Uma Noite no Museu 3: O Segredo da Tumba

In spite of the absence of a number in the title, this is the third (and last?) film in a franchise that I have thoroughly enjoyed for providing inventive entertainment (imagine a fight sequence inside a MC Escher drawing). Each movie has been based in a museum I know well and this time we are in my home city of London at the wonderful British Museum which means that the Elgin Marbles and other artifacts come alive. At the heart of the franchise is Ben Stiller, a comic actor with deceptively understated style, and this time he gets to plays two very contrasting roles, particularly funny when his characters interact.

If there are weaknesses in this outing, they are that perhaps too many of the original characters are involved (meaning that screen time is spread rather thinly between them), there could have been more original museum characters (the main one is Dan Stevens as Sir Lancelot), and it would have been good to have more female roles (Australian Rebel Wilson as the BM security guard is effectively the only substantive one). And, of course, there is the sadness of seeing Robin Williams and Mickey Rooney in their last screen roles.

All that said, this is a worthy addition to a really fun franchise which has probably now run its course.

Funny sequel as amusing and spectacular as the former ones. In this third film of the 'Night at the Museum', the opening scene is in Egypt, 1938. After that, the present day in New York City where the divorced father named Larry (Ben Stiller) and his son, going on his job as night vigilance at Museum of Natural History of New York City, where, unknown to outsiders, the exhibits spring chaotically to life after dusk. But his allegedly easy life results to be a roller-coaster when a big event is going on at the Museum of Natural History. Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) is overseeing the event while Dr. McPhee (Ricky Gervais) is in attendance. Larry gathers the favorite exhibits, including Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams), Attila The Hun (Patrick Gallagher), Sacajawea (Mizuo Peck), Dexter the monkey, and Rexy the T-Rex skeleton. Elsewhere, Jedediah (Owen Wilson) and Octavius (Steve Coogan) are watching a funny cat video on YouTube. Larry even meets a caveman named Laa (also Ben Stiller in a dual role), who was modeled to look like Larry as a joke and is usually grunting. Again the ancient animals, beasts, historic roles and miniature are brought to life originating wreak havoc and complications for the unlucky night watchman. Thus several animals and historic roles come to life, like a a skeletal Tyrannosaurus Rex, monkeys, besides Neardenthal cavemen, Vikings, Attile (Patrick Gallaher) and the Huns, Sacajawea (Mizuo Peck), Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams) and Octavius (Steve Coogan), a cowboy (Owen Wilson) and Egyptian young Ahkmenrah (Rami Malek), among others. Since the Tablet now brings the British exhibits to life, the band first encounters a triceratops skeleton that chases after them. They are saved by Sir Lancelot (Dan Stevens), who punches the triceratops in the nose. One final night to save the day !.

This blockbuster displays action, adventures,fantasy and an enjoyable father-son relationship. This fantastic film starts splendidly and goes on in a real sense of wonder and magic, winds up an overlong bombastic wild ride made by means of magnificent special effects and with exciting mayhem and pursuits at the museum. In ¨Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb the ancient Egyptian¨the fantastic tablet is beginning to deteriorate, causing disastrous effects on the museum's peculiar inhabitants, so with the help of Robin Williams's waxwork Teddy Roosevelt, Owen Wilson's miniaturised comboy, his nemesis, Steve Coogan's inch-high cowboy, Larry: Ben Stiller sets out to restore calm. Spectacular images and computer generator set pieces action with several known personages and animals can not erase the charm of characters and ideas especially in the hands of peerless casting . It packs glamorous and luxurious cinematography by Guillermo Navarro and moving musical score by the composer of the previous films, Alan Silvestri, Robert Zemeckis's usual musician. The picture is marvelously realized with phenomenal production values and well directed by Shawn Levy, though inferior than previous entries. Shawn is an expert on family genre as he proved in ¨ Cheaper by the dozen¨,¨Pink Panther¨,¨Just married¨ and of course ¨Night at the Museum trilogy¨. The film contains numerous scenes have you on the edge of your seat with a stunning array of overwhelming images to be enjoyed for all family.

¨Night at the Museum¨trilogy is formed as follows: ¨Night at the Museum¨(2006) by Shawn Levy with Ben Stiller, Carla Cugino, Robin Williams, Dick Van Dyke, Ricky Gervais, Bill Cobbs, Mickey Rooney. ¨Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian¨ (2009) with Ben Stiller, Hanz Azaria, Amy Adams, Alain Chabat, Christopher Guest, Patrick Gallaher, Mizuo Peck, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Bill Hader. ¨Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb¨(2014) by Shawl Levy with Skyler Gisondo, Rami Malek, Mizuo Peck, Ben Kingsley, Crystal the Monkey, Matt Frewer, Andra Martin, Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, Bill Cobbs. And adding a cartoon movie: ¨Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again¨ (2022) by Matt Danner, Justin Lovell .

Night at the Museum was an original, hilarious, fantastical smash hit - but can Secret of the Tomb compensate for Battle of the Smithsonian's misstep? Night at the Museum can be everything an audience wants from a family film for the whole brood. Secret of the Tomb delivers adequately in the way a third film should, with heart, care and laughter.

Larry the night guard is still living the dream caring for the exhibits, and familiar characters, that come alive at night at the Museum of Natural History, thanks to the Tablet of Ahkmenrah. But magic is a fickle thing, and the Tablet is deteriorating, causing mayhem, havoc and danger to his pals at the museum. Motivated to save his friends, he ventures on a quest to discover more about the Tablet which brings him to the Museum of London as a last ditch effort to restore the Tablet and preserve his waxy, plastic and ancient companions.

With its third and final installment, director Shawn Levy returns to the magic that existed in the original Night at the Museum which ultimately captivated film-goers. As with many sequels, the third installment stays true to the premise of its predecessors and only slightly freshens up the premise with a couple of new characters and a swift change of location. Screenwriters David Guion and Michael Handelman smartly bring back beloved characters from the first film and don't muddy up the premise or story too much with over-complications.

Fans of the franchise will be pleasantly surprised by the heartfelt and sentimental Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb. The thoughtfulness and homages to ancient history are present and the jokes have a wide enough range to make any age giggle. Rebel Wilson might be the one drawback for some viewers, as her distinctly loud character is weird and obnoxious and detracts from the sweet film.

Film watchers be warned, you might shed many tears by the end of this film, as this film critic did. The poignancy and relevancy of the film's final scenes are nearly too much as this film touches your soul and makes you nostalgic for the wonder that is Robin Williams.

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While viewing the film it is rather sad watching the final performance of Mickey Rooney who played Gus in the first film and robin Williams in one of his final film roles as Theodore Roosevelt who loons rather sad and not his usual energetic self but I think he manages to do a decent job in the role. In this installment, the tablet that keeps the exhibits alive at night is starting to lose its power and the only way to prevent the magic from disappearing is going to the British museum which would be able to restore the power of the tablet back to its glory, I will say while in some ways it closes one chapter being Larry daily but leaves the story to continue with another.

You know, Night at the Museum is one of those films where it's not a huge movie, it's not a blockbuster, there's nothing wrong with it, it's just generally not talked about in the film fan world as I've seen it. It is however regarded as a nice family film to sit down and enjoy, so was the second instalment, and this one isn't any different.

We all know the premise; a special Egyptian tablet makes it possible for all the exhibits in the museum to come to life at night. What I'm glad about is that this third film is not a rehash of the previous two; it's predecessors had a similar theme of a main villain wanting the table,t which were different enough to enjoy but Secret of the Tomb does something completely different with it's plot and execution which is an awesome change I enjoyed a lot. Of course another thing we enjoy with these movies is the actual museum coming to life and they do some really cool stuff with that idea and it's awesome to see these historical figures interact with statues and even paintings!

They brought us some new characters too which included Lancelot who steals so many scenes and has some great lines, I love that character; also we get Ben Kingsley as King Merenkahre who surprisingly didn't actually have much screen time for a big-name actor. Rebel Wilson as a British security guard didn't quite grab me as the other characters did, she was the comedic relief in what was already a comedy so her presence wasn't really needed and could come off as annoying. In the end Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb was a fun ride just like the first two, it has some awesome surprises I wasn't expecting and all round a good family film.