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Summary: Fun Without Being 'Campy'
Review: This movie is alot of fun! There is a wit and charm about it which is reminiscent of the movie, "Raiders of the Lost Ark." The director was quite familiar with the original 'mummy' movie from the 1930s, and likewise portrayed the mummy as a hopeless romantic (type of monster). Excellent effects combined with a loveable chemistry amongst the cast make for a very entertaining film.
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Summary: An Ardent fan...
Review: This is a terrific set of DVD's. For fun and information, they are much better than even the Star Wars DVD. For film enthusiasts, the commentaries are a delight. What is the most fun is that there are 3 and the ones with the actors give a LOT of insight. It's wonderful to hear Arnold Vosloo, Oded Fehr and Kevin J. O'Connor give their views and relate experiences. You learn a lot about the film in the technical sense from the director, but you learn a lot more about the actors and the human part from the other 2 interviews. The only problem with the commentaries is that Brendan Frasier's voice is a bit too low to hear over some of the movie. Also knowing all the goofs sometimes takes away from the film because you see them every time you view it.The BEST way to get uninitiated people into viewing WideScreen (letterbox) instead of the horrific Pan and Scan/Full Frame is to do what they did here and include both. The nasty Full Frame will never compare to the WS version in ANY movie. With even a 27" TV tube, the theater effect is really there. I am absolutely delighted with this DVD and The Mummy Returns. As an ardent fan, I am very disappointed that there won't be a third installment. While the second movie is fun, it didn't capture the fantasy and comedy as the first one did. It focused too much on action and lost some continuity and some of the romance and fantasy. The Scorpion King didn't need to be featured so much because he took away from Arnold Vosloo's character and relegated him to the background. I thought it would be absolutely riveting to have the O'Connells travel to Central America and have the mummy from an Ancient Mayan King come after them...think of the beautifiul sets, jade, gold and excitement...A real way to make the third a charm. Wish they would consider it.
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Summary: Among my list of the best of 1999.
Review: Along with " The Matrix" and " Phantom Menace", this is one of the three Spectacular and exciting rides of that year. Brendan Fraser plays a Raider who stumbles upon a old Egyptian Kingdom
that is guarded by Terrible Spirits including the former Priest
" Imhotep". Full of Non-Stop Thrills, Chills, Spills and yes
folks! some scares as well. Own the Ultimate Edition and see the awesome extras along with this awesome movie.
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Summary: It's just getting better and better
Review: A girl running around a mummy's tomb in a negligee, a tall blonde and handsome hero, a really really gorgeous guy with writing on his cheeks, and a bald mummy. For all the hokiness and cliche, it really is a great movie. I would even let a young child watch it, and I'm totally against children seeing anything scary, but it's not scary, it's funny! I bought this and "The Mummy Returns" on DVD, and I was NOT disappointed. The extras, behind the scenes, and outtakes are awesome. I totally recommend this movie.
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Summary: Mummy Dearest
Review: This 1999 blockbuster harks back to the old 40's and 50's Saturday morning matinee serials. It also, and not too discretely, does the Indiana Jones thing too. The movie is totally cartoonish. Is that bad?. Of course not. The movie was meant to be a fun, entertaining ride, and it's just that. Brendan Fraser stars as our hero who is propositioned by Egyptologist Evelyn(played by the lovely Rachel Weisz), to guide her to the lost city of Hamunaptra. The City Of The Dead. It sounds charming. Once they start digging there, they find the mummified corpse of Imhotep. He was a man who was buried alive millions of years ago because he was sleeping with the pharaoh's daughter. Even back then men didn't know better. Anywho, he is revived by a spell Evelyn accidentally reads and all hell breaks loose. He plans on resurrecting his love, which includes a lot of gore and violence. He sucks the life out of the people who were there at the dig in order to be regenerated. Oh boy, there's always a catch!. The action scenes are fun and campy. There is a nice, quirky touch of humor throughout the film that is quite funny. The effects and make-up are all good. The cast is pretty solid, if not a tad mediocre. The sets are truly wonderful and are filmed wonderfully by director Stephen Sommers. It's a highly enjoyable and entertaining 'popcorn' flick that is only to be as such. The fun was sort of lost on the overstuffed sequel. Still, this is a entertaining movie.
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Summary: If you're expecting Boris Karloff or Lon Chaney, forget it
Review: I've heard a wide variety of mixed reviews about "The Mummy" so last weekend my wife and I watched it for ourselves. If you're a die hard Boris Karloff Mummy fan, you'll notice that several of the script lines are from the 1933 flick, although different people utter these. Boris was both Imhotep and Ardeth Bay while his old flame was Anchsunamun. Be prepared, they all show up in this new Mummy movie but as three different people (No Karis or Princess Ananka here). If you're looking for a Karloff/Chaney/Christopher Lee style leg dragging, bandage laden mummy movie, forget it. It's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Industrial Light and Magic, as usual, did a bang up job with the FX. To cut the long story short, it's a 21st century version of all of the old mummy movie plots with tons of action and amazing special effects. It's a new twist on an old story line, but hey, that's what Hollywood seems to have been doing here the past several years. We both rated it 5 stars because we both love action flicks and this one sure fits the bill. If your're not into action or horror flicks(The Mummy is not really graphic horror), then don't even bother seeing this movie or its sequel (let alone rating it). However, if you are, then I recommend it highly. Later
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Summary: Terribly Overrated
Review: For the life of me, I will never understand the craze about this film. The acting ranged from terrible to 2nd rate, the special effects were too heavy, character development was virtually nonexistent. For a film that has been called the next Indiana Jones, everything in this film is lesser than Speilberg's and Lucas' superb adventure trilogy. I mean, what the heck was up with this film anyway? Brendan Fraser's trying to be an action hero, but also a comedian, just did not work as he never neared achieving either goal. The deaths of several of the good characters had no effect, as we never really got to know them. Not once DURING THE ENTIRE MOVIE was I on the edge of my seat, though it was all I could do to not lean comfortably back and fall asleep in it. Okay, perhaps that's an overstatement and a bit harsh, but this film is not as good as the critics say!
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Summary: Indiana Jones Revisited
Review: I agree with the other gentleman about this being nothing more than a way of doing Indiana Jones all over again. You can see it all over the movie, #1 and #2. Special Effects were very good, but the rest was like watching Harrison Ford again.
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Summary: VERY ENJOYABLE FLICK, VERY GOOD DVD
Review: The Mummy is fun, smart and just what we were expecting, the adventure genera to come back to life like The Mummy, or Imhotep. The movie is pretty enjoyable, plus it has good special effects, it is serious but still with funny jokes here and there and the actors look like they had a good time doing the movie. Good old action, that gives me flashes of Indiana Jones, plus, the DVD is awesome, it has lot's of special features, nice sound and picture quality, plus, the movie is in the two discs, in one it is on widescreen, and in the other in fullscreen, I did not expect that one, but I did like it, I had not seen that before, that was a nice feature. So, if you like old fashion adventure, get The Mummy Ultimate Edition, and if you like it, get also The Mummy Returns as I did, the both make a nice combo.
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Summary: the mummy return part 2
Review: The mummy retur part one was very interesting and it was more thrilling than the mummy return part 2. The plot in the second part was almost predictable. I would give a higher rating to part one.
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