevens as Sir Lancelot whose best moment arrives when he crashes a play performed by Hugh Jackman and Alice Eve believing him as an imposter and her as his lady love. If only the entire film was this funny. In the end it is a pointless family improvement over the first two films but unfortunately it still belongs in the trash. Perhaps not as far down in the trash as the other two, but in the gutter nonetheless. Score: 3 ½ / 10

There has been a fascination in Hollywood over making movies about inanimate objects popping into life. We all remember some very good examples Pinnochio , Toy story and Jumanji in this sub-genre, but as time has gone on, it appears this genre is losing IQ points or is specifically targeted at children. Recent examples I have seen of this Night at the Musueum 1 and 2, Goosebumps are childish. I am going to stick with NATM for this review, with a bonus review for the second part at the end.The action starts at the strike of midnight when our new Museum guard(Ben stiller) takes his first night shift. There is no backtory, no build up, just bham the action begins and within minutes our guard is already naturalized to a museum where the exhibits all come to life and having arguments with stuffed monkeys, negotiating war tactics with little toy people. In real life of course, if such a thing was suppose to happen, the first reaction would be sheer disbelief and dread, then questioning oneself if one is hallucinating, then perhaps passing out and running out of the door in panic. Later, when the prison guards gets his son and a Phd student on the action, they too react as if it was all natural - "Oh stuffed lion come alive, that happens everyday"The problems with these movies to be zany, funny and weird they dumb down the movie; dumb down the characters; and dumb down the story. It is not necessary that this sub-genre has to be dumb, as Toystory etc show us these can be intelligent and supported by an internal logic and characters reactions can still be believable. Instead, the characters are clichés you have seen in hundreds of movies before; a divorced father who is trying to win custody of his child; a child that is disappointed his father is a nobody; and the other man whose made a move on his family in his absence -- all have been pieced together to make this shameless quick-buck movie franchise.So as I was saying the movie starts the moment he starts his first night shift -- then there is mayhem; then he starts his second night shift on a warning from management, then there is mayhem. Some of the mayhem is entertaining, a lot of it is shrill and annoying and strictly for kids. The second part at Smithsonian institute is even more aimless, messy and Ben stellar(the actor) looks visibly bored. The real lesson that NATM teaches us is how easy it is to for Hollywood to start a franchise. The plot line for this movie could have been written on a handkerchief.

This movie failed to impress me. Maybe because I was tired after hours of driving or just maybe it was that lackluster. I don't think the movie was bad, just not good.Ben Stiller reprises his role as the night watchman and he did it with the same deadpan style that many of his comedic roles dictate. Stiller as the straight man was never that funny to me. My favorite role of his to this day is Derek Zoolander.The movie is still a good choice for kids. The humor is not too adult and some of the characters can even spark an impromptu history lesson. At the very least I got to see Robin Williams in his final role.