Excited
So Hubbycakes and I got back from a spontaneous outing to the Lee Neighborhood Theater in the outer Richmond this evening for some brain fluff movie fun times.
“What should we go see?”
“I dunno, Mongol?”
“Eh, too much subtitling and thinking, I think.”
“Lookie — this review here calls the Mummy “dumb, but fun.”
“Kinda like your ex?”
“Zing.”
So, with tickets in hand we stumbled into the extra dark theater, found our seats and got treated to, well, The Mummy’s “dumb, but fun.”
This film is the third in the Mummy series starring Brendon Fraser and, as anticipated, showcased great action, superb CGI and some really cool sets that would give you the willies if it weren’t so obvious that it’ll be franchised into a Disney roller coaster ride in the next year or so.
The premise, plot, and characters were pretty straightforward and easy to digest. Jet Li’s the bad guy emperor, cursed dead by Michelle Yeoh (The good witch with access to Shangri La). Brendon Fraser accidentally raises the dead, and all hell breaks loose. Somewhere in there, there are some pretty bad ass yetis, good guys beat bad guys, the end. In fact, the only really big surprise is that they replaced Rachel Weisz — Evie in the first two Mummy films — with Maria Bello.
So I give it a B.
Oh, and another note, just like in New Jack City, Russel Wong dies in the first 5 minutes.
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For anyone who is interested there is an amazing documentary called Passing Poston. It is the tale of four former internees at the Poston Relocation camp during WW II. The film is a heart wrenching story, of the search to forgive a nation that turned its back to so many of its own citizens.
Its a must see! Its showing at the Pioneer Theater on August 8th till the 14th.
For anyone who is interested there is an amazing documentary called Passing Poston. It is the tale of four former internees at the Poston Relocation camp during WW II. The film is a heart wrenching story, of the search to forgive a nation that turned its back to so many of its own citizens.
Its a must see! Its showing at the Pioneer Theater on August 8th till the 14th.
Dang, one-third of the eye candy gone in 5 minutes.... (I only wanted to see it because where else can you oogle Jet Li, Russell Wong and Brendon Fraser at the same time.)
This got a 9% on RottenTomatoes.com!
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