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The two trailers rate a "meh" on my give-a-gak-o-meter.

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Reviews coming in now. As of point of writing it has 26% on Rotten Tomatoes. Thats fabulously bad. Movie expectations are now for $35mm in US sales ad to get hammered by WW week 2.


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Denofgeek gave it 3/5.

Not enough to tempt me to see a film with Tom Fruitloop Cruise I'm afraid.

Which is a shame, because I'm a sucked for even ropey monster movies. But Tom Cruise is a deal breaker here.

   
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 Frazzled wrote:
Reviews coming in now. As of point of writing it has 26% on Rotten Tomatoes. Thats fabulously bad. Movie expectations are now for $35mm in US sales ad to get hammered by WW week 2.



I had planned to go see it tomorrow, but oof, those are some really rough reviews.

It Comes At Night also opens tomorrow, but has an 84 on RT,

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 Ouze wrote:

It Comes At Night also opens tomorrow, but has an 84 on RT,


Pretty hyped for that one, but afraid I'll get Babadook'd.

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 nels1031 wrote:
 Ouze wrote:

It Comes At Night also opens tomorrow, but has an 84 on RT,


Pretty hyped for that one, but afraid I'll get Babadook'd.


Same. Intend to wait for video though (and hey I liked Babadook).

-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
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 Frazzled wrote:
 nels1031 wrote:
 Ouze wrote:

It Comes At Night also opens tomorrow, but has an 84 on RT,


Pretty hyped for that one, but afraid I'll get Babadook'd.


Same. Intend to wait for video though (and hey I liked Babadook).


I digged it too, but nowhere near what it was hyped by some of the horror sites I frequent. And the kid and his constant screaming....

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The things I have seen have said that it was decent. Not great but not awful just kind of Ok. Some have singled out Cruise, though that seems to go either way with him either being the lone bright point or miscast, but the real issue seems to stem from so many writers that the script has no real focus and that lack of focus comes through in the film.

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 Frazzled wrote:
Reviews coming in now. As of point of writing it has 26% on Rotten Tomatoes. Thats fabulously bad. Movie expectations are now for $35mm in US sales ad to get hammered by WW week 2.



Does this mean we get a Sad Tom Cruise meme?

   
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Looking forward to seeing it - along with Wonder Woman.

Is it still linked with the recent Dracula film which I also enjoyed.

Can't recall A Tom Cruise film that I have not enjoyed in the last decade or so.

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Tom Cruise has some decent rolls, but looks like a pretty bad pick for this one. I hate to say it, but they should have gone with someone younger on their way up and leave Crowe as the older counterpoint. The film does look pretty unfocused and not nearly as fun as the prior Mummy film.

Will probably catch it on DVD.

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 Mr Morden wrote:
Looking forward to seeing it - along with Wonder Woman.

Is it still linked with the recent Dracula film which I also enjoyed.

Can't recall A Tom Cruise film that I have not enjoyed in the last decade or so.


Recent articles claim that Dracula Untold is not canon, and that the Mummy is the first in the Dark Universe continuity.

   
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 nels1031 wrote:
 Ouze wrote:

It Comes At Night also opens tomorrow, but has an 84 on RT,


Pretty hyped for that one, but afraid I'll get Babadook'd.


I also want to see it (and also liked Babadook, while finding the constant child screaming annoying).

As for the Mummy, I've been completely uninterested since the first teaser ages ago. Tom Cruise is meh. Another undead mummy ravaging London is meh. Making the mummy a girl doesn't improve the completely worn out premise of the film, and they don't even have Brendan Fraser or John Hannah around to liven things up with witty banter and kick ass one liners.


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 BobtheInquisitor wrote:


Recent articles claim that Dracula Untold is not canon, and that the Mummy is the first in the Dark Universe continuity.


Somehow I don't expect that'll last long.

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 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
 Mr Morden wrote:
Looking forward to seeing it - along with Wonder Woman.

Is it still linked with the recent Dracula film which I also enjoyed.

Can't recall A Tom Cruise film that I have not enjoyed in the last decade or so.


Recent articles claim that Dracula Untold is not canon, and that the Mummy is the first in the Dark Universe continuity.


Ah thats a shame - oh well might see it tomorrow.

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 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Recent articles claim that Dracula Untold is not canon, and that the Mummy is the first in the Dark Universe continuity.


It seems like they're going to keep kicking that can down the road until one of their monster movies actually turns out good and successful, at which point that will be the start of the new franchise. It looks like the Mummy will kick the can at least until the next one.

I don't mind Tom Cruise - the guy is totally bonkers but just in terms of the movies he puts out he has a better batting avg than most. Even when he's made bad movies it is rarely his performance that is the problem. But this Mummy reboot, yeah, you could just see from the marketing that they were keen to sell the movie on Cruise's name alone, and not the actual movie. Not a good sign at all.

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Well, I asked my wife if she wanted to see The Mummy or It Comes At Night. She suggested we just see both since I am off tomorrow.

So, we saw The Mummy tonight.

It's not terrible. It's getting reviews as if it's one of the worst movies in recent memory, and that seems like kind of a bad rap.

On the other hand, it wasn't great, either. Or even very good. I would call it "OK", a solid 5/10. You get pretty much what you see in the trailer. If you liked what you saw the trailer, you're probably going to like the movie. If you hated the trailer then you're probably going to hate the movie too. If you're one of those weird MRA guys who hates the very idea of the movie because Brendan Fraser isn't in it, well, he isn't in it.

I think the lady that played the mummy was pretty solid. I thought Tom Cruise did about what you expect from Tom Cruise in pretty much any Tom Cruise movie. Russell Crowe did OK, but I wasn't too crazy about his big reveal - he's done better work. Annabelle Wallis was utterly forgettable as the love interest and to be honest she could have been completely cut from the film with no real loss. This movie did not need a romance angle in any way, so not sure why they felt the need to try and shoehorn in an exceedingly threadbare one.

One thing that they did do that was good was they removed that stupid scream he makes in the trailer.

There was also quite a bit more world building than I expected, especially for the first movie in a series.

All in all I would say this is a pretty flimsy tentpole for cinematic universe, after on the fence, you should probably just wait until it comes out on Netflix or Redbox or whatever.

There is nothing after the credits.

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Mummy Rights Activist?

 
   
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 AduroT wrote:
Mummy Rights Activist?


Ha! I was wondering about "MRA" too.

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 Ouze wrote:

There is nothing after the credits.



Every review of all movies needs to include this statement or its opposite XD

   
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 nels1031 wrote:
 AduroT wrote:
Mummy Rights Activist?


Ha! I was wondering about "MRA" too.


So, reading this spoiler is going to cheapen your life, it doesn't contain anything about the movie in question, and I suggest you don't read it, but if you must know.
Spoiler:

MRAs are Mens Right's Activists - aggrieved men who are unhappy that women allegedly dominate our society. There are a small but very vocal percentage of people who are butthurt that Brendan Fraser isn't in this, because they have an informal campaign to "bring Brendan Fraser back" (from where is never answered since he has been working continuously). The narrative is that is he is paying ruinous child support and women destroy successful men, and so on. In fact there is an automated clause that would reduce his alimony and child support in the event he earned less than $3 million a year, and it has not kicked in, so I'm not sure why people are picking this specific hill to die on, but that's the internet for you.

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Well, that's deeply disappointing. I thought I was seeing all those Brendan Fraser posts everywhere because people like Brendan Fraser and he acted like a fun goofball action guy in fun goofball action stuff, and the upcoming Mummy had made people remember that.



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I'm honestly more amazed that Brendan Fraser is who people remember from the last round of Mummy films. I though John Hannah's character was what really made them enjoyable. Well the goofy bits in general made them enjoyable, but John Hannah is who I remember most fondly.

Though it is weird now that I hear about it, cause I just saw this bit from Wrecked a little bit ago.

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 Spinner wrote:
Well, that's deeply disappointing. I thought I was seeing all those Brendan Fraser posts everywhere because people like Brendan Fraser and he acted like a fun goofball action guy in fun goofball action stuff, and the upcoming Mummy had made people remember that.





Actually I imagine a lot of those Brandon Fraser posts are just that, people who like Brandon Fraser. The wife and I (to a lesser extent) love his performances.

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 Ouze wrote:
Which did you like better, Monkeybone or George of the Jungle?



Monkeybone. Everyone should see Monkeybone at least once. There is nothing about Monkeybone that isn't perfect. Monkeybone.

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 LordofHats wrote:
I'm honestly more amazed that Brendan Fraser is who people remember from the last round of Mummy films. I though John Hannah's character was what really made them enjoyable. Well the goofy bits in general made them enjoyable, but John Hannah is who I remember most fondly.

Though it is weird now that I hear about it, cause I just saw this bit from Wrecked a little bit ago.


Rachel Weiss is great in both movies as is Patrica Valesquez

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 feeder wrote:
 Ouze wrote:
Which did you like better, Monkeybone or George of the Jungle?



Monkeybone. Everyone should see Monkeybone at least once. There is nothing about Monkeybone that isn't perfect. Monkeybone.


Does it have a moment where one of the side villains picks a fight with the narrator? Because if not, George of the Jungle is clearly the superior film!
   
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 Mr Morden wrote:
Rachel Weiss is great in both movies as is Patrica Valesquez


The Mummy did inspire an 18 year running crush on Rachel Weisz in me, I freely admit.


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 Ouze wrote:
Which did you like better, Monkeybone or George of the Jungle?



He was really good in The Quiet American. I think he's one of those actors that has a fair bit of talent, but when he was just getting famous he took lead roles in some real stinkers, which made him a bit of a punching bag, and stopped him being able to get lead roles in stronger movies.

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