Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Night At The Museum was a great movie. The idea was genuine and it was a pleasure to discover all the great characters in human history coming back to life and transform the New York Museum of Natural History into a very big mess.But this sequel lost a lot of its magic mostly because of a bad written plot. The scriptwriters probably thought that moving the story into the biggest museum in the world and adding dozens of new characters would keep us entertained. But you need much more to achieve it. From the beginning. Larry, who we left as an ordinary man, now is a powerful and tyrannic CEO who pushes his staff to cancel their family place to make business. He's also manipulating his lamp like Bruce Lee. Why did they do that? Why not just keeping Larry as a continued night guard having fun at each shift when the museum came alive? Thankfully there are some characters who are really enjoyable to see like the lovely Amy Adams, who stars as Amelia Earhart, the first woman who crossed the Atlantic Ocean with her plane. She really steals the show throughout the movie. The other one is the villain, Kahmunrah, played by Hank Azaria, the evil twin brother of Ahkmenrah who wants to steal the tablet in order to rule the World. Azaria, who also voice the Thinker and President Lincoln, is really showing his huge talent as a comedian. Anyway I'm deceived to not see Robin Williams as much as I did in the first movie. It would have been great to see him throughout the entire movie instead of some scenes there and there.In brief, this movie is not as good as the first one but it's still worth to watch in Family.

As sequels go, "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" proves the exception to the rule. Director Shaun Levy's ambitious as well as imaginative follow-up to "Night at the Museum" tops the original. One of the reason that it surpasses the first film is the casting. Amy Adams is terrific as Amelia Earhart, and she makes an impact on the movie with her presence. Of course, part of this is due to the historical person that she plays. She exerts a charisma that none of the women had in the first film. Neither Carla Gugino nor Kim Raver possessed this charisma. Moreover, neither shared as much screen time with Stiller as Adams does, and this togetherness helps the film. "Battle" picks up the narrative thread not long after the original, but Larry has finally become a success at what he struggled to be before he landed his night security guard gig at the American Museum of Natural History. Now, he is selling his invention with George Foreman. Everything is looking grand for him until he visits the Museum and learns from Dr. McPhee that certain displays are being shipped to the Smithsonian. Suddenly, all Hell breaks loose and Larry has to take off for Washington, D.C. to the mysterious Tablet of Akmenrah. "Battle" is bigger and better than "Night at the Museum" with higher stakes.

I just looked at the review of the original Night at the Museum I wrote back then and found out I gave it a 6. Well, this sequel gets the same rating as I found it as silly and a little funny as that one. This time, Ben Stiller's character has left the New York museum and become some kind of entrepreneur who's appearing on TV with the likes of George Foreman. The characters from the first one are about to be moved to the Smithsonian and so when that happens and some kind of trouble is again brewing... I'll stop there and just say that many of the historical characters being depicted are pretty amusing if not hilarious and I liked the way many creatively visual ways are used to depict many art exhibits coming to life. So in summary, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian was pretty entertaining. P.S. The trivia on this site confirmed what I suspected about Hank Azaria's portrayal of an Egyptian figure: He was inspired by Boris Karloff when picking a voice for the character.

About the only thing that saves this movie from being a complete waste of film are the special effects. The "plot" is about as lame as a Saturday morning cartoon and the jokes aren't much better. Basically it is just a bunch of characters chasing each other around. There are a couple of good gags, but they are not enough to keep any adult interested. Honestly, the only truly enjoyable part of this movie was watching Amelia Earhart (Amy Adams) run around in tight pants. Yes, the movie is really that bad. You will find yourself wishing the movie will mercifully end. Heed my warning - stay away!!