At night in the museum 2
Night at the Museum 2 (Original title: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian ) is a comedy film by Shawn Levy from 2009. The film was released on May 20, 2009 and is the sequel to the film Night at the Museum from the Year 2006. In 2014 the third part was published at night in the museum: The mysterious tomb .
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Larry Daley, formerly the night watchman of the Natural History Museum, has now become a wealthy entrepreneur. Every few months he visits his old museum. During one of these visits, Larry discovered that the exhibits were to be replaced by holograms and new technical equipment. The exhibits come to the US National Archives in Washington, DC There they can no longer come to life without the golden plaque of Pharaoh Ahkmenrah.
That's what Larry thinks. But the following evening Jedediah calls him from the moving container: Thanks to the thieving capuchin monkey Dexter, Ahkmenrah's tablet, which brings the figures to life at night, also came to Washington. Now the entire Smithsonian Institute is upside down there at night. The Pharaoh Kahmunrah, Ahkmenrahs older evil brother wants to bring the board into his possession to bring an army from the underworld and conquer the world.
Larry hastily travels to Washington, where he sneaks into the museum complex and tries to stop Kahmunrah. He has already won allies: Napoleon Bonaparte , Al Capone and Ivan the Terrible .
After a long chase, Kahmunrah gets his hands on the tablet and tries to use it, but the code has been changed since his death. He forces Larry to find out the new code that is encrypted on the board. If Larry can't figure out the code, Kahmunrah has the miniature cowboy Jedediah suffocate in an hourglass.
Larry Daley receives active support in deciphering the code from the attractive aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart and his old friends such as President Theodore Roosevelt . Larry and Amelia get closer and finally kiss.
Small bobble-headed Einsteins help to recognize the code as a pi . While Larry is discussing with Kahmunrah whether he will release Jedediah first or whether Larry will first confess the code, Al Capone appears with one of the bobble-headed Einsteins and Kahmunrah himself names the sequence of digits, whereupon the Pharaoh opens the portal to the underworld and his army of the undead materializes.
Eventually, the giant statue of Abraham Lincoln breaks through a window and defeats the undead falcon warriors, while the old exhibits fight against Kahmunrah, Napoleon, Iwan and Al Capone. They win the fight and fly back to New York in a vintage plane from the museum's aviation department, piloted by Amelia.
Larry sells his company there and donates the sales amount to the museum on condition that the old exhibits are exhibited again. Then he resumes his old job as a night watchman. After reopening, the museum will also be open in the evenings. All of the characters come to life, but are sold to visitors as perfect animations. In the museum, Larry meets a woman who bears an incredible resemblance to Amelia Earhart.
In the credits you see a young marine after the Second World War. A photograph of him hangs in the museum; during the course of the film Larry escaped into the photo and lost his cell phone there. Now the boy sits in his room, unscrews the cell phone and realizes that he has made a revolutionary discovery. From the corridor you can hear the mother calling: "Joey Motorola , come to dinner now!"
background
- The film was shot in Burnaby , Montreal , Smithsonian Institution , Vancouver and Washington, DC .
- The budget for the film is estimated at $ 150 million.
- Worldwide box office income was around $ 413 million.
- A parody of the 300 film is included in the film . When two of the small museum figures (Octavius and Jedediah Smith) hit the feet of the enemy wax figures with swords, their movements and the camera angle correspond to a scene in which Leonidas is fighting the Persians.
- The film plays with the idolization of Abraham Lincoln, who in the film rises to become a stone superhero.
- The appearance of the warriors from the underworld is based on that of the Egyptian sky god Horus .
- At the end of the film, Joey Motorola can be seen in a black and white scene as he dismantles Larry's cell phone and believes he is making a historical discovery. The figure, however, is pure fiction: The Motorola company (international manufacturer of electronic systems such as mobile communication devices) was founded in the 1930s by the brothers Paul V. and Joseph E. Galvin. Motorola is a combination of motor and Victrola .
- In the German dubbing, Jean Pütz speaks the Wackelkopf-Albert-Einstein.
- Peer Augustinski , longtime voice actor for Robin Williams, who paused from 2005 to 2007 due to a stroke, can be heard here again as the voice of Robin Williams in contrast to Part 1.
- The Jonas Brothers lend their voices to the love angels ( Cupids ) who z. B. sing the Bee Gees hit More than a Woman and Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go on .
- Scenes with Dick Van Dyke fell victim to the scissors, these can only be seen in the DVD extras.
Reviews
“Great special effects, funny characters and crazy duels (unbelievable what Ben Stiller can do with a flashlight!) Make the comedy into entertaining and over-the-top family fun. Conclusion: Ben Stiller's second excursion into the eerie world of museums is harmless enough for children, but fast enough for adults "
“Conclusion:“ Nachts im Museum 2 ”is the basement version of the original - a film that was shot only for commercial reasons, which director Shawn Levy cannot counter with creative visions. The shallow, family-friendly humor too often slips into silly. Only those who really enjoyed themselves in the first part will still be able to find something entertaining from the new infusion. "
“Night at Museum 2 is a sequel that manages to entertain all ages just as much as the first part. Successful gags like the monkey Larry slap sequence are not just quoted, they are skillfully enhanced. At night in Museum 2 there may be more action than wisdom, but the basic tenor is surprisingly un-American, unpatriotic: We need heroes, not for the hero's sake, but for the sake of the cause. And money is not everything, personal happiness and the obligation to benefit the common good are carried forward without a rough mallet. These are cinematic wisdoms that you can take home with you without worries and be well entertained and maybe even take to heart. "
Web links
- Night at the Museum 2 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official German website for the film
- Expert opinion from FBW
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for night in the museum 2 . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , May 2009 (PDF; test number: 117 934 K).
- ↑ Age rating for night in the museum 2 . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Filming locations for night in the museum 2. Internet Movie Database , accessed on June 2, 2009 .
- ↑ Budget and box office results - Night at the Museum 2. Internet Movie Database , accessed June 2, 2009 .
- ↑ Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) - Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) - Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 24, 2019 .
- ^ Film review. cinema.de , accessed on June 3, 2009 .
- ^ Film review. Filmstarts.de, accessed on June 3, 2009 .
- ↑ FBW film review about Night at the Museum 2