So what's the consensus on the latest Mummy movie?
I have not heard good things. Even my aunt and uncle, who don't have the most refined tastes, thought it was inferior to the first two.
Cacophony. That's pretty. What's it mean?
Harmony ,'Underneath'
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Polter-Cow - Aug 25, 2008 12:01:29 pm PDT #7832 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Beverly - Aug 25, 2008 12:03:13 pm PDT #7833 of 10000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Kathy, while I really dug Maria Bello's Evie, I hated the fact they aged her and Rick, marginalized them and tried to shift focus for the derring do to their soap-opera-method suddenly adult son and some random girl (who isn't, but the payoff wasn't sufficient, for me). The movies are about Rick and Evie, and Jonathan. The kid is ancillary. And they should never make one of these things without Oded Fehr, whether the action goes anywhere near the African continent or not.
I loved Michele Yao, but she wasn't given enough to do. The movie was mindless fun, but it didn't hang together well enough, and once the popcorn was gone and we were blinking in the sun, it left a little bit of a bad taste, for me at least.
I actually enjoyed Journey to the Center of the Earth more.
Kathy A - Aug 25, 2008 12:03:29 pm PDT #7834 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Well, I figured it'd be inferior. I'm just wondering if it's sufficient for a late-August movie viewing with a bunch of kids who just want action and adults who don't want their brains to leak out of their ears.
Kathy A - Aug 25, 2008 12:04:45 pm PDT #7835 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
soap-opera-method suddenly adult son and some random girl
That definitely doesn't sound good!!
I actually enjoyed Journey to the Center of the Earth more.
That's still at the theater--this might be a better option.
Beverly - Aug 25, 2008 12:07:18 pm PDT #7836 of 10000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Well, Journey isn't great art, but I thought it was fun, and we didn't even see it in 3D.
Despite being popcorn movies, the Mummies have always delivered on the action and the funny, so I had expectations. There were few expectations for Journey--it's obviously a kid's movie. But it managed to hold my interest. M3...missed. I love Fraser with all my heart, and it hurts to say it, but M3 tanked, for me.
Laga - Aug 25, 2008 12:10:13 pm PDT #7837 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
If you can find Journey in 3-D that's for sure the way to go.
megan walker - Aug 25, 2008 12:14:01 pm PDT #7838 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
God, which one is Rio Grande ? Is that with Monty Clift? Or is that Red River ? I remember liking Fort Apache (although I always mentally add "the Bronx" after it).
amych - Aug 25, 2008 12:21:10 pm PDT #7839 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Rio Grande is cavalry, Apaches, estranged wife, dramatic friction with estranged son (not Monty Clift). Red River is cattle drive, Apaches, dead girlfriend, dramatic friction with adopted son (Monty Clift).
So much high-soapiness from the Duke!
(ETA: and it's not just you with Fort Apache: The Bronx.)
Hayden - Aug 25, 2008 12:35:41 pm PDT #7840 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
So much high-soapiness from the Duke!
HA HA HA HA HA! All in pants hitched up way too high.
tiggy - Aug 25, 2008 12:59:52 pm PDT #7841 of 10000
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
So what's the consensus on the latest Mummy movie?
I was bored stiff. in fact, the *ahem* dvd i had started skipping after about an hour and i didn't feel compelled to attempt to see how it ended. in fact, i spent the majority of that previous hour surfing the net on my ipod and/or playing games on it.