A Fun “Night at the Museum”

An all star cast. A Jumanji-like world. A monkey slapping Ben Stiller. Sounds like a recipe for a huge flop. The enjoyable “Night at the Museum”, however, was not! How could a film be bad when Dick Van Dyke is in it? He was great to watch. Robin Williams also did a great performance (Relax! I'm wax!), but this really isn't about a love for outrageous characters in a family film.

Ben Stiller plays a dreamer who hasn't worked a real job most of his life. In order to spend time with his son, his ex-wife gives him an ultimatum to get a job. Grudgingly, Stiller signs up to be a security guard for the night shift at the Museum of Natural . . . whatever. A boring job, right? That's what he thinks, until the T-Rex skeleton wants to play fetch!

Some of us have pretty lofty goals, much like Stiller in the beginning of the movie. However, Stiller took a "lame" job, and that's where he found his purpose and adventure. This may be reaching here (and life doesn't always end up this way), but perhaps we miss life because our perspective is off. Maybe the adventure will come in the mundane, in the "lame" job we refuse to do because we want something "better."

Maybe it’s time to admit we’re wrong, get a “boring” job, and see how exciting life really can be!