Posts Tagged ‘fantasy’

Not having seen the first two films, I did not know what to expect of the third installment of “The Mummy”. From what I’d been told, the other two were quite bad. In addition to that, the only Brendan Fraser movie I ever saw was “George of the Jungle”, so my hopes weren’t high to say the least.

I’m happy to say that I pleased with the movie. I was sceptic up until the point that I realized that the creators of the movie didn’t take it seriously themselves, so I certainly shouldn’t try to! The genre is adventure, and my first thought of comparison is Indiana Jones. However, underneath it all it’s just a comedy. Once you realize that, the seemingly forced acting and poor dialog actually becomes a great source of fun in and of itself.

Now, I’m not allowed to give away spoilers, which unfortunately includes itsy bitsy details. So all I can say is that unexpected characters show up and give the movie a whole new twist completely in line with the paragraph above. Also, you will see something being thrown unlike anything in film history and that particular sequence just had me laughing hard and deep.

Expect innovations in film as well as historical foundations, and characters suddenly changing their mother tongue. Expect good fun, lameness and special effects set into stone. Expect platitudes, hairy women and Brendan Fraser without a thong.
And whatever you do, don’t take of too seriously!
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I wrote the whole thing on my iPhone, so pardon me if it’s shorter than normal.