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THE ESCAPED NEANDERTHAL

posted 16 years ago by MoonPreacher
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Yes, this had a stupid story but even a stupid script shold pay attention to some factual errors. Like...the snobish museum director! Come on, the guy can spot a roman miniature out of place in a wild west ( and there were a lot of tinny miniatures )set but CANNOT spot a real size Neanderthal missing just because the place was filled with foam? If you guard a museum and something is missing you are not only fired, you can get a lot of problems with the law, and he was fired just because all that mess, not because a real size Neanderthal statue ( ok, not a historical relic but neither a cheap item ) was nowhere!

Loved the moai chewing the gum gum LOL

[–] Brandestoc 16 years ago

I agree, I was wondering why no one was inquiring about the missing statue.

On a different note, I did kinda feel sorry for that caveman.
I know he wasn't real but if you looked at the expression on his face as he turns towards Larry (Ben Stiller) one last time just before the sun came up you kinda feel sorry for him.
Then later on in the movie, you see Larry walking around the museum and you see the caveman display and there is a space missing on the right hand side where he used to be.

[–] virgiltx 16 years ago

If something like a salt shaker is missing from your kitchen table, it's not as noticeable as say, a pink sugar bowl that had its pink lid replaced with a green lid. You might not notice that the salt shaker is missing until you reach for it.

[–] scootmandutoo 16 years ago

I just submitted comments and used this as an example of the absolute lack of logic and continuity in this film.

I just started a new post on the most illogical plot device of all.

If Teddy Roosevelt admits that he is just a mannequin, what does that say about all of the other characters in the movie?

[–] pillowpc2001 16 years ago

Perhaps he figured the neanderthal burned in the fire...

Actually, the miniatures being rearranged is probably more unrealistic - didn't he wonder how the plastic figures were "remolded"...

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[–] dwayneb236 16 years ago

You people really need to relax a bit. It's a movie. That's all...sheesh..

[–] drnossal 16 years ago

No, it is a bad movie because it is completely incoherent and utterly lacking in internal logic in any number of ways. The movie amuses my 5- and 6-year old kids simply because they think it is uproariously funny when a monkey urinates on a man. That really sums up the intellect required to enjoy this piece of crap.

OK with me if people want to like bad movies. All a matter of taste. But if I'm going to spend a couple of hours on a movie, I like a story that doesn't implode on itself from stupidity 30 secs in. The people who made this stinker count on the "it's just a movie" crowd to keep them in their multi-million dollar Malibu beach houses. Your only thank you? They keep churning out poopy carbon copies, usually not even bothering to change the title other than adding a numeral, and you keep paying to watch the same idiotic nonsense. Your money and your time I guess. But I do wish sometimes that you would stop encouraging them. Then maybe I'd have a somewhat better collection of flicks to choose from when I hit the video store. Selfish, I know. Sorry.

[–] dagaul101 13 years ago

I assume for the comedy aspect, we have to suspend belief as some of this might not happen in real life situationsSource:Movie Reviews - Night at the Museumhttp://moviereviews.noskram.com/2009/09/movie-reviews-for-night-at-the -museum