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Summary: The best movie ever!
Review: The Mummy Returns is the best movie I've ever seen. I can't wait until it comes out on video. But when it comes out I'll be first in line! I've never seen a movie as good as this one. I'd like to thank the writers who wrote the screen play and the people who played the characters. I can't wait until October 2nd.
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Summary: A Good Movie
Review: I went to see this movie twice and each time it got better. This was better than the first one and had better graphics. The only things I didn't like about the movie were those little creatures that were in the woods, the ones that shot the blow darts at the people. It looked too much at first like Jarassic Park, when the Raptors took the people under the weeds in the second one. It just looked really bad. My friend and I were laughing throughout that part! The only other part I didn't like was when The Rock came out at the end as the Squirpion King (I don't know how to spell it LOL). It just looked so fake!
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Summary: Absolutely terrible.
Review: The Mummy was a near-perfect combination of humor, special effects, horror, and adventure. This awful sequel is about 98% special effects, 2% humor. To make things worse, the special effects aren't even that great. They're so overblown and overused that they are obviously CGI and don't look real at all (the wall of water is the best example). .... The Mummy Returns makes other special effects vehicles such as 'Armageddon,' 'Godzilla,' and 'Pearl Harbor' look brilliant in comparison.
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Summary: Mummy Returns Rocks!
Review: This is a really fab film, it's light-hearted, silly and fun, just what I like! The film was fantastic at the cinema with great effects and the cast really work well together. All we have to do now is wait for the release date, I will be sat by the Postbox!!!!!
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Summary: Stupid Fun
Review: It still puzzles me why people were calling "The Mummy" a surprise hit. Why? They advertised the film right, they made it fun, they got actors that didn't have huge price tags attached to their names, and made really cool special effects. That signals to me a "hit." What really surprises me is that "The Mummy Returns" turned out to be the giant hit that it was. Sure, it made a ton of money opening weekend due to the success of the previous film, but movies make money on good word-of-mouth and repeat viewers. When I saw this movie for the first time, I figured it would have neither of these factors going for it. Why, you ask? Because, compared to the first film, "The Mummy Returns" is just dumb fun.I loved the character development and the story line from the first film (which can be compared to "Raiders Of The Lost Ark"). However, "The Mummy Returns" can be compared to "Temple Of Doom," in that neither spend an appropriate time on story development and focus mainly on action, as well as new characters that just show up with little explanation. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed this movie, but it's just surprising that so many others did as well. Here's my main point about "The Mummy Returns:" things happen and you just have to go with the flow, rather than ask questions every five minutes. How do Rick and Evelyn have a kid? Well, it's ten years or so after their first bout with the Mummy, they're married, live in a luxurious mansion they bought with the sack of valuables they carried off at the end of the first movie, and the bad guys are now after the famous O'Connell family of explorers. Why is the Mummy coming back? Just another one of your average bad guys wanting to rule the world schemes. How can there be so many Magi warriors? They apparently live all over the desert in tribes, plus it's also a movie about mummies coming back from the dead, so nothing is to be taken too seriously. And that is the most important thing, not to take anything too seriously with "The Mummy Returns." Some personal highlights in my viewing experience were: pop-culture references to both "Titanic" and "Dr. Strangelove" within the movie, the Pigmy Mummies, the complete cheese-factor of the CG Rock/Scorpion King, and the zany fun that I had watching "The Mummy Returns." This was definitely a worthy follow-up, not the one I expected, not serious at all, but worthy to add to your adventure films collection.
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Summary: Better than the first!
Review: I have to say that I highly disagree with the critics. The Mummy Returns was better than the first one. How to start... Okay, there was a lot of action, but instead of being exausting, it keeps you on the edge of your seat. Another thing: the graphics were better. And it still has the element where O'Connell has to save the world AND his son, and he does a pretty darn good job of doing it. The only part I didn't like was all that about reincarnation. But that one little thing can't spoil the movie. Take my advice: if you liked The Mummy, you'll love The Mummy Returns!
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Summary: Good Movie
Review: Good movie. The special effects arent as good as the first but they are still great. It would have been better if they their was more of that black guy show. It has some comedy in it. It still has Imotep as the bad guy. They should have shown more of the Scorpion Kings battles in the begining. But over all it was as good if not better than the first.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I was sorely disappointed by The Mummy Returns. The original Mummy was one of my favourite movies; it had a believable storyline, smart and interesting action, spontaneous humour, and romantic tension and chemistry between Rick and Evie. The sequel is undoubtedly faster-paced and packed with lots of action and special effects, but at the expense of a good plot, which is central to any movie (of course, viewers weaned on a diet of computer games might argue that good cgi and special effects are more important). And just because an action sequence or humour worked in the first movie does not mean that the same should be repeated in a thinly disguised form in the sequel (e.g. sand storm/wall of water, biplane/blimp); it makes for boring entertainment. In an interview with the director, I believe he said he wanted to take what audiences liked about the first movie and give them the same in the sequel. I think audiences would have liked to keep the *spirit* of the movie, but not exactly the same action or humour! The impression is that the producers/writers/director are too lazy to think of fresh approaches to the movie. Now that Rick and Evie are married, all the romantic tension is gone and they seem tired, especially Evie (must be the stress of the son!). The mummy is impotent and his girlfriend Ankh is no longer passionate and scary. I had so much hope for The Mummy Returns, but I would think twice about buying the DVD.
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Summary: PURE ENTERTAINMENT...
Review: This is a razzle, dazzle, knock you out of your seat with special effects, kind of movie. It is non-stop entertainment, and a worthy sequel to its predecessor, "The Mummy". Even though the plot is thin, and character development is almost non-existent, I still thoroughly enjoyed the movie. Archaeologists Rick (Brendan Fraser) and Evie (Rachel Weisz) have tied the knot since the original movie and have an eight year old son, Alex, adorably played by Freddie Boath. While on an archaeological dig in Egypt, they recover a special, golden bracelet which conveys special powers to the person who wears it. Alex, not knowing this, puts on the bracelet which had, at one time, belonged to the Scorpio King, played by wrestler, The Rock. Evie's brother (John Hannah deliciously reprises his original role) is mistaken for Rick, as mysterious emissaries try to kill him in an attempt to recover the bracelet on behalf of the evil Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo reprising his original role). As Evie and Rick continue to do battle against these evil, murderous emissaries, the mysterious and devastatingly attractive, Medjai warrior, Ardeth Bay (Oded Fehr also reprising his original role), joins them in their battle against evil. In this sequel, past and present collide, and reincarnation adds its own interesting, little twist to the plot. For my money, Oded Fehr walks away with the movie, as Ardeth Bay is such a compelling character: sexy, swashbuckling, and mystical, all rolled into one. He is definitely my favorite character. I hope that we will see even more of him in the next sequel. (Who are we kidding? Of course, there will be another sequel!) The only negative thing that I have to say about the movie has to do with the animation of the Scorpion King at the end. It is too cartoonish. I found it jarring and distracting, as it did not seem to fit with the other graphics used throughout the movie which were great. It made me give the movie four stars, rather than the five I would probably have given, had this concept not been so annoying. It was unnecessary to have this cheesy looking animation, as it detracted from the movie and downgraded its overall quality. Still, see this movie. It is escapism at its best, as well as pure entertainment.
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Summary: First half was excellent, second half blew it
Review: In Mummy Returns, they tried to put too much into one movie. It went from a "save the family" movie to a "save the world" movie too quickly. Then, they had the hoaky mom comes back to life idea, next the terrible half-man, half-scorpion guy in a cheesy "save the world" fight. There was a great first half which really got the movie going, but the stuff listed above made it pretty bad. I would wait for video on this one.
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