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Summary: A good fantasy action-adventure!
Review: I saw this on the big screen, and I loved it! The fantasy elements are great and there's so much sword fights and gunplay it'll knock you silly! However, this does get cheesy at times and the computer-generated effects do tend to get really fake (especially the Scorpion King scene at the end, which looks like something out of "Ants"). The first one is definetly more realistic and is way better as a horror movie, but this wins over as a fantasy action-adventure. I like them both the same, maybe the first one a teeny-weenie, itsy-bitsy bit more, but I still love this movie.
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Summary: Did not live up to the hype
Review: It's a good movie, especially if you never have seen the original Mummy. For those that have seen the original Mummy movie, this does not have much to offer to it. It features the same tricks, such as the Mummy's corpse, his demonic guards, flesh-eating scarabs and the wall of sand with the Mummy's face in it. The story takes off a few years later from the original Mummy and features all the members from the original cast. This time, two Mummies are resurrected, the old Mummy who has been resurrected to stop the new mummy, which is played by the Rock (WWF). The special DVD features are more hype than material, with making-of documentaries, no deleted scenes, but five minutes of funny outtakes and a bunch of promotional stuff, such as other videos on DVD, an advertisement for the Mummy's attraction at Universal Studios and trailers of the Mummy Returns and the third Mummy movie titled the Scorpion King.
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Summary: Decent
Review: Well as has been mentioned many times already, if you're looking for an award-winning story/cast or anything, look elsewhere. This movie is pure fun. I agree with that, the effects in this moive are great, and there's enough to keep you laughing and engaged on a dreary Seattle weekend. But there are a few issues that I have with this DVD. Why isn't it widescreen? Especially if this meant to be a Collector's edition. I was a little disappointed by that. The other thing that bothered me in this movie is that started off a little lame, and also very dark. It could've just been my laptop, but for the first 20 minutes, everything was so dark it was hard to see what was going on. Bu then again it could've just been my laptop. A decent movie, and good fun, in spite of those issues.
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Summary: Superior than its predecessor in every way ....
Review: I read a lot of bad reviews for THE MUMMY RETURNS and I serious don't get you people ..... how can you say the first MUMMY is better than the second one ?!!!!For me , I loved the second one and bought the DVD the day that it came out ( it's that good ! ) Here's the REAL reason why the second one is better : - EXCELLENT SPECIAL EFFECTS .... BETTER THAN THE ONE IN THE FIRST
- INTRIGUING STORY .... BETTER THAN THE ONE IN THE FIRST
- PACKED WITH ACTION .... THAT THE FIRST ONE LACKED
- MORE REALISTIC ... THE FIRST MUMMY , CAMELS RAN FASTER THAN HORSES , COMPLETELY INSANE ! PS - JUST GET THE DVD AND YOU'LL BE HAPPY FOR 2H AND 10 MIN , TRUST ME !
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Summary: A Good Movie and DVD - until the Ultimate Edition
Review: Like the first movie, this is a great action/adventure film if you can suspend disbelief for 2 hours and 10 minutes. The special effects are incredible, especially during the huge battle scenes. The shear number of humans on horses or foot and enemy "beings" is staggering - It looks pretty real too.
There is some slight pixelation during some dark scenes throughout the film when viewed using a progressive scan DVD player and a 16:9 progressive monitor. Overall, the transfer is OK to good in quality.
The soundtrack is LOUD. Even though I wanted a DTS track too (it will be on the Ultimate Edition I'm sure), I'll be happy with the current Dolby Digital 5.1 track until then. There is no raised dialog normalization offset here: this soundtrack is just loud. This is the first of a hundred DVDs I've had to actually turn down my receiver a few notches from reference level just for myself, much less others that say all DVD movies at reference level are "too loud". Anyway; that aside, the soundtrack is great.
This is not a great movie but it is pretty good one, like most "blockbusters" these days are.
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Summary: Maybe I saw the wrong movie....
Review: I can't believe the reviews of this movie, ok the DVD is pretty good, but this movie is aweful. No not a good popcorn movie, and no the effects aren't that good, especially on the DVD where you can see all the ...animation. It took me three days to watch this [movie]. I couldn't do it all in one setting, and I'm sorry I even rented it. Brendan Fraser? ....
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Summary: Great Movey
Review: This is a geat movie it is not as scarry as the first one but you will shure be sitting on the edge of your seat.
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Summary: AWSOME
Review: This movie was amazing. It was so good. This is now my favorite movie. The child is a very good actor. I used to think The Patriot was my favorite movie....not any more. This by far everyone should see. It is not very scary. IT IS SOOOO GOOD. Even if you are young it doesnt matter. It is very good and I recommend this to anyone who loves Eygpt or is 9 and over. It is not gorey at all. It is wonderful. I believe tha parents shouldnt be so strict they should at least let there children see this one movie. It is very interesting how the lady has visions. I don't want to give anything away.
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Summary: Great Movie!
Review: This movie is great. It has greater action than the first movie. But what i really love about it is that it is worth the difference between a VHS and a DVD. The bonus matirel is packed with cool information. There is even a suprise before the movie that is really cool...
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Summary: Nearly a perfect sequel
Review: This was a film I keenly wanted to see after the first installment and I must say that all the hype about the Rock was somewhat amusing given his minutes of airtime (most of that as a computer-generated figure). However, the film plays with the gusto that you come to expect from Fraser, Weisz, Hannah and co. A delightfully watchable action film that has breathed a new generation of life into the Indiana Jones theme. I can only hope they produce a third film.
The only disappointing aspect to this film (and thus why it doesn't get five stars) was that there were too many threads in the plot, most of which got dropped at various points in the film almost as though the director realised the disbelievability of them and sacrificed script for special effects (much like Tomb Raider). Without giving anything away the descent into 'we're actually reincarnated from powerful Eygptian gods/heroes' brought a touch of the ridculousness to an otherwise excellent film of the genre.
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