In Theatres?

So I realized the other day when I was doing this up-coming Sunday's post, (Don't say overachiever because I'm not) I have been doing movies that have been on DVD for at least a year or two. Last night I had the opportunity to go and see Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian with some passes. For those who don't know this is a sequel. Surprise. The original starred Ben Stiller and Robin Williams. Stiller plays a night watchman at The Natural History Museum in NYC who really wants to be an inventor. Williams was a wax model of Teddy Roosevelt in the museum. The whole movie revolves around this tablet that allows the exhibits to come to life. To make a long story short for the sake of catching people up, the old night watchmen try and steal the tablet and Stiller along with the help of the museum's exhibits stop them.

Flash forward two years when the sequel takes place. Stiller is a successful inventor with his own company. He still routinely visits the museum to visit at night, one night he goes and finds out the exhibits are being shipped off to the federal archives at the Smithsonian Institute. Stiller tries everything to keep them from being put into storage without the tablet but he fails. After they have left one of the exhibits calls him saying they are being attacked. Stiller rushes off to try and help. He runs into another security guard played by Jonah Hill (surprise he is in everything). The battle ensues between Stiller and bad guys throughout time. Al Capone, Ivan the Terrible, or awesome (played by Christopher Guest) and the leader of the bad guys Kahmunrah (played by Hank Azaria who has two other roles in the movie).

Overall the movie was pretty amusing. I laughed out loud throughout most of the movie. If you liked the first one then you will like this one even more because it is better than the first. Go check this movie out and tell me what you think.

-Bob

Terminator Salvation

I have been a Terminator fan since I was a little kid. I grew up watching Terminator 2 and even remember having a bunch of the toys. Actually, I think I still have a few collectibles, but anyways, Terminator Salvation actually looks like it might be halfway decent.

I was a little concerned at first even thinking about Terminator without Arnold. Rumor has it that he will be featured in digital form. I guess that Arnold wanted to be featured in the movie, but did not want to act. This idea of a digital cameo make me a little bit nervous. Somehow the thought of Arnold being portrayed in full CGI makes me nervous because if they ruin his depiction, they will be ruining a cinema icon!

Christian Bale looks like he will be okay in the role of John Connor as long as he doesn't use the Batman voice for the whole movie! After hearing his rant on set (Listen to it here), it made me somewhat doubt him. He said he overreacted, but I believe that to be an understatement! Let's hope that doesn't affect Mr. Bale's image too much because that's just bad for business!

Otherwise, this looks like a fresh look into the post-apocalyptic world that Cameron first created in 1984. The action sequences in this film look pretty good and the CGI doesn't disappoint so far. I don't know why they chose to make this film PG-13, probably a clever ratings scheme to try and get younger audiences to the film and then release an Unrated DVD version! I just think it's stupid when a series has the first 3 films rated R and the newest goes down to PG-13. I was excited for Alien Vs. Predator, until I found out that it was rated PG-13 and what it lost in violence it also lost in quality! I am still going to see this film, but who knows if the series can survive with a new man at the helm and without Arnold Schwarzenegger?

This trailer made me want to see this film! Check it out here!

H2 Official Trailer

This movie look like it is going to be awesome. Rob Zombie's vision of the first was very strong, so I have high expectations for this one! Thanks to Dr.K for telling me it was online!