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A negative look at THE MUMMY
Alrighty all you glazed doughnuts, (aaaaahhhh.... if only I could eat just one of my precious glazed ones.) Vegetables are my enemy. The cabbage hates me. I want MEAT! T-BONES, RACK OF LAMB RIBS, and Puddy (as Tweety would say). In the meanwhile, between the withdrawls and the cramps, I think about movies like THE MUMMY, which has allowed me to stay away from... Sooooo much sweet puddys, that I damn near started crying this afternoon when I was surrounded by a whole flock of puddys. Dolemite has rotted my brain. Here's someone that didn't like THE MUMMY. Here on AICN thus far I've only received positive reviews, though Dark Horizons has had a couple negs and a middle of the road or two. I tend to trust Moriarty pretty darn far, though his opinion on 2001 is a bit odd. (JUST KIDDING, he loves it like the rest of us.) I see THE MUMMY on Tuesday, with the entire AICN gang of idiots. "D'uh hey Boss, duh, witch wey dud dey goo?" In the meanwhile, we'll try to find the theater, so read this.... This guy is named Prometheus, but remember, I'm sure that the fact that vulture was chewing meat from his flesh while he was attached to that rock had NOTHING WHATSOEVER to do with his review. Be calm.
Harry, you can call me Prometheus. I have never written a review for you
before but I was at the same screening that the other spies were at on
Wednesday. After reading their reviews I felt this enormous amount of emotion
that compelled me to write my own review. I had to let your people know that
regardless of what the other reviewers are saying, this is a bad movie.
Having this compared to the quality of the Indian Jones films and any of the
classic summer films of years past such as ALIENS, and for that matter THE
MATRIX, makes me sick to my stomach.
I had seen a 10 minute rough cut trailer of the film a couple of months ago
and it gave me the "dumb chills". However, the trailer for the film that is
in theaters now looked pretty good, so I was interested to see how the
finished film turned out. Well, I was disappointed to say the least.
First and foremost, there is a huge tonal problem with this movie. When I go
to see a film, especially a big budgeted summer film, I want to be sucked
into that world. I want it to clamp down on me and hold me hostage for 2
hours of air conditioned bliss. I want to live and breathe the film like I
did in the Star Wars films, the Terminator films, the Indie films.
This never came close to happening while watching THE MUMMY. The film’s tone
is way too over-the-top and broad to create that sort of magic. The acting,
the lame stereotypes, the "audience must only have a 3rd grade education"
storytelling is belittling to the viewer. No one, and I mean no one, in the
audience was laughing during the lame attempts at humor that this tone
provided. My buddy and I were literally rolling our eyes, and saying to
ourselves, "Are you kidding me?". This is not good. When this happens, I am
immediately detached from the film and the magic is gone. Hell, I loved EVIL
DEAD II and ARMY OF DARKNESS in all their over-the-top glory, but that was
cool and hip filmmaking which THE MUMMY definitely is not.
Not only was the acting way too broad, but there was also no chemistry
between the leads. Brendan Fraser is no Harrison Ford and he comes across as
somewhat goofy in the role. I will say, however, that he handled the
physical aspects of his character quite well and his sword-wielding battle
scenes at the end are the best things going for the film. Rachel Weisz, as
directed, was ditsy and lame. John Hannah, whom I loved in SLIDING DOORS,
was wasted here in a cartoonish role. The other actors played stereotypes
and there was nothing interesting about their performances. Every thing was
played so on the nose that it left out any real mystery or subtlety to their
characters.
The story didn’t work at all either. It was paint-by-the-numbers
storytelling which really played down to the audience. Everything was
telegraphed a million miles away and they had the characters repeat every bit
of the story to make sure the audience got it. Well we did and about 15
minutes before the filmmakers thought we would.
One good thing the film has going for it are the special effects. The
opening scene is well done, even though it and several of the other digital
backdrops looked a little too cartoonish. The digital mummies at the end
are cool, but the direction of the action had a lot to be desired. And by
this time, I was thinking about how much my parking was going to cost once I
was able to breathe fresh air again. No, don’t be fooled, the summer movie
season does not begin with THE MUMMY. Save your money and buy an extra
ticket to THE PHANTOM MENACE .
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I agree. Save your money. I saved my money and was able to buy the keen-o computer that I'm typing on now. Once, I saved my money and bought Mirage, the coolest Transformer on the block! I loved Mirage . . . how he was always struggling with his identity and loyalty to the Autobots. Viva la Optimus Prime! VIVA!! VIVA!!!
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'Nuff said. All right.... maybe I'll say a little more. I went into the Mummy begging to be a part of the focus group, so that I could potentially help save the movie from disaster should it turn out just this side of crap. Well, I went well over the line of crap. Then it scratched a new line in the dirt and jumped that one too. The first ten minutes (backstory) are really cool (though a few shots of Imhotep matted over an Egyptian background are kind of cartoony)... and after that nothing can save this film. So save your money. Robert K S
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What a great idea they had, but boy did they screw-the-pooch on this one! This had "Indiana Jones" franchise all over it and I was expecting to see Fraiser in future movies like this! It would have been great! "God damn, Hollywood! They blew it all to hell!"
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I'm going to see this movie. Personally, I hold a lot of weight in the fact that the number of positives had far out-weighed the negatives. Certainly, I expect far more from The Mummy than I do from Wild Wild West. But I don't expect a lot, as I didn't from Idle Hands (which was actually all right-- nothing like seeing the lead singer from The Offspring getting his scalp pulled off!). I want to be entertained and that's just about enough for me. Having to deal FIVE MONTHS without a single film of note-worthiness (until The Matrix), I'm starved. Enough so that I'll endure five or six negative opinions speaking of so-called "stereotypes" (which would be?...hello? What are they stereotypes of? Anyone?), or "cartoonish" backdrops. (Ahem. Don't look too hard at the backgrounds of The Thing or Star Wars too much-- you might notice some "cartoonish" matte paintings, as well.) At any rate, I just want to have fun at the movies for once-- and not have to compete with 19 million other Americans to see a movie on May 19th.
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And also, why I sound like a broken record on talk back. I live in mortal fear of AICN reviews, knowing that spoilers could pop up out of anywhere at anytime with no warning. I especially dread them on films that I plan to see, such as the mummy. I don't really *care* whether the reviewer likes, or does not like a film. What I want is that the reviewer tell me what s/he thought worked, or did not work, without revealing the darn story, and explain why he or she feels that way. This review does just that. IMHO, good job.
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Anyone seen Highlander 2 RENEGADE VERSION? Mulcahy is in a few scenes. Overall the movie is nothing but one non-stop laugh fest.
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Hi fellow morons, I just mailed to report on that other mummy flick, TALOS, made by the Egyptian crew who also made the Pyramids. In this story Elizabeth Taylor returns as Cleopatra. Her former lover Richard Burton rises from the grave (AS A MUMMY, get it ??) to make sweet love to her. She thinks it Marc Antony again untill she feels nothing solid between his legs.... He has less jewels than Chucky, that freaky doll from hell. I guess it's safe to quote Cartman on this Mummystuff:
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Okay, just to let you know. Whenever "fruhead" appears on these talkbacks, watch out. I know this guy and he is completely and totally nuts. A real friend, but beyond insane and whenever he gets on his computer, he generally has been hitting the pipe for a bit (and I honestly don't mean just some kind of marijuana ingesting device, but a lot worse). Just read his remarks and smile, but jesus, don't write back to him or he may come to your house. Don't think for a second I'm kidding or exaggerating.
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...was good in anything but "Sliding Doors",supposed to be funny I suppose, but he was just silly!
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I was pretty hyped up for this, until I started seeing footage... Should've known better, having found out The Mummy was by Stephen 'Deep Rising' Sommers. I was quite depressed by that. But anyway, it was the effects that nailed it - far too digital and bright. TPM may set the new digital standard, but it's my opinion that when you set a movie into such a time period, you need more, not fewer, physical effects to keep the "feel" grounded. I'm as glad as anyone that digital effects are stretching the boundaries of what can be accomplished on film... but directs must know when to use it to their advantage and when to back off and go for the dummy shot.
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I was pretty hyped up for this, until I started seeing footage... Should've known better, having found out The Mummy was by Stephen 'Deep Rising' Sommers. I was quite depressed by that. But anyway, it was the effects that nailed it - far too digital and bright. TPM may set the new digital standard, but it's my opinion that when you set a movie into such a time period, you need more, not fewer, physical effects to keep the "feel" grounded. I'm as glad as anyone that digital effects are stretching the boundaries of what can be accomplished on film... but directs must know when to use it to their advantage and when to back off and go for the dummy shot.
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Harry, I have this sneaking suspicion that the tantamount of praise that you and your spies have invested in The Mummy is going to backfire Armageddon style. No matter how cool it could be, a comparison with Raiders or any Indy movie is totally ludicrous and invalid. How can you justify nitpicking The Matrix because it couldn't hold a candle to animes or movies like T2 and Blade Runner but you praise The Mummy when it obviously ripped off themes and scenarios from films like Raiders? I've moved past the "Harry is a lying sellout phase," now I'm simply inclined to believe that you may be a tad more obligated to speak highly of a film like The Mummy or Armageddon when the creative forces behind it give you access to the sets and premieres etc. etc. If you're going to indulge in hipocrisy , the least you could do is give a kick ass movie like The Matrix a break. That film is just uber fucking cool (sorry for ripping off one of your trademark lines, I'm not very original today) and I was shocked that you guys didn't speak very highly of it. I wonder how it would've been if The W's allowed you to have access to the set and they gave you a pass to the world premiere. I'm not posting this to make accusations, I just think that you guys are taking the Mummy hype a little too far. I'm not expecting anything more than a fairly amusing fx romp with a handful of cool action scenes and a barrage of truly hideous one liners and stock characters. One of your biggest qualms about The Matrix was that there was no character development, but I would be willing to bet everything I own that The Mummys character development PALES in comparison to The Matrix. The Matrix deserves a lot of credit, and I'm still trying to figure out why you harbor an aversion toward its success.
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If THE MUMMY and WILD WILD WEST both bomb, ill be such a happy camper. We know theyre gonna suck, so why fool ourselves into thinking its gonna be better this time? How do we know? When was the last good summer FX movie? Last summer sucked big time (GODZILLA, asteroid movies, AVENGERS); summer of 97 sucked HUGE (Speed2, Batman and Robin); summer of 96 was lame (The Rock, uhhhhhh, what else?); summer of 95? i dont recall; 94? ok, ID4 was cool for about a week, but c'mon!; 93? i definitely dont remember; 92? BATMAN RETURNS was good; 91 had T2; 90 had TOTAL RECALL, both awesome movies. so its been 8 years since we had an awesome summer FX movie. Why do we keep going to these movies in massive herds on opening nights crossing our fingers that it wont suck only to find out it sucks. Just once, people, wait and find out via word-of-mouth if its worth 8 bucks (or 100 bucks according to James 'asshole of the world' Cameron). I guarantee that most of you will lose interest in seeing these films after a mere week of bad word-of-mouth. Besides, there are enough better movies to see this summer. Of course, the dumbass studio execs will blame the movies' bombing to the competetion of STAR WARS and we will be forced to endure more crap next summer. BOMB!! PLEASE BOMB!!!! DONT PAY FOR THESE MOVIES!! IF YOU MUST SEE THEM, BUY A TICKET FOR A DIFFERENT FILM!!!
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Actually, L'Auteur your forgetting so many summer classics from the 90's:
98: Something About Mary, Out of Sight, Truman Show, Saving Private Ryan
97: (crappy year, although I thought Hercules and Air Force One were decent)
96: ID4, Twister, The Rock,
95: (sometimes these things work like the Star Trek series)
94: True Lies, Speed, Forest Gump
93: Jurassic Park (IMO the KING of summer movies)
92: Batman Returns (which is really a lot better than anyone acknowledges)
91: Terminator 2, The Rocketeer
90: Total Recall AND Gremlins 2 (Joe Dante rules)
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Well, I probably will see it given that I've been looking forward to it for a while now, and that Moriarty and others seemed to love it. However, the "campy" humor reference within life and death scenes sends Moriarty, do you have a response to this review and the criticisms of the screenplay levied by one of the other talkbackers?
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Well, I probably will see it given that I've been looking forward to it for a while now, and that Moriarty and others seemed to love it. However, the "campy" humor reference within life and death scenes sends a shudder down my spine. Moriarty, do you have a response to this review and the criticisms of the screenplay levied by one of the other talkbackers?
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Mr. 9000,
Please, don't lambast Harry like that! The noble virtues of being a critic, of any stripe, are passe. Harry is the future of entertainment journalism, just ask any promotional arm of a major studio if you don't believe me!
Mr.9000, you must admit that the egalitarian view is the correct one. In fact if you can detect any difference between a critic and a vociferous fan - you are probably dealing with one of those 'educated' smarmy-types who think they can enoble us all with there so-called 'criticism'.
I love Harry's 'vociferous fan' approach. Why burden yourself with journalistic objectivity! Enjoy Life! Carpe Diem! Chronicle your life and enjoy the payola - lord knows I would! Hell, Mr. 9000 I'd bet you'd even come close to liking ARMEGGEDON too!
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CG can only do so much. If you don't have a compelling story, you don't have shit. Godzilla painfully proved that. Anyway, I have a hard time taking george of the jungle seriously in anything (though I've yet to see Gods & Monsters). I'll save this for a matinee.
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ive pretty much expected(as i do with most brainless summer movies) for there to be negative reviews for the mummy but....who cares? summer movies are not oscar movies...there fun and harmless and help you escape! i wanna see the mummy cuz it looks fun and a bit creepy....i dont care if it has awful one liners and such...i just wanna be taken away..an escape! maybe it will be horrible and cheest...doesnt mean i wont like it...i get my biggest pleasure from these kinds of movies...like jurassic park and twister and such...its what summer is about...i'll wait till the fall to start caring about how critically praised a movie is and if it is "oscar worthy"! lighten up..sheesh! anyways..i will be standing in line for this cheesefest and im not afraid to admit it!
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To those of u who are dismissing the last few years as pap think again. Blockbusters such as Goddzilla and Armageddon (which I liked) are doomed to failure because they can't live up to intense hype. But there are many brilliant films made each summer which aren't argued about because there isn't the hype surrounding them. Take for instance the classic FACE/OFF in 97 the genius of Spielberg with the Jurassic Park's and SPR. Or Con Air, Enemy of the State, Men in Black. There are more positives then negatives. When we look back we have to see past the most publicised films. I personally think th 90s is by far the best decade for films. Mainly because behind the SFX media friendly films lay classics such as The Truman Show, Usual Suspects, The Shawshank Redemption, Scream, Leon, Lock Stock + 2 Smoking Barrels, Ace Ventura (don't laugh) in fact the good completely out weighs the crap.
If we look at half of the cheesy rom coms of the 80s or the dreadful comedies of the early 90s we should be thankful. 6 words to show the improvement over the last 5 years 'stop or my mom will shoot' feel happy that trash like this is being replaced by fun trash like Godzilla.
What is everyone elses views on the best decade for film...
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All this negative comment against the Mummy has made me want to see it even more than before reading them. I will be more than happy to give them my money to enjoy a movie and not worry if it's going to win any oscars. Thanks All!
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1970's: Taxi Driver, Chinatown, The Exorcist, The Godfather, Star Wars, Annie Hall, Manhattan, A Clockwork Orange, The French Connection... etc. The 70's fucking ruled.
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Actually, i said summer FX movies, meaning films like SOMETHIMG BOUT MARY, OUT OF SIGHT, and TRUMAN SHOW dont count. Im talking movies that serve no purpose other than to say "oh gee, look at that!" as far as the summer of 93 goes, i forgot about Jurassic Park--that wasnt bad. but it wasnt great. THE LOST WORLD (which i also forgot about) fucking sucked so its a good thing for you FX defenders that i forgot it. but i watched Jurassic Park again the other night and i was reminded of something--its Spielberg's worst adventure movie (not counting the incredibly bad sequel). Let's list them all--JAWS, Indy Trilogy (ok maybe Jurassic Park is at least as good as LAST CRUSADE), CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, hmmmmmmm... thats it. his two other types of films are sentimental (HOOK, ALWAYS, ET) and im-so-serious (WWII movies, COLOR PURPLE, AMISTAD). ANYWAY! Jurassic Park has nothing but state-of-the-art FX and since that was 6 years ago, no one cares anymore. lets see if anyone sees JP on its 20th anniversary--Jurassic Park: THE SPECIAL EDITION! Alls im sayin is that with the exception of FX, these movies got nothing to make there appeal last until the NEXT summer. Admit it, we all loved ID4 when it came out "Whoa!!! THEY BLEW UP THE WHITE HOUSE!! COOOOL!" A week later, did anyone still care? I still say that there hasnt been a respectable (meaning long-lasting) summer FX movie since T2 (TOTAL RECALL before that--Arnold in his hey-day!). DONT PAY FOR THE MUMMY OR WWW! LETS WATCH 'EM BURN IN HELL!! MOO HOO HA HA HA HA!!! goddamit, doesnt anyone share my hatred for authority?! doesnt anyone else wanna see the studios eat it?! ahh, youre all a bunch of corporate sheep! "damn you! damn you all to hell"--charlton heston, when one of his grandkids gets killed by a gun-toting psycho in a school shoot-out
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Everyone else has covered all of the bases on this already (at least those that I've read), and perhaps this has been covered and I simply overlooked it, but I think that whoever edited the newer trailers for this flick deserves a huge pay bonus (if not some kind of award).
When the initial trailers played I was completely unmoved by them and thought that "The Mummy" looked like another monster of a dog... I was completely disinterested in not only the trailer, but the movie as a whole.
But when the new previews started popping up of late I was amazed! The movie actually looks interesting and fun now!
O' course, I'm sure it's prolly neither (well... mebbe a little bit of painful fun).
I'm impressed by the new trailers. There's definitely a fine art to making these things, which I'm hoping that the guys who do the good ones are recognized (financially) for.
I'll bet that ticket sales are prolly boosted at least 10% thanks entirely to the new, more dynamic trailer. They certainly changed my mind about seeing the movie.
...and it's not just the addition of the CG to the previews that did it (which were prolly unavailable during the initial trailer release)... although that surely didn't hurt any. =O)
Ah well... it won't be that great of a movie, but for a $2.50 matinee ticket, I'm sure it'll be a bit of a hoot. Beats mowing the lawn.
Now if only someone will remake "War of the Gargantuas" I can die happy. =O)
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I totally agree with the guy who complained a good FX movie hasn't been released since T2 or "Total Recall." Since then we've been fed horrible movies lacking stories, characters or even good direction. We've had major crapfests like "Jurassic Prick", "Baymeggedon" and 100 year old Sean Connery sloshin' around Alcatraz WITHOUT his arthritis slowing him down. Please FX movies suck and you want to know why? Because they're based on FX! You can't base a movie on "cool" FX. That's like buying a Hyundai Tiburon or Corvette. It looks a little sporty, but underneath, it's just a poorly constructed piece of crap that ALWAYS looks better in advertisements. If it costs over 20 million to make, odds are good, it doesn't have a story, characters or anything worthwile. Don't go spoutin' off about "Saving Matt Damon" or Debont's Crichton opus "Twizzler", because all those movies are a waste of money that could have been used to make good movies. If cars blow up, if cows fly, if Nic Cage uses a southern accent, if men fight Nazis/giant ants/alien/thugs threatening to take over the world, the movie's probably a giant turd. The Mummy sucks in its trailers, so hope is slim for the real deal. If you can't even make a trailer look good - yikes, that's a bad fuckin' movie. Even everyone's damn wet-dream-fest TPM has some pretty bad looking FX in the trailers. Don't any of you basement dwellers try to deny it. That dopey lizard/kangaroo dipshit looks horrible.
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i agree completely that the newer trailers for the mummy are amazing...the one during the superbowl was not nearly as neat or captivating as the ones of late..these ones blow me out of my seat! like i said...i dont care if this movie is cheesy or the acting is bad etc etc it looks fun...and if you can go to the movies and not take it so seriously and just allow yourself to have fun...im sure u can enjoy the movie alot more! about star wars...i wasnt too impressed with the trailers...but i'll be in line for that one too...heck just the music gives me chills!
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I thought the whole concept of these movies were to entertain the masses in the sweltering heat of the summer not create movies to last a lifetime. Occasionally good ones do come down the pipe (Saving Private Ryan being the best in recent years) but as a whole I go to movies in the summer to escape the heat and forget for the moment that everything in this world is gettin' pretty fucked up and to have a good time for two hours. So all the geeks out there can complain about lack of plots, lack of acting (yet they love The Matrix, go figure!) and lack of quality directing but I simply want to shut the old noggin off and enjoy. Call me simple if you want, but what's wrong with that?
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woo! it took me a while to stop laughing after that guy used CON AIR in his arguement that the 90s are the best decade ever for film! oh boy....will wonders never cease. ok, before anyone tries to tell me how good we have it because we live in the age of Size Does Matter, let me just say that the 70s are where its at. Why? The 70s were the only decade that offered us what we love--good films with high production value. 90s? very high production value, but total shit underneath. starting in 1967 with THE GRADUATE and ending in 1983 with RETURN OF THE JEDI, the seventies were just the best. MASH, THE FRENCH CONNECTION, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, CHINATOWN, JAWS, HAROLD AND MAUDE, THE EXORCIST, STAR WARS, THE CONVERSATION, THE GODFATHER, TAXI DRIVER, APOCALPYSE NOW, THE DEER HUNTER, are just the big ones that i can think of in 20 seconds. if i really made a real list, it would be about 100 times longer than the list of good films from this decade. And to him who feels that CON AIR makes the list, please dont bother responding--we're from different planets. Mine has taste.
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I agree that sometimes Harry kisses ass but in showbusiness with all the primadonnas having all the power you have to kiss ass if you want guests. Just look at Jay Leno, he kisses major ass while when David Letterman tells Cindy (The biggest piece of shit moron in the world) Crawford that her makeup makes her look like she has a black eye, she vows never to do the show again. I think Harry is usually fair and if it weren't for him than none of us would have such a great sight to visit, so thank you Harry. And seriously, when was the last time you've seen a big celebrity challenged in an interview, I sure the hell never have. As for films like The Mummy, WWW and James (please destroy my career) Cameron, they're just begging to be ruined. I'm not a malevolent prick or anything but I hope The Mummy and WWW bomb big time because then we might get some quality films next summer. As for James Cameron, he reminds me of the next Michael Cimino.
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that there are people saying "i hope this movie bombs"!!! its one thing if you "SAW" it and say that...but if you didnt then how ludicrous!!! u cant say its a piece of !@#$ unless you have witnessed it for yourself! now..the biggest mummy naysayers it seems like are star war fanatics who cant seem to stand any competitin whatever...dont worry about it!! star wars will be the numer 1 movie of the summer not too mention year, but please stop trying to build up star wars by dragging any other kind of summer movie competition down!
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I'll probably take a visit to the theatre for The Mummy. The reason why? I feel like seeing a movie. Not because fat dork critic A said it was great and posted his review on his sit. And I won't head straight out for the evening, missing this movie, because even fatter, dorkier critic B says this movie is terrible and posts a million reasons why on his site. I also have zero animosity towards studios, heads of studios, and fruhead (this guy is funny). The entire studio has done nothing to me (so far, and they better not 'cause they will be doing some serious rue-age). If my fellow talk-backers have a major problem with crap coming out of Hollywood : write a script, go to AFI and direct a moving, modern-day Citizen Casablanca type thing. Otherwise, stop bitchin'. Thank you all and Star Wars is gonna be good.
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"Pure hokum and scarsely of the first order," writes Todd McCarthy today. "This touring company Indiana Jones tries to have it both ways, by sending up the adventure genre for laughs while also going for some mild shocks, but finds the sand slipping through its fingers on both counts... plot developments stem strictly from convenience... stabs at comedy are lame... dialog in general is very feeble... scare moments are of the cheating kind, with mummies and such suddenly popping into frame, and aren't very scary anyway... pic generates zero suspense or surprise... Like the film itself, Fraser quite never finds the right seriocomic pitch... Weisz strains for comic effects she can't achieve... Hannah is markedly over the top." McCarthy does, however, seem to like the special effects and the look of the film. But, to judge by THIS review, "The Mummy" doesn't even sound like as much fun as "The Temple of Doom."
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daydreamer? you say wait until it comes out before i bash it as if there was a chance it might be some great film and suprise the hell out of us. im sorry but you can judge a book by its cover when its the same old crap youve read a hundred times before. my point is, that i wish that ID4 bombed. I wish that THE ROCK bombed. I wish those astreoid movies bombed. I wish THE LOST WORLD bombed. But they keep on going. Lately, we've seen hints of big dumb FX movies bombing. It started two summers ago with the summer of bad sequels (LOST WORLD, SPEED2, BATMAN AND ROBIN), but the movement lost major drive when TITANIC (which would have lost money had it not starred Leo) hit it big. Last summer, we had THE AVENGERS as our only real bomb (i think, am i wrong?). We need some more huge bombs to fuck up the studio system! WWW and THE MUMMY might be the ones! I KNOW this movie is going to be mediocre at BEST. Yet it will still make like 200 mil. Why should a mediocre film make 200 mil. Because millions of saps fall for the hype that is shoved down their throats. Tuck? You say the studios have done nothing to you? Well, Disney, WB, Paramount, Fox, Sony, Columbia, and MGM, congratulations. Mission Accomplished. Youve successfully brainwashed another drone into mindless passivity.
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OK, I'll take that bake, I'm not offended. But that's only because I don't know what passivity means. Well all I have to say is...Tristar good, Miramax make movies that make me head hurt, Armagedon sequel is smart idea...do something other than beyauch. L'Auteur, kid, write a script, please. It's obvious you know ALL there is to making movies, otherwise you wouldn't be so vocal.
I propose the following: Have talk backers such as L'Auteur (and other posters who rant for twenty pages) post a script. It will be a great workshop; we, plebians that we are, can learn from masters. Harry, you great big teddy bear, MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!! -
have u seen the mummy? hmmm? ok i know what your gonna say "no but i know its gonna suck...all those other movies i mentioned sucked and i "knew" they would suck" blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda!!! do not call people saps or stupid cuz they go see any f/x movie....i am not a sap nor stupid..and i certainly intend on seeing the mummy and enjoying it!!! of course im not expecting an oscar worthy movie either...i like to go and escape and have agood time! i deal enough with the real world on a daily basis! people...if you want an oscar movie...dont see the mummy...if fun is your intent...go see it! btw i saw varietys review too...i wasnt surprised, i doubt this movie will be getting too many praiseful reviews....but since when do big summer movies get those kinds of reviews anyways...gimme a break....unless they can be uncowardly and admit even though the movie was flawed...they still had a good time! who pays attention to critics anyways? if they do..well then the hollywood reporter liked the movie saying..."Far more ambitious than its predecessors but a notch or two below the
unique
event-movie experience it might have been, Universal's "The Mummy" is
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by weak writing. Overall, though, it should erect pyramids of moola and not
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Tuck kind of sounds like an old studio exec about to be fired and who wants free ideas from all of us. If one of us happens to come up with a great movie idea and spends all the time and effort to research and write it then we sure the hell would'nt put it on the Internet. Saying that we have no right to complain unless we can do what the studios and filmmakers are doing is like saying you can't complain about your local basketball team unless you can beat them. It is easier to complain than create but the world needs critics just as much as artists and you CAN tell when a film is gonna be bad before it comes out ( I learned that lesson when I went to see The Lost Seven-Fifty ). As for seeing a film purely to escape is stupid unless you go see a smaller film about a taboo subject also which most people don't do and that's why the same crap keeps making all the money. I support all types of movies because no matter how big or small, the good movies contain the same basic ingredients. I enjoy a summer blockbuster once in a while but I also enjoy a smaller film once in a while too, so if you're gonna go see The Mummy this weekend also go rent a couple of smaller films or check out the art houses.
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Do you really think that TITANIC only made money because of Leo? I mean, come on, that movie had some major hype going for it and it wasn't all because of Leo! As for all these mindless summer movies, they are what the general public loves. I mean, if everyone were into films with beauty and meaning, then you wouldn't have to seek them out in the tiny art houses, would you? I'm not saying that the majority of the public isn't brainwashed, but face it the film industry is an industry, a business that involves making money, and that's what these special effects summer blockbusters are made for. Like it or not, they'll keep making them because they'll keep making money. THE MUMMY might bomb, and hopefully WWW will too, but they're still going to make them and it isn't so bad. I mean, so what if Hollywood makes another bad movie, you don't HAVE to see it. It shouldn't matter what other people do with their $7.50.
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I can agree with a lot of you on the mindless summer movies. But what would a summer be like without mindless summer movies. I think that's why people classify movies into catagories. Action, drama, romance, comedy, horror, etc. I say if you want to see a thought provoking movie go see a drama. If you want to see a movie that well make you laugh go see a comedy. If you want to see something that will scare you go see a horror. And if you want to go see an exciting movie go see an action or special effects movie. I don't get why everybody despises mindless action or special effects movies. If you hate them so much go see something else like a drama or comedy. And if you think that if hollywood stops making ALL of these mindless action and special effect movies that your going to get BETTER movies just because the ones you didn't like aren't being made anymore than you better change your mind frame. Movies are movies. Go see the ones that look good to you and don't go see the ones that look bad to you. Movies are for entertainment and just because you people don't like mindless action movies doesen't mean they should be sweft off the planet. I happen to like a lot of them. What if I was saying wipe out all of the none mindless movies such as dramas and romances because I don't like them and if we do we can get more action and special effect movies. Who gives a rats ass. If you like them go see them. If you don't like them don't go see them. Personally I don't like romances. Just because I don't like romances doesn't mean they should stop being made. Why? Because other people like them and want to see them. If all you want out of a movie is drama and seriousness than your to serious of a person. Who cares about mindless action movies, romances and horrors. It's what appeals to you the reader.
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Movies are fun! I get to spend a few hours with good friends, have some popcorn, see a few trailers, and see the flick (whether its a good one or not) itself. Godzilla was terrible (in my opinion, I should add)--I had a bruise on my forehead from repeatedly slapping it as each scene whirled before my eyes. At one point, I woke up from a brief nap and thought I was seeing another Jurassic Park flick. Or maybe a new and darker Ferris Buehler. But the entire experience of seeing the movie was great--they got the fake butter topping just right on the popcorn. Afterwards, my friends and I went out for a bite to eat and discussed just how terrible we thought Godzilla was. God, I love movies....I love watching them just to see if a particular studio or director can impress me. If not? Oh well, maybe next time!
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I just had to say that despite enjoying blockbusters because you don't have to think there is nothing better then a good action film. So Con Air and the Rock are good but John Woo is KING and no one will beat FACE/OFF OR HARD BOILED and if u have taste you'll agree
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