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The Mummy Returns (2001)
One half of the BEST movie ever made!!
What is wrong with people? And underrated director like Stephen Sommers comes up with an idea that completely overshadows the works of the VERY overrated Mr. Spielburg(!), and all a bunch of mindless morons want to do is put it down for no reason! The Mummy and The Mummy Returns are so equally great, I count them as one long awesome spectacular!! Take the handsome, talented, fun, and funny Brendan Fraser, give him a wonderful action hero to play, and you have a character that puts Harrison Ford's hard boiled, "takes himself too seriously" Indiana Jones to complete shame! Combine Mr Fraser with the beautiful and very talented Rachel Wiez, and you have an unbeatable team in more ways than just one. I could go on and on about the rest of this awesome cast, but their movies(raking in over 400 million each!) speak for themselves! The sad thing is, we only got to see these rare treats (the actors) come together twice. Thats Hollywood politics for you. Thanks to Mr. Spielburg and Mr. Lucas being put up on high horses they don't deserve to be on, next summer we get to put up with an aging Harrison Ford putting on a hat and giving us another bad Humphrey Bogart impersonation. What joy! -NOT!!
The Mummy Returns (2001)
A Guilty Pleasure!
As a game, the Mummy Returns is just "ok". And the simple animation(no mouth movement during cut scenes), is a little irritating. But, as a video action figure "play set" for your PS2, it's fantastic!! You get to play with GI Joe sized "action figures" of either Rick' O'connell, or Imhotep. And, as an added bonus, the PS2 joins in with "action figures" of Evelyn, Ardeth Bay, Johnathan, Mila, Medji warriors, and red guard! The game play is simplistic. For kids this game may be a challenge, but for us adults who loved this fantastic movie and it's awesome original, this is a guilty pleasure that gives us a chance to play with a Mummy Returns action figure set!
The Mummy (1932)
One BAD movie!!
With a movie that has so much wrong with it, where do I even begin? First of all, the movie makes a 10 year lapse in time, that is so vauge, I guarantee you will miss it the first time you see it. Imhoptep is shown at the begining of the movie "mummified". After a lame sequence showing a man gone insane at the sight of Imhotep, a simple newspaper headline is supposed to explain to us that it is now 10 years later.For some strange reason, Imhopted now looks relatively human, and now living as a rich man in an Egyptian city. Don't ask me, I'm still trying to figure that one out! He then proceeds to look for the incarnation of his long lost love, who conviently lives in the same city. One day, he just happens to run into her(beyond lame!). Anyone who gets in the way dies by the power of Imhotep! Well, exactly what this power is(unlike the powerhouse played by Arnold Vosloo,this Imhoptep appears to be very frail), or why he even has powers is never explained. Combine inconsistancies, with poor acting, and unintentional humor, and you have a pathetic farce that is hardly a classic. And, before anyone becomes defensive about the film's age, I only have to mention to movies. Both Univerals "Dracula" and "Frankenstien" prove that movies from this time era could be MUCH better than this boring waste of time! And speaking of "Frankenstien", Boris Karloff should have been ashamed of himself for making such a good movie, then following up with such a bad one.