Mummy 3
The first Mummy flick with Brendan Fraser was not too bad. It tried to follow the footsteps of Indiana Jones, but never reached the quality of any of the fims starring Harrison Ford. There were some good ideas but just too much CGI stuff. The second part didn't really improve the franchise and just got more ridiculous. And now part 3 is here...
...and sunk the ship once an for all. Rachel Weisz who played Brendan Fraser's love interest in the previous installments knew why she didn't sign on again: the script and story is just not good. First off, a mummy, for my part, is from egypt, lives in a pyramide and looks like it has a toiletpaperfetish. And I don't want to hear: "But other cultures have mummified their leaders too." When I go to see a movie like that, I don't really give a damn about history. And I bet when the word "mummy" is tossed into room full of people, they for sure as hell won't be thinking of an asian one made of clay.
Besides getting a mummy that's not really a mummy, Brendan Fraser and his "new" wife Maria Bello get in quarrels about rising their annoying meathead son. Most of the the jokes feel out of place and too constructed to really start a spark. Mummy 3 might not be horrible, it's just worse than the previous installment.
Stepbrothers
Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly meet in this over the top R rated comedy about two middleaged guys who all of a sudden become stepbrothers and end up living under the same roof. Of course they don't like each other and trouble ensues.
While many movies pick up a great idea but ultimately don't really execute it that well or are too tame. Neither can be said about this flick. This film would never have worked if it would have gotten a PG-13 rating. It is the the combination of Ferrell and Reilly not holding back yet acting like a bunch of mildly retarded idiots that makes this film so good. There are so many funny situations in this movie that it is hard to pick your favorite. You can actually tell they had fun filiming this one. It might not be as good as Anchorman but Ferrell and Reilly could be the new Sonny and Cher. And when they sing their tune, you will laugh you balls off.
5 comments:
i actually liked the first mummy movies. don't know if i'm gonna watch this one on the big screen though.
btw. do people in an american movie theater actually applaude when the flick starts? -i heard that somewhere...
FirstTimer signing off
Mummy III - Awful movie, very awful. Seems they have stripped all those good things from the prequels and replaced them with some mediocre :
Arnold Vosloo who i liked very much in his role, because it just fits, you know. Jet Li sucks major balls in this film :-).
Stephen Sommers, writer who turned that whole indiana-theme into this somewhat funny/geeky/witty cgi adventure.
And, as you mentioned, come on chineese mummies?! Where does this get fun!
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Step Brothers is next...
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Also die Mummie 3 werde ich mir auf jeden fall ansehen!
Ich werde mir den Film ansehen aber nur um zu sehen wie Jet Li im Film rüber kommt
Den letzten Film mit Let Li (The Forbidden Kingdom)fande ich gar nicht so schlecht ^^
Aber ich glaube nicht das er an den ersten beiden Filmen ran kommt ^^
mfg. Big-Whoop
hi felix. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!. i wish you all the best for another 29 years . I hope you enjoy NY and find many ´´crazy´´ friends like you are^^. It´s soooooooooooo Onnnnnnnnnnnnnnn. cya
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