Premiere Screening of Night at the Museum 3: Secret of The Tomb (2014)

 

Thanks to KLIPS I got an opportunity to join the premiere screening of the The Night at the Museum: Secret of The Tomb last week. The Night at the Museum: Secret of The Tomb is an American comedy movie full of funny twists. It is the third sequel of the Night at the Museum (2009).

The film is directed by Shawn Levy and written by David Guion and Michael Handelman, stars Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Dan Stevens and Ben Kingsley. The storyline is as follows.

When the exhibits at New York's Natural History Museum start behaving strangely, Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) -- now the director of nighttime operations -- must find out the cause. He learns that the Tablet, which magically brings Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams), Jedediah (Owen Wilson) and the other exhibits to life at night, has started to decay. Larry, along with his son and museum friends, must travel to London's British Museum to learn how to prevent the Tablet's magic from disappearing.

Of course the storyline is bit absurd, since such scenarios are not possible. Nevertheless the 90 minutes spend watching it does not agree so.

Larry’s character seemed to reach a much maturity level as in this one he has to help his adolescent son to decide what he wants to do with his life. And of course you get a chance to see Robin Williams as Theodore Roosevelt.  The other characters as well do a pretty good job as the characters are pleasantly portrayed.

It’s not a very complicated storyline and the cast also seemed to have delivered a good performance. Especially the ending is bit touchy and more emotional than the previous two movies. The Night at the Museum: Secret of The Tomb gives a hint that this is the last of the trilogy, but who knows they might come up with a new one with a twist.

If you want to have some movie time with some clean fun without the interference of vulgar language try this The Night at the Museum: Secret of The Tomb. And you will be surprised to find Hugh Jackman as well :P

Director : Shawn Levy

Starring :Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Dan Stevens, Ben Kingsley

Genre:  Action and Adventure, Comedy

Running Time : 90 minutes

Rating: 6/10 

Premiere Location : GSC, One Utama
23th of December 2014

Premiere Screening of The Maze Runner

This may be the season of sci-fi movies since several movies on this genre has appeared on screen for the past few months. The maze Runner (2014) is a sci-fi thriller movie created based on a fantasy trilogy novel in the same name by James Dashner.

The story unveils as Thomas, a boy in his teens waking up inside a huge maze with a group of other boys. He has no memory of the outside world or how he came to this place which they call the Glade. Later he finds out that every 30 days once the Glade receives a boy who's memory has totally wiped out. The usual happens when they receive a girl (Theresa), with a note saying this is the last one. Thomas finds that there is a connection between him and the girl, but he could not figure it out.

He started remembering the past in a scattered manner after he got stung by a mechanical creature called Grievers. There he finds that he might be their only hope of escaping from the maze and end this misery. The rest of the story revolves around him and his friends trying to escape from the place. They finally manage to escape and for their despair they find that they all had been part of an experiment.

As the movie is based on a young adult fantasy novel, their target audience also seemed more towards the teenage viewers. The cast is full of young actors and actresses. Among them is the Dylan O. Brien (Thomas) from the TV series Teen Wolf, who indeed shows some strong performance.

This futuristic teen thriller seems dragging as the viewers waiting for more and more information, most of the beginning part of the movie shows a set of incidents taking place in a large field. Nevertheless the landscape and the scenery of the countryside  is indeed remarkable.

The storyline is different from the others. In much deeper meaning it looks like the storyline is speaking of the bravery of a young boy to break free of the ordinary social systems and the oppression he receives on this battle.

I hope the teenagers will enjoy this movie, as this adventurous journey of a small group of adolescents for freedom is a very enthusiastic  one.