Looks worse than The Mummy 3.
Anybody else think so? The trailers so far have been awful, and the effects/CGI look awful. I have low expectations for this.
shareIt looks laughably bad..
shareLooks good to me.....
shareIf you are a big fan of fake looking CGI filmmaking that is made for 14 year-olds, then this is right up your alley. What on earth made you excited for this movie in the trailers? which scene? This film is so below Tom Cruise's standards.
shareAction scene look impressive.
shareIt doesn't look nearly as good as the '99 film with Fraser, but then again it's obvious that they are trying to do something very different from that film as well.
I was not at all impressed by the first trailer, but the second gave me some small amount of hope that it might at least be good for a Sunday afternoon at the movies.
Any telling of this story really should be set in the early 20th century, so there's no doubt that they've gone and fucked this up. But at the same time, I feel like maybe you're being just a little harder on it than it deserves.
Should be set in early 20th century? Why? The original Mummy was set in the early 20th century because that is when the movie was made.
shareThe '99 film was also set during that time.
I think that's a more romantic time in history. A lot of what made the '99 film great was the setting: In Egypt during the 1920s, a time of swashbuckling explorers heading off into foreign lands with little more than a gun, a machete and some moxie. This was a time before modern technology, as we know it today.
Think about something like an Indiana Jones movie, but set in 2017. Doesn't seem nearly as cool, does it? Well, it doesn't to me at least.
With all due respect, I thought the 99' film was horrible. I remember even back then, I found it to be a bad looking Indiana Jones rip-off without the excitement and charm of the Indy movies. Hopefully this Mummy will be better. I feel Tom, and Tom alone, might be able to pull off a magic trick and make this version worthwhile, but the CGI worries me.
shareWe'll just have to disagree on the '99 film. Just the other day I voted for it in a poll as my favorite movie of that year.
I think it's full of charm and heart and was a great fill-in for Indy at a time when we weren't getting any new Indy movies.
Without having seen the film, it seems like my instincts on this film were right, and sadly so. The trailer screamed: "the focus here is CGI and action, and no story. We have Tom Cruise, and he does all those stunts that the kids enjoy from the last two mission impossible films. For those of you who love Tom from older and better films.. f*** off." But they can't all be winners. Btw, I respect your opinion on the '99 film. I love many films others dislike (like the remake of Robocop).
shareIt is a steaming pile of mummy shit.
I'm trying to go for an engaging, funny youtube channel so, if you have the time, take a look. Hope you enjoy what you see. Thanks in advance. A review of the movie here-https://youtu.be/rrT_CyvSp5c