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I lost my original purchase of this and had to buy a replacement, one of the very few movies I watch over and over and enjoy it each time!
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It's the Mummy need I say more? Great movie for the family (except may be really little kids) and the sequel is just as good as the original.
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It seems like a long time ago when this came out, but I remember it being the first DVD I had ever bought sight unseen, meaning I had never seen the film in the theater or on tape. I was pleased. I got what I had hoped for: a fun, special-effects extravaganza.
This was an Indiana Jones-Jason And The Argonauts combination adventure story. It's cartoon-like in nature with an absurd swashbuckling hero, outlandish action scenes and the occult theology that filmmakers love so much. (The Mummy has God-like powers, even producing Old Testament plagues.)
However, the film is too long by about 10-15 minutes and there is simply too much action and too much noise. The film needs more lulls.
Brendan Fraser is pretty good as the Indiana Jones figure and Rachel Weisz, a new face at the time, makes a solid impression in her debut. The DVD offered a sharp picture which highlighted a number of jaw-dropping scenes. It's pure escapist fun and not meant to be anything else.
As in many cases, I think this was the best in this modern series, which now numbers three, I believe.
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In The Mummy, Steven Sommers has given us a modern classic film. The quality (in all areas: acting casting, cinematography, directing, music, special effects) is impeccable, and the storyline unique.
This film tells the story of a librarian named Evelyn (played by Rachel Weisz) and her brother Jonathan (played by John Hannah), who come across a map that leads to Hamunaptra, a burial city said to contain enormous treasure, the Book of the Dead, and the Book of Amun-Ra. They enlist the help of a rag-tag American named Rick O'Connell (played by Brendan Fraser), who claims to have been to the city before.
Along the way, they find that they are not the only ones after the City of the Dead, and two separate groups reach the City simultaneously. During their stay at Hamunaptra, some smart, "unsuperstitious" person decides to read a spell from the recently unearthed Book of the Dead, which in turn awakes a mummy cursed to be undead for eternity. This mummy, named Imhotep, wishes to reawake the woman he loved millennia ago, and then conquer the world. It is up to those who awoke him to put him back in his grave. Sounds like fun!
I believe this to be a landmark film. The special effects are very realistic, with barely a trace of CGI "gooiness". Jerry Goldsmith's (so sad that he has passed away now) score is haunting, beautiful, and unforgettable. And Stephen Sommers proves himself to be the director for good, exciting fun in movies!
P.S. ----Please, if you value your health, your sanity, and your life, never, EVER, watch The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Stay away from it like it was the plague! Fear it like the mummy's curse! Unless you like to see a perfectly good franchise destroyed with rotten dialogue, ludicrous storylines, and irritatingly crummy special effects, you will avoid that film at all costs.
Ryan Robledo
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