The original "Night at the Museum" was by no means a movie of any significance. It was nice to see Hollywood give viewers a little insight into world history (however unintentional it probably was) but the real hook was the wonder of something inanimate coming to life. The characters were a fun group and the interaction with Ben Stiller's Larry Daley generated some laughs. However in "Night At the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" none of that wonder exists. The characters are always "alive" and the whole movie is just a throw everything at the screen and see what sticks approach.
There were so many characters around that none of them had enough screen time to do much of anything. The cast of characters from the first "Night of the Museum" are present but most are around just to give the viewer a comfortable familiarity. They don't have any meaningful to do. In fact this is more a game of name-that-historic-figure than anything else.
We also are subject to lots of Ben Stiller's stammering and stuttering. It's almost gotten to the point where I can say it used to be funny. The conversations between Stiller's Daley and Hank Azaria as Kahmunrah are way too long and generally not funny. Also painfully unfunny time killers were the three Cherubim whose only reason for existence is so the viewer can play "name that voice". Come to think of it this movie is so lazy it doesn't even try to create any new characters.
Al Capone went full Shane you never go full Shane
it's my fav of the three :)
Hank Azaria, the Punisher playing Al Capone, those trousers complimenting Amy Adams.
Hank Azaria makes this one worse
All he had to do was turn the center square on the tablet to freeze all of the museum items. His son did the reverse at the end of the first movie. Come on continuity writers.
Why did I watch these again?
Didn't enjoy it as much as the first, guess it's the sequel curse.
I liked the first one better, it's feels a bit overdone. There is just so much going on.
Making all the mistakes of a sequel, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian goes too far and becomes a big dumb mess. The adventure continues as New York’s museum exhibits are shipped to the Smithsonian, where Kahmunrah is brought to life and attempts to use the magic tablet to open the Gate of the Underworld, but Larry Daley comes to the rescue when his friends call for help. Most of the original cast return and are joined by Amy Adams, Hank Azaria, and Bill Hader. Unfortunately going bigger with museum pieces coming to life just makes the film seem that much more ridiculous and harder to go with. The same goes for the characters, there are too many and they’re too diverse: from Kahmunrah to Gen. Custer to Einstein. Still, this creates the opportunity for a lot of mismatched comedy bits that deliver some good laughs. While it has some entertaining moments, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is just too busy and chaotic.
Shout by Ellie <3BlockedParent2018-04-30T16:06:37Z
The best out of the three films for sure! Hank Azaria is HILARIOUS!!!! And I love Amy Adams as Amelia Earhart!