Review of Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014) by Rox22 — 09 May 2015
Oh goody, more of the exact same thing except now in England. So much rehashing and focus on the EXACT SAME CHARACTERS! While I love Robin Williams as much as the next guy, I feel his passing has seriously clouded most people's judgement on this movie as a whole. Everyone want Robin Williams' last movie to be remembered well.
Well, nuts to that. I will remember him and his great performance, not the movie.
The effects are about on par with the last two movies and the plot (while a cliché) is better than it was in the first two movies. A weird Hugh Jackman cameo though, funny how he poked fun at himself.
Overall:
Night at the Museum 3 is better than the first two movies in terms of humor and writing. BUT, it laughably rehashes almost everything from the fist movie,AGAIN! Even though it is in a whole new country. It also mostly forgets the events of the second movie. All in all the movie on the whole seems to be trying too hard to do what it did right in the last two movies. In that respect, it succeeds. Only problem is that we've seen it all before (except for NeanderStiller, that was stupid.).
While Williams' performance was great and heartwarming, it was also mostly needless. He was there simply as a promotional tool, when a British historical figure could have fulfilled the same purpose. So sad when it was common knowledge he hated being a sales gimmick. Think about it, if he hadn't been in this movie, would it have done as well? I would hope so, but sadly star power sells.
This review of Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014) was written by Rox22 on 09 May 2015.
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb has generally received mixed reviews.
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