I really wanted to like this movie, the first was so funny, however in the end it just fell sort of flat. Ben Stiller was his usually funny self, but some of the other characters where just too canned--this the Egyptian Pharaoh who was jealous of his brother, or Napoleon who didn't like short comments. In just seemed to carry everything too far. I really wanted to like Amy Adams. I love her in "Enchanted." But in this case her Amelia Earhart is just just too canned. By the end of the movie I hate the way she walks. In this show George Custer (Bill Hader) is very cute. In this case it starts with the cookie cutter Custer, and then he evolves and questions himself, and is real. The bit between he and Sacajawea (Mizuo Peck) is well done. Custer says, "I'll yell charge and then we all charge." Sacajawea responds, "Why tell everyone you're going to charge, doesn't that take the surprise away." The bit with the monkey is good, but overdone.
A brief story. Larry Daley has left the museum, pursuing free enterprise. In the meantime, most of the exhibits are being sent to the Smithsonian for storage, away from the magical tablet that gives them life. However the monkey steals the tablet, taking it to the Smithsonian. That causes all kinds of havoc.
Oh I liked Abraham Lincoln in his big form. He turned the tide.
I found this movie mildly entertaining. The original is better. The theme of doing what you enjoy is a good one. However, it was the free enterprise that allowed him to step in and save the museum. The decide to open the museum at night, so the exhibits can interact with people when they are awake. That was well done.
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