"Wonderful Night at the Museum" is a movie that brought great shock to my childhood. After many years, I suddenly found that there have been two sequels, so I came to revisit it carefully.
On the whole, the plot of the story is rather old-fashioned: the male protagonist, who has had a bad job and marriage, bravely accepted the post of the night guard of the museum in order to keep his residence and custody of his son, but discovered the amazing secret of the museum. The collection will become a living thing at night. In order not to be embarrassed in front of his son, he tried to control the situation again and again; at the end of the story, with the help of his son, he defeated the "villain" (the former guard who tried to destroy the order of the museum to restore his work) , harvested growth and happiness.
Although it is a little old-fashioned, the rhythm of the story is still very stable. There is no sloppy idle writing, and there are no high-profile links that are deliberately sensational. It is still very good as a light comedy.
The most critical part, the "fantasy" feature of this article is very innovative. The animation and special effects produced by Hollywood's strong film skills are the most critical point to support this film. There is no obvious sense of separation in the roles of the actors. Not naive and not "magic" makes this movie suitable for all ages.
As a cultural and blogger, it is a very pleasant surprise to bring the cold collections in the museum to life. The movie has a high degree of restoration to the New York Museum of Natural History. Attila, the Easter Island stone statue, the primitive man yearning for the source of fire, the stupid capuchin monkey, and the dinosaur chasing bones, the things described in the words and pictures in these books have become smart, emotional and dynamic. It seems to bring the audience back to the era they were in.
Finally, a couple of digressions, "Wonderful Night at the Museum" is not only an innovation in film theme and production, but also a question about how we should view museums.
For a long time, the main function of museums is to protect cultural relics. The display of exhibits in museums is boring and unchanged, the guide and introduction are didactic, and the form of exhibition is centered on cultural relics (exhibits) rather than the audience. Center, which makes many people do not like to go to museums or seldom stop in museums, just like the opening of the movie The museum was sparsely populated and fell into a loss.
In recent years, new museum orientations are being explored internationally, and the “Cultural Expo” is also heating up in China. Large-scale and well-known museums represented by the Palace Museum have carried out many innovations, and we have more diversified tour methods (such as night tours). Museum projects), more innovative promotion methods (the launch of film and television works such as "I Repair Cultural Relics in the Forbidden City"), and stimulated the development of related industries such as cultural and creative products.
This is just the beginning. We should see that many provincial and municipal-level, thematic and characteristic museums are still unable to get rid of their original shackles. Among them, there are reasons for financial investment and management methods. The museum is not only a place carrying the "past", but also a fertile soil facing the "future". The museum we hope to see can have more functions of feeling, communication, interaction and innovation; as an audience, we hope to use multimedia and multi-sensory methods to replace simple text narration (the VR and 4D are now everywhere); we need to think , questioning, hands-on and feedback visiting atmosphere, the theme of the exhibition that needs to be changed regularly, and professional and responsible exhibition and guide staff; we are willing to consume on innovative products of the cultural industry; of course, the most important thing is that everyone from Conceptually embrace the museum. Even if we can't bring Sacagawea to life and communicate with us like in the movie, we can integrate the museum into our life and feel it with our heart.
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