{"id":5801,"date":"2015-01-24T14:08:53","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T19:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calverosdepot.com\/blog\/?p=5801"},"modified":"2017-03-20T22:14:57","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T02:14:57","slug":"night-museum-secret-tomb-movie-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calverosdepot.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/24\/night-museum-secret-tomb-movie-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb movie review"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Native American, Theodore Roosevelt, a night guard, Attila the Hun, a monkey, an Egyptian\u00a0Pharaoh, and\u00a0the night guard’s teen aged son walk onto a bus…<\/em><\/p>\n

A couple weeks ago\u00a0I went to see Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb. \u00a0I had only seen bits of the first one so I had an idea of what the series was about. And I also went because I was, in a way, paying my respects to Robin. I did not become a sobbing mess like I thought I would be when it got to the scene where Robin Williams’ Teddy says goodbye to Larry. Not going to lie though, I did get choked up.
\n\"\"Backtracking, it was good to see Dick Van Dyke again (another person from my childhood), though only for a couple minutes. \u00a0Mickey Rooney makes an even shorter cameo in his last (?) movie (ah, another one lost in 2014!). \u00a0Sir Ben Kingsley makes a regal appearance as the father Pharoah, \u00a0and Sir Lancealot is played by Dan Stevens (of Downton Abbey fame)<\/p>\n

Ben Stiller returns, making an interesting straight man for a group of somewhat historical misfits.<\/p>\n

And this was all preceded by a trailer for the upcoming Peanuts movie (seeing Snoopy fighting the Red Baron has always been one of my childhood’s fondest memories.)<\/p>\n

Wow. So many bits of my youth\u00a0all in one afternoon.<\/p>\n

Memorable scenes: The bit with Jedediah and Octavius watching a cat video on YouTube.<\/p>\n

Seen in the trailer\u00a0where Sir Lance and Teddy introduce themselves to each other:<\/p>\n

Sir Lancelot<\/strong>: Sir Lancelot, at your service.
\nTeddy Roosevelt<\/strong>: Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America.
\nSir Lancelot<\/strong>: I have no idea what that means.<\/p>\n

The bit in the MC Escher work, “Relativity<\/a>” was very smartly done..<\/p>\n

Hugh Jackman. \u00a0Was not expecting to see him in the movie. Loved when he broke into his Wolverine pose. Lance asks what is he doing. The woman says he’s doing “his Wolverine thing.”<\/p>\n

Teddy saying goodbye. \u00a0That gutted me. \u00a0Didn’t cry, but…(heavy sigh) yeah.<\/p>\n

It went viral on tumblr<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I did expect, and laugh, when Teddy gives Larry\u00a0one more scare just like he did in the first movie.<\/p>\n

One of the reasons why I like these types of movies is that you have people from various different places on the panet, and from different historical eras, all working together. And saying things that you would not expect to hear, like Larry slapping Attila the Hun and telling him “Huns don’t hyperventilate” (another one of my favorite lines)<\/p>\n

Some extra stuff<\/strong><\/p>\n

I came across some videos playlisted on NYT’s site<\/a> containing clips of the film, interviews, and trailers. \u00a0Here’s one of them.<\/p>\n