Proving that Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson will be movie buddies together until one of the two drops dead, Night at the Museum came out and did solidly well. Solidly? Who am I kidding? This sucker took in better than half a billion dollars. That’s billion with a “B”, as in “Boy that is a whole lot of money”.

You know, one of these days, I’m looking forward to seeing a seventy year old Stiller and Wilson doing Walter Matthau / Jack Lemmon roles. Think about that one for a second—Grumpy Old Starsky and Hutch. Yeah, I know. I got chills too.

But anyway, I’m here to talk about Night at the Museum, not idle daydreaming about the future of cinema.

This Should Not Be This Much Fun

The worst part about Night at the Museum was it was your standard Class-X morality play where a going-nowhere now-single-dad only manages to pull his head out of his ass and get to work to keep his son in his life. And eventually, said single dad, Larry, actually gets and keeps things together. Yes, we’ve seen it before, but somehow, with all those digital effects around and the sheer goofy likability of Ben Stiller, it was downright fun to watch. And Owen Wilson playing background as a six-inch-tall cowboy with a ten gallon hat and a forty-hectare ego to match was equally entertaining.

I Can’t Explain It. For The Life Of Me, I Can’t Explain It.

Okay, so I can’t really explain why a bunch of warmed-over tripe based on a children’s book and packed with more clichés per minute than a State of the Union address is so incredibly entertaining. It truly just is.

Oh, and fans? The sequel, Night at the Museum 2: Escape From the Smithsonian is slated for Memorial Day 2009. Start your drooling now and beat the rush.

And until then, try your hand at our Night at the Museum movie trivia!

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