Production Year: 2006 - Family - Director: Shawn Levy - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring: Owen Wilson, Ricky Gervais, Mickey Rooney, Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, Bill Cobbs, Steve Coogan, Robin Williams, Jake Cherry more
Ben Stiller plays Larry Daley, a down-on-his-luck divorced father in this family-friendly tale directed by Shawn Levy (JUST MARRIED, CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN). Larry has lots of ideas... more
museum - the Smithsonian Institution. Museum guard-turned entrepreneur Larry Daly discovers that his favorite exhibits, and some of his best friends, from New York's Natural History Museum are being shipped off to the archives at the Smithsonian. Larry gets a distress call from the miniature cowboy, Jedediah, reporting that Egyptian ruler Kahmunrah and a trio of heinous henchmen - namely Ivan the Terrible, Napoleon and Al Capone - are plotting to take over the museum, then the world. Speeding to the nation's capitol, Larry is clearly in over his head. But with some impressive new pals, including the irrepressible Amelia Earhart, along with familiar friends Teddy Roosevelt and Octavius, Larry will stop at nothing to restore the Smithsonian before dawn.
Night at the Museum -
Since Night at the Museum takes place at a museum of natural history, you might have ... more
expected its soundtrack to reflect a bit more varied influences. Of the handful of exceptions, "The Iron Horse" has flashes reminiscent of Western music, while "Caveman on Fire" strives to evoke golden-age cartoon mayhem--though like most tracks, it ends before anything can really develop. Indeed, the bulk of the soundtrack is made up of short cues (most lasting around a minute), and they would need more zip than they have to make an impact at that length. Alan Silvestri is no Danny Elfman, (who can usually be counted on to inject a few surprising elements into the most mainstream of scores). Here, the Hollywood Studio Symphony huffs and puffs, but little levity transpires. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
expected its soundtrack to reflect a bit more varied influences. Of the handful of exceptions, "The Iron Horse" has flashes reminiscent of Western music, while "Caveman on Fire" strives to evoke golden-age cartoon mayhem--though like most tracks, it ends before anything can really develop. Indeed, the bulk of the soundtrack is made up of short cues (most lasting around a minute), and they would need more zip than they have to make an impact at that length. Alan Silvestri is no Danny Elfman, (who can usually be counted on to inject a few surprising elements into the most mainstream of scores). Here, the Hollywood Studio Symphony huffs and puffs, but little levity transpires. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
Night At The Museum
Ben Stiller leads an all-star cast including Robin Williams in this hilarious blockbuster ... more
hit. When Larry Daley (Stiller) is hired as museum night watchman he soon discovers that all the exhibits come to life after the sun sets. Suddenly, Larry finds himself face-to-face with a frisky T. Rex skeleton, tiny armies of Romans and Cowboys and a mischievous monkey who taunts him to breaking point. But he may just figure out a way to control the chaos and become a hero in his son's eyes. Boasting jaw dropping special effects and laugh-out-loud moments, NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM is your ticket to nonstop fun!
Night At The Museum
Ben Stiller leads an all-star cast, including Robin Williams, in this hilarious ... more
blockbuster hit. When Larry Daley (Stiller) is hired as a museum's night watchman, he soon discovers that all the exhibits come to life after the sun sets.Experience the adventure like never before with this spectacular 2 DISC SPECIAL EDITION.
Night At The Museum
Ben Stiller leads an all-star cast including Robin Williams in this hilarious blockbuster ... more
hit. When Larry Daley (Stiller) is hired as a museum night watchman he soon discovers that all the exhibits come to life after the sun sets.Suddenly, Larry finds himself face-to-face with a frisky T. Rex skeleton, tiny armies of Romans and cowboys and a mischievous monkey who taunts him to the breaking point. But he may just figure out a way to control the chaos and become a hero in his son's eyes. Boasting jaw dropping special effects and laugh-out-loud moments, Night At The Museum is your ticket to nonstop fun!
Plot: Larry has lots of ideas and dreams, but none of them come to fruition. In an attempt to prove his stability to his ex-wife and his son Nicky, Larry accepts a job as a night guard at the Museum of Natural History. But the elderly night guards who hire him fail to mention one crucial detail: when the museum is closed, everything inside comes to life...
Ben Stiller plays Larry Daley, a down-on-his-luck divorced father in this family-friendly tale directed by Shawn Levy (JUST MARRIED, CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN). Larry has lots of ideas and dreams, but none of them come to fruition. In an attempt to prove his stability to his ex-wife (Kim Raver) and his son, Nicky (Jake Cherry), Larry accepts a job as a night guard at the Museum of Natural History. But the elderly night guards who hire him (played by entertainment legends Mickey Rooney, Dick Van Dyke, and Bill Cobbs) fail to mention one crucial detail: when the museum is closed, everything inside comes to life. From Attila the Hun to miniature Roman soldiers, African mammals to Neanderthal men, and Egyptian mummies to dinosaur skeletons, the museum teems with lively activity. Now it’s Larry’s job to control the mayhem and show his son that he is, indeed, a great man after all. There might be a moral to this story, which is based on the book of the same name by Milan Trenc, but the screenplay and action remain light and breezy. Stiller is perfect as Larry, particularly in scenes with a sneaky monkey who repeatedly gets the better of him. Brief appearances by Anne Meara (Stiller’s real-life mother) and Paul Rudd add to the fun. Carla Gugino plays a museum docent, Ricky Gervais portrays the incomprehensible museum director, and Robin Williams moonlights as a wax figure of Teddy Roosevelt that comes to life. Owen Wilson and Steve Coogan are particularly amusing as a bickering miniature cowboy and a Roman soldier.
Technical information
Special Features: Audio commentary by director Shawn Levy
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Professional reviews
Review: Must see comedy (News of the World, 27/02/2007)
Advantages: A fantastic way to watch a true classic Disadvantages: Only one extra, would have been nice to see more
...Night of the Living Dead is the daddy of all zombie movies. Yes there may have been films that featured zombies before this but none came close to creating the same world that George A. Romero managed to. A film that manages to truly define the genre and has been imitated ever since.
Now for many years you've probably seen countless releases of NOTLD on every format. And apart from the Elite LD and DVD release, many of them have been sub-par being sourced from old video masters and sometimes even missing footage (for example the DVD release by Contender). So thankfully Optimum has decided that this classic film is worthy of a proper blu-ray edition.
For a low budget, black and white film from the Sixties, this transfer is fantastic. It's very similar to the old Elite DVD but with more detail and better contrast. There is a lot...
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Advantages: Great comedy and pure entertainment Disadvantages: a little slow to begin.. but not for long though.
...Director: Shawn Levy
Producers: Shawn Levy and Stephen Sommers.
Writer: Milan Trenc, Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon.
Stars: Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, Bill Cobbs, Jake Cherry, Charlie MurphyRami Malek, Pierfrancesco Favino,Ricky Gervais, Patrick Gallagher, Robin Williams and Kim Raver
Released in Late 2006 this comedy, (I believe is based on a 1993 novel by Milan Trenc), revolved around a Museum and its mystical effects on a night watchman.
**BRIEF PLOT**
In New York city's Museum of Natural History Lawrence 'Larry' Daley, (played by Ben Stiller) begins a job as a night watchman, mainly to gain the respect of his son Nick, (played by Jake Cherry).
Larry has had many dead end jobs in the passed, failing at all he tries, and is so terrified that Nick will prefer spending time with his...
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Advantages: Good film with excellent special effects Disadvantages: none
...good and evil, but with cutting edge special effects and action scenes galore this is a great film to watch.
The blu-ray version i watched was a 2 disc set with the second disc full of extras. There was a section on the history of transformers, and interviews with executive producers Steven Spielberg and Brian Goldner, writers Alex Kurtzman and Robert Orci, and director Michael Bay. There were also features on the animation used and the way they worked out where to do scenes. You also get a look at the military equipment seen and used in the film.
This additional information is something you do not want to skip over, because it gives you a much deeper understanding of how much planning and work went into the final production. If you are into cutting edge special effects and head banging action then beg, borrow, rent, or if that fails buy...
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