Certainly, the creativeness of a brawl inside of an M.C. Missing is the panache and the energy, although there is no loss of visual effects or enthusiasm. The move to a new locale only makes the film feel jet lagged. While trying to build a reasonable single dad odyssey, the script drifts off into plain references, attempting to convince an audience 2001 flashbacks are somehow not overdone. Two new writers are called in for screen play work, Dinner for Schmucks duo Michael Handelman and Dave Guion. Ben Stiller returns, caught in a sideways narrative often – literally – crossing unnecessary pathways before completely losing itself miles from the museum. However, it does not save Secret of the Tomb from itself. The canon-fied information is now out there. If this is the final Night at the Museum, so be it. In the process comes an over saturation of exposition.
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Instead, the series is caught in a creative trap and retreats backwards in order to find something worth latching onto. Night at the Museum is no longer pushed forward by fantasy and mystique. In fact, the fanciful illusion is now gone.
The powers, the archaeological find, and its source of energy are central to the storytelling. In the case of Night of the Museum, the questions concern the magic tablet which brings the displays to life. “The questions no one asked sequel,” wherein a film series reaches into its background to find inspiration – or Secret of the Tomb. Here’s a secret: The first two were better
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