We have not watched the first Night at the Museum, but decided to watch this Part 2 anyway. This sequel touches on what happened in the first movie a lot, so I had to assume a lot of what happened. Nothing really too deep I expect. I think the kids just glossed over the storyline, and had fun with individual funny sequences about the main point of the movie, which is about the exhibits of a museum coming to life because of the powers of an ancient Egyptian tablet.
This is just one fun romp. This takes place several years after the first movie, where ex-security guard Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) now owns his own successful manufacturing company. However, he finds out that his old "friends" at the New York Museum of Natural History, led by the cowboy Jedediah (Owen Wilson) and the centurion (Steve Coogan), were being moved to the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC.
When Jedediah and company arrive in DC though, they were held captive by the evil Pharoah wanna-be Kahmunrah who wants the powerful Egyptian tablet for his own nefarious schemes. And it is up to Larry to help his friends escape and to defeat Kahmunrah and his henchmen (Ivan the Terrible, Napoleon Bonaparte and a black and white Al Capone).
Not having seen the first movie, we were impressed by the special effects of the living exhibits. Most memorable are the sequences involving the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial and the flying of various generations of aircraft at the Air and Space Museum. There were unfortunately several sequences that seemed pointless and dragging, especially those involving Custer, and the squirrel.
There were stupidly hilarious scenes with the Jonas Brothers as singing Cupids, the talking Albert Einstein heads and the two capuchin monkeys slapping Larry silly. Some sight gags work, a lot do not though. Amy Adams makes a very spirited and sassy Amelia Earhart. Hank Azaria plays Kahmunrah with tongue in cheek, very sinister yet very funny with his little lisp. Ben Stiller though looked bored in reprising his starring role.
Overall, an enjoyable movie. A message is tacked on about going for what adds spice to one's life. There is nothing too serious or useful here. Just some shallow entertainment fare for a lazy afternoon for a few good laughs with the family.
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