Movie Review: Night at the Museum - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

hume · 12-23-2006, 11:40 PM

Thoroughly enjoyable, immensely entertaining, and very funny. I really liked this movie a lot. It was a very pleasant surprise to see this movie turn out to be so much fun. I saw Night at the Museum on the IMAX screen, which is six stories tall and with audio speakers located all around the movie theater, which made for an all-encompassing entertainment experience.

I remember being taken to the movie theaters as a little kid to see Mary Poppins and Robin Crusoe U.S.N., and even then, I was struck by Dick's immense charm and talent. Later on I went out of my way to see The Runner Stumbles and Dick Tracy. It's been years since we've seen Dick Van Dyke on the big screen, and I was very happy that Ben Stiller wanted to make this movie with Dick.

I have to admit there were times in the movie where I thought I was seeing Jerry Van Dyke on the screen, and not Dick Van Dyke. That's because there were mannerisms and reactions that I don't recall seeing in Dick. And then I realized I was seeing a new performance. Certainly not Rob Petrie or Dr. Mark Sloan, but a new character, Cecil Fredericks. And it sure looked like Dick had a lot of fun with this one (hint: notice in the credits how Dick had a stuntman double for him, and of course, that incredible display of agility by Dick dancing in the closing credits).

For those of you who saw the movie: it wasn't just the artifacts in the museum and the night watchmen who received new life because of the Pharoah's tablet. Think of how the Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino and Jake Cherry characters also changed. The moral of the story in Night at the Museum was very complimentary to the moral in Mary Poppins: the night at the museum reconnected the father to the son just as the nanny did with Mr. Banks and the two Banks children.

Carrie · 12-24-2006, 08:27 PM

Thank you for posting your review of the movie. I'm looking forward to seeing it! I read today that the critics didn't think too much of it, but that usually means that a movie is really great lol. I hope to see it soon. Thanks again!

octobereve · 12-29-2006, 06:44 PM

I saw the movie and really enjoyed it. Dick was great in it. And what a punk Mickey Rooney was! LOL Man, I could use some of Dick's limberness and energy and I am almost half his age!

Marvo301 · 01-06-2007, 03:01 AM

I saw this movie a week ago. I enjoyed the film very much. A good story, good actors, and as a previous poster noted a good moral. I really enjoyed seeing Dick Van Dyke on the big screen. He's still got it!!! I've been watching DVDS episodes on DVD lately and the more eps I watch the more similarities I see between Dick Van Dyke and Jerry Van Dyke.(voice, mannerisms etc.) No wonder the previous poster had trouble distinguishing which brother he was watching on screen.

12-23-2006, 11:40 PM	#1
hume Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Sep 24, 2002 Posts: 68	Movie Review: Night at the Museum Thoroughly enjoyable, immensely entertaining, and very funny. I really liked this movie a lot. It was a very pleasant surprise to see this movie turn out to be so much fun. I saw Night at the Museum on the IMAX screen, which is six stories tall and with audio speakers located all around the movie theater, which made for an all-encompassing entertainment experience. I remember being taken to the movie theaters as a little kid to see Mary Poppins and Robin Crusoe U.S.N., and even then, I was struck by Dick's immense charm and talent. Later on I went out of my way to see The Runner Stumbles and Dick Tracy. It's been years since we've seen Dick Van Dyke on the big screen, and I was very happy that Ben Stiller wanted to make this movie with Dick. I have to admit there were times in the movie where I thought I was seeing Jerry Van Dyke on the screen, and not Dick Van Dyke. That's because there were mannerisms and reactions that I don't recall seeing in Dick. And then I realized I was seeing a new performance. Certainly not Rob Petrie or Dr. Mark Sloan, but a new character, Cecil Fredericks. And it sure looked like Dick had a lot of fun with this one (hint: notice in the credits how Dick had a stuntman double for him, and of course, that incredible display of agility by Dick dancing in the closing credits). For those of you who saw the movie: it wasn't just the artifacts in the museum and the night watchmen who received new life because of the Pharoah's tablet. Think of how the Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino and Jake Cherry characters also changed. The moral of the story in Night at the Museum was very complimentary to the moral in Mary Poppins: the night at the museum reconnected the father to the son just as the nanny did with Mr. Banks and the two Banks children.

12-24-2006, 08:27 PM	#2
Carrie Dreamin' of Jeannie Senior Member Join Date: Mar 09, 2004 Location: Cocoa Beach Posts: 1,768	Thank you for posting your review of the movie. I'm looking forward to seeing it! I read today that the critics didn't think too much of it, but that usually means that a movie is really great lol. I hope to see it soon. Thanks again!
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01-06-2007, 03:01 AM	#4
Marvo301 I'm NOT a Blockhead! Forum Celebrity Join Date: May 17, 2002 Location: The Great White North Posts: 21,456	I saw this movie a week ago. I enjoyed the film very much. A good story, good actors, and as a previous poster noted a good moral. I really enjoyed seeing Dick Van Dyke on the big screen. He's still got it!!! I've been watching DVDS episodes on DVD lately and the more eps I watch the more similarities I see between Dick Van Dyke and Jerry Van Dyke.(voice, mannerisms etc.) No wonder the previous poster had trouble distinguishing which brother he was watching on screen.
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12-29-2006, 06:44 PM	#3
octobereve Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 24, 2004 Posts: 232	I saw the movie and really enjoyed it. Dick was great in it. And what a punk Mickey Rooney was! LOL Man, I could use some of Dick's limberness and energy and I am almost half his age!