博物馆奇妙夜

老实说，看之前我一直以为本片是恐怖片来的，你瞧瞧这名字，博物馆的夜晚，想想都渗人啊，何况以前也不是没有过此题材的恐怖片，因此很好奇本片有何能耐大赚票房。HO，看完了，没吓到，笑的趴下了，一部不折不扣的好莱坞喜剧。
影片走的是圣诞温情路线，一个倒霉的单亲爸爸因为一桩奇遇在儿子面前重新证明了自己的故事。而影片奇幻情节的构思是“勇敢者游戏”的升级版，从单纯的飞禽走兽发展到了博物馆里的一切，巧的是，“勇敢者游戏”的主演罗宾威廉姆斯也在本片中扮演了一个重要的角色。本片是占了天时，圣诞节，贺岁档，今年似乎没什么大片撑起北美票房的一片天，这伟大的任务终于落在了这部温馨又不失浪漫色彩的喜剧片身上，全家人一起吃着爆米花，去电影院开怀大笑一次，不失为过节的选择。要是放在平时，影评人的口水都能把本片淹没。
奇怪的是，至今没看到内地有这么正宗的贺岁片出来，今年真是奇怪了。

Last winter holiday, I was taking a translation course in New Orientation, and there I met a young but experienced teacher. In class, he recommended “Night at the Museum” to us as “if you could understand every point in this movie, you are qualified to say that you know well enough about the world which you are living in.”

Doubted his words, I watched “Night at the Museum” recently, only to find that his saying was correct. The story went on in an old way. Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) was a complete loser who was divorced and unemployed. In order to fight for his only son, Nick’s custody, he got a night guard job at the Museum of Natural History in New York. And then he discovered that all the exhibitions there came to life at night. There, ancient animals including dinosaurs and African elephants were running about wildly; Statue of Easter Island was chattered without stop; Augustus (Steve Coogan) was leading his army conquer all enemies; Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams), the lovable 26th President of America was roaming around on the horseback; and cowboys were exploding in the west, etc. The museum went into a chaos, and Larry seemed to be in trouble. Perhaps you have guessed, Larry and his son were going to enjoy an adventurous journey with the characters in history. I have to say, the visual effect was perfect, bringing viewers to a fantastic ancient age soon.

Laughing all along, I also learned more about ancient and modern civilization all around the world during this fun trip with poor Larry. Further more, a subtle change of Nick’s opinion towards his father comforted viewers. Facing a do-nothing father, Nick was once disappointed. But after the fun night experience at the museum, accompanying by numerous historic characters, he finally understood his father, a little leisure, but brave and lovable. The magical history museum mended the relationship between the father and son.

It cannot be denied that Americans are good at spreading values in American style, so did they show it in “Night at the Museum”. I have to admit that I appreciate this pattern, as civilization continues easily. For example, Docent Rebecca introduced Roosevelt, “He absolutely loved history and believed that the more you know about the past the better prepared you are for the future.” Their attitude toward history is clear here, which makes me moving. Larry Daley once considered giving up this job, because it made him stressful. But Roosevelt encouraged him, “Some men are born great. Others have greatness thrust upon them. For you, that is the very moment.” Can anyone be untouched hearing these words? At least, I cannot. Witnessing a small tomato becoming a hero may has been boring to some people, but to me, it still powerful.

If you want to release pressure, and learn something about human history and civilization at the same time, “Night at the Museum” will be a first choice.

    Larry的出场就已经预示这是一个彻头彻尾的小人物。而后我们慢慢了解了他现在的状况，生活的，事业的。对，他的简历与众不同，当然这不是在夸他。
    心高气傲的他自然对于博物馆夜班保安的工作心存排斥，但没办法因为儿子对他说，你该找个正经职业了。
    第一夜很快到来。这是侏罗纪公园吗？是不是最近没什么人来，让恐龙饿得一点肉都不长。你没晕过去就好，因为还有好多新朋友没介绍给你呢。
    终于熬到了天亮，老子不干了，我可不想那天变成一堆蜡像的食物，我还有儿子呢。对，我还有儿子，那是我的儿子，可是却想当个证券交易员，老婆给了你了，儿子再给你？不行，我要干下去。
    第二夜好多了，如果不是那只该死的猴子。我原本想离开的，但他就从我眼前这么消失，就在我眼前化成尘土。
    儿子来了，我不能让他失望。有坏人？那就干掉他。我可是拥有千军万马呀。
    解决了坏蛋，我高兴，儿子高兴，大家都高兴。
    现在他可以向别人炫耀了，他可以说，“我爸爸是个伟大的人。”
    “谁说的？”
    “泰迪.罗斯福。”

去电影院看007的时候，被正片前的“博物馆之夜”预告片蛊惑了，果然预告片是欺骗性的，电影院是很煽风点火的。

Ben Stiller很可爱，虽然他的喜剧方式不是特别对我的胃口，当然Robin Williams至少也不会是减分因素，但吸引我的主要原因是Ricky Gervais和Steve Coogan，所以，自作孽啊。

从角色重要性来说，Steve Coogan和Owen Wilson是完全平等的，戏分却少了许多，可以理解哈，明显Owen Wilson更帅更有票房吸引力，而且他和stiller可是老搭档了。不强调谁比谁多几分钟，重要的是steve coogan根本没有发挥，编剧没有给他发挥的余地，这个古罗马将军随便街上拉个人来演都成。Ricky Gervais倒是保持自己的特色了，问题在于他的搞笑方式放在这里完全的不搭调，好像莫名其妙冒出来的一个令人不快的小气泡，噗一声破了就消失在空气里被人遗忘了。Ricky Gervais这个混蛋能在美国春风得意本身就是件不可思议的事情，英美两个版本的the office竟然在imdb上都有9.3的评分，上帝拯救美国吧，我还从来没见过这么高的分数呢，应该对美国人民刮目相看么？

如今几乎已经很难找到纯国籍的电影了，大家都在跨国合作，好莱坞的英国演员们可能是性价比比较高的选择，可如果真的是冲着性价比，至少让人发挥出价值呢，不然多低廉的价格都是白搭，就好像我们这里热衷的中港台日韩合作，不过是想骗进尽可能多的观众。

撇开两个小配角，这个电影根本就没有一个make sense的剧本，也根本没打算要make sense，ben stiller只是满场上蹿下跳，换个猴子也能演吧，Robin Williams只是个偶尔冒两句励志cliche的相思病蜡人总统。所以他们并不是特别轻视英国演员，对自己人也差不多一视同仁，只有特技特效和非人类演员得到了重视。赶紧出游戏吧，这种东西游戏比电影会好玩得多。

最后注一下：Ricky Gervais曾经是suede的manager……汗