comment #1

Daniel Zelter says ...

Reminds me a little of Uwe Boll's Alone in the Dark...

comment #2

NYCBusybody says ...

It's got Ricky Gervais in it though, and that's a-number-one alright by me!

comment #3

Chris H. says ...

For some reason I am reminded more of the Mannequin movies.

comment #4

WikiThis says ...

"...this is so not worth eleven fifty an hour..."

Funny how that sounds like pretty good money to be able to sleep on the job, be chased around by a T-Rex skeleton and have Robin Williams as T-Roosevelt mutter orders at you. Interesting premise that I'm sure will be ruined by cheap laughs and un-inventive sketches. I haven't seen any of Levy's films but listened to an interview with him on some podcast. He came across as, forgive me here, a Jewish guy who has been lucky enough to score gigs not on his talent but being he's an easy to work with Jewish director. Don't Wiki the last part as it probably contains inaccuracies and is purely speculative.

comment #5

lesterg says ...

God, what happened to the Ben Stiller of 1992-2001?

The anything-for-a-buck whore who's making crap like this, Meet the Fockers, Duplex, Along Came Polly and Envy can't possibly be the same person...

comment #6

NYCBusybody says ...

I dunno, I seriously gotta believe there's something to this script, because Gervais has impeccable taste and has resisted doing anything that would seem hack-y up to this point. Not saying this will be a comic masterpiece, but I just have a hard time believing it won't be something special if he's chosen to be in it.

Ahem. Don't bring up "Valiant".

comment #7

Mathew says ...

"Along Came Polly"

Forget Ben Stiller, what the hell was Phillip Hoffman doing in it?

"Dude I just sharted in my shorts..." Kind of funny in a frat house way but this is the same guy who mastered Truman Capote.

comment #8

lesterg says ...

So you have Stiller, Gervais, Owen Wilson and Steve Coogan. All positives, despite some recent misfires.

Then you have Sean Levy, Robin Williams and...Carla Gugino.

Karen Sisco was fantastic, but I can't think of a single film Carla has made that I didn't hate.

comment #9

NYCBusybody says ...

Wow, Coogan too? Coogan and Gervais are my favorite comedians, bar none.

Yikes. That probably means I'll hate this movie. Things just seem to work that way.

comment #10

Dixon Steele says ...

WikiThis,

Like his films or not, Levy's films have all made money and that's why he keeps getting jobs.

What does him being Jewish have to do with it?

comment #11

Wrecktum says ...

Carla Gugino is so blisteringly hot (and such a good actor) that it really doesn't matter the quality of the film; her presence is good enough.

BTW, this got the best response of all the trailers I saw in front of Dead Man's Chest. I'm expecting big BO.

comment #12

Astral Weeks says ...

Hell, it'll make a killing from the lucrative family audience.

Gugino is a smoking hotty but I doubt that she'll do a Sin City bathroom scene in this. She should do a scene like that in every flick she's in.

comment #13

lesterg says ...

I don't care if Carla's next team-up with Robert Rodriguez is called "Lesbian Naked Wrestling: Hot Oil French Kiss Edition" - I don't think I can bring myself to watch it. 3 Spy Kids movies and Sin City were about all I could take.

comment #14

Wrecktum says ...

Your loss then. lesterg.

comment #15

Markus R says ...

Doesn't anybody else feel the possibilities of this material? We're in a museum all night, and everything comes alive. It's like a child's fever dream. Mysterious, scary, ecstatic. Think of the Royal Tenenbaums - wasn't it Luke Wilson's character's best childhood memory when he spent the night in a museum with his sister?
But this has to be wishful thinking - after all it's Shawn Levy.

comment #16

WikiThis says ...

"What does him being Jewish have to do with it?"

You're right, he probably got the job because his films make money. However watch the trailer and tell me that there is anything all that inventive about the direction. Anything is signature Shawn Levy. Don't tell me that was amazingly creative having Stiller fall out of his chair or the T-Rex having a drink at the water fountain. The T-Rex chase is straight out of Jurrasic Park. Stick any one of us in a museum at night and we would of came up with the same scenarios or even better.

comment #17

NYCBusybody says ...

Again...as Dixon said...what does that have to do with him being Jewish?

comment #18

oddDuck says ...

Yeah Wiki, why did you bring up the Jewish thing in the first place?

comment #19

Dan R% says ...

Could be fun...

...but I'd love to see the Stiller of Zero Effect back in action...same goes for Bill Pullman too. Where's he been?

comment #20

Daniel Zelter says ...

lesterg: You mean the Ben Stiller of 1992. He usually plays the same role in all his movies, but it finally caught on with Something About Mary, and he can't seem to do anything else.

comment #21

WikiThis says ...

http://www.eonline.com/Features/Specials/Jews/

Point is that Levy is very good at playing the game where he already has a leg up. I'm here for any more knee-jerk responses.

comment #22

WikiThis says ...

Also it's important to note that I wouldn't say the same for Woody Allen who is immensely talented and wears his Jewish-ness on his sleeve. Or for Spielberg. Both are talented while Levy is not. Is there any disagreement there?

comment #23

Dr. Phil says ...

Wiki - Are you nuts?

comment #24

Dixon Steele says ...

Wiki,

The ONLY leg up that matters in Hollywood is MAKING MONEY.

All of Levy's movies have been profitable. That's why he keeps working.

Ron Howard keeps making movies because his films keep making money. The same with James Cameron. And the last time I checked neither was Jewish.

Don't think Michael Bay is Jewish. Same with M. Night Shymalan. But guess what their movies have in common? Yep.

If Levy's next four movies flopped, the phone would stop ringing. That's the way it works.

Sorry to crush your conspiracy theory.

comment #25

WikiThis says ...

Let me just put it straight: If you're a no talent hack in Hollywood like Shawn Levy or Brett Ratner it helps to be Jewish. Their movies make money not because of their talent but because only an asshole would screw them up.

comment #26

Dr. Phil says ...

Wiki - I think you've got that backwards; their movies make money because assholes go to see 'em.

comment #27

WikiThis says ...

I disagree. I'm an asshole and I haven't seen any of their films.

You know if I were a studio head, I'd be more content on giving a Levy or Ratner the reigns on a $200 million picture than to guys like Singer, Coppola or Scorsese. Crazy I know but a hack will more than likely bring the film in on budget, on schedule and basically what was originally envisioned that would appeal to the mass audiences.

comment #28

Dr. Phil says ...

Agreed; so that means it's about money, not faith.

comment #29

PJM says ...

Does Will Vinton deserve story credit?:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071337/

It has now been "removed by the user" from YouTube. Coincidence?

comment #30

RGHunt57 says ...

Well, the trailer was funny enough..but the trailer for "The Pink Panther" misled me into thinking that Levy could pull off the kind of visual humor that works so wel in the Blake Edwards films... Oops. Anyway, I was reminded of Will Vinton's classic short "Closed Mondays" (though that's an art museum and not a natural history museum...) and the premise seems ripe for good ideas...

comment #31

Daniel Zelter says ...

The Pink Panther remake was a lot better than the last two films.

comment #32

amer says ...

im watching this for dick van dyke, mickey rooney and ernest borgnine, as well as gervais - could be fun yes, but premise of trailer is paper thin - the possibilities could be endless tho

comment #33

Dixon Steele says ...

Wiki,

Re the second sentence in your last post...at last we agree on something.