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Moriarty Thinks THE MUMMY 3 Is Far More Dead Than Alive!!

Am I first to bat??? by samuraiyao	Aug 1st, 2008 08:25:25 AM
I'd rather wrap myself in Mylar then to watch this movie...
But you had a big hard on for the second unit director for this by Speed Fricassee	Aug 1st, 2008 08:27:08 AM
Sorry to hear it fell way flat.. I'll be finding out for myself on Sunday.
CAN'T F'N WAIT!! by SkidMarkedUndies	Aug 1st, 2008 08:47:47 AM
Actually, I can. Rather, I'll avoid this like the plague. Night Night.
This is exactly how that Clone Wars footage made me feel by Movietool	Aug 1st, 2008 08:48:47 AM
Just because there's a lot of crap being thrown from left to right on the screen doesn't mean it's a good action sequence. You know - Independent filmakers have revived comedy - it's time for the same to happen with action/fantasy flicks. This genre needs its own Quentin Tarantino.
shame sounds like a better edit by palewook	Aug 1st, 2008 08:53:11 AM
might have salvaged this film.
Who cares about martial arts showdown crap by m_prevette	Aug 1st, 2008 08:55:51 AM
I mean...every fanboy review is crapping on this movie since apparently there isn't some 20 minute huge kung fu fight at the end? What the hell? WHO CARES - it's NOT a kung phooey movie - I had no idea who the female kung fu chick is and the VAST MAJORITY of the audience doesn't care either.
m_prevette by Mickguinness	Aug 1st, 2008 09:08:04 AM
Thank you. Yes, a lot of people wanted a big Kung Fu showdown and I would have enjoyed it too, but this is not a martial arts movie, despite some fo the cast. I enjoyed the movie as a fun serial like the others and take it for what it is. Fun Adventure. And seriously, enough about the fucking nuked fridge. If you didn't like INDY 4 fine, but I am fucking sick of people picking at that one goddamn thread. It's fantasy. You had no problem with magical spirits coming out of the Ark or bodies melting away from drinking out of a cup, but a fucking fride is turnining out to be the most commonly talked about thing in the entire franchise. If you didn't like it, fine. Just shut the fuck up about it already.
Fride = Fridge by Mickguinness	Aug 1st, 2008 09:08:28 AM

Indy 4 comparisons by blackhole4140	Aug 1st, 2008 09:08:45 AM
I'm not sure how this movie being crap is supposed to make us appreciate the painfully average Indy 4.
I have a question for the group... by emeraldboy	Aug 1st, 2008 09:11:23 AM
Where the hell is Stephen Sommers? and I have a warning....This will not be the last of the Mummy movies. This is Rob Cohens new Franchise. He is very angry about what happened to Fast furious franchise. We will be getting more mummy movies in future. Rob Cohen's contract stipulates that he has pretty much complete over this. I am not joking.....
So "Mummy 3" sucks by I am_NOTREAL	Aug 1st, 2008 09:18:00 AM
It would be very difficult for me to any LESS surprised...about anything. They couldn't even make it look good for a 30-second commercial. And I think "Yetis make a touchdown" or some derivative thereof would make a fine new "Gordon has a beer and CHEETS on his wife."
I saw KOTCS four times in the theater... by Finding Forrestal	Aug 1st, 2008 09:23:58 AM
...and let me tell you, that fourth time was painful to sit through. Keep in mind this was over the course of two months. On the other hand, I saw TDK four times in the span of a WEEK and never got tired of it. Why? Because TDK isn't terribly fucking average. It's sad but true.
It's funny... by Finding Forrestal	Aug 1st, 2008 09:29:29 AM
Six months ago I couldn't even fathom the possibility that KOTCS would be a disappointment. Was I naive? Most assuredly. I thought Spielberg was incapable of pulling a "Lucas," especially with his trademark character. Apparently I was wrong...
I mean, I can't even believe there's a buzz round this by dr sauch	Aug 1st, 2008 09:30:37 AM
It's the fucking MUMMY for christ's sake!! Only the first one was good, and prob. only b/c I was like 15 when I saw it!! Michelle Yeoh is really amazingly hot though. I would prob see it for her. Some director needs to get her naked.
Yeti kicks the fridge? by Brody77	Aug 1st, 2008 09:33:26 AM
So between this, Indy 4 and the national treasure pieces of shit, archaeology/adventure flicks are now dead?
Brody77... by Finding Forrestal	Aug 1st, 2008 09:34:54 AM
Say it ain't so. That's a depressing thought. Fuck.
Should be embrassed if you buy a ticket. by Saluki	Aug 1st, 2008 09:39:13 AM
Crowds should be laughing at your dumbass if you actually fall for this junk, just trying to "give it a chance". Come on. Just. Don't. Go! Plenty of other movies to catch up on, plenty of other bars to attend, plenty of other summer events to soak in. Don't give in you weaklings.
I like movies like the next person and have by emeraldboy	Aug 1st, 2008 09:46:58 AM
been going to the cinema in Ireland since the early eighties. A kid who was classmate of mine in primary school, his dad owned a vidoe repair shop. and one day he brought in Preadator to school on VHS and then he brought Commando and Rambo, which the teacher turned and wouldnt allow us to see the rest of. Since the nineties, i have be going once a week. I have seen well over 100 films. Its close to 400 at this stage. i just cant understand people who say I saw x-film 4 times. I have done this myself. I am not complaining. but really if you have seen the dark knight 4 times. Can i suggest therapy?
Your mom was distraught? by YouAreAllMyBastardChildren	Aug 1st, 2008 09:49:38 AM
Your parents actually put stock in your reviews? Well, they are your parents...
Over 100 films, close to 400...? by Saluki	Aug 1st, 2008 09:51:31 AM
Afraid I don't follow. I've seen films five times in the theater. Once something hooks you, you just want to comeback. Therapy would be apt if this was invading on my personal life, but sometimes a film just sticks.
emeraldboy by Nice Marmot	Aug 1st, 2008 09:57:48 AM
I would guess that kids who watched Predator, Commando, and Rambo in primary school would need more therapy than adults who see the same movie 4 times. WTF???
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ by la_sith	Aug 1st, 2008 09:59:48 AM
I can't believe you actually spent time writing about this movie. The trailer played right before The Dark Knight, and there was silence. Not a chuckle. Not a thing. Nothing.
My friend got a chuckle from the trailer . . . by Nice Marmot	Aug 1st, 2008 10:05:46 AM
. . . before the Dark Knight. Actually he was laughing at me saying, "I didn't know Chris Kattan was in this!" Rewatch the trailer and look for the unfunny plane scene.
I TOLD YOU SO!!!!!! by Anna Valerious	Aug 1st, 2008 10:14:31 AM

yes mickguinness.... by AnakinsDiapers	Aug 1st, 2008 10:16:21 AM
...the moment fantastical elements enters a movies reality any and all things are acceptible. Indiana Jones deals with the ark of the covenant? well then, Indy should be able to catch bullets with his teeth. Superman is an alien superbeing? No sweat if Lois falls off a 50 story building and sprangs an ankle. Hell, the audience should just shut up and accept it if Superman lifts an entire continent laced with the one material whose mere presence is downright lethal to him....really? Really. When did "adventure", "pulp" and "fantastical" become synomynous with inconsistant and lazy?
I saw half of 'The Mummy' by kwisatzhaderach	Aug 1st, 2008 10:17:07 AM
and switched it off. Never saw the second one. Won't see this.
And as far as martial arts fight sequences go... by AnakinsDiapers	Aug 1st, 2008 10:21:02 AM
you don't hire Jet fucking Li and michelle yeoh and not utilize their skills. If one wasn't going to shoot a good fight sequence with them then they weren't really needed for their parts now were they? You could have hired cheaper actors and saved some money since ..y'know, you already have the true stars of the film Brendan Fraser and yetis'.
Kwisatzhaderach made it farther than me by I am_NOTREAL	Aug 1st, 2008 10:29:11 AM
I made it through perhaps 30 minutes of the 1st Mummy, recognized it for the idiotic shit it was, and never went back. It was so stupid and over the top...sad, this could have been a decent action / adventure / horror franchise in the right hands, but it's just noisy junk. You don't have to be any student of the box office to see the big opening weekend followed by the precipitous drop once the poisonous word of mouth gets around.
Caught it last night... by Kampbell-Kid	Aug 1st, 2008 10:34:28 AM
Personally my two friends liked it, but I didn't have to heart to sound like a hater by saying I thought it was terrible. Considering I'm a long time fan and collector of every Jet and Yeoh film ever done - I agree they were poorly used. Not to mention both my friends thought the Yeti touchdown gag was hysterical. I thought it made the film feel out of character. Then again the whole moment of them being called out, that gay, and Michelle Yeoh yelling "I'll call the Yeti's" just made me want to walk out the theater. Which by the way some people WERE doing. I feel so bad for Jet and Yeoh right now. And Mori for seeing this after all those great interviews. Oh well, at least Dark Knight at IMAX is still showing. Need to recleanse my palette.
AnakinsDiapers by Mickguinness	Aug 1st, 2008 10:34:33 AM
Everything is not acceptible because it is fantasy. But Indy took something based in science (why do you think radiologists use lead-lined suits and walls)and stetched it a little too far. Bad choice. Over the top is kinda this franchise's tradition, or don't we remembering Connery taking out a fucking plane with a flock of birds? No one complains when you hear explosions in space during Star Wars even though there would really be no noise because sound is impossible in space (unless in a shuttle/ship, etc. but not outside it). But the fridge scene is becoming the end-all be-all of peoples' hatred for INDY. So much so that it is being discussed in talkbacks that aren't even about that movie. If you didn't like the movie fine, I have heard arguments that I can understand. But the people who constantly mention the fucking fridge because they can't put thoughts together about the rest of the flick and jump on the fridge wagon are irritating. It's one scene. Move one. All these people are turning that one scene into the most talked about in a great franchise with many great scenes. Wouldn't you rather people just agree to like it or dislike it and stop bringing it up in every fucking talkback they ever participate in and cementing it as the INDY legacy? It's fucking time to let it go already.
Oops.. by Kampbell-Kid	Aug 1st, 2008 10:36:21 AM
Meant "that gag", not "that gay." Dyslexic typo moment. lol
The Mummy was fucking good. by Finding Forrestal	Aug 1st, 2008 10:37:22 AM
And I'm perplexed by this "noisy junk" you supposedly heard. Could it have been Jerry Goldsmith's brilliant score? Maybe you should have your speakers looked at.
Yeti Touchdown by Abominable Snowcone	Aug 1st, 2008 10:38:17 AM
Der's only one creature that can kick something dat fah...de abominable snowman (drag cigarette)
I actually enjoyed the film... by Gil Brooks	Aug 1st, 2008 10:41:15 AM
...as stupid as it was. Maybe because I went in expecting to TOTALLY hate it. The yetis are pretty bad, though, esp. the touchdown. Guess I wasn't ready to hate it because I was already exhausted with the disappointments of HB2 and Indy 4.
The Mummy Returns, however... by Finding Forrestal	Aug 1st, 2008 10:41:38 AM
...was not. Not at all. In fact, it was pretty much noisy junk.
Mummy was noisy junk by I am_NOTREAL	Aug 1st, 2008 10:47:05 AM
because it was junk that made noise, natch.
I completely love how most reviewers biggest complaint is the Ye by AARONIUS	Aug 1st, 2008 10:49:24 AM
I can just imagine Moriarty or that Alexandra chick sitting there in the theater saying to themselves."Oh good grief!" "These Yeti are acting so out of character!" "A yeti would never do that in real life!" Yes I'm sure it's stupid, but it's even more ridiculous in my opinion to gripe over how unrealistic a MYTHICAL CREATURE BEHAVES!
Two Questions, Mori by DKT	Aug 1st, 2008 10:52:33 AM
1) Do you think Luke Ford and Isabella Leong just drew the short stick to a degree? I mean if good actors like Bello and Yeoh can't make it work, why would people we've never heard of before be able to? 2) You gonna see/have you seen X-Files?
Mickguinness by AnakinsDiapers	Aug 1st, 2008 11:06:43 AM
people are hurt over Indy 4. twenty years of waiting and that film is what we got? The fans are hurt and are expressing the disappointment. "Nuking the Fridge" is but the rallying point. It's a simple statement which sums up all that was wrong in their eyes. And believe it mickguinness, that scene was but one of many puzzling events that went on in that movie. Shia becoming the "monkey king", the total under utilizing of Marion, the prairie dogs, the entire last act being a star trek the motion picture-like level of "stare in awe-isms". Indy should have been watching from the seats with the audience at that point. And for me, the biggest crime commited by speilberg is that he apparently forgot the heart and soul of an Indiana Jones picture: problem stacking. There wasn't any problem stacking. There were location changes, but that's not problem stacking. The truck chase, the fight at the airstrip, the fight with the big indian guy as Indy is tortured with a voodoo doll, the fight at the club compounded by being poisoned and looking for the elusive antidote. These things are paramount to an Indiana Jones picture. I could have forgiven the impenetrable fridge, monkey fu, and the obvoius green screen environments if the tension filled exciting problem stacking moments were there. But alas, all i can say to sum up my disappointment is..nuked the fridge.
This movie is beginning... by DocPazuzu	Aug 1st, 2008 11:07:48 AM
...to sound like a yeti touchdown. There's your catchphrase. Go tell your friends.
Relax, all of these silly movies are made just.. by Aeghast	Aug 1st, 2008 11:23:00 AM
..to make TDK look better (like it needs it, anyway)
What is Ms. Bello doing in this? by HoboCode	Aug 1st, 2008 11:30:10 AM
She deserves better than this reeking pile of shit.
John Hannah is CRINGE INDUCING by cowboyone	Aug 1st, 2008 11:45:33 AM
"Mummy's ... I hate Mummys! They never play fair!" Ugggh.
yeti touchdown? by GavinVanDraven	Aug 1st, 2008 12:04:57 PM
since when do you score a touchdown by kicking??? do you people not watch football? yeti kicks a field goal? dumbasses
So, I guess Don Lewis owes you some money, eh Mori? by DoctahJonesDoll	Aug 1st, 2008 12:09:29 PM
10 bucks says you never see a dime...
The primary school that I went was by emeraldboy	Aug 1st, 2008 12:13:10 PM
mad. One teacher I had got so pissed off that she smashed one of the windows in the classroom with a basketball. in front of us.....
Tommy Teirnan was in my brothers class by emeraldboy	Aug 1st, 2008 12:15:17 PM
My brother and I went to the same school. I started when he left. ie he was in 6th class and I was senior infants.
yeti fieldgoal by GavinVanDraven	Aug 1st, 2008 12:25:26 PM
is the new nuked the fridge. spread the word.
emeraldboy: Basketball is popular in Ireland? by CreasyBear	Aug 1st, 2008 12:25:29 PM
Had no idea. Boston Celtics attire must sell well. Just fuckin' with ya.
too bad... by crankyoldguy	Aug 1st, 2008 12:31:48 PM
The first two Mummy films were fun. Not great. But fun rides, When one of them turns up on couch-bound Saturday afternoon or Sunday, we might find ourselves watching it. A shame this new one appears to suck-ola. There was potential for Fraser to step up and "mature" as a dad more since his son is now even older in this. Still may see it or may wait as Netflix thing. On the other hand, the third Mummy doens't sound worse that the most wince-inducing elements of Indy 4 which I didn't hate (some of it worked for me), though the Monkey King and Close Encouters ending was...ugh. Fridge? Couldn't been a GE ad from the period: "Afraid of Ruskies? Our fridge protects from atomic blasts." or does it: http://answers.yahoo.com/quest ion/index?qid=20080527071635AA 1igyY
New on the CW Sundays - Yeti Ball by crankyoldguy	Aug 1st, 2008 12:33:35 PM
Hosted by the Geico cavemen.
Yet fieldgoal, dancing Peter Parker saying, "Dig on this," by CreasyBear	Aug 1st, 2008 12:37:35 PM
Threepio's "This is such a drag" in Ep.2, Schwarzeneggar's Mr. Freeze penguin pajamas in Batman & Robin, Supermman 2's person continuing to talk in the phone booth even after it's been blown down . . . quite a Hall of Shame for supposed action movies soiled by lame attempts at humor.
god, what do you expect from the Mummy 3? by BMacSmith	Aug 1st, 2008 12:39:42 PM
ah screw it i cant be bothered to care about this. and Jet Li is a shit actor.
DAMN SHAME by THE KNIGHT	Aug 1st, 2008 12:42:36 PM
I've been following Cohens blog and I was really hoping this would be good.
rsdigi by rsdigi	Aug 1st, 2008 12:44:07 PM
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LOL Moriarty, don't you mean "Field Goal" by rsdigi	Aug 1st, 2008 12:46:59 PM
I'm no football fan, but I know the difference between a field goal (which they Yeti's do and I found hilarious) and a touchdown. You know you're on a geek site when the review doesn't know the difference. That's what the Mummy movies are about, the campy retarded humor. I wish you had said "how would the Yeti's even know about football" because then I could say "Why are you busting on them, you don't know anything about football either!" :D
Nice review. by Felix_Happer	Aug 1st, 2008 12:52:57 PM

Once Rachel Weitz was out... by Emerald Saber	Aug 1st, 2008 01:01:29 PM
...so was I. I decided I would drop it in my Netflix queue for future viewing, however, knowing I probably wouldn't. Now, with the reviews confirming what I pretty much already knew... Any queue I sustain shall not contain this rubbish.
*Weisz by Emerald Saber	Aug 1st, 2008 01:04:57 PM
Edit... damn it!
It'll still be better than 'Indy 4: The Next Generation' by Giario	Aug 1st, 2008 01:08:36 PM
Indy 4 = Worst film of the Summer. By a wide margin. Fact. At least be thankful that Lucas didn't create a CG Pat Roach. He's saving it for the special edition.
Emerald Boy... by nukethefridge	Aug 1st, 2008 01:11:51 PM
Up Navan!!! Do you go to the diamond cinema???
AARONIUS by ManosTHOF	Aug 1st, 2008 01:11:57 PM
Sure. Because the Yetis were probably fresh off playing Madden '09, right?
I didn't like Indy 4 by Rocklover79	Aug 1st, 2008 01:15:49 PM
But I know it wasn't the worst of the entire summer. Pretty sure Meet Dave takes that crown.
"Indiana Jones and the Mummified Penis of Doom" by Dick Bahls	Aug 1st, 2008 01:21:11 PM
Neither one of these crapfests should have been made. My screenplay for the 4th Indiana Jones "The Mummified Penis (played by Ben Affleck as himself) of Doom" would have literally blown both of these away. Not to give too much away re: the plot details, but in my film the goverment enlists the help of Dr. Jones to stop another national disaster, the making of the film "Pearl Harbor 2". The climax of the film would have the audience jumping out of there seats with applause as Short Round stabs Affleck in the toupee with the voodoo knife from "The Temple of Doom".
The Wiesz by Reckoner	Aug 1st, 2008 01:21:46 PM
Yeah, Wiesz was unbelievably hot in these movies. Good to see she wasn't dragged into this by money. She knows she is a better actress than this crap now.
CRAPTACULAR by Reckoner	Aug 1st, 2008 01:22:51 PM
This is the adjective that comes to mind about this movie.
It's a fact that Yeti are quite well read on American sports... by AARONIUS	Aug 1st, 2008 01:46:50 PM
Why do you think no one can get a clear photograph of one? Because they are hiding in our nations libraries reading up on the histories of athletic competition. Lord knows we're not reading anymore, we're too busy watching crappy movies.
Yeti's Fieldgoal is the new Nuke the Fridge is the new jumped th by mildewproduction	Aug 1st, 2008 01:49:46 PM

i miss Rachel Weisz's sweet ass by BMacSmith	Aug 1st, 2008 01:49:50 PM
its irreplacable.
*irreplaceable by BMacSmith	Aug 1st, 2008 01:51:00 PM

The Mummy: Tomb of the Rob Cohen by Reckoner	Aug 1st, 2008 02:05:45 PM
It's amazing that his best film (Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story) is his best. It's been a steady decline since then. Never saw Stealth, but I should for Biel in bikini.
by Reckoner	Aug 1st, 2008 02:06:36 PM
*first film is his best
Is Cohen doing 3 Fast 3 Furious? by Reckoner	Aug 1st, 2008 02:08:39 PM

nice review, where's the LA Pineapple email? by irrelevntelefant	Aug 1st, 2008 02:45:21 PM

Touchdown, field goal, who gives a crap? by I am_NOTREAL	Aug 1st, 2008 03:00:55 PM
I've been watching football a lot longer than I've been coming to AICN, three points or six, it's still a jarring non-sequitur of a joke from culturally tin-eared hacks.
Leong by conbarba	Aug 1st, 2008 03:03:01 PM
I always liked her and she is quite able to do good stuff. Not here it looks like, but she deserves better.
I am going to pass on this one. by whatyoufear	Aug 1st, 2008 03:22:58 PM
Surprise! I'll admit to enjoying the first Mummy movie, while it was in theaters.. for what it was- mindless, entertaining cinematic escapism! But I couldn't tell you any plot points for either one of the previous entries in this series of films if my life depended on it. In one eye and out the other. I know there was a Scorpion King in there, somewhere. Anyhow, after having seen The Dark Knight twice already (once in IMAX- you owe it to yourself to see this movie in IMAX before it is too late!!), I'm going to skip this Mummy shit in favor of seeing Hellboy 2 tonight. I will also be skipping this Mummy shit next week in favor of seeing The Dark Knight again. CALL ME CRAZY!
To answer the question about fast and the furious by emeraldboy	Aug 1st, 2008 03:36:05 PM
3. the answer is no. Those bridges are burned. Cohen hated what they did to that franchise.
The Yeti kicked an extra point . . . by Nice Marmot	Aug 1st, 2008 03:55:07 PM
... so you tools are ALL wrong. SWEET, Only seven til . . .
11% on Rotten Tomatoes by Reckoner	Aug 1st, 2008 04:22:24 PM
That's 11 out of 101 people. Ouch. And it will only get worse. Contender for the Razzies?
M-o-M, I posed this question in Harry's review. by skimn	Aug 1st, 2008 04:35:24 PM
You get a lot of shit, and are called "arrogant", "narrow minded", etc. in your views of "popular" movies. I am curious what movies have you liked that would be considered fun, or even dumb fun, that you enjoyed that others didn't "get".
Hahahhaha 11% !!! Superb! by G100	Aug 1st, 2008 04:38:09 PM

If the yeti are scoring touchdowns and fieldgoals... by Mr. Nice Gaius	Aug 1st, 2008 04:47:03 PM
...there is no way this movie will flip the Batpod.
AARONIUS by ManosTHOF	Aug 1st, 2008 04:49:19 PM
Touché, my friend.
The Mummy movies where racist by Phategod2	Aug 1st, 2008 05:00:11 PM
Rachiel Wiesz a decendant of Nefateri Someone look up Nefateri and see how that could even be plausible.
Thank you GavinVanDraven by shran	Aug 1st, 2008 05:15:56 PM
I thought that this TB was being inhabited by a bunch a namby pambys. With all the talk heralding this as THE GREATEST SUMMER SINCE ALL THE REVIEWERS ON AICN ALLEGEDLY GOT THEIR PUBES, I find the offerings to be a real mixed bag. KOTCS= so so at best. HB2= not an outpouring of praise so far. Speed Racer= flop city. X-Files= a bad series episode. And now this. I think it would be more accurate to say a lot of studios spent their money on some shitfests. Little too fast with the green light.
Okay, so it was a field goal. by DocPazuzu	Aug 1st, 2008 05:28:30 PM
Movie saved.
Wow, just look at M-O-M's list. by DocPazuzu	Aug 1st, 2008 06:07:56 PM
How more stuck up, predictable, pathetic and sad can you get? M-O-M's one of those people who only have "good" films, music and books on their shelves because they're so frightened of being seen liking the "wrong" thing. Show me the shit M-O-M's got hiding in his attic, basement or mom's house instead. What a poseur fuck.
Cohen was an idiot to let Weisz go by Drath	Aug 1st, 2008 06:16:52 PM
He actually mocked her for not wanting to have a grown son in a film (of course she doesn't, Hollywood would label her an old woman!). And notably the adult son has so far been panned by every critic who felt like even mentioning he's in the movie. What idiot thought Frasier looked like he could HAVE an adult son anyway? Who the fuck wants him to have one? A fucking nimrod shithead, that's who. I once thought it a pity they stopped Cohen from making Sinbad with Harryhausen instead because I'd rather have seen Harryhausen get credit again...but any filmmaker that makes you miss Stephen Sommers needs to rethink his life. I still ache from what a shitty mess of mediocre crap Dragonheart was. Big CGI Dragon, Sean Connery's voice...like William Hurt in A History of Violence I was left saying "how do you fuck that up?!" Fuck, WILLOW was a better fantasy action movie. WILLOW!!! Geesh.********************** As excessive as The Mummy Returns was, it played better than it looked like it would on paper, and I was really surprised that the Nefertiri/Evie/assissination flashback scene played out as well as it did, particularly since it made no sense given the events in the previous film. I still think the Mummy movies and the Scorpion King were better than they had any right to be. No, they were no John Millius's Conan, but they were better than Fleicher's Conan the Destroyer and Red Sonja (this movie on the other hand sounds like it's right back in that territory).
M-O-M by shran	Aug 1st, 2008 06:18:13 PM
Well, my thoughts were aimed primarily at what I found to be crappolla. TDK was brilliant. I have only seen it once, but am dying to see it again. I found KOTCS full of flaws, but like a favorite relative, I could look past them and still enjoy the movie, at least on some level. But make no mistake, there were too many ridiculous things in that movie, even for a popcorn muncher like an Indy movie. So let's see: I liked The Hulk and Iron Man. Loved Wall E. But X-Files, HB2, Speed Racer, and Hancock weren't very good. It was supposed to be this fantastic summer of sweet goodness and I have to give it a 50/50 rating at best. TDK is just about enough to make up for it, but in the end, the studios may go back and examine how they spent their money and re-evaluate the sort of things that they give the greenlight to. Will we get a bunch of Merchant Ivory type stuff in the future? I don't know. But I doubt we'll get as many whiz bang blockbusters all in a row two years from now. But what do I know.
GOTTA BE BETTER THAN INDY 4 by Mullah Omar	Aug 1st, 2008 06:38:45 PM
How long will it take for the AICN "writers" to realize how shitty that film was?
I think Quentin Tarantino said it best. by skimn	Aug 1st, 2008 06:43:45 PM
If it gets rerun check out his interview with Elvis Mitchell on TCM's Under The Influence. When asked what was the first film that scared him, that really shook him up, he replied Last House On The Left, because it was horror that felt like it could be real. Could relly happen. In his defense of "Grindhouse" type B-movies, he said it didnt matter of the budget, or subject, or the technical aspects, but it was the point in the movie that you became invested in what was happening on screen that mattered. And that can be different for different people. Whats funny is that I'll usually check the movie reviews of The Detroit News and Free Press every Friday, and today one reviewer liked Mummy 3 for zippy fun, and the other detested it. And M-o-M, I was curious about movies that tickled you, but others didn't get, such as your "guilty pleasures". I'm reminded of the time when Roger Ebert loved, just LOVED, Weird Science. And every other critic in the world hated it. But something about it spoke to Roger, and he embraced it.
THE MUMMY FILMS ARE FUN! FANBOYS ARE DEPRESSING! by Earthquake WestCoast	Aug 1st, 2008 06:50:54 PM
To the average (non-fanboy) the mummy films were fun, escapist entertainment! It seems like all you fanboys only like DARK,DEPRESSING FILMS! What's up with that? Relax and enjoy a fun, even stupid film once in a while. The audience that say Mummy 3 with me loved the Yetis! Who gives a rats ass if the yetis kicking a touchdown wasn't realistic! We're talking about FREAKING YETIS! WHO'S TO F****ING SAY YETIS DON'T PLAY FOOTBALL! GIVE ME PROOF THAT THEY DON'T! HAHA! BTW.....Indy 4 was also a fun film to MOST OF THE AVERAGE MOVIE GOER! Especially with the over 40 crowd. They ate it up. As for DARK KNIGHT, it WASN'T the best film ever! It was just a good film, but nothing life changing. It's no EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, ALIENS, RETURN OF THE KING, THE INCREDIBLES, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. It was just a dark and depressing film. And I don't know why fanboys love the joker's pencil trick. That was nothing special. And the joker just acted like the crazy bad guy from the japanese film "Azumi". Heath did a good performance though, but it nothing to get excited and scream over like all you fanboys have been doing. Dam, you act like little teenybopper schoolgirls and a hanaha montana concert. Nothing wrong with the fridge scene in Indy 4 either! It fits right along with Indy falling a thousand feet off a plane in a life raft (temple of doom), and magical knights still alive from the crusades (last crusade), or even Indy being dragged in back of a moving truck without dying (Raiders). Enjoy life people! Enjoy it now before the Iran war starts and they start drafting people (both men and women) ages 18-32! Proceed.
Memories-of by conbarba	Aug 1st, 2008 07:19:15 PM
I was talking about Isabelle Leong. As my subject line said.
Bring them on.... by j2talk	Aug 1st, 2008 08:11:15 PM
We got the Mummy 3 and supposedly 2 more coming....and rumors of a 3rd National Treasure film...Keep them coming Hollywood.... your audience awaits
The Mummy Was Fun by Playhouse	Aug 1st, 2008 08:30:37 PM
The Mummy Returns was a vile exercise in excess that completely sucked you right out of the movie. The kid was annoying. The whole thing with Evelyn's past Egyptian life was convenient and laughable. And the escalating effects were atrocious. And what's worse? It was all a precursor to the shitfest that was Van Helsing. After the Mummy Returns I couldn't have been less excited to see a third part, so it's not surprising what has been turned out. What sucks is I think they could have really made an adventure series - not particularly a Mummy series - out of the character of Rick O'Connell. Fraser should have wrested command of the character from Sommers and really built himself an entertaining franchise. That might have even kept Rachel Weisz in the game. When she declined to reprise her role, they should've realized a vital part of the chemistry mix was gone and they shouldn't have gone forward.
Totally agree with Mori about Rachel Weisz by the podosphere	Aug 1st, 2008 10:27:56 PM
and about the casting of Maria Bello. Why the filmmakers didn't take the opportunity to really change up the character when Weisz turned this down is puzzling. Bringing in a new wife for O'Connell, perhaps a woman who has heard these crazy mummy stories and at best half-believes them, opens up all kinds of character and relationship-related possibilities, not to mention the option of giving her a unique skill the team needs to deal with THESE mummies. I'm still seeing it. I got a free ticket with my Blu-Ray Mummy disc.
M-O-M by Phategod2	Aug 1st, 2008 11:32:08 PM
Cleopatra from what I remember Was from Alexdria and very fair= not black. Nefateri I believe was of Etheopian Descent who resemble the common African or Middle Easterners = Not White.
Booooooo! by Motoko Kusanagi	Aug 2nd, 2008 03:46:00 AM
zzZZzz zzZZzz zzZZzz
Mori's poor mother.. by Rupee88	Aug 2nd, 2008 07:48:57 AM
hanging all her hopes on a dumb Mummy film. Well my mother watches terrible TV and movies too, so I can relate.
saw it by mefrog	Aug 2nd, 2008 09:30:28 AM
Twenty minutes before the movie ended, the fire alarm went off and the movie shut off. My girlfriend and I decided it wasn't worth the wait, so we got up, got our money back, and left. I tried to take Harry's approach with it, that it was dumb fun.. but it wasn't.... it was fucking boring. Possibly the worst film I have seen so far this year.
same thing happend to me with... by emeraldboy	Aug 2nd, 2008 10:15:45 AM
Master and Commander and with ten mins to go. I really found that movie very boring. It looked great and the poduction design on it was fantastic and awesome and peter wier gets much credit for mounting a spectacular film. But I found the pace plodding. And i also thought there was a distinct lack of tension.
Had fun with Mummy 3! by Alex Mack	Aug 2nd, 2008 11:37:31 AM
The movie was fun! Everybody in the audience loved it. Bello did an o.k. job as Evie. The yetis were funny!!
M-o-M by skimn	Aug 2nd, 2008 12:25:34 PM
I appreciate your theorem that the dumbing down of society can be linked to the bad movies we elect to watch. For example, The Grudge was the number one film the same week that George W Bush was elected to his second term of office. Coincidence.....????
Moriarty, watch ISABELLA by Pang Ho-Cheung by Harry Weinstein	Aug 2nd, 2008 12:49:55 PM
Isabella Leong can give an outstanding performance when it's not in a Rob Cohen film. And the title of the film is not a reference to its female lead, merely a coincidence. Don't write her off because she sucked in a film that is a great big pile of suck.
"I hate Mummies. They never play fair." by TheWaqman	Aug 2nd, 2008 02:07:37 PM
I knew it was going to be a complete pile of shit when I heard that line. What the fuck does that even mean? They never play fair? Is that supposed to be funny?
I had fun by amuhm	Aug 2nd, 2008 02:35:28 PM
Read all the reviews on the site. Majority of the time I wholeheartedly agree with the opinions of the reviewers, but I took my son to M3 matinee anyway. It is certainly no classic but I thought it was mindless fun. I wasnt expecting classic cinema or an adventure to rival Raiders. However, both my son (10 yrs old) thought it was enjoyable. I do agree that some of the potential was wasted but that doesnt mean what was on the screen was bad. I liked the yetis, the action sequences...the humor was a bit flat, but all in all, I had a good time at the movies.
by lodoss24	Aug 2nd, 2008 03:20:02 PM
I enjoy the first two. The first two had a sense of danger and some horror to it. This one didn't. The new wife in the picture didn't click. The Father/Son family feud didn't click. The first two were coherent and consistent. I don't understand how the main bad guy could transform into just about anything? The first major fight scene, with the attack on the temple with the Yheti. I just get the feeling, the director wants to make a War movie. There are some Saving Private Ryan Esque shots. The ending "soon after Mummy's were found in Peru" Aren't you to supposed to show not tell? Boo Boo Boo.
Rob Cohen should never be allowed to make another film by GQtaste	Aug 2nd, 2008 05:01:35 PM
another film. I've only seen one of his films and thats all I needed to see. The dude is in Paul W.S.Andersons league and makes Uwe Boll Chris Nolan. He's for the add crowd or 14 yr old boys. Fuck Rob Cohen!
HB2 by Adam Over	Aug 2nd, 2008 08:09:52 PM
A couple of people have mentioned a (film?) called HB2, me see nothing on imdb, can someone enlighten me.
Mummy 3=McDonalds by Earthquake WestCoast	Aug 2nd, 2008 08:17:09 PM
Mummy 3 equals McDonalds! Fun to eat...but will kill you in your sleep. While a movie like Iron man equals In-n-Out burger(If you're from california then you know what I mean). The Empire Strikes Back= Oh I don't know...maybe having your girlfriend actually make you a pizza from fresh bake dough she made herself and from a garden that she's been growing in her backyard for the past few months just to prepare for the day in which she's going to make you the pizza. Oh....Mummy 3 was fun! Oh again....Dumb movies don't make people stupid. Reality television makes people stupid!
Just because it bothers me, I must make note... by Chewtoy	Aug 2nd, 2008 11:10:10 PM
Football (and field goals) predate the 1940's by the better part of 50 years. Not sure when the hand signals for it came into play, but a football reference in the 40's isn't anachronistic at all. Now, snowmen of the Himalayas knowing it... that might be a little unlikely. Hard to say definitively. But as to the gist of the review, I agree with Moriarty. Just got back and thought it was a pretty lifeless film, with absolutely horrible one-liners. Plus, there's a caption joke at the end that feels like they couldn't even be bothered to come up with a way to tell it. Disappointing overall, since the story itself is decent.
Entertaining and on the same level as Mummy 1 & 2 by The Founder	Aug 3rd, 2008 05:23:38 AM

HB2 by Rameses	Aug 3rd, 2008 12:12:42 PM
=Hellboy 2
Real Terra Cotta Army by Nerves69	Aug 3rd, 2008 01:02:11 PM
I like the change in locale in this film. The Terra cotta army is real. But, the execution is sophmoric at best. For more on this, check out the wikipedia entry for terra cotta army. Also, check out some serious film analysis at www.cinemafist.com. Thank You!!!!
WOW ! rated at 9% now by G100	Aug 3rd, 2008 08:55:33 PM
On Rotten Tomatoes. I think I'll have to see at some point just to see if it really is as terrible as many people are saying. Though I won't be going to the Cinema that's for sure.

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