owlglass

Why does everybody seem to hate this flick? No need to rehash what's in it; that's in other reviews. But, seriously, what's the beef? As for me I thought it was good fun, the plot was pretty much what it used to be (and why would we expect or want anything else?), the characters were sympathetic and made me at least care what happened to them. I enjoyed it and I'm going to get the DVD when it comes out.

It took place in China, so maybe that's a turnoff for some. It didn't have Rachel Weisz, and that might put off a lot of people; though I thought Maria Bello was cool, without being Rachel, which is as it should have been. The kid wasn't a kid anymore, which maybe people just can't handle.

Still I ask: what's the (real) problem?? I just don't get it. The script certainly wasn't any worse than what had gone before. The Mummy got more character-impact and was considerably nastier than the hapless Imhoptep. There was, if anything, more 'character' element than in the previous ones; and it was better done, too.

Anyway I'm giving it 9/10, that rating being one in relation to the other 'Mummy' movies, rather than an 'absolute' one.