Today was another average day at the family business, and wasn’t as action-packed as yesterday. Al­though, one of my uncles randomly showing up to visit was pretty interesting.

What I’m Watching

Earlier today, I watched Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. I chose to watch this movie because I watched the original Night at the Museum a few years ago and was interested in watching the sequel to it.

Actor Ben Stiller plays the role of the main character, Larry Daley. Larry was a former museum security guard, as shown in the original Night at the Museum but became rich and famous after he became an inventor and started his own company. Because of his busy life, he was unable to visit the museum he used to work at for a long period of time. Unfortunately, by the time he made it back, he discovered that all the exhibits were being moved out and new electronic exhibits were being moved in as part of a mass renovation.

Larry finds out where the old exhibits are being shipped to, and goes there to take care of things himself. What he doesn’t realize is that the magical tablet that brings the entire museum to life is being shipped along with everything else. After the sun sets, Larry finds himself trapped in a museum full of live exhibits in quantities far greater than what he was used to at the old museum. He must now make sure the exhibits belonging to the old museum are returned, and at the same time make sure he stays alive.

I thought that Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian was a pretty good, action-packed, attention-holding movie for something meant to be family-friendly. It was nice to see the return of some good actors from the previous movie, as well as new comedic ones like Jonah Hill as a security guard.

I would recommend this movie to anyone, including young children. The idea of this movie is based somewhat on fantasy, and there are no other movies that I have seen or heard of before that are based on a similar concept. I suggest that anyone watching this movie watch the first Night at the Museum first, as it gives some vital background information about the museum that Larry used to work in, and explains why he has such a close relationship with all the exhibits.

The Daily Shoot Assignment of the Day

Go meta and make a photo of a photo today. Don’t just be a copy machine, however. Get creative with composition.

That’s not exactly a photo of a photo, but a photo of a painting is close enough.