I've heard that the scoundrel / evil genius, MORIARTY will be seeing THE MUMMY (again, remember the first time he was suffering the rigors of Time Travel) and he wants a chance to reevaluate the film. Plus, he's taking in an entire SWAT team of fellow spies, so get ready for THE MUMMY to be unwrapped soon... and ya know... from the sound of this review, I can't wait to unwrap it myself.
Hey Harry, The Juice here. Caught a screening on The Mummy on this fine friday night (which happens to be the eve of my 19th birthday). Anyhow this movie is basically what we have all come to expect out of summer movies, its not a future classic and its not quite up to Indy's par (although it does give you an idea to how badass a new Indy would be!) but it is an enjoyable ride of great effects and John Woo style 1930's action.
The movie starts you off in Ancient Egypt (wonderful CGI). We are soon introduced to the Pharaohs high priest and the Pharaohs mistress. When the Pharaoh learns of their affair he tries to kill them but instead he is killed by the two lovers. On the escape the mistress is killed as well. The high priest leaves her behind after promising his lover that he will revive her, but he is ultimately captured and mummified alive as a punishment, to become the undead. This really isnt spoiler material considering it all happens in the first five minutes. Brenden Fraser was actually pretty enjoyable. This movie also has a few good one liners (the biggest action movie cliche' of our day) that actually got a laugh out of me. And the female lead (didnt catch her name) in this movie is a strange combination of cute and sexy, needless to say i liked her alot (my girlfriend had to manually shut my jaw for me at times). Some of the acting was really bad (pay attention to the guy on the right when the Americans are oppening the box with the book of the dead) and for some reason they wouldnt lay off making fun of Americans, stupid americans! greedy americans! selfish americans! filthy americans! etc. etc. (amusing the first five times, but gets old quick).
My favorite was all of the CGI mummies, they are awesome, they move very fluidly and real. You want some more plot? Ok well there are two parties looking for the hidden city of the dead yada yada yada, they awake the mummy yada yada yada, mummy unleashes plagues, well you get the hint. Plot is pretty predictable but not bad it kept me interested. Anyways go see the Mummy, it has kinda snuck up on us and i havent heard much talk about it (its hard to hear any talk about anthing other than SW1 which i will see sometime early may before its release), its a good experience and will hold you over for a couple of weeks.
Till my Instinct review on sunday, later Harry
THEJuice
