Night at the Museum

john m · Post by **john m** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 9:41 pm

Thought it was very fun. Nothing groundbreaking, but the casting was really nice. Love Williams and van Dyke, especially. Neat story, something happy and mindless.

Tonamel · Post by **Tonamel** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 11:10 pm

Pacing was bizarro at times, took forever to actually GET to the museum, and that really should have been Bruce Campbell instead of Owen Wilson (but when is that ever not the case?)

Still, I really liked the end, and the guys letting the air out of the tire had everybody lollin', so I'll give it a B+

Phil. Redmon. · Post by **Phil. Redmon.** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:15 am

We saw this in the theater when it came out (Heather's parents were in town, allowing for a date night) and I really enjoyed it.

Fun & goofy, and now that it's out on dvd, I'm a watch it with a Spencer.

Post by jb » Fri Apr 27, 2007 6:04 am

mostly didn't like it. <b>C</b>

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 10:38 am

It's a kids movie. Go into with that mindset and it's fun. Otherwise it's WTF... this is sooo stupid.

Billy's Little Trip · Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:51 am

I just saw it last night. It had it's funny moments. But I don't know why I get so bothered by stupid little things in movies these day.
IE: When he's finally talking to Attila the Hun and the ferro dude speaks Hun, so he has to interprets the first couple of lines, but then when Stiller starts in with his whole, "your heart was broken when Mom and Dad left you in the hut" bit, and with no interpretation, Hun understood everything fine. Also, you can't just tie a bone to a RC truck, tie rubber bands on the the controller and not expect it to go straight into a corner and get stuck there until it runs out of batteries. I bet even the kids watching said, "that retarded". Yeah Yeah, it's just a movie and everything is make believe.....that cost millions to make! Can't they just lie and say he invented a new "fricken laser beam" that won't ever let it get stuck anywhere, ever, and duct tape it to the roof? He's an inventor for Christ sake. Bastards and their lack of care for realism!

*serenity now*

Phil. Redmon. · Post by **Phil. Redmon.** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:22 pm

Billy's Little Trip wrote:I just saw it last night. It had it's funny moments. But I don't know why I get so bothered by stupid little things in movies these day.
IE: When he's finally talking to Attila the Hun and the ferro dude speaks Hun, so he has to interprets the first couple of lines, but then when Stiller starts in with his whole, "your heart was broken when Mom and Dad left you in the hut" bit, and with no interpretation, Hun understood everything fine. Also, you can't just tie a bone to a RC truck, tie rubber bands on the the controller and not expect it to go straight into a corner and get stuck there until it runs out of batteries. I bet even the kids watching said, "that retarded". Yeah Yeah, it's just a movie and everything is make believe.....that cost millions to make! Can't they just lie and say he invented a new "fricken laser beam" that won't ever let it get stuck anywhere, ever, and duct tape it to the roof? He's an inventor for Christ sake. Bastards and their lack of care for realism! *serenity now*

Nice tip of the cap to Ben's dad, there.

But: Doesn't the suspension of disbelief regarding re-animated dinosaur bones not carry over to mongol inflection reception?

Post by jb » Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:28 pm

Seldom-discussed storytelling philosophy:

Suspension of disbelief implies that a story will remain consistent within itself and true to the rules that it sets up.

When a story fails to live by those rules, the audience falls out of suspension and gets annoyed that the RC truck didn't behave true to the laws of physics as implied by the story.

So, if you're going to make the truck behave contrary to common sense, you need to declare that rule in advance. This is tricky, because the cliche method of doing that sort of thing is very obvious to a modern audience. It's a variation of the "Seemed extraneous at the time" cliche of storytelling.

JB

Billy's Little Trip · Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:45 pm

Phil. Redmon. wrote:
Billy's Little Trip wrote:I just saw it last night. It had it's funny moments. But I don't know why I get so bothered by stupid little things in movies these day.
IE: When he's finally talking to Attila the Hun and the ferro dude speaks Hun, so he has to interprets the first couple of lines, but then when Stiller starts in with his whole, "your heart was broken when Mom and Dad left you in the hut" bit, and with no interpretation, Hun understood everything fine. Also, you can't just tie a bone to a RC truck, tie rubber bands on the the controller and not expect it to go straight into a corner and get stuck there until it runs out of batteries. I bet even the kids watching said, "that retarded". Yeah Yeah, it's just a movie and everything is make believe.....that cost millions to make! Can't they just lie and say he invented a new "fricken laser beam" that won't ever let it get stuck anywhere, ever, and duct tape it to the roof? He's an inventor for Christ sake. Bastards and their lack of care for realism! *serenity now*
Nice tip of the cap to Ben's dad, there.

But: Doesn't the suspension of disbelief regarding re-animated dinosaur bones not carry over to mongol inflection reception?

#1. I'm glad you caught the connection with the Jerry Stiller line. Most people never get my lame sense of humor.

#2. I happen to believe in re-animated dinosaur bones, so no.

Phil. Redmon. · Post by **Phil. Redmon.** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:46 pm

OK, the rc truck came to life because it was in the museum.

Finally, I'll be able to sleep!

(winky face)

Billy's Little Trip · Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:48 pm

Oh dang, he's good.

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:25 pm

Yeah, I was gonna say. I'm not worried about an rc car going straight when statues are coming to life.

This movie was fun but nothing more. I'd watch it again if it came on tv on a Saturday afternoon or something.