Jani H (TheMachinist)

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Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian PG
"We're Americans! We don't plan... we do!"

The first 'Museum' movie was a huge hit and in my opinion a very decent family film. Of course, it was inevitable that a sequel would happen, so here we are. 'Night at the museum 2' is bigger, louder and.. sucks ass.

Ben Stiller's character has now ended his career as a night guard and made a small fortune by inventing crap. The Museum of National History, where the first movie was placed in, is under renovation and all of his beloved friends from the past are being shipped to DC. Of course some evil shit has to happen. Without that happening, we wouldn't have been blessed with this fine piece of movie magic...

There's, simply put, one genuinely funny scene and it comes around at 10-15 min. Jonah Hill ('Superbad', 'Knocked Up'), who's performance was in fact uncredited, steals the film with his performance. Owen Wilson and Steve Coogan as the miniature cowboy and Roman general are just as funny as in the first movie. But if you're looking for some laughter, you can end the movie after Hill's scene and give another movie a shot...

The CGI is decent but the "simplicity" of the first one is gone and there's just a lot of noise and unimaginative shit pushed in the movie. I liked the first one so much more in every way.

This sequel is just another big budget mess. Annoying characters like Hank Azaria's villain of the movie, the Napoleon guy etc, ruin the movie. Even Ben Stiller, whom I usually like, is annoying as hell. I wouldn't recommend this sequel to anyone. Stick to the original and skip this one.
District 9 District 9 R
"He was an honest man, and he didn't deserve any of what happened to him. "

'District 9' is one of the best movies I've seen this year.

Fuck it, I'll continue my review later...

Jani's Favorite Movies


Taxi Driver Taxi Driver R
THE movie that has had the biggest influence on me. Great storytelling, acting. All together the best movie of all time!
American History X American History X R
I hate Nazis, can't tolerate those bastards, but after seeing this for the first time, I started to think that, there could be good people among them, who just are a part of those people cause they don't have anything else. This movie is a perfect portrayal of brotherly love and a man's journey to be freed from his past. I 've seen this way many times and still I'm just stunned. This is one of the best movies ever! Goddamn, I cry at the end!

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