Night at the Museum 3

[osprey_archer]

My mom and I went to see Night at the Museum 3 today. I was a little worried about it because I didn't think the second one was nearly as good as the first, but the third is a charming return to form. Yes! All the museum shenanigans! ALL OF THEM.

I particularly enjoyed Matthew from Downton Abbey as Lancelot (it actually took me a while to place the actor, as Lancelot is not a Matthew-ish character, and kudos to the actor for that range) - especially the scene where he busts into a performance of the play Camelot to inform Guinevere and Arthur that, oh hey, he's completed his quest!

And the actors are like "...there is a madman on our stage..."

And they keep trying to jolly him along! And the audience laughs, uneasy but hoping to smooth over this social difficulty! And eventually they get through to him that this is a play, Camelot's not real, and then Lancelot's like I AM HAVING AN IDENTITY CRISIS, I AM GOING TO DEAL WITH THIS BY DESTROYING THE STAGE WITH MY SWORD.

And then Hugh Jackman (who is playing King Arthur in the play) does a Wolverine impression to try to calm him down or scare him or something, I don't even know. Doubtless he was appalled to find this madman on his stage and was trying everything to see what worked.

The movie also provides a good (if unexpectedly bittersweet) cap to the trilogy. They could make more movies if they wanted, because their premise is by nature episodic, but they've wrapped it up nicely if they don't want to. And as much as I loved the first and third movies in the franchise, I hope they don't, because it wouldn't be quite the same without Robin Williams as Teddy Roosevelt.

Comments

[artemis_wandering]

Interesting! NatM2 was my favorite of the bunch. When Oscar the Grouch and Darth Vader walk in and Kahmunrah is just like "are we going to the opera? I don't think so" I lose it every time. I wasn't as happy with NatM3, though I still enjoyed it. And I did enjoy the Hugh Jackman/Camelot/quest scene. But I kind of hated the "romance" with the cave man and Rebel Wilson's character.

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

I just tried to ignore the cave man parts entirely, as well as Dexter the capuchin monkey. I've always found those parts a little frustrating - they're clearly there for the kids, which is fair, but they don't do anything for me.

[tommy50702.livejournal.com]

The film is hysterical, the characters are still fun, and the acting is great.

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

Just thinking about Sir Lancelot running onstage during the play makes me giggle.