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MUMMY 3 becomes much less interesting... bye-bye Rachel Weisz!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I can't say I blame Rachel Weisz for ditching the Mummy series. I'll be sad, because it was her presence that helped get me through them so far. But ditch it she has, according to Variety.
They also report that Brendan Fraser will be returning after closing an incredibly lucrative deal. Good for him getting a payday, but he's not as adorable to watch... okay, he's close, but not quite as cute as Weisz.
Rob Cohen is directing, Jet Li's the baddie (cool), Miles Millar and Alfred Gough (SMALLVILLE) are scripting.
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yes!!!!
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yess!
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Those guys are the only reason I'll see this tardfest.
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why would they release this against THE DARK KNIGHT... CHANGE THE RELEASE DATE UNIVERSAL!
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Enough with this series, man. Holy crap, come up with something new. I dig that idea of throwing Green Arrow into prison. Why can't writers throw interesting ideas and twists out rather than re-hash the same old shit?
Speaking of hash...
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movies suck.
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..such a shame.
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Anyone else notice how much Quint has been working on the site lately? Dude, I hope you get well compensated for babysitting AICN while Harry's jacking off to pictures of batsuits with nipples.
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They can be the Holy Trinity of soulless Hollywood filmmakers and offer support to all the worthless directors who get trashed daily on the internet.
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able to add 2 + 2. Like Van Helsing, you almost have to watch it twice because its nearly impossible to believe they screwed it up so badly, but, yup, they did.
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And love every romantic second. Damn You, Rachel Weisz!
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Keep the multimillion budget. Rename it from Mummy 3 to Pirates Vs. Ninjas 1 and let the scriptwriters work some magic. Boom. Movie I'd Watch.
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After seeing that dreck who would be involved in another Mummy movie?
Oh that's right, Brenden Fraiser. -
she had Aronofsky spawn
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Ugh, I don't know who is worse- Sommers or Cohen. What idiot studio exec thinks hiring another popcorn roller coaster director is a winning formula for this franchise? Respect the classics of Universal horror, and stop trying to feed us this shit.
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The girl from the Mummy?? I watched all the Mummys and Scorpion King and have no memory of her looks whatsoever. That's cause those movies are of an enjoy-em-and-forget-em type variety? Why should I remember every pretty female face on the big screen? Replace her with another clone and I wont know the difference. thats just honesty.
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You're ignorant. Superninja, you're right on the money. It's almost impossible to believe that the concept for VAN HELSING could be screwed up. I did go see it twice to make sure, and sure enough Stephen Sommers turned gold into straw.
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Rachel left for good reason: "The Mummy Returns" sucked. Then Sommers really f'd up Van Helsing. At least they have a new director. There's hope. But why do they need to obviously rip off Pirates of the Caribbean by going to China? WTF does an Egyptian Mummy have to do with China? If they wanted to do something original, they should have done deeper into Africa, or the Holy Land. Rachel made a good decision by jumping shit--I mean, ship. Now, if this has a title OTHER without the word "mummy" in it, like "The Further Adventures of Rick O'Connel", then going to China is justified. Maybe they should have "Chyna" (the former wrestler) be the new leading lady. That would be fun!
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She didn't have much to do on the screen for that movie anyway, and the series isn't good anyway... I, for one, don't care. I wouldn't see it if she was in it anyway.
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That is almost mathematically impossible. For me, at least. :) I mean, all the classic movie monsters in one place and THAT'S what you come up with? Sommers should just be beaten repeatedly. And Brendan Fraiser is not a reason to return to the Mummy. Weisz and Velasquez were the only cool things about both movies. Vosloo's Imhotep is right up there with Nip and Tuck's Dr. Doom. Oded Fehr would actually have been a better lead.
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Frasier has no charisma. The best thing he was ever in was Gods and Monsters where he played meathead eye candy. I bet it's a prequel so they will ditch Weisz and their kid. It'll basically be a remake of Temple of Doom set in China with some borderline racist jokes and a hot asian babe.
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...to continually do hokey Hollywood tripe like the Mummy trilogy. Sure, it'll make a ton of money, but Wild Hogs made a lot of money, too. Big deal. Stick to Oscar-caliber roles, Rachel. You've already got more statuettes than everyone in this movie combined.
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they just have to be well written with great characters.
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So, sans Weisz' hotness, there's no way in hell I'd sit through this. Isn't Weisz supposed to play Ava in Sin City 2?
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Without Weisz, I have no interest in watching. They'll have to do something SO incredibly spectacularly amazing that I'd forget she's not in it. Not likely.
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primary lead in The Mummy to begin with and just ditched Fraser altogether.
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The idea of Jet Li and the guys from Smallville is a bit intriguing. This could be surprisingly good (ala The Rundown) or incredibly bad. I'm hoping for good, but bracing for the inevitable.
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it was just boring. THe second one made me want to gouge my eyes out. At least this one won't have the cutesy kid (I hope).
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Look what they did to the Rock. Took a physically imposing and charismatic guy, and turned him into the worst CGI this side of Lawnmower Man.
What are they going to do to a midget with broken english whom they won't let off his leash in case he breaks a nail? Not fucking much, thats what! -
The "flashback" knife fight between the queen bitch and Rachel. Hot as hell. The rest of the movie, not so much. But agreed with everyone else - Rachel Weisz is amazing. Her "Evie" is so damned cute in the first one, she's the only reason to watch.
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I exited the theatre long before the credits rolled on part 2, I won't even be coming anywhere near it on this one. This is pathetic, how the hell does Rob Cohen have a career.
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...she clearly was phoning it in during both Mummy roles. Her performance was so unconvincing, you could easily write her out and give Frazier a new wife.
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Mummy wasn't that bad a movie...in fact it was actually a great popcorn flick with a brilliant score...I remember when it came out, the buzz for it was good...you guys are way to harsh...number 2 may not have been that good but the knife fight scene between Rachel and Patricia Velasquez - hubba hubba!! Worth the ticket price alone! Mummy 3? With Rachel gone I suspect we will see Maggie Q or someone like that playing the female lead...which is fine so long as Lindsay no talent Lohan isnt in it!!!
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I cannot believe she was once engaged to Neil Morrisey. Gough and Miller are interesting, anyone want to bet the script will actually be better for this one than the first two?
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The majority of Jet Li's american movies have been mediocre to lame. Kiss of the Dragon? Rome Must Die? No Oded Fehr, no Weisz. Fraser only because he's getting a lot of money? Following the adventures of the young pretty-boy son? Its totally going to be geared towards the young hip crowd and its going to suck as a result.
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That's my word from the council estates
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Apr 12, 2007 3:20:07 AM CDT
Da only way Weisz's face could be improved....
by council estate scumbag
..is with my dick in her mouth. Sorry to be vulgar fellaz, but you know its true.
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TheSeeker7, i feel your pain man. Mummy Returns was a shitfest but be very glad that Stephen Sommers isn't directing. Cohen isn't a big step up but still. Why am i on this talkback anyway?! I won't be seeing this shit!
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mark my words!
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Van Helsing vs. The Mummy, here we go!
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Love the Rachel (Constant Gardener was amazing, and in person her skin is insanely milky), can't hate on Brendan Fraser. Indy gets different leading ladies each time out. Fresh eye-candy for Brendan is a good idea. As for Jet Li, face it, however nice he is in person, in the movies this guy is beter as the villain. This does have the potential to be quite good.
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Her and Rachel Weisz are like identical twins
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she really owned the role. but then again, these are the Mummy films - it ain't like anyone would mind another spunky actress in the part so long as there's plenty of action and cool effects.
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Ain't dat the truth!
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I hate it when they kill off caracters when they can't get the actors back. I hope that doesn't happen. "Eve he told you not to touch that transformation vase... o well at least your boobs got bigger."
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...give Rachel Weisz the multi-million dollar pay deal and hire Belladonna. They could play incestuous lesbian twins and the only props they'd need would be a sackful of dildos (save a fortune on unconvincing CGI)!
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would forget about it. plus, who cares? the real deal - Indy comes out in the same year....
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Drew said GONG Li was in talks to be in this movie in response to the rumors of her being in Indy 4.
Funny , we have not heard a thing about it except from him., Michelle Yeoh said(recently) she is in talks to starta s well -
DAMN YOU EVELYN CARNAHAN!!
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I don't know anyone excited or remotly interested in this film or the two originals.
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Just bring her in for a good death scene and be done with her. Can't she commit to a day?
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Or am I thinking of the vagina tree?
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Weiz always looks to me like she's fighting some kind of disease...so bony, pale and sickly.
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Rachel Weisz gone, the worst writers in television doing the script... This movie's F'd.
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Between Constantine and the Mummy movies there's plenty of embarassing work to pay the bills. Now she can stick to doing awesome stuff like THE FOUNTAIN and ENEMY AT THE GATES.
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Alfred Gough.
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I mean, seriously. What's up with that?
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They're the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked. The ride at Universal's pretty cool, though.
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But enough already.
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The Mummy Returns was completely unwatchable after the first 15 minutes or so, and I fully admit that most of it has (thankfully) even faded from memory altogether. Except for some painful balloon ride.
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I just really think they're fowling up this thing enough...Rick certainly doesn't need to be in it, and no Sommers involvement (Well, aside from producing, I think) is signaling the end of this franchise. I think Universal needs to rethink what people want from movies...
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The first Mummy was probably the single most enjoyable film I remember seeing, behind things like star wars, indy, & more obscure Army of darkness and Hot fuzz. The Mummy was and is a fucking classic. While I'm not to big on the second one, I did enjoy the direction they attempted to take it. It was let down by the fact that it took itself much too seriously - unlike the first, which was just pure film-goer gold. Hey, I love outragous shit with big jerry goldsmith style scores. Here's hoping the third one is of the same calibre. And you know what, I think with weiz gone this film has a chance. Having O'connel and Evy married with a kid destroyed the whole dynamic of who those two characters were. Write her out with bitterness and have O'connel hardened by her unfaithfulness!
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Spot on my friend...spot on...these guys wouldn't know a cool popcorn flick if it sucked their dicks with razor blade teeth! Mummy was a good film...mummy 2 was not...mummy 3 - change of direction, location, characters...who knows...such is the joy of movies!
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Rachel Weisz please please please reconsider!
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redefine the term "hit and miss."
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I'm more worried that these guys won't spend as much time in the library researching like Sommers has. That's what I like about his films...you all dismiss them as dumb movies, but there's a lot more to it than you think.
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The first 2 did, and this one will be no different. Count me out.
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Bad Director who makes occasionally really fun but terrible movies. Just like the Mummy movies.
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What's the bigger cop out, killing her off, by mentioning that she passed away, or just having her off on her own thing while Brendan and son try to kick some mommy ass. And come on without that gigolo guy in there, the movie is doomed. But I'll go see it anyway, cause I'm what's wrong with American Cinema.
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doing Martial Arts movies. guess I was wrong. The kid killed the second film as did the whole the return of Arnolds Voshloo's bride in the movie and the connection her and weizs character was dumb. That movie and this site is responsible for the partial killing of summer movies
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I'm torn. Yes, I want her to be in more interesting, challenging films but I have a kinky love for the mummy films. (Mostly the first one). Rachel was so cute in them; first as the plucky librabrian and then as the semisweet badass. I want my complete trilogy dammit! I bet she has scheduling conflicts, she doesn't seem like the type to turn it down flatly on principle. I don't think Brandon's gonna be quite as hunky by the time they roll this out so they better make cast change and put Brad Renfro in (whats' he doing anyway?!) as the son.
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Bring in Rachel Ray. Let Jet jump around and do some Mum-Fu while Rachel licks chocolate spoons. Brendan can just sit in a chair while making comedic expressions. That's a wrap!
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Some english movie from the Ninties with tim Roth I think it was tim roth saw it about two days ago.
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Uh...you know Michelle Yeoh is in talks to co-star in place of Racheal Weisz right?! Why the fuck would I want to stare at Racheal's sad face when I can watch Michelle Yeoh kick some kung fu mummy ass! Yeah right..boo fucking who bitches!
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She looks like a bulldog in drag. Plus I hear she has hairy balls.
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How are they gonna explain thsi one? New actress? A Brendan and chum only film?
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liked the first mummy movie. lots of fun. second one -- terrible. final straw was when fraser and weisz outran the sun to save her life. and the rock looked lame as hell when they turned him into an actual giant scorpion. and what's with quint commenting on the cuteness of guys all of a sudden?
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
Why didn't they offer HER a "huge payday"? There is no movie without her! -
Heck, it was played out after the first film. No one's going to miss Evelyn. Brenden and a new female co-star sounds just about right. O'Connell's the heart and soul of these films anyway. Just give him a sob scene where he misses Evelyn and mentions her and their son's deaths, and then leave it at that. Anyone know if John Hannah is coming back for the third film? Now he I'd miss.
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I guess -1
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so does rachel weisz, how can anyone be excited for this crap?
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Hahahah....He is the worst most hammy cliched character in all of these movies! He's painful to watch. The Rock was more interesting that he was, Voslo's Mummy was more interesting, everyone was more interesting than Fraser's character. Evie was the cutest most likeable part about the first film, I loved her character and her brother.
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women? I mean maybe in our time, but not in a period film.
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This is what happens.
This is what happens when you try to milk a cow too far.
The franchise was just fine the way it was. They continue to try and drag things out too far and ruin everything.
We'll miss you, Evie ! -
That's how I feel about this. I said that she didn't need to do this, but it won't feel quite the same without her.
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her one liner "he's mortal" turned the mummy movie into shit.
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Seriously, how much of her time would a cameo take, one or two days? Now we're just gonna get a cheesy father/son flick with fucking Jet Li as the bad guy.
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Good God that second one was painful. I still remember Ebert's review where he points out, even for a fantasy crap movie like the Mummy Returns, that it's absolutely asinine that a character could out run a rising sun. Van Helsing bored me to tears even if I wanted to put butter all over Kate Beckinsale and lick every part of her gorgeous body while she talks in that awful Translyvanian or whatever it is accent. Stephen Sommers should've suffered castration by butter knife for making Van Helsing SUCK despite having every major Universal monster. I don't mind if it's bad, but does it have to be boring too???
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I suspect anyone involved with this movie will bet SARS.
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Apr 12, 2007 9:34:59 PM CDT
Weisz's character was the worst part of the first one
by allfather starr
Oh great, here's another yank movie interpretation of an English person, born with a silver spoon in the mouth, all yes sir, no sir, three lumps of sugar in my afternoon tea sir. Fuck off. She was a tired cliche who was merely there to spout stupid tripe like "Oh my good heavens" and "Oh Lordy me", etc. You guys think all English people live in country manors, have butlers, and go to huge private schools, a la 3 men and a little lady. Tally ho, and what-not! Dipshits.
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I mean, I like Rachel Weisz and all, but fucking Rob Cohen? You know what, as much shit as Stephen Sommers gets, he did a good job with the "Mummy" series. Meanwhile, Rob Cohen gave us "Stealth," "XXX," and the runs. At least "Wolfman" sounds cool.
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I liked the first Mummy, thought the second was fun but stupid, and think putting this out anywhere in the vicinity of Indy 4 is probably a bad idea. But we'll see i guess.
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MUMMY 2 was the only movie in my life where I left before it was over. I'm only ashamed now that it didn't occur to me beforehand to not bother going in the first place.
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average English person, it was her soused brother who was broke and sold stolen Egyptian antiques, Allfather Starr. Just thought I'd clear that up. ;)
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Come on, a shallow popcornfest like Mummy.... people watch it then forget about what they saw the next day. Rachel is not a household name...replace her and no one in the target audience notices. Jet Li, however, is a presence. I may watch this movie if he gets to cut loose without too too much CG/wirefu.
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we DO all have butlers in blighty. we have butlers on my council estate who run errands for us all...or they get shot in the head. we have gardeners too. they're called maggots that sort out our window boxes. those crazy yank fucks have got it right sez i. i got a country manor too. its called southend central train station. i go there, urinate on platform 4, dine in the luxury waiting room with my kebab, my butler (the staion master) usually tries to clean up fallen kebab and vomit, and we play beautiful music from our mobile phones for all to hear. then my chauffuer (the fuckiing train) takes us back to London.
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I've always thought the look of Weisz in The Mummy would be perfect for the role as Laura Bow, the amateur detective of the Sierra games of yesteryear. It would be interesting if they spun off a pre-Mummy Evelyn character for a TV series and molded it as Laura Bow.
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RW is a decent actress with decent looks that's about it.
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Sorry my man, That show has gotten better each and every year since the initial "krypto freak of the week" season one. This year alone they gave us a kick ass Batman style Green Arrow and an evil Lex. Smallville is the best superhero show on television now and I can't remember one(live action anyways) in history that was better. As far as The Mummy goes, i'm in the minority of people who really enjoyed the first one. The Mummy had a very enjoyable cast,awesome (epic) score and of course the hottness of Mrs.Weisz. I wasn't crazy about Mummy Returns mainly because the sexual tension and playfulness was gone between Fraser and Weisz. I know i'm going to catch shit for this but I have always thought this role was perfect Fraser,to me it was his "John Maclane".
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because no matter what you people say on here about how you dislike the movies they where box office hits and this one will be to she could use this publicity as her latest films have not been blockbusters or to be desired
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Why would YOU watch and "endure" a(ny) film about ADVENTURE, Egyptian mythology, AND SHIT LIKE THAT (with humorous flavour), mostly because of some TOKEN LOVE SHINTEREST LEAD?! Sure, it is very LOL to visualize a film geek being carried in the arms of a pretty face actress..."Yippee, I made it through this! Thanks, Rachel!"
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This will hit bigger than ever... Mummy stories were never good just because of some actresses. And modern babes don't SCREAM properly.
When you encounter a mummy, you scream!! Unless, it's the balsamized corpse of your own mommy. It's pharaohs, monsters, a fantasy fucking desert ride under the sun - that people love. -
The charm of the first two movies was the banter between Rachel and Brenden... Now this will be lost..
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3 men was not nearly as offensive as when "Friends" went to London. I mean what the fuck? Joey cant get a pizza? theres a fucking pizza place in every street! damn that pissed me off.
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