博物馆

初看这部电影，我的感觉是无非又一部贺岁娱乐片而已，凭着逼真的音效和特技，再一次充当了美国家庭成员们的亲情粘合剂，成为他们茶余饭后聚拢聊天时良好的背景影片。

严格意义上说我是，倒着将这部电影看完的，整部电影结构及其工整，可以说是对仗严谨的两个夜晚场景，第一个夜晚的内容就像一个大马戏团的热闹演出，穿插着一个有些生硬和蹩脚的阴谋作为线索。于是我选择了快进，但当我看到主人公在蜡像罗斯福的鼓励，以及作为一个父亲在自己儿子面前应有的尊严的迫使下，面对一博物馆的历史说出的那一席话，并且领导大家时，我不禁产生了别样的想法。

是的，按照经典的美国电影手法，一个小人物在这一幕中，又一次毫无悬念的得到了升华。但是与以往的孤胆英雄不同的是，在如此沉重的满屋子历史面前，这种升华似乎有了别样的意味，导演理想主义的历史观通过这个小人物展现在了人们面前，他的一席话，就似乎成了化解千年以来人类文明的隔阂的良药，整个人类史和自然史都呈现在他的眼前，又归于平静与和谐的共存，几个世纪的历史在这里就像小孩子桌上的玩具人偶一样要进则进，要退且退。试想如果人类真能如此理性的共存的话，就像小孩子过家家般的可以推倒从来的话就好了.

导演调侃似的手法其实给我们构造出了一个乌托邦式的人类历史场景,这让我想起了儿时读过的郑渊洁童话,在他的故事里,也时常出现如此现实主义的理想场景,主人公可以变小后跑到玩具中世界中去体验,这种手法与其他的想象类作品最大的不同在于,你可以真正的进入想象的空间里,说白了,就是让观众去做最现实的白日梦.他不像哈利波特或者是指环王那样缥缈,但也会给人最大的精神满足,因为它是每个人儿时都能想象得到的.有谁没有将各种玩具小人偶放在桌上摆布的经历呢?

再次的是,导演以不同的视角同样严肃的展示了历史(即使不是历史的事实也应该是导演的历史态度)在影片中,导演给于原本高高在上的历史伟人以平民得人文关怀,这点可以从对蒙古王的心理辅导以及撮合罗斯福语印第安少女的恋情中体会到.毕竟对于这些仅仅有着伟人面孔的那像来说,无论是剧中的主人公还是导演本人都少了一份紧张和仰视的情怀.

这部归根到底的喜剧因闪烁着上述的人文光辉而有了一层更加积极的意义,结尾都仍然透露出对学术与大众之间隔着鸿沟的遗憾和讽刺从剧中人物对历史事实所具备的执著精神于现实世界的不可调和似乎在发出呼唤,呼唤人们进入这个本身已足够神奇的魔幻世界之中来,并享受其中的乐趣.

Last winter holiday, I was taking a translation course in New Orientation, and there I met a young but experienced teacher. In class, he recommended “Night at the Museum” to us as “if you could understand every point in this movie, you are qualified to say that you know well enough about the world which you are living in.”

Doubted his words, I watched “Night at the Museum” recently, only to find that his saying was correct. The story went on in an old way. Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) was a complete loser who was divorced and unemployed. In order to fight for his only son, Nick’s custody, he got a night guard job at the Museum of Natural History in New York. And then he discovered that all the exhibitions there came to life at night. There, ancient animals including dinosaurs and African elephants were running about wildly; Statue of Easter Island was chattered without stop; Augustus (Steve Coogan) was leading his army conquer all enemies; Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams), the lovable 26th President of America was roaming around on the horseback; and cowboys were exploding in the west, etc. The museum went into a chaos, and Larry seemed to be in trouble. Perhaps you have guessed, Larry and his son were going to enjoy an adventurous journey with the characters in history. I have to say, the visual effect was perfect, bringing viewers to a fantastic ancient age soon.

Laughing all along, I also learned more about ancient and modern civilization all around the world during this fun trip with poor Larry. Further more, a subtle change of Nick’s opinion towards his father comforted viewers. Facing a do-nothing father, Nick was once disappointed. But after the fun night experience at the museum, accompanying by numerous historic characters, he finally understood his father, a little leisure, but brave and lovable. The magical history museum mended the relationship between the father and son.

It cannot be denied that Americans are good at spreading values in American style, so did they show it in “Night at the Museum”. I have to admit that I appreciate this pattern, as civilization continues easily. For example, Docent Rebecca introduced Roosevelt, “He absolutely loved history and believed that the more you know about the past the better prepared you are for the future.” Their attitude toward history is clear here, which makes me moving. Larry Daley once considered giving up this job, because it made him stressful. But Roosevelt encouraged him, “Some men are born great. Others have greatness thrust upon them. For you, that is the very moment.” Can anyone be untouched hearing these words? At least, I cannot. Witnessing a small tomato becoming a hero may has been boring to some people, but to me, it still powerful.

If you want to release pressure, and learn something about human history and civilization at the same time, “Night at the Museum” will be a first choice.

老实说，看之前我一直以为本片是恐怖片来的，你瞧瞧这名字，博物馆的夜晚，想想都渗人啊，何况以前也不是没有过此题材的恐怖片，因此很好奇本片有何能耐大赚票房。HO，看完了，没吓到，笑的趴下了，一部不折不扣的好莱坞喜剧。
影片走的是圣诞温情路线，一个倒霉的单亲爸爸因为一桩奇遇在儿子面前重新证明了自己的故事。而影片奇幻情节的构思是“勇敢者游戏”的升级版，从单纯的飞禽走兽发展到了博物馆里的一切，巧的是，“勇敢者游戏”的主演罗宾威廉姆斯也在本片中扮演了一个重要的角色。本片是占了天时，圣诞节，贺岁档，今年似乎没什么大片撑起北美票房的一片天，这伟大的任务终于落在了这部温馨又不失浪漫色彩的喜剧片身上，全家人一起吃着爆米花，去电影院开怀大笑一次，不失为过节的选择。要是放在平时，影评人的口水都能把本片淹没。
奇怪的是，至今没看到内地有这么正宗的贺岁片出来，今年真是奇怪了。