The Slow Death of The Mummy Franchise
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- Опубліковано 3 лют 2022
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The Mummy (1999) is a perfect adventure movie, so what happened? In this video, I go over everything from Returns and Tomb of the Dragon Emperor to Tom Cruise's The Mummy (2017).
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A friendly reminder to everyone that Brendan Fraser has been accused of being one of the nicest guys in Hollywood with a heart of gold. We love you Brendan.
Yes he is I love Encino man, a couple of years ago they try to black ball him because he said in a GQ article a director sexually assaulted him
You had me in the first half.
@@addictivenews that's awful
@@rahbeeuh yes its super sad but I am glad he is back acting again
I love Brendan. He seems genuinely nice and I feel bad for what happened to him.
1st rule of a cinematic universe:
"You do NOT tell everyone that you're making a cinematic universe!"
2end rule don't rush your universe /make a bad first movie
You're supposed to surprise 3% of your audience with a character showing up in a seemingly unrelated movie. Then sit back and watch as your viewers spread around rumors about future crossover movies.
Worked for Godzilla and Kong.
Cinematic universes like love is best when it just happens by chance over time. I'm having fun with metaphors here it's not a rule carved in stone, but at least lay a good groundwork before you go full ham
Worked decently well for the Monsterverse. Speaking as a lifelong fan of the classic Godzilla and Kong movies, I loved them.
"Hey O'Connell! it looks to me like I've got all the horses!"
"Hey Beni! Looks to me like you're on the wrong side of the river!"
Fraser is so good in that scene.
This O’Connell and Beni dynamic is so gold
"RIIII-VEEEER!"
Benny was so funny! The fact he has every current religious symbol tells you something
Mummy’s definitely one of the few franchises to capture that Indiana Jones magic. But its success was largely thanks to Brandon Fraiser’s… unique charm. He gave it the right blend of swashbuckling camp and self-seriousness to make its goofier elements work.
He was great, and such beautiful man. That body though...
The whole cast was wonderful for that film from Sommers. I still wish Arnold Vosloo who played Imhotep got more work.
@@oxtheunlikelycontemplator2682 Yes I agree he really made a great job.
Yeah I can't think of many others... Maybe the first Pirates of the Caribbean?
@@oxtheunlikelycontemplator2682 have you ever seen "The Guard" ? Smaller budget Irish crime film but he's one of the main characters. IMHO it's a great movie in part because of his acting.
Brendan's The Mummy was planned as a one-off movie that ended up becoming a trilogy while Tom's The Mummy was planned as a series that ended up being a one-off movie.
You either live long enough to be the villain, or you plan for a long life, and get hit by a bus.
Paraphrase: Harvey Dent
pretentiousness surely is one of the main factors that have contributed to the failure of that god forsaken movie
@@JohnDarksoul69 Why was the mummy a woman when he was a dude?
@@donkeysaurusrex7881 It's called a remake......That's why.
I'm really glad Brendan Fraiser is having a bit of a career Renaissance. He's a very likable actor and deserved a lot better
He's prolly also a likable human being
@@anthonyselby6436 nah hes pretty scummy
People compare him to Chris Evans, but Brendan Fraser reminds me of Channing Tatum.
I was so happy to hear about him finally being free of his alimony costs. The man got sunk by Hollywood and betrayed by his wife. He deserves big parts in major films again.
I find 'The Mummy Returns' enjoyable. A little bloated, and guilty of coasting on the first one a bit too much, but otherwise still solid.
Same.
Yea I like it just as much as the mummy
Same. I actually find the mission in the sequel more interesting. It builds on the first movie, as a good sequel should do.
Agree
It's a solid back to back watch with the first
Brendan Fraser is still one of the most underrated actors of all time. They messed up the third movie when they couldn’t get Rachel Weisz back.
Yeah honestly that third movie was really unnecessary the story was a bit of a hot mess
Nothing like a decade and a half of bland charmless stoic leading men to make you really appreciate what Brendan Fraser brings to the table as a leading man.
Oded Fehr deserves some love here. He makes for a surprising twist in the second act of the first Mummy, and is one of the only really good things about the sequel. And he does it while looking like a million bucks the whole time.
YES! I LOVE that guy! Ardeth is one of my favourite characters in the Mummy series. And he still looks like a million bucks
I now appreciate the likely reasons why Rick had to pull back from heavy action in Mummy 3, but saddling him with a "bad dad" plot was unforgivable. Does anyone really think Rick O'Connell would develop into a stern and disapproving father figure? Wouldn't it make sense if he was more of an irresponsible father, providing a bad example to his son and getting both into trouble, or something along those lines? Wouldn't that be more fun than the boilerplate daddy issues stuff?
Indeed. Perhaps Rick might have found himself in jail (again) for some kind of (very amusing no doubt) offense.
exactly, remember how he busted ass running through the jungle with his kid in his arms to make it to the temple before the Sun came out? a bad dad wouldn't have cared.
But it worked so well with Harry Potter and the cursed child.
Why couldn't we have had Rick being awesome disability representation?! Many people become disabled due to ageing/lifestyle/ plain old luck. He could have honed his sharp shooter skills and used his cunning more than his body as he adapted unapologetically to the changes in his life.
I never thought about it that way but I completely agree with you that would have been more true to her character but also just more fun in general
Imagine if we actually got the 4th Brendan Fraser movie The Mummy: Rise of the Aztec with Antonio Banderas as the main villain. South America would be a cool location with great history and archeology.
Peru was teased at the end of the Tomb of The Dragon Emperor
Aztecs are from Mexico, which is part of North America so we wouldn’t cover any South American cultures. But if the movies are to stick with the mummy themes, they should definitely cover South American cultures, specifically Peru where they found mummified remains up on the mountains.
@@Sol36900 Yep, The Mummy: Rise of the Inca. That would honestly be terrifying. Imagine running around from mummies in the mountains. The concept of fighting these undead people who were such a problem in life is good for this franchise.
Cancel culture wouldn't permit it in current day
@@arthurballs9632 Yeah, whiny white comic book nerds would HAAAAATE a movie made in middle and south america with a latino actor. They'd do everything to get the movie canceled.
The first Mummy is still so good. It’s the perfect mix of a self aware, campy, adventure movie I refuse to say a bad word about it.
I just want another movie that's just a pure action flick, filled with all of the cheesy stereotypes and romantic tropes that made the 1999 Mummy great. Without the A list actors like Tom Holland's or Chris Pratt's. Somebody that's less know but actually can give off an attempt of acting
I'd say Liev Schrieber if he was younger. That kind of look is what it needs. Like a guy in his 30s-40s that's been beat down by the sun and the wind.
Actually, a Chris Pratt Mummy movie with a solid script could be a ton of fun. He essentially built his career in the same way Frazier. Predominantly small comedy things leading to bigger action movies.
The way this video describes Brendan Fraser reminds me of Chris Pratt. But it's a shame that Fraser didn't get any other action movies after these. I guess there was Journey to the Center of the Earth but who watched that? He should've been in a National Treasure.
Perhaps Uncharted?
@@EquestriaGuy See Uncharted is a series that'd be a great example to hold up next to something like the 1999 The Mummy, but with actors like Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Antonio Banderas, I don't know if it will hold up near as well. I don't hate these actors, I just wish they weren't so far into the spotlight. I mean one of the highest rated Spider-Man films JUST came out in December, and they're releasing Uncharted so soon???
2nd rule of a cinematic universe:
"You do NOT imitate the MCU!!!"
A horror genre with crossovers would be sick as fuck. Also, Star trek and Stargate and soap operas were doing the universe thing long ago.
You can imitate the MCU if you do it right. Problem is, studios are attempting to imitate current MCU films, that have a decade of universe building behind them, rather than looking at the first few MCU movies like Iron Man 1, etc. Those movies stood on their own
The Universal monsters cinematic universe existed LONG before the MCU. Monsters were crossing over as early as the 30s.
@@HOTD108_ That makes double foul for their failed Dark Universe. They did crossovers first and yet in the reboot, they tried to copy the MCU. Pathetic.
Everyone wants to make the next Avengers. Trouble is no one wants to make the next Thor or Captain America: The First Avenger. They try to make the next Iron Man but just end up making Iron Man 2 instead.
After the first two Mummy films starring Brendan Fraser were huge box office hits, director Stephen Sommers also directed another monster movie for Universal called Van Helsing. With Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Wolf Man together in the same movie. You could have mentioned that briefly before the third Mummy movie.
Talk about a bloated mess with dated cgi. Nobody even liked Van Helsing even when it was coming out. It’s all of Sommer’s worst aspects as a filmmaker all put into a cgi mess.
@@Davidsworldtravels Even though Van Helsing is not the greatest movie ever made, I still find it to be a great fun entertaining monster movie. Heck, the late Roger Ebert even gave that film a thumbs up. For me personally, I’d say Stephen Sommers weaker film is G I Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Although I think G I Joe: The Rise of Cobra was entertaining, I do face the fact that it’s not a great movie and it’s not really that memorable.
With Brendan Fraser getting such a huge comeback, it’d be cool if we saw another mummy film with him.
Yeah!! See Another Mummy Film with him!!! and Rachel Weisz Too!!!
after Ghostbusters and Matrix, anything is possible now.
They're getting old, not spring chickens anymore. You need a new likable and playable cast. If they can match their looks and charisma then it will be golden.
I rewatched this movie about a week ago and it was honestly the first time I realized how similar it is to Indiana Jones. In that light, while Indiana Jones is a better movie overall, it feels like Evie and Rick are very much in conversation with Indy and Marion and make some definite improvements over their characters and chemistry. Adam Savage described Marion as a woman you can throw the gun to, but Evie is a character in her own right rather than someone who can become useful when the male lead chooses to acknowledge and tag them in. You were absolutely right about the two actors' chemistry being amazing - it's a huge selling point of the film to this day.
Also, on a side note, huge props to whoever edited the original Mummy. It's pretty tightly cut together, without any bloat. There are a few moments I wish could be drawn out a little, but the movie has the core of what it needs and no extra to tell the story.
Personally I like Evie a lot more than Marion
i prefer the first mummy to idiana jones
Dude, Tom Cruise is totally to blame for the failure of the newest movie. He didn't sign onto a film with a bad script, he signed on, then forced excessive rewrites to satisfy his own ego, which resulted in a bad script.
It was written by Alex Kurtzman, so I think it's safe to say the script was nothing special from the start.
I was about to say that, Cruise interfered a lot in the script.
Looking for this comment
I would like to know what was the original script
@@gustavogirotto I agree with you because Tom Cruise is infamous for shit like that, according to R. Lee Ermey in an interview from 2006 it was Tom Cruise's ego that destroyed Stanley Kubrick's last film Eyes Wide Shut. Even Tim Burton had trouble with Tommy Boy, Fox wanted Cruise to be Edward Scissorhands and yet Cruise wanted Burton to change the character from a shy timid emo into a macho manly stud.
The original mummy is still one of my favorites and as a kid it sent me down the Egyptian rabbit hole and the rollercoaster was so dope
I saw The Mummy (2017) with my ex in cinema, we broke up shortly after, now I'm not saying that the movie directly caused us to break up but it is really bad and I don't think it helped.
The Mummy (1999) is a perfect blend of genres: it's got action, adventure, horror, romance, and comedy. Most importantly, it does all of them very well. I think very few movies (including Sommers' other projects) are able to shift between so many genres this successfully. It's an incredibly charming and entertaining film that is so rewatchable. I love the characters, humor, set pieces and story. Rick and Evie are so damn charismatic and their romance doesn't feel forced unlike a lot of other 90s flicks. Other characters are very memorable as well: Jonathan, Benji, Ardeth, Anck Su Namun, and of course Imhotep. Even the jokes and special effects still holds up well. While some of the CGI looks a little bit dated, the mummified Imhotep + his priests are still very menacing. It's one hell of a movie.
The Mummy 1999 is a fantastic classic that thankfully is getting more love than before.
The Mummy Returns is a great sequel (and my personal favorite) that expanded the characters and ended the storyline in a nice little bow. Even if the effects lacked polish.
But the third and fourth? No. Just no.
Same! I absolutely loved the 2nd movie as well. I keep on rewatching the duology (I refuse to accept the 3rd and 4th as Canon) as much as I rewatch Indiana Jones and the original mad max with my dad
@@kirakira1212 Glad someone agrees! The second is pure awesomeness!
Anytime a studio tries to make a pre-planned "cinematic universe", it always fails.
I haven't thought about this movie in forever, what a way to concisely explain how that exactly happened
I love John Hanna in like everything he’s in, he just commits to everything really well
One thing the first Mummy movie did very well that other films often don't is keeping the scale of the problems relatively small or isolated. Yes, the mummy's eventual goal is to rule the world but it's not a globe trotting Adventure with everyone's lives in the balance right this second and the world knows it, it stays to it's local areas, characters and mythology.
I feel like it died very suddenly with the third one. The first two stand alone in my mind.
I absolutely loved these movies, as well as Indiana jones as a kid. This for me did not pale in comparison to jones, I loved it just as much. The pure adventure and scale of the movies, Brendan also I looked up to, and Evie and her brother were great in their roles. Miss these old kind of movies a lot.
I also really enjoyed the second film in the series. I would love to see another big budget, practical effects and stunts Mummy. Sign me up!
I love the Mummy and The Mummy Returns! It's rare to see movies be so sincerely cheesy and fun these days!
I feel like it really embodies how I remember the '90s, especially the latter half when I was more aware and engaged with popular culture. Things just got so serious, formulaic, and corporate after that.
Something I really loved about Mummy 2 is how the O'Connells feel like a real family. Rick and Evy actually act like they're married on top of being capable partners, and also clearly love their son who acts like a believable child (and Johnathan is also a believable uncle). The reason to stop Imhotep and the Scorpion King isn't to save the world, it's to get back their son; but Alex isn't just treated as a reason to get from A to B either, Rick and Evy are emotionally distraught at losing their son and never let the audience forget this and Alex isn't a passive kidnapee either.
Which is why I really didn't like Mummy 3, they didn't feel like a family, just people who were stuck together and told to call each other family. And Alex was so insufferable, his parents went through so much to rescue him as a child, yet he acts like it was no big deal and that he can just dismiss his parents entirely because he's a big boy now.
How is it that the child portrayal of Alex was less annoying and punchable than the adult version? That has to be worth some sort of prize.
Thanks for acknowledging the bad chemistry between Pratt and Howard in Jurassic world. The characters in that are so bland.
I'll be honest, I feel like Pratt doesn't have chemistry with anyone in his movies.
@@TheMysteryDriver Eh, I can at least say that I felt invested in him & Zoe Saldana as Gamora during Infinity War but that's probably because theirs was a slow-burn development built across more than one movie.
@@TheMysteryDriver It doesn't help that his characters are usually the same person
@@TheMysteryDriver he does with the Guardians and Tom Holland
@@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose that's because the Russo brothers are great at creating interesting characters. I never cared about Gamora prior to infinity war.
I honestly think you’re maybe a littttle harsh on the Mummy Returns but I also haven’t really watched it since I was a kid. Definitely want to rewatch The Mummy now though. I love Brendan Fraser 😩❤️
The Revenge of the Mummy ride was so amazing. Was not expecting them to go so hard and it was worth it. You know it's good when part of the ride is being able to feel the heat of the actual fire.
Even gave me 2 days of nightmares, like it’s that scary & enjoyable.
I think if the '99 mummy film had used good practical effects rather than CGI it would be regarded as a bit of a low key classic now.
Yeah but still I think the CGI looks pretty good.
@@slystone4892 Um, have you rewatched it recently?
@@HOTD108_ speaking for myself, rewatched 3 days ago, still pretty good to me
@@HOTD108_ mmm like three months ago on Netflix yes.
@@HOTD108_ You can definitely tell it's cg, but it's definitely passable (especially for its age)
I was talking to a friend of mine about movies like this, The Zorro movies, The Pirates movies, they don't do those kinds of movies anymore. The first Mummy is still amazing. Also can we applaud for the guy who played Benny? That guy was comic gold in that role
Fun Fact: I really fricken hurt my neck on the Mummy ride at Disney world a few years back. There was a specific jarring motion and my neck was in pain for months after it.
There's no point to my comment, except maybe that I felt as old as they were pretending Brendan Frazier was in the 3rd movie after that.
Poor thing! 😂 I’m sorry I laughed at your last comment.
You mean at Universal Studio?
The Mummy is and has always been one of my favorite movies from my childhood, I can remember watching it on VHS. I watch it at least once a year, especially when I feel nostalgia for the 90's. Very entertaining and fun.
The craziest thing about the Tom Cruise Mummy movie is the broken trailer was soooooooo much better than the intended trailer and the scene in the actual movie. The lack of audio and only hearing his voice made it seem sureal and feel like we're seeing it from his perspective as everything is drowned out.
A little aside as to how well the Mummy has withstood the test of time, I taught at a middle-school, where we were allowed to play movies for the kids on Fridays since they were half-days. These are gen z kids, they've grown up with Marvel and endless remakes and sequels. Because of the way the Mummy has basically fallen out of the mainstream, they'd never heard of it, and they absolutely had a blast.
I will go as far as to say that the first film is a great movie. I watched it like 3 months ago for the very first time like in 20 years and I enjoyed thoroughly, everything works so well and in an organic way, from the great performances of every single actor involved to the script and visual effects which I think look pretty good after more than 20 years. I love this movie, after this video I think i look forward to watching it again.
Long time follower/fan. I would love to see you cover Ben 10, specifically the difference between Ben as a child and as a teenager. It’s a show franchise that holds up really well and is surprisingly original. Ben’s grandfather is super wise and the relationship between the team and Kevin throughout the shows is really interesting. I’m not great at the video essay thing otherwise I would do it myself. Would love to hear your thoughts
I made a video of Alien Force with the style of Neon Genesis Evangelion
Billiam has some videos similar to that
Ben 10 was so good in the beginning.
I LOVE the 1990s Mummy! It was a perfect mix of adventure, thriller and horror (jump scares, SCARABS and general “think about it a minute and… oof”) this is such a cinema gem I love watching it still
Yeaaa, not sure what they were thinking rebooting it with Cruise.. no hate on what he does, but his brand and the mummy just don’t mix
I think that the cgi for the mummy in the first one still holds up fairly well. It knows exactly what it is, a fun popcorn flick. No more no less.
Leigh Whannell's 'The Invisible Man' worked because it truly get on with the times. It didn't just set on present day, but also touched topical themes. Cruise's 'The Mummy' just wanted to be another MCU knockoff.
Sometimes, I fantasize on how I'd do the 'Dark Universe'. Instead of trying to ape the MCU, it'd be closer to the first two 'Conjuring' movies. Less modern day-set action blockbuster, and more of a period-set horror. It may not be topical, but surely would more of its own flair.
That's a good way to do the mummy. Make him a Dorian Grey type character. Maybe have the guy that's trying to kill vampires go after him, but mummy turns out to be willing to go after others. Then you get your heroes/villians out of it.
I'm hoping that's the route it's going for and I really want to see a more scary movie with the mummy.
What about Dracula Untold, that was modest and yet it should've been Rated R Horror with violence on par with Game of Thrones as well as THE 1st film for The Dark Universe.
Honestly, I'd be fine with a mummy movie where the mummy's only motivation is "Let me rest!! Get out of my tomb!! Stop stealing my stuff!!"
The original 2 Mummy movies are absolute classics and the greatest B-movies ever made. Can't change my mind.
Will never try to. Also pet falcon. Pet freaking falcon!
Great review, great background knowledge on all of the historical background of the stories of the mummy in Hollywood!
Glad to see a kind of mild Brendan Fraser renaissance happening these days, also. Hope he keeps getting more roles, the guy is legit a good actor who has still got more to give.
Honestly, the Mummy 1 and 2 are those movies that anytime they are on TV, ill watch.
100% agree with the whole "each movie makes me appreciate the previous one more". Mummy 3 was a boring movie (Maria Bello is a good actress but has no chemistry on screen with Fraser), but "The Mummy" with Tom Cruise was honestly one of the worst big-budget movies I've seen in theaters. Just awful almost start to finish, especially the atrocious pacing - only decent part of it was Sofia Boutella, and she doesn't get much. There's a hilarious scene in a bar that's like a Simpsons joke - one of them is playing the skeptical one while the other one is the one trying to convince the other, and then they suddenly flip roles mid-conversation.
You're awesome for comparing Rick and Evelyn to Peter and Ellie from It Happened One Night!! Great movie!!
I legitimately rewatch the 1999 The Mummy and the 2001 The Mummy Returns at least once a month cause they're so nostalgic, but also just so much fun :D
I love the original The Mummy trilogy even the third, the second is my favorite and the animated series was my childhood too.
The book of the dead in the Mummy is made out of actual metal with metal pages and a working lock mechanism. It weighs a ton. They went all out on props and set building.
I honestly feel the Mummy still kinda holds up, just like the Sentinels from The Matrix (also 1999, damn what a banger year), because the design is so iconic. The half-rotted effect is so unique that I'm convinced both The Dark Knight and Breaking Bad stole it from this movie. Nowadays the CG is so much better, but the design aspect seems to have taken a dive lately. Just look at Iron Man: they can now render every particle of his nano-suit, but it is nowhere near as cool or memorable as the overlapping plate design from the 2000's. CG will always age, but a good design is timeless.
The mummy movies got me through a really tough medical emergency when I was a kid. I will never have a bad thing to say about these movies or Brendan Fraser
Love your work Cap. Keep up the great work!
Loved these movies as a kid, the vibe an production pulled you in from start .. i just ordered a couple Hammer Tshirts with the classics TheMummy and TheDracula printed on the front …
One thing that made me hate Tom Cruise's version of The Mummy is the constant running that he does in it like he always do in most of his movies since he starred in Mission: Impossible.
I think the Mummy captures that atmosphere of those old-school adventure tales.
If they do another mummy movie, then I hope the cast Brendan Fraser as a professor with relevant secrets and experience to impart to the protagonist.
Hinting at, but not stating, that this is a sequel to eating Brendan Fraser mummy movies.
That would be a good idea
i'm glad you mentioned the supporting cast for 1999 Mummy. Even the Benni actor was the perfect weasely greasy sidekick. ALL the actors in the first movie were perfectly cast and perfectly played.
It's interesting that the colour of The Mummy 1999 is essentially orange and with the Tom Cruise reboot they went with the cold, dull blue that every depressing film seems to use now.
Yasss that ride is so dope! All the new ones are CGI everything and this Mummy ride you can feel the fire scorching the ceiling, such a good experience
Brendan Frasier and Rachel Weisz had absolutely brilliant chemistry, major drawing point for the first two flicks.
Always thought with the third Mummy that they shouldn't have recast his wife and instead had her pass away (perhaps in childbirth to their daughter), would have made things a bit more interesting. Replacing Evelyn just makes no sense. And age up Brendan a bit more.
Thank you! Practical sets and on location shooting is so important. So much media today feels like it was shot in a closet.
Anytime “The Mummy 1999” is on I have to watch it ..
Great blend of everything you want from a movie & always enjoyable ..
I genuinely think the Mummy ‘99 is the best action/adventure ever made, studious should strive to make a movie like that. And the mummy returns may not be as good but I think those are on a Indy level; that may be nostalgia talking but that what I think
Ok. I don’t leave comments on videos much, but I have to say man… I love your videos. It’s like you read my mind on what kind of content I want people to talk about. And every time I watch your videos you Execute them so well on what you are breaking down
They should re-release it with updated CGI as a special edition. The music is also fantastic in it.
11:19 funny thing it was Cruise who re-wrote a lot of the script and made his character younger, he’s famous for constantly wanting to seem way younger than he actually is
More like obsessed too. I really wouldn’t doubt if cruise was part of some creepy weird cult that’s all about being obsessed with staying young. He just gives off cult member vibes so heavily. Could just be me feeling that way though lol
You're telling me that the Mummy movies I grew up with, loving (in part due to Brendan Fraser) are actually not bad films? Man. That's wild.
But honestly these movies are actually not bad at all. They aren't the pinnacle of cinema, but they are good movies.
Never been a Mummy fan, but I’m a Captain Midnight fan, so here we go
I found captainmidnights channel about 3 years ago by accident (spiderman why it rules video) and since then I get hype whenever he uploads a video
I can remember every single character in the Mummy 1999, the crazy americans, the librarian dude, Jonathan, it's like everyone else even minor characters are cool to a certain extent. I can't remember a single character from the Tom Cruise's Mummy, beside Tom's self insert main character and the cute girl that plays the Mummy.
I loved that ride at universal! Especially the fake end of the ride part. "Death is only the beginning!"
Man, you really tore into the two mummy sequels, especially The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, I've honestly never thought they were that bad. I always thought they were pretty good sequels to the og. I like them
I lap up The Mummy Returns cause the guys and gals are hot, Ardeth has a pet falcon and I love kidnappings with time limits. But tbh, I started Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and like ten minutes in, I was completely focused on my knitting. But it was amusing how Jonathan's nightclub was called Imhotep, nice callback to the other two.
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Thank you for making this video! I saw the Mummy in theaters when I was 11 and I’ve been obsessed with it ever since. It’s such a perfect blend of romance, comedy, adventure, and thrills and it still holds up. I didn’t like any of the sequels, but the first one will always be a classic!
Remember when they wanted Tom Cruise to kick-start the MCU?
The fact that you mentioned It Happened One Night makes me so happy.
Nice, showing a little love with a NOW & THEN clip
Really, the big opportunity missed with all those Mummy sequels IMO was specifically making them about going toe-to-toe with more mummies. They could've easily spun a whole horror action adventure franchise based around the O'Connells going up against other ancient, supernatural horrors. Just imagine Rick getting into some banter riddled gunfight with Dracula, or fending off some reinterpretation of the Wolfman. Instead all that energy went into projects like Van Helsing and the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Such a missed opportunity to make a modernized, homegrown cinematic universe that would've actually attracted an audience
Honestly, I'd say the opposite: I think the more they tried to branch out from the original concept, the less it made sense. Rick and especially Evie were perfectly suited to face down against Imhotep - they both knew the environment, he knew how to fight, she knew the mythology and the language, etc. Take them out of that element, and it just makes less and less sense, which the 3rd movie shows pretty well I think.
I actually enjoyed Jungle Cruise. That’s not to say it wasn’t utterly ridiculous(because it definitely is), but was a fun watch - that’s it
I have a profound fondness for the ‘99 Mummy flick. I just don’t dig the sequels, but they’re inoffensive enough that I can just ignore them and keep loving the original. The chemistry of the colorful characters and the setting, the cheesy comedy and schlocky Egyptian mythology just coalesces so well I think I like it a little more every time I watch it.
Aw man, I was looking forward to one of your product pitches for Adam & Eve
Oh my god you’re right, I remember how awesome the mummy rollercoaster at Universal studios was when we were there years ago. Even with the waiting line I think I went like 3-4 times in succession into it and I’m pretty sure the park closing was the only reason why I couldn’t go another time. It’s really great
I miss Brendan Fraser's The Mummy. Good looking, action pack, very good chemistry with leading lady. 🥰
I love mummy returns just as much as the first one.
We didn't have many tapes when I was a kid but we had The Mummy, and it's always been one of my favorites.
That ride is sooo good! Glad you mentioned it! 😂
Thank you for this video, man 🧟♂️ I was actually one of the Mummy Guard stilt walkers at Universal Orlando (for that breathtaking attraction) up until the world slipped into madness just 2 years ago 😷
I remember discussing Kevin J OConnor with another film student and they referenced the mummy but not in a good way. He wasn't into A Knights Tale either, and honestly I think both are better than a lot of what's churning out today. You can see their inspirations but they managed to create their own name and still hold up years later.
I think it's interesting you don't touch on one of the success points missing for every adaptation after the first one. It was a great horror movie as well. The first act of that movie is pretty much a straight horror movie with the mummy having some genuinely unnerving scenes. I rember being terrified when that guy gets his eyes ripped out. I guess the newest one leaned on the horror a bit again but it had other problems as well.
Brendan is a bit too old to do the action stuff now, he put his body on the line for his craft and he's just not up to it any more, but he's made some great films and the guy has earned a rest. It's better than the old guys from the 80's and 90's who just won't give it up and just look a bit sad trying to stay as an action star. He's doing great voice work on Doom Patrol which has made people take notice of him again and gotten him some fantastic smaller roles where he doesn't have to do stunts any more, and it's great to see him. Honestly I hope he breaks out into doing other voice work too.
It would be cool having JASON BLUM running the DARK UNIVERSE
That would be awesome 😎
He doesn’t really do anything though. He kinda just throws money at any cheap horror script that comes to him.
He’s produced some really great movies. And some really shitty ones too.
One of the biggest failures of the Mummy 3 is the very IDEA that Rick is an absentee father. Did the writers watch the second movie at all? The father-son dynamic in that was insanely loving.
Tom Cruise is the one who made them have his age written as 35, among other things, his star power ruined that movie, weirdly.
My passionate love for The Mummy is so intense I have trouble putting it into words.
I'm in 100% agreement with you. Because of that, I don't even need to bother explaining WHY it's so good. But I get depressed when I think about how Hollywood did Brendan SO dirty later on, as well him getting financially dicked in the ass after he and his wife divorced. I recently saw a UA-cam interview with Brendan and he's SUCH a sweetheart and I legitimately got teary-eyed when HE got brought to tears by the interviewer telling him that he may not realize it, but he has a MASSIVE fan base that is rooting so hard for him.