THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR | First Time Watching | MOVIE REACTION | No Rachel Weisz?
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- Опубліковано 28 кві 2022
- We wrap up the Brendan Fraser Mummy Trilogy with a first time watch for both of us. Here's our reaction to The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008).
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They could've just written her out of the film like she was attending a conference or something, and just focused on the father-son relationship between Rick and Alex. Changing her actor considering she has such a big role in the film felt super, super weird.
In the original script they killed her off, she would have died during a London bombing during WW2 and there would have been tension between Rick and Alex but the studio rejected it.
@dewrygwyllgi2636 tbh they probably just shouldn't have brought her back to life in mummy returns when anck/meela stabbed her
I think most people reacted the same way when they found out Rachel Weisz wasn't in this. Without her the chemistry isn't there. It makes the entire movie just feel off. Frasier has no chemistry with these new actors but put him with the Jonathan character and they're still fun.
It's a shame because there are plenty of good things in this movie.
This is how I feel with Depp and the newer Pirates characters. didn't have the chemistry that him, Bloom and Knightly.
Recasts have infuriated me ever since Mortal Kombat Annihilation. I still have the nightmares🥺😔
Did not help that Brendan Fraser was injured from all the stunts he did him self in these Mummy movies , he had his back and knee surgeries and during this film problems with his vocal cords , people can clearly notice it .
As much as it would be cool for Brendan Fraser to have a Resurgence with these kind of films, he injured his back in this movie coupled with his experiences behind the scenes in Hollywood it made him take a major step back from his film career and since then he's been doing great work but you can tell that his range of motion is still pretty Limited and now he's definitely in his fifties so unfortunately those days are done
I feel that in every mummy movie that he's made he's always getting injured or hurt.
Hes gonna be in scorsese's next film so hopefully he gets a second shot at Hollywood
I wanna say he also got hurt from the hanging scene in the first movie but I could be wrong.
@@jjc5871 yep In the first film brendon Fraser nearly lost consciousness cause that rope was too tight on his neck.
"I'll always be flirty!" "With who?!?" Classic!
The clay soldiers are copies of actual clay soldiers, hundreds of 'em, discovered in China a few decades ago.
indeed also known as the terra cotta army
Rachel Weisz won her Oscar before this one. She was like *PEEAAACE* ✌️
Branden Fraser is doing good again. He is starring in the show Doom Patrol on HBO Max (originally started on the DC Universe stream) and he has gotten some love back. Don’t know if he’ll do another movie but he’s enjoying doing Doom Patrol
Everyone's enjoying Doom Patrol, it's a bloody hoot and a half!
They've been trying to do a new Mummy movie for a few years now. Not sure if it'll be another reboot attempt or a sequel to these movies. Weisz and Fraser are supposedly on board, so who knows.
Brendan is working on the Scorsese movie
@@LordLOC Here's hoping!
Scorpian King is cool. Big action, sword and sandal, backstory, lots of fun, an Oscar contender it weren't
the reason for Weisz's departure from The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor was due to problems with the script. Apparently, Weisz felt it did a disservice to the Evie character, making her not want to return to the role.
The Story goes that Rachel Weisz was offered the role, but speculation goes that she "Politely" decline the offer, while rumours say she saw the writing on the wall, and for good reason.
It was the smart move. Playing the mother of a 20 year old would have aged her in the eyes of Hollywood and shortened her career by a decade!
I heard that she declined because she was pregnant
Nah, it was because she just had a child and didn't want to be away from him for a long period of time. They were shooting the film in China, so that meant she would need to stay there for 6 months, I believe.
@@josephmendoza9523 That was the story at the time. She later revealed that the reason she turned it down was that she was offended that the studio thought she looked old enough to have a 20 year old kid.
@@thatdrewrivers the studio could've just kept The same actor who played Alex on the 2nd film (Freddie boath) to play him as a teen it would've worked better though. I don't blame Rachel
There really are bodies in the Great Wall. Sections were built by captured slaves and when they died their bodies were simply used as filler to get the wall built faster.
No
I love the look the MRS. had with her being a different actor, same look I felt first time I watched it.
09:21 i mean, it was an emperor and his army, so probably the next one built the toomb for his predecessor. They always did it like this, the next emperor or the family of the dead or the allies...its like asking "who built the egyptian toomb?"
The fact that you worked in Conan the Barbarian was pretty excellent. Well played.
You mean O'brien the Barbarian
the actor who plays "Johnathan" is pretty good. you should watch him in the starz show "Spartacus" that show is epic.
I totally agree with the original cast thing . Rachel Weisz was the heart of these movies .But yeah the third one is much weaker than the last two, but for me it is still enjoyable . Your dog is soo cool. 😀
Would love some more horror-love from this channel. The original The Mummy from 1932 and British The Mummy from 1959 next please :D
I know some time has passed since The Mummy Returns, but I can't help but wonder when during that time did Alex lose his British accent, and when did he go from being Rick's son to being his slightly younger brother? 🤣 But then again, his mother went from being Rachel Weisz to being Maria Bello, so...
Brendan Fraser stepped away from acting for many years after this movie, as I don't recall seeing him doing much else after this. His body was ravaged from injuries doing stunt work, so he had lots of chronic pain that he was dealing with. I don't know if he'd be able to physically get himself in the necessary shape to play Rick O'Connell again. I also heard that he had some emotional issues involving some Hollywood producer allegedly touching him inappropriately. So he stayed away from acting for a long time until only a few years ago.
Brendan Fraser is in the HBO Max / DC series "Doom Patrol."
I seriously had forgotten that this movie exists. :)
If you think this recasting is bad, wait until you watch Brendan Fraser's other great movie, George of the Jungle (Also, please watch that)
The soldiers are actually from a real discovery. A few decades ago they discovered in China a terra cotta army underground outside of a big city called Xian. Have been there and seen it it´s amazing to see this. They look like real people....just search for terra cotta army china and you will find the most famouse person a crossbow terra cotta person.
“Fon don’t”
🤣🤣🤣
This may not have been the best Mummy movie, but anything with Michelle Yeoh in it is worth watching.
I'd like to recommend Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
I hope you guys read this! But I believe you guys should definitely watch the first ‘Scorpion King’ and then let it be after that. The first one is a pretty decent film! No bad cgi😂 However, in a recent interview, the fans asked if Brendan Fraser would do another ‘Mummy’ movie. He asked the crowd “Well do you guys want one”? or something like that, and of course the fans went wild. He said he would be willing to do so, as long as there is a fun way to do it because the movies can be challenging to make. Considering he did all or most of his own stunts! Although it messed his body up and he was blacklisted by Hollywood and had marriage troubles. Brendan deserves so much better and he’s been recently coming back. Even in his early 50s, I still think he has some left in the tank. I heard they were thinking of an Aztec mummy and it would be Antonio Banderas, but I don’t know how to feel about that😂
Thank you for all that you guys do. We love you both. Take care.
I barely remember this movie. Forgot that it existed.
It is estimated that there are nearly 400,000 dead bodies in The Great Wall.
08:42 i think they built the toomb around them using part of the palace, you can see the stairs in front of them
according to the likeness and wiki the emperor turns into a 'fu-dog' many of these are used in stone guardian effigies, also know as stone lions and lion-dogs
I also seem to recall that once the first one became the hit that it was Brebdan Fraser was contractually obligated to do a trilogy for Universal if they wanted it. None of the other actors had that agreement as they all were all mainly character actors at the time. Rachel Wieisz had won an academy award between the second and third installment and declined to come back. This resulted in Fraser not wanting to reprise the role but was forced too by the studio. I actually have a physical copy of this and have never finished it. Your video was the first time seeing how it ended.
The chemistry between the leads is as cold as ice & as a result 100% unconvincing.
the writing also did them so dirty
Series suggestion… Veronica Mars. I don’t think I’ve ever seen any reaction channel do it or have it as a suggestion
Part of my problem with Maria Bello is
She even stated that she’s not trying to be the same character
Her version of Evelyn is almost completely different
She was going for a older Evy that settle down, got mature. Like a regular girl would do. But it doesnt work! Since Brendan and Maria didnt had any chemistry, it got worst. Evy could had become this type of person, but the lack of chemistry or even something we could enjoy made this version just meh. The role itself was not god, because turn Evy into the wife.
@@cassandramcbride7007 Bello commented during an interview that the new "Evy" is different from the original "Evy". "She has the same name, but she is quite a different character," said Bello. At a news conference in Shanghai, Bello told the audience that Rob Cohen has "created a new Evelyn. In the first two Mummy movies she was all actiony and lovely, but this Evelyn might be a little more... forceful in terms of her martial art skills and shooting skills".
While the movie is crap, i always loved how they explained terracotta army with the story. People who don't know about them really should go to terracotta army wikipedia page.
I really like this movie. Not as good as the first two, but not as bad as it's claimed to be. I appreciate them exploring mummification in other cultures.
Mummy 1 and Scorpion King 1 are the best two that I've seen from this franchise. I didn't realize there was more than one Scorpion King movie though.
This movie was just a cash grab! I can't believe studios are so inept and uncreative when it comes to their franchises. Hire a great storyteller, make a great movie, and release it! Hollywood can be so mediocre. Brendan Fraser didn't deserve this, he deserved better!
The late 2000s and early 2010s was a time in Hollywood where they realized that there is big money in the Chinese box office. This film came out around the time of the Beijing Olympics in 2008, so it was at its most opportune time. Unfortunately, this resulted in many films in the next decade where films would pander to the Chinese audience and government in lieu of a well written story such as forced "Chinese representation", such as including a major subplot involving China, or China as the world savior.
Transformers: Age of Extinction was another such movie that stuck with me.
@@h.4315 That makes sense. I hope the Chinese market demands cooler films and not this stuff.
That’s why he got so fat. He ate through the pain of this movie’s release.
@@spartan_warrior5927 he was going through alot of shit man these movies like destroyed his body doing these and all that stuff with his wife poor guy got it rough
Some films make half a billion in profit
That’s why Hollywood exists
27:03- If this was the second movie, she could've called upon The Millions!!.....AND MILLIONS of the Rock's fans to fight.
Alexa responded with the "to crush your enemies" line which Arnold Schwarzenegger used in "Conan the Barbarian" which was a quote from Genghis Khan.
The mummies and horses are terracotta warriors. This is modeled after a real tomb.
I saw this movie with friends in the theatre's when this came out and we were all checked out by the time the Yeti's showed up.
Back to the Future III was my favorite of that trilogy.
Yeah, there was gonna be a fourth movie called The Mummy: Rise of the Aztecs, but they never made it.
I keep hoping they'll do a legacy sequel that'll ignore this one and bring back Rachel Weisz. :0
The original plan was that, when Rachel was unavailable, Evie was killed in an air raid bombing. Then Maria Bello came in.
The army fight scene reminds me of Army of Darkness and Brendan reminds me of Bruce Campbell lol.
There is only one Bruce Campbell.... unless you watch Army of Darkness, then there is only two Bruce Campbells.🤨 There is also loads of tiny Bruce Campbell's.🤔 In fact....we should purge the world of all the Bruce Campbells😠
So when Jet Li and Brendan Fraser fought, Brendan wore body pads because of how hard Li hit.
This is one of my guilty pleasure, love all three movies tho
Honestly, if Weisz couldn't or wouldn't return, then they should have killed off the character. It would have given Rick's darker demeanour more justification and even given a reason for the friction between him and his son.
Actually they did in the original script (it would have revealed she died during WW2 during a bombing in London) but the studio didn't like it and thought the fans would get angry so they recast the role instead.
Nobody try to explain how the Emperor is mounted in his chariot holding the reins of horses despite the fact we he was in a completely different pose with both his arms in the air when he was turn to stone, he's not an opposable action figure.
Alex is now a cocky American despite having a posh English accent in the previous movie..
Alex being pinned down by a 90lb girl *facepalm*
They didn't even attempt to age up Brendan for so now Rick and Alex look closer to brothers rather than father and son lol
Than there's Maria Bello's English accent and zero chemistry with Fraser *shudders*
I've had the Blu-ray trilogy boxset since 2008 and that's the one and only time I ever watched this one, no desire to ever sit through it again lol
I remember seeing it in the theaters and thinking if they had gotten rid of all of the caucasian characters and made it a straight-up, Hong Kong action adventure movie it would have been so much better.
I always thought by not having Rachel Weisz in this really killed the movie and their son being 8 yrs old in part 2 and then all of a sudden he's in his early 20's in this one, how does that work. The next one with Tom Cruise is the worst in my humble opinion, but you guys might like it. I think the reason why Rachel Weisz didn't come back was because she chose to be in Constantine with Keanu Reeves.
With how big the Great Wall of China is and with how people retreated back then I can only imagine that there probably is several bodies buried underneath of it in real life
This was one of those films which should have been very good. It had a first rate cast and great special effects but that's where it starts to fall apart. It tried to combine the new style of martial arts with fantasy elements along with the horror and comedy of the mummy franchise and it just couldn't come together right. The real problem came when they had to recast the part of Rachael Weiss.
Jet Li turned into an Oni. This film is fun...but they shouldve written out Rachel Weisz character instead of recasting....have a small cameo or something.
Brendon is doing a fab job as robot dude in that t.v. show about the 4 sad-sack heroes. He never stopped acting in films. See George of the Jungle, it's terrific.
Doom Patrol? Is that what you're referring to? I have not seen the show but I know he plays Cliff on that show. The robotman.
Also, yes I love George of the Jungle and they should see it if they haven't.
@@XavierXSims - thank you. Sometimes I just don't want to research. In the sixties comics' prices kept rising and I had no money for Doom Patrol. I gave up when the books went to 25 cents. A quarter (much less a dollar bill!) was a big deal.
@@dennismason3740 Gotta fight the laziness sometimes, man. :)
Its one thing to suspend disbelief that Yetis exist, but its completely another thing if they understand American Football.
who says they dont many large things live in the cold
Y’all need to see the Scorpion King movies. The one with the Rock is (in my opinion) the best.
Loving the jokes man! Hahaha
I like to forget the Mummy 3 exists, watched the first 2 in the cinema and loved em... 3rd one just didnt interest me at all, personally... id have loved one set in South America with MesoAmerican mummies and mythology, but nope... they pandered to the Chinese market (as alot of films started to do at that time) setting it in China, and with a villain that wasn't even a mummy too boot.
Scorpion Kings a decent watch... and despite their spotty VFX, it doesnt really matter, the VFX aint what makes these movies good.
Oh and as some one whos been into Cryptozoology for 38+ years, those Yeti really really annoyed me.
18:29 - Hubby missed one there "What is that Gawd-aweful smell?" - Hubby should have said "Jonathan got YAKKED on". "Scorpion King" is similar to Arnie's "Conan the Barbarian" - both entertaining in a sword and sorcery way
Now watch the mummy 2017
The yetis was my favorite monsters❄️
Those aren't stone statues. They're the Terra Cotta Army- 8000 Terra Cotta soldiers and hundreds of horses buried with the first Emperor of China to protect him in the afterlife.
have a look at Brendan Fraser in The quiet American
I think the "liger" is the thing in Shang-Chi.
Idk if anyone had said this yet but about 400000 people died building the great wall of China and many are actually buried in the wall itself
FonDON'T! Awesome!
I remember this movie being so terrible when I first watched it. Just as Star Wars fans felt about The Phantom Menace in 1999 when that was first released. But somehow this movie was even more heart breaking to me. I still only count the first 2 Mummy movies as my head canon and do my best to forget this train wreck.
My ranking would be first the best, and 2 is the next best. 3rd doesn't exist to me!
I never knew of this movie till today.
@FresnoCA93727 Just now ? so you haven't even finished it yet ! hmm i don't recall having seen this all the way through yet either , see you at the end LOL!
I had no idea this movie even existed.
I’m sorry but did he say “booty traps” 😂😂 8:02
"Thats what i said, booby traps"
2,1,3 is my ranking, i actualy recommend the first scorpion king, its a fun action adventure film with the rock
I feel the less movies a franchise has the more memorable it is. Just like how the wizard of oz is and no one has messed with it to much. The first 2 where good id say let it end there
I didn't even know this movie exist.
"What if it's true?"
So it's the worlds largest gravestone, not a wall then?
22:42 that sound is 100% ripped off from the Predator infrared vision lol
Jet li an other mummy were in a movie called Romeo must die .
They are buried in the wall not under it😮
"were they a couple?" well I guess they're both a single now...
You should react to Dog Soldiers.
It's not an iron horse, they are ceramic, just like the emperor, the soldiers, etc.
i always thought they were cute togheter XD i like the actress
This was better then the 2nd one!
I think the big issue with many 3-D films, like this one, is that there was too much focus on "making it interesting for 3-D," instead of writing a good story.
Same with today's movies. They focus too much on "making it for LGBT community" but forgot to wrote a good story
Rachel Weisz was unable to return for the 3rd movie due to scheduling conflicts (multiple) and a new baby with director Darren Aronofsky.
Yikes. Good luck getting through this one.
Constantine is a great Rachel Weiss / Keanu movie
They had already written Rachel's character into the script but Rachel stated she wouldn't return for reasons pertaining to her personal life.
She actually had issues with the script saying it didnt feel right to her character
@@thecinemawithjames I saw the other comments going into more detail. It's just what was said during the director's commentary on DVD.
If I remember correctly the reason Rachel Weize didn't return, from what I heard and or maybe read. That she didn't want to play the mother of a adult. If that is true I have no idea. The special effects in this are a great improvement over part 2.
*Weisz
I did hear the same thing about her not wanting to play the mother of an adult
There was supposed to be a fourth Mummy movie where it was supposed to take place in South America, called "Rise Of The Aztecs."
It was cancelled following the filming bombing at the box office.
It didn't bomb.
I actually like that they didn't make him a dragon in the end... in Chinese folklore, and in most Asian folklores I think, dragons are not monsters or beasts, they are wise creatures who bring humanity luck and control the elements. They are thought of as auspicious and divine. It wouldn't make sense for a movie based loosely on Chinese folklore to cast a dragon as a great enemy.
When I was 13 me and a buddy bought tickets to this movie but went to see pineapple express instead. Good times.
The real Dragon Emperor; Qin Shi Huang; was way worse in real life than in the movie. YES, he really did enslave, starve and bury his enemies, sometimes the poor starved living corpses weren't even fully dead before they were thrown in and literally paved over at his orders. Qin or Ch'in his family's name is literally the name for China today. He had his widowed mother's lover and her children by that lover executed in front of her. Also, the children of people he didn't trust were sent to his court as hostages to ensure parents behavior and to sample his food drink for poison. Wanted to live forever so he can conquer all of Asia and the entire world. Monstrous and paranoid in life, a demon in death.
I wonder if someone were to deep fake Rachel Weisz’s face over this version of Evey O’Connell would the movie be any better
Overall, this was enjoyable. What i did like was that it explored mummies from other countries.
Only sad that Rachel didnt return due to the script not doing any service for Evelyn. Therefore his chemistry with the current actress was off.
Couldn't agree more about the chemistry between Brendan and Maria. It's just not the same. But, my order is 2,1,3 purely because of the chemistry between Rachel and Brendan.
In German the w is pronounced as a v. So Rachael Weis is pronounced as Rachael Vice.
No Weiss, no dice. To be fair to Bello I think Weiss bailed pretty late so the sets were already built and they couldn't change the script.
33:38 to 33:40 lol