It's a bit late but I waited a while before I even saw this one. But here we go with my first movie review of 2019.
The Mummy (2017)
The failed first shot for creating the
'Dark Universe' series of connected movies from Universal Pictures.
Sadly due to the lack of success on their first attempt Universal
folded up and put the idea away on the shelf.
There actually isn't anything
spectacular here. It is a decent action adventure movie with plenty
of horror elements tossed in for effect but in the end it all added
up to nothing more than an average movie. Nothing stood out to
really grab your attention, none of the characters or their
portrayals, the effect ideas were things we had seen before and the
writing was even middle of the road.
Don't get me wrong there were some good
ideas in there. Having Dr. Jekyll heading up an organization to fight
evil along with the design and look of their base of operations. All
good, but not great. The way the villain worked and her various
abilities, all good. But that was one problem, they were all simply
just good. Nothing stood up and made you go “Oh now that is
interesting”.
One huge problem for me was the pacing
of the film. It went back and forth from fast to slow so often that
it became jarring. They would build something up really quick and
then you were tossed back into slow speed again. Somebody forgot how
to make a movie that picks up speed and pace and keeps it going.
Another problem was Tom Cruise and his
character. I simply couldn't get behind him. He came off as unlikable
and when they tried to make him more personable as the movie went on
it failed. I started referring to him as “that jackass” more
often as the film went on.
All that being said I don't see why
there is so much hate for this film other than it failed to live up
to expectations. It's an okay movie and anybody who thinks it is a
terrible movie obviously hasn't seen enough actual terrible movies to
know the difference (You know like Transformer Dark of the Moon). It's worth a cheap rental or catching it on
television for a bit of entertainment. Now going out and picking up
the Blu-Ray.... well I would advise that unless you like expensive drink coasters.
Looking for something Mummy related but more fun then check out the Mummy RPG.
Looking for something Mummy related but more fun then check out the Mummy RPG.
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This guy prays you don't forget about the really good and entertaining Mummy movie of the past.
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