Natalie defends a movie she loves even though she knows it's terrible.
Who doesn't love mummies? They are like zombies, but way more historically accurate! And I mean not out for brains, just karmic vengeance. I have to admit that I am a total nerd and I LOVE mummies and Ancient Egypt. So when this movie came out and had both of those elements, I was addicted. I must have watched this movie a million times, much to the dismay of my parents who were sick of hearing Brendan Fraser's terrible, not-funny jokes.
Why I Love It:
5. Mummies!! Like I said, the concept that some ancient incantation can bring people back from the dead who have been dead for 3000+ years, is fascinating to me and let's be honest, makes for a great story!
4. The nerdy librarian who loves ancient Egypt more than me and is an aspiring archeologist who gets to tag along the whole time? How can every nerdy girl not love this character and the movie because of it?
3. Flesh eating beetles who end up being the demise for basically every minor character that you really hate and who really deserves death by beetle.
2. A series of plagues, including one that turns everyone into mindless zombies who simply chant "Imhotep"; a plague the protagonists are constantly running from, but oddly enough, never effected by.
1. It has to be the villain. How cool is it that the bad guy can't be killed because he is immortal, but not only that, he walks around literally sucking the life out of the people who opened his tomb? He can turn to sand and move through closed doors (strangely T-1000 reminiscent). And best of all, he has a strange fascination with Evelyn (the nerdy librarian) and wants to sacrifice her. How cool?!!
5. Mummies!! Like I said, the concept that some ancient incantation can bring people back from the dead who have been dead for 3000+ years, is fascinating to me and let's be honest, makes for a great story!
4. The nerdy librarian who loves ancient Egypt more than me and is an aspiring archeologist who gets to tag along the whole time? How can every nerdy girl not love this character and the movie because of it?
3. Flesh eating beetles who end up being the demise for basically every minor character that you really hate and who really deserves death by beetle.
2. A series of plagues, including one that turns everyone into mindless zombies who simply chant "Imhotep"; a plague the protagonists are constantly running from, but oddly enough, never effected by.
1. It has to be the villain. How cool is it that the bad guy can't be killed because he is immortal, but not only that, he walks around literally sucking the life out of the people who opened his tomb? He can turn to sand and move through closed doors (strangely T-1000 reminiscent). And best of all, he has a strange fascination with Evelyn (the nerdy librarian) and wants to sacrifice her. How cool?!!
Why It's a Terrible Movie:
5. Brendan Fraser. Enough said. He is not a great actor, especially for a leading role who is supposed to be funny, unless we are talking about George of the Jungle where he is supposed to basically be a giant ape; he's good at that.
4. Over used, unnecessary, over-the-top special effects. There is a reason that The Mummy from 1932 has a 92 on Rotten Tomatoes and this The Mummy has a 55. The critics liked the simplistic thriller attitude of the old one, that the 1999 verWhy It's a Terrible Movie:
5. Brendan Fraser. Enough said. He is not a great actor, especially for a leading role who is supposed to be funny, unless we are talking about George of the Jungle where he is supposed to basically be a giant ape; he's good at that.
4. Over used, unnecessary, over-the-top special effects. There is a reason that The Mummy from 1932 has a 92 on Rotten Tomatoes and this The Mummy has a 55. The critics liked the simplistic thriller attitude of the old one, that the 1999 version mostly ignored. The 1999 The Mummy tried to get its thrills through special effects and failed.
3. The jokes. They aren't funny. Notice how there wasn't one of the reasons I liked it that involved the humor? The humor was straight up bad. They tried to throw humor into a movie that wasn't funny, and wasn't meant to be funny. And they made sure to have a leading man that definitely couldn't execute the jokes either.
2. Plot holes and mistakes. Just watch this movie once and I guarantee you'll catch at least 5. Watch it again and I bet you'll find 15 more. It's very safe to say they didn't spend their time or money on the script for this movie.
1. The movie was so confused. It couldn't figure out what it wanted to be. It tried to be funny and serious and an action movie and historical. They started out trying to be a B horror movie, but when you watch it its clear, that's not all they ended up trying to do. It's also safe to say they didn't succeed at the B horror film thing.
5. Brendan Fraser. Enough said. He is not a great actor, especially for a leading role who is supposed to be funny, unless we are talking about George of the Jungle where he is supposed to basically be a giant ape; he's good at that.
4. Over used, unnecessary, over-the-top special effects. There is a reason that The Mummy from 1932 has a 92 on Rotten Tomatoes and this The Mummy has a 55. The critics liked the simplistic thriller attitude of the old one, that the 1999 verWhy It's a Terrible Movie:
5. Brendan Fraser. Enough said. He is not a great actor, especially for a leading role who is supposed to be funny, unless we are talking about George of the Jungle where he is supposed to basically be a giant ape; he's good at that.
4. Over used, unnecessary, over-the-top special effects. There is a reason that The Mummy from 1932 has a 92 on Rotten Tomatoes and this The Mummy has a 55. The critics liked the simplistic thriller attitude of the old one, that the 1999 version mostly ignored. The 1999 The Mummy tried to get its thrills through special effects and failed.
3. The jokes. They aren't funny. Notice how there wasn't one of the reasons I liked it that involved the humor? The humor was straight up bad. They tried to throw humor into a movie that wasn't funny, and wasn't meant to be funny. And they made sure to have a leading man that definitely couldn't execute the jokes either.
2. Plot holes and mistakes. Just watch this movie once and I guarantee you'll catch at least 5. Watch it again and I bet you'll find 15 more. It's very safe to say they didn't spend their time or money on the script for this movie.
1. The movie was so confused. It couldn't figure out what it wanted to be. It tried to be funny and serious and an action movie and historical. They started out trying to be a B horror movie, but when you watch it its clear, that's not all they ended up trying to do. It's also safe to say they didn't succeed at the B horror film thing.
Despite all that is wrong with the movie I still love it and always will. I just understand it's not good and get all of the enjoyment out of it I can!
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