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.

老實說，看之前我一直以為本片是恐怖片來的，你瞧瞧這名字，博物館的夜晚，想想都滲人啊，何況以前也不是沒有過此題材的恐怖片，因此很好奇本片有何能耐大賺票房。HO，看完了，沒嚇到，笑的趴下了，一部不折不扣的好萊塢喜劇。
影片走的是圣誕溫情路線，一個倒霉的單親爸爸因為一樁奇遇在兒子面前重新證明了自己的故事。而影片奇幻情節(jié)的構思是“勇敢者游戲”的升級版，從單純的飛禽走獸發(fā)展到了博物館里的一切，巧的是，“勇敢者游戲”的主演羅賓威廉姆斯也在本片中扮演了一個重要的角色。本片是占了天時，圣誕節(jié)，賀歲檔，今年似乎沒什么大片撐起北美票房的一片天，這偉大的任務終于落在了這部溫馨又不失浪漫色彩的喜劇片身上，全家人一起吃著爆米花，去電影院開懷大笑一次，不失為過節(jié)的選擇。要是放在平時，影評人的口水都能把本片淹沒。
奇怪的是，至今沒看到內地有這么正宗的賀歲片出來，今年真是奇怪了。