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Summary: Indiana Jones and the sincerest form of flattery
Review: Set in the 1930's. Finding treasure hidden away by the pharoahs. Fast paced. Action/ a Adventure. Superior special effects. Sound familiar? The producers bet and won that people who loved the Indiana Jones movies would flock to a reasonable facsimile. The movie proved to be very popular-and deservedly so. Action, humor and suspense are woven seamlessly. The director resisted the temptation to overdo special effects. The casting was near perfect. The result is a superior actin/adventure movie, easily the best since Stephen Spielberg decided not to do this stuff anymore. Understand. The director is not nearly as good as Spielberg in building tension. But to say that your director is not as good as Spielberg is a little like complaining that an author doesn't measure up to Homer. The real surprise of the movie is Brendan Fraser. The man is the ideal action/adventure hero; and I wager that until this movie was released, few suspected it. Looking back it's easy to see that he would be: Tall. Distinct looks. Unique voice. An easy charm. But before, well who would have thought it. If Stephen Spielberg wishes to revive the Indian Jones series, he should take the role from Harrison Ford (too mature for the role now) and give it to Brendan Fraser. He's that good. The DVD version is very good in the way DVD is. Out-takes. background. How the movie was put together etc. But of course the real reaon to buy is the clarity; and here the clarity is first rate. I would rate this movie higher, but the fact that the main idea was taken from the Indian Jones movies will stop it from becoming a classic.
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Summary: More sizzle than steak....
Review: I tire easily of movies that use special efforts as justification for their existence. "The Mummy" is just such a picture. I am of the opinion that special effects should be used like salt and pepper, i.e., to be used sparingly to enhance the experience. However, just as I would never recommend a meal based on spices, I don't recommend movies that have tons of special effects, but with a weak story line and weak acting.Leave this movie for the "techies" who have to have the "latest and greatest" in their technological whiz-bang world.
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Summary: AWSOME
Review: Ok, it might have some bad dialog, but "The Mummy" is an action packed thriller. I havent seen a good movie like that in a while! The special effects are great! It has a good mix of humor, romance, action, and suspense!
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Summary: FANTASTIC
Review: This movie was one of my all time favorites! I totally loved it. Anyone who didn't, does not appreciate good movies. I loved the special effects and the setting. The plot was wonderful and the cast was well picked. I give this movie a standing applause!
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Summary: Excellent Movie, Fantastic DVD Transfer, Magnificent Extras
Review: Wow what a fantastic DVD. If you are a fan of the Mummy you must go out now and buy this DVD. First of all the interactive menus are animated and when you enter the languages, do not do anything and the whole movie score is hidden on there. In Brendan Fraser and Arnold Vosploo (or whateveR) there are trailers hidden in their bios. The making of the special effects is very interesting and tells us alot about how they made each and every speck of dust in the film. It also has a feature that tells us how they made every special effect by itself with before and after montages. There are two theatrical trailers one for For Love Of The Game, and another one for End of Days (Which wasnt good!). They are under the Universal Showcase. The soundtrack in Dolby Digital 5.1 is exceptionally clear as is the picture. It also has 3 deleted scenes which arent nothing special, and it has theatrical trailers, Egyoptology 101 which is a little essay on the mythology. ITs packed with stuff and I recommend it greatly!
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Summary: The mummy's cursed.
Review: I was looking forward to seeing this movie, hoping that the mummy would finally receive the cinematic treatment it deserves. However, I was sorely disappointed. Instead of the horror and suspense one would expect a film with this title to create, here there was nothing but lame one-liners and tiring special effects. A far superior film than this could have been made with about one-third the money.
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Summary: Dumb
Review: Another case where they rely on special effects to make a story scary. Perhaps, they should have invested in a story that would scare someone. Great effects, but the script mixes buffoonish humour with state of the art effects. It doesn't work. Questionable casting as well. this one is a dog, and its mummy's a dog as well.
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Summary: The reviewers don't get the joke!
Review: I saw this movie twice: once in the theatre, and once on video. The first time, I thought the movie was dumb, with a bad script, and bad acting. The second time, I realized that it's SUPPOSED to be that way. The movie is a joke. If you realize that, you'll like the movie. It's a great laugh!
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Summary: One of the best adventure movie since INDIANA..
Review: The fx were cool, sounds great too..the dvd contains lot's of xtra goodies. The cast were all fit to their characters especially Beni, i gave it a 4 stars coz for me only INDIANA JONES deserves the 5 stars.
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Summary: Most enjoyable, this is a video for fun!
Review: Good action, great special effects, I got it for the fun, and it delivered. I also got it because it was Brendan Fraser, and I like what he does to the roles he has played. So it didn't live up to some peoples idea of horror, it scared me!, there were some scenes were I was looking at the screen through my shielding hands, because I was quite a bit shook up. That was some neat monster, he certainly was scarier than any other MUMMY in filmdom. I thought the special effects were pretty darn good, there was a lot of energy that the real actors had to put into those scenes, to make them really click. Actually, I liked the story, too, kind of gave it a nice romantic touch, especially in the scenes with the Pharoh, who's to say that this sad tale didn't happened, or not! Still, this movie did what it was supposed to do, it entertained!
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