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Jupiter Ascending
By Allison Kelly
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM:
SECRET OF THE TOMB
By Noah Carr
Jupiter Ascending is a new action-adventure
fantasy directed by Andy and Lana
Wachowski. Its main character, Jupiter (Mila Kunis),
thinks that she’s a nobody destined to clean houses for
the rest of her life, until one day when she finds that
she has a destiny unlike any she could have imagined.
The movie starts with a voiceover from Jupiter
and shows how her parents fell in love one night while
Jupiter’s father, a Russian named Maximilian Jones, is
searching the sky through a telescope. Not long after,
they are a happy young couple expecting a baby.
That happiness is soon destroyed when from
out of nowhere, men invade their home and kill Jupiter’s
father.
The film fast-forwards to years later when Jupiter
is grown up and working a miserable existence as
a janitor in Chicago. Out of desperation for money to
buy a telescope, Jupiter goes to a clinic to sell her eggs
and is almost killed by alien creatures that are there to
find out if she’s the one that they have been looking for.
Jupiter is rescued by a rogue named Caine
Wise (Channing Tatum) who has also been searching
for her, Wise brings Jupiter to Stinger Apini (Sean
Bean), who reveals to Jupiter that she is, essentially,
royalty.
A sibling trio of humanoids known as the
Abrasax’s has discovered Jupiter’s existence and believe
that she will be the heir to inherit the earth, something
the siblings view as a threat.
The film continues with many twists and turns,
ranging from the Abrasax’s wanting to harvest the human
population on earth to men who ride through the
sky using hover boots.
By the end of the movie, Jupiter has saved the
day with the help of Caine and Stinger and is essentially
queen of the earth.
While the film was overall enjoyable, it was
hard to walk away from it not feeling underwhelmed.
The beginning was a little hard to follow, and there
were a few storylines that were introduced and never
really resolved.
There was a lot of world building and character
development that was barely even touched, leaving the
audience a bit confused, which might have also led to
the underwhelming feeling.
One of the good things was that unlike most
movies that are definitely geared toward a teenage
audience, the romance wasn’t laid on too heavily, and
it wasn’t until towards the end that anything really
happened on a romantic level.
For those Lord of the Rings and Game of
Thrones fans who are wondering, you’ll have to watch
and see whether or not Sean Bean’s curse of playing
characters that die has been broken.
In 1938 archaeologists discovered a tomb
in Egypt containing a mysterious artifact, the tablet of
Ahkmenra, which in now on display at the Museum
of Natural History in New York bringing the museum
displays to life.
But when the tablet starts to corrode and starts
losing power the night time security guard, Larry
Daley, and his son, Nicky, must bring the tablet to the
British Museum to meet Ahkmenra’s father, the creator
of the tablet, in hopes that Ahkmenra’s father can fix it.
Starring Ben Stiller (as Larry Daley), Robin
Williams (as Theodore Roosevelt), Owen Wilson (as
Jedediah), Steve Coogan (as Octavius), Dan Stevens
(as Sir Lancelot), and Ben Kingsley (as Ahkmenra’s
father).
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb is
the third movie in the Night at the Museum series and
one of the last movies that the comedian Robin Williams
acted in before committing suicide. This movie
was dedicated to Robin William and Mickey Rooney,
who played Gus and also passed away before the film’s
release.
When arriving at the British Museum with
Ahkmnra and the tablet Larry discovers that he had
a few hitch hikers including Laa (a Neanderthal who
was modeled to look like Larry), Theodore Roosevelt,
Attila the Hun, and Dexter the monkey.
As this ragtag team from the Museum of
Natural History explores the British Museum they
encounter many dangers, such as a Triceratops skeleton
and a model city of Pompeii, they also make a few
new friends such as Sir Lancelot and the security guard
Tilly.
However as the tablet regresses even more
during their adventure, and as it does the figures from
the Museum of Natural History slowly start changing
back into their inanimate selves.
So when the tablet is stolen by one of the British Museum’s
displays it is up to Larry to get the table t back and
restore its power.
Overall this was an entertaining and interesting
film; the acting was superb, the special effects where
used effectively, and the writing was great. However
the movie as a whole did not live up to the expectations
set by the first two movies, but if you are a fan of
the Night at the Museum series or Robin Williams, this
film is a must see.
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