I didn't enjoy it too much - while there are some good figures, like Frasiers and the riders who protect the grave, the comedic sidekick and the damsel in distress are incredibly annoying.
Brendan Fraser did a wonderful job as an action adventure hero in 2008 Journey to the Center of the Earth and the Mummy trilogy (1 & 2 in particular). Too bad he got injured frequently and developed substance addiction to continue such a role.
@@eduardojara6955 Indeed. My dad quoted this long before I had seen the movie, so when I saw the move for the first time I was like, THAT'S where the line came from!
The Mummy was incredibly successful in 1999 as i remember it. And earning that huge box office against both; The Matrix and Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace wasn't an easy task by many means!
I loved this movie to death growing up and proudly consider it one of my all-time favorites. It was such a perfect blend of adventure and horror that I still cherish to this day. ^^
Childhood Classic. My mom brought me to this when I was a kid. Enjoyed Brendan Frasier so much she decided to see him on Broadway years later. She ended up meeting him after the show and showed me a picture they took together. It was funny because by that point I was a young adult and was like wtf? So childhood AND adult classic I guess.
Funny, I just rewatched this a couple weeks ago, and I can vouch: Aside from a few effects, it does totally hold up. And if anything, its action/horror/comedy mix made it feel refreshing with how so many movies these days feel like they have to be totally grimdark/serious. (Relatedly, I'm not interested in the new Mummy at all for exactly that reason. It looks silly in all the wrong ways.)
Same, some friends and I rewatched the first 2 Mummy movies pretty recently and they're still very entertaining. I can look past some of the janky effects, it's from a different time after all.
I agree that Mummy Returns has a lot of fun moments, but they DID really let the CGI get out of control. There's honestly no excuse for just how terrible the Scorpion King at the end looks. Even at the time, people considered it embarrassingly bad to the point it nearly ruins the finale. (Hell, some thought it would kill off The Rock's then-burgeoning film career, but at least it wasn't THAT bad.)
I watch the older Brendan Fraser Mummy movies every summer out at my cottage on old VHS, and I've loved them since I was young. Seeing the trailer for the new Mummy made me sad because the new one looks so bland and similar to any other big summer movie coming out.
Still one of my favourite movies of all time. I was just six years old when I first saw it and man... This is my freaking childhood. Thanks for reviewing it, this video made me go through so many good memories in so little time. :)
It's funny because I was never confused as to why he mistook her. The big stink made about the glasses breaking and him not having eyeballs made it obvious to me.
I had no idea anything had been taken out - I didn't make the connection until watching this video, but in hindsight it makes perfect sense and I dunno why I never got it.
I loved this movie as a kid, and still love it as an adult. I even played the video game back in a day. The opening scene with Imhotep recieving his punishment before the title apeared scared me as a kid.
I had honestly forgotten just how much I loved this movie. It's what made me really love Arnold Vosloo who is a great actor when given the chance to do more than just be a generic villain.
My late grandmother who was always fascinated in ancient Egyptian culture, upon seeing this spared no time in buying the VHS and showing it to me and my parents. At 4 years old It was my introduction to Egyptian culture and started my curiosity in history and myths with both being presented and firearms with Brandon Fraser and his awesome arsenal. The sequel was and still is amazing. While the third wasn't quite as good as the first two, I did enjoy it with the only exception being Maria Bello instead of Rachel Weisz as Evelyn, not a horrible performance but she wasn't Evelyn. The Scorpion King spin off starring Dwayne the Rock Johnson in my opinion was a great action adventure film, although it felt like two different characters from The Mummy Returns vs The Scorpion King, hard to explain why.
I will always love this movie. I remember seeing it on VHS as a kid when it came out (or maybe DVD I can't remember) and being both beyond fucking terrified and thrilled. The horror scenes, especially to a little 6 y/o me, were genuinely terrifying, and gave me nightmares for weeks. But I still loved the romance and campy adventure side to it. People like to rip on this movie cause it can be goofy, without understanding that it was intentionally made to reflect the movies of the past. No matter what, this movie is damn near perfect for me, bad CGI and all. Moments are truly breathtaking, and the suspense is to thick and rich. Just a shame modern day (Dark) Universal can't recapture the magic this movie brought us back then. Truly one of the greats.
Terrific insight into one of my favourite movies. Makes me smile to know that the scarab crawling into the mouth moment was fought for so hard. Such an amazing moment, I still tell people to wait for it when that scene happens, I never want it to be missed.
I love this movie. It got me into reading about Egyptian history as a kid, and watched now one of my favorite tv shows, Spartacus, solely because John Hannah was in it.
The Mummy is one of my favorite childhood movies, and as such I can't see it as anything but perfect. Heck, I rewatched it a week ago along with the sequel - not _sequels_, because *_there's no third movie_*, except _maybe_ the fishing scene with Brendan Fraser - and I still love them both (though I like the italian dub better because, again, nostalgia). It was also one of the first movies to freak me out. The mummy's awakening traumatized me for a long time.
The Mummy is one of my all-time favorite movies. I've watched it so many times, I can recite word for word almost...matter of fact, I might re-watch it right now.
5:45 "it reached a temperature of a 130 degrees during the day ... the temperature made the cast and crew work harder". Here in Europe we got even more, indescribable, awe for Hollywood.
7:25-7:32, actually this reminds me of the first Pirates of the Carribbean where they shot the scene involving the skeleton crew where there was one take of the actors on set wearing their costumes as usual, then another take without them but its just the set and finally with the actors in mocap suits recreating what they had done previously.
The Mummy is one of my favourite films of my childhood, while the original was horror based the remake is much more action/adventure like Indiana Jones. I will admit it's been a long time since I've watched the film, I'll keep my eyes open for it next time when I go to a second hand shop. I'm really looking forward to Cecil's exploring video of Judge Dredd, to me it's an underrated favourite of mine from Stallone.
That comes down to one's opinion, I enjoyed Dredd but the Stallone Judge Dredd has a personal connection with me. The film is not perfect but I love it for what it is instead of hating it for what it isn't, it's got great action sequences, a cool story and an amazing use of miniatures.
"The film is not perfect but I love it for what it is instead of hating it for what it isn't" - Well said. More people should follow your line of thought. That's why I dislike ratings of any kind. Just the observations about the movie speak for themselves (which this channel does well). Unfortunately, the simplest opinion is always the easiest to spread and people don't often give a second thought to the work that goes into making these movies and individual scenes, designs, etc.
There are a lot of films I love but some people hate like the 2001 Lara Croft Tomb Raider film, I grew up playing the original games and it captures the look and feel of them perfectly. Angelina Jolie owned the role I can't think of anyone else who could of done it, she spend months training gaining some muscles and even did all her own stunts.
Yeah. I love the ship and character designs of Episode I (some of my favorites in the entire saga, and I think they are very well thought out and nuanced, despite some people thinking they stand out compared to the original movies). I love the choreography of the Smallville fight in Man of Steel and set pieces like the first flight or the intro. I always want a movie to try its best at something, even if it ends up "failing", rather than being just another competent, but generic movie.
I found your channel a few days ago and wow. I have been binge watching GoodBadFlicks some every day since. Love the work you put into your reviews and I have learned a good bit from watching. This Mummy exploration is fantastic. I loved this movie and you did it great justice. Look forward to anything else you post up!
One of the funniest scenes in the movie that caused me to laugh out loud was when Brendan Fraser walks into a room as Benny's trying to escape and Fraser picks up a chair and chucks it at Benny so hard and causes him to fall over.
But not that horrid remake or it's sequel. Actually, that might be appropriate for the channel. (TBH, I own both of them - guilty (special effects) pleasure! Especially that petrified smile scene.)
Reuben Kim I just can't get into the two new ones. The second he turned down the special weapons I knew I was wasting my time. The sword, the shield and the helmet were such a huge part of the original 😎
Your videos never fail to impress. Seriously a lot of work and research went into this video. I love the Exploring series. This was a lookback at a movie I never really gave much thought. Came to appreciate the flick cuz of this. Grand work overall
I loved this back when I saw it in theaters. Went to Returns and loved that one too. They are just plain fun to watch and enjoy. TNT and USA repeated both movies for YEARS.
The problem is that, with the exception of The Mummy, modern studio execs & directors fail to realize what made the originals s popular all these years. They want to make their, dark, versions with no class or style. The Mummy (and #2) were fun films we can watch again and again. The casting was perfect, as was your presentation. Thank you
"Regardless of the outcome of the reboot, the franchise has proven to be one that simply will not die." A year ago I would have agreed, but now...*insert pic of mummy facepalm*
I am so glad you did this video cause i absolutely love this movie so much. I remember this came out the same year as the matrix and star wars episode 1,this was low on my radar so it was a pleasant surprise for me.
I'll be honest... I still own my Scorpion King dvd. The Rock's first movie is still one of his best. But it's complete cheese and I'm aware it's a guilty pleasure.
I still remember seeing this movie for the first time when I was 8. The moment that mummy let out that roar, I stopped the movie. That scared me to death as a kid, but nowadays it's one of my favorite action movies. Hopefully this new Mummy can produce the same effect and give me a new cinematic universe to look forward to, other than Marvels'.
Same here, I was petrified of those damn flesh eating beetles crawling into my room. It delivered an amazing feeling of a comedic adventure but also dark and out right horror elements that made Indiana Jones so iconic...that series also made me super scared as a kid lol.
Didn't know there went so much work in the Mummy movies. I appreciate the movie even more now. I watch the the first and second movie every year. It never gets old for me. It sure holds up to today's standards even better than some movies do. I had a crush on Odet Fehr when I was little while all the other girls loved Brendan Fraser. After almost 20 years, Odeth Fehr still looks gorgeous to me :)
I remember when my local grocery store had a VHS section and this movie was one of them. I remember wanting to see it so bad and begged my parents to get until they finally gave in and got for me. There were definitely moments with Imhotep that scared the ever living crap outta me. Like his transformation into the mummy where he had scarabs being poured on him, the reveal of his mummified body, the guy with bad vision trying to find his way out of the tomb and Imhotep stalks him, and a couple scenes where he drains the life out of some guys and you see their bodies. those scenes were TERRIFYING to me back then. I haven't seen in a long time, but I think those moments still give me the creeps, but I still love this movie to this day.
I absolutely adore this movie, beyond just being a fantastically fun adventure, it's also one of the most quotable flicks of all time "Hey, O'Connell, looks like I got all the horses!" "I bet you're wondering... what's a place like me doing... in a girl like this"
Woahh man, i love this movie to death, saw it when i was 8 on theaters and since then has always been a top ten fav movie of all time, cant wait to see this
Three stars out of four is about right for a film like this. It ain't Taxi Driver, it ain't The Longest Day, but it rocks from one end to the other. You can see four star movies every few years or so and remind yourself how moving they were. A good three star actioner you can check out every time its on cable and cheer the characters along.
I have both The Mummy and The Mummy Returns on DVD I loved both of these movies, especially since my first exposure to horror was the Universal Monsters. Let's up Tom Cruise's The Mummy lives up to original and the Brandan Fraser remake.
The Horror Miser Monty G I don't think they can be compared, cruises one it's way too seriously focused... I love the humor from Fraser's one, so probably I won't personally enjoy cruise (mostly cause I don't enjoy him at all)
I know that Tom Cruise's Mummy isn't the same as Brandan Fraser's Mummy. What I meant is that I hope it lives up both the original Mummy and the remake, that it is just as good as those 2 movies were.
And isn't there something about Tom Cruise these days that makes it hard for you to see him as anyone else than Tom Cruise? It kinda takes you out of the story.
To be fair this new one is trying to be it's own thing, the only similarity the two will probably have in common is the fact that there is a Mummy in both. Also it will just be the first in a whole new monster verse, witch honestly has me far more worried.
RogueDragon05 from the trailer we already know that the Tom cruise character causes all the problems because he releases the mummy and the mummy does practically the same they it did in the 1999 version. And I bet the Tom cruise character lives to the end of the film. So how are they making it their own? They are clearly going for broke.
Ebert, like any critic you can name, had his hits and misses. This is after all a man who panned "Blade Runner" when it came out and only years later when he revisited it changed his mind. Critics are still human and they can, and will, trash movies you love and love movies you hate. Which is why I always say don't listen to them and decide what it is you want to see based on what you like.
Actually sisckel and ebert were my go to critics but not the way most people did. If they both gave a movie thumbs down it eas on my must watch if they split i had to guess and it they both liked it i avoided it like the plauge was never disappointed.
@@ufoe20011 Exactly. My brother and I watched them on PBS in the early 1980's to decide what movies to watch. If they said thumbs down we paid our hard earned teenage money to watch the movie. They always came back years later to "revisit" the movie and change their minds after they saw they were wrong.
@@umachan9286 True, but when they go around shaming the makers of Silent Night Deadly Night like they were child molesters, it stops being "difference of opinion" and starts being "we did cancel culture before it was cool".
This movie is great because it knows what it is and has fun with the premise. Brendan Frazier needs to make a come back. He might not be as young as he used to be, but his role in the TV series "The Affair" proved that he can be a good dramatic actor!
Johnathan Hyde from the classic _Jumanji_ and the magnum opus of modern animation _Tales of Arcadia_ was in _The Mummy_ as the Americans' Egyptology expert.
this was awesome! i recently discovered this channel and i love the style of the videos and the commentary is so relatable ! thanks for doing The Mummy it was one of my Favorite movies along with the second one and this was a Great Look at those Films!
The Mummy Returns was the first movie my family ever owned on DVD, so that whole initial series holds some great nostalgic power for me (even the guilty pleasure of The Scorpion King). Also, for some reason, I was allowed to do a report on classic horror movies in third grade, so I had an inordinate amount of knowledge about Universal movie monsters growing up.
Brandon Fraser became a legend from this movie.
F1rsttime_online True
F1rsttime_online Not for me. Encino Man. LOL
F1rsttime_online True
WHEEZING THE JUICE!
Totally, I miss him :(
I didn't realize Van Helsing was by the same director as The Mummy, no wonder it's such a fun movie.
Yup
I didn’t know it was another fun Stephen Sommers movie, I just figured it was crap. I’ll check it out. Thank you.
I loved the movie Van Helsing.
I loved Van Helsing. It's a shame it didn't do well
I loved The Mummy and Mummy returns. And how could you not have a huge crush on Rachel's character? Going from adorable, bookish girl to badass.
With the best eyes ever known to a mummy
I love the Brendan Frasier Mummy movies. They're the swashbucklinist movies ever made.
third was not so great but no fault of brendans
I thought the first two were great, and the third one was unnecessary, but I consider it a popcorn flick.
I didn't enjoy it too much - while there are some good figures, like Frasiers and the riders who protect the grave, the comedic sidekick and the damsel in distress are incredibly annoying.
the mummy is a masterpiece compared to anything that has came out in the past 10 years
Brendan Fraser did a wonderful job as an action adventure hero in 2008 Journey to the Center of the Earth and the Mummy trilogy (1 & 2 in particular). Too bad he got injured frequently and developed substance addiction to continue such a role.
HEY BENNY!? LOOKS LIKE YOURE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE RIVAR!!!
Benny: "AAAAAAHHHHHHH"
My dad quotes that line all the time
@@katherineperrin4817 it's an amazing line
@@eduardojara6955 Indeed. My dad quoted this long before I had seen the movie, so when I saw the move for the first time I was like, THAT'S where the line came from!
The LINE .....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
#SaveBrendan.
bitches man, bitches...
JUST FUCK MY SHIT UP
He's joined the cast of a new TV show called "Condor".
Save the King of Jungle.
He's going to be in DC Universe's Doom Patrol series as Robotman
The Mummy was incredibly successful in 1999 as i remember it. And earning that huge box office against both; The Matrix and Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace wasn't an easy task by many means!
I loved this movie to death growing up and proudly consider it one of my all-time favorites. It was such a perfect blend of adventure and horror that I still cherish to this day. ^^
Childhood Classic. My mom brought me to this when I was a kid. Enjoyed Brendan Frasier so much she decided to see him on Broadway years later. She ended up meeting him after the show and showed me a picture they took together. It was funny because by that point I was a young adult and was like wtf? So childhood AND adult classic I guess.
Whew. At first, I thought this was going to be a "Brendan Frasier boned my Mom" story.
Frank about as classic as a wet fart I did in 1987; not very.
+Dick B. Danglin your fart was underrated.
Ha! Nah, but I thought that while typing it too. Anyway, he banged my dad.
+Frank LMFAO! Points!
Funny, I just rewatched this a couple weeks ago, and I can vouch: Aside from a few effects, it does totally hold up. And if anything, its action/horror/comedy mix made it feel refreshing with how so many movies these days feel like they have to be totally grimdark/serious.
(Relatedly, I'm not interested in the new Mummy at all for exactly that reason. It looks silly in all the wrong ways.)
Same, some friends and I rewatched the first 2 Mummy movies pretty recently and they're still very entertaining. I can look past some of the janky effects, it's from a different time after all.
I agree that Mummy Returns has a lot of fun moments, but they DID really let the CGI get out of control. There's honestly no excuse for just how terrible the Scorpion King at the end looks. Even at the time, people considered it embarrassingly bad to the point it nearly ruins the finale.
(Hell, some thought it would kill off The Rock's then-burgeoning film career, but at least it wasn't THAT bad.)
I watch the older Brendan Fraser Mummy movies every summer out at my cottage on old VHS, and I've loved them since I was young. Seeing the trailer for the new Mummy made me sad because the new one looks so bland and similar to any other big summer movie coming out.
I actually liked the Tom Cruise one well enough.
It was okay. I could tell that they cut it up. I think it makes for fun fanfiction material
Still one of my favourite movies of all time. I was just six years old when I first saw it and man... This is my freaking childhood.
Thanks for reviewing it, this video made me go through so many good memories in so little time. :)
I love your "Exploring" videos :)
A Clive Barker Mummy film would have been AWESOME.
The Mummy: "We have such sights to show you!"
The Mummy 99 was actually loosely modeled off Hellraiser. If you watch them both they're sort of similar.
@@Gamer_Man_Bathwater imhotep=frank
Good Lord, has it _really_ been eighteen years since _The Mummy_ came out?
Yeah I have to retrain my mind to thinking it's "old"
David Curry it's not ancient, but eighteen years is a long time lol
damn we 90s kids are getting old...
Prince Solomon I know, everything I grew up with is celebrating 20th anniversaries ;w;
The Mummy (1999) is a classic.
they really should have left the by line about the mummy having bad eyesight...such a neat twist as why he's obsessed with Rachel Weiss
Franklin Blankenship but then they would have to make him having bad eyesight the WHOLE time, which is a plothole as the mummy can fight so well
Bad eyesight or not, why *wouldn't* he become obsessed with Rachel Weiss? She's hot.
It's funny because I was never confused as to why he mistook her. The big stink made about the glasses breaking and him not having eyeballs made it obvious to me.
I had no idea anything had been taken out - I didn't make the connection until watching this video, but in hindsight it makes perfect sense and I dunno why I never got it.
The way I saw it, I could tell Imhotep mistook her because of him squinting his eyes and the sort of questioning tone in his voice
I loved it as a kid. Still love it now, one of those movies that i can watch over and over and never get bored.
Fun Fact: Kevin J. O'Connor was the Main Lead in Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions which is Similar to The Mummy.
I loved this movie as a kid, and still love it as an adult. I even played the video game back in a day.
The opening scene with Imhotep recieving his punishment before the title apeared scared me as a kid.
Brendan Frasers best movie to date. Awesome review with awesome new trivia learned. Thanks ;)
I had honestly forgotten just how much I loved this movie. It's what made me really love Arnold Vosloo who is a great actor when given the chance to do more than just be a generic villain.
one of the greatest action adventure movies ever made!
My late grandmother who was always fascinated in ancient Egyptian culture, upon seeing this spared no time in buying the VHS and showing it to me and my parents. At 4 years old It was my introduction to Egyptian culture and started my curiosity in history and myths with both being presented and firearms with Brandon Fraser and his awesome arsenal. The sequel was and still is amazing. While the third wasn't quite as good as the first two, I did enjoy it with the only exception being Maria Bello instead of Rachel Weisz as Evelyn, not a horrible performance but she wasn't Evelyn. The Scorpion King spin off starring Dwayne the Rock Johnson in my opinion was a great action adventure film, although it felt like two different characters from The Mummy Returns vs The Scorpion King, hard to explain why.
I will always love this movie. I remember seeing it on VHS as a kid when it came out (or maybe DVD I can't remember) and being both beyond fucking terrified and thrilled. The horror scenes, especially to a little 6 y/o me, were genuinely terrifying, and gave me nightmares for weeks. But I still loved the romance and campy adventure side to it. People like to rip on this movie cause it can be goofy, without understanding that it was intentionally made to reflect the movies of the past.
No matter what, this movie is damn near perfect for me, bad CGI and all. Moments are truly breathtaking, and the suspense is to thick and rich. Just a shame modern day (Dark) Universal can't recapture the magic this movie brought us back then. Truly one of the greats.
4:01 Hell yes! HUGE crush on Oded/Ardeth. What a 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Could you make a episode about "The mist"?
Good idea, plus I'm still waiting for Darabont's version of The Long Walk, probably he will give us a downer darker ending.
이종석 Seconded
이종석 thirded
이종석 Fourthed!
skipping number 5...... 6th.
(I'mma rebel :p lol)
love this movie. loved, that scene at 7:06. and when the chair is thrown at Benny.
I love this channel soooo much!
One of my favorite movies of all time. I always love this movie when I was a kid.
I was just talking about how we need more fun adventure films like this.
Terrific insight into one of my favourite movies. Makes me smile to know that the scarab crawling into the mouth moment was fought for so hard. Such an amazing moment, I still tell people to wait for it when that scene happens, I never want it to be missed.
I vividly remember seeing this in theaters. I remember it was on Mother's Day and so it was my mother who picked the movie.
The Mummy will forever be one of my favorite movies and I remember standing in line with my family to see the second one!
Ironic how Tom Cruise was considered for The Mummy back in the day! XD
I love this movie. It got me into reading about Egyptian history as a kid, and watched now one of my favorite tv shows, Spartacus, solely because John Hannah was in it.
The Mummy is one of my favorite childhood movies, and as such I can't see it as anything but perfect.
Heck, I rewatched it a week ago along with the sequel - not _sequels_, because *_there's no third movie_*, except _maybe_ the fishing scene with Brendan Fraser - and I still love them both (though I like the italian dub better because, again, nostalgia).
It was also one of the first movies to freak me out. The mummy's awakening traumatized me for a long time.
The Mummy is one of my all-time favorite movies. I've watched it so many times, I can recite word for word almost...matter of fact, I might re-watch it right now.
5:45 "it reached a temperature of a 130 degrees during the day ... the temperature made the cast and crew work harder".
Here in Europe we got even more, indescribable, awe for Hollywood.
BIG fan of the movie. prob rewatched it 50 times already.
7:25-7:32, actually this reminds me of the first Pirates of the Carribbean where they shot the scene involving the skeleton crew where there was one take of the actors on set wearing their costumes as usual, then another take without them but its just the set and finally with the actors in mocap suits recreating what they had done previously.
The Mummy is one of my favourite films of my childhood, while the original was horror based the remake is much more action/adventure like Indiana Jones. I will admit it's been a long time since I've watched the film, I'll keep my eyes open for it next time when I go to a second hand shop. I'm really looking forward to Cecil's exploring video of Judge Dredd, to me it's an underrated favourite of mine from Stallone.
Wulfgar Dredd shits on it though
That comes down to one's opinion, I enjoyed Dredd but the Stallone Judge Dredd has a personal connection with me. The film is not perfect but I love it for what it is instead of hating it for what it isn't, it's got great action sequences, a cool story and an amazing use of miniatures.
"The film is not perfect but I love it for what it is instead of hating it for what it isn't" - Well said. More people should follow your line of thought. That's why I dislike ratings of any kind. Just the observations about the movie speak for themselves (which this channel does well). Unfortunately, the simplest opinion is always the easiest to spread and people don't often give a second thought to the work that goes into making these movies and individual scenes, designs, etc.
There are a lot of films I love but some people hate like the 2001 Lara Croft Tomb Raider film, I grew up playing the original games and it captures the look and feel of them perfectly. Angelina Jolie owned the role I can't think of anyone else who could of done it, she spend months training gaining some muscles and even did all her own stunts.
Yeah. I love the ship and character designs of Episode I (some of my favorites in the entire saga, and I think they are very well thought out and nuanced, despite some people thinking they stand out compared to the original movies). I love the choreography of the Smallville fight in Man of Steel and set pieces like the first flight or the intro. I always want a movie to try its best at something, even if it ends up "failing", rather than being just another competent, but generic movie.
I saw The Mummy June 1999. I was 12 years old and I enjoyed it. It was one of my favorite movies as a kid and played a role in my interest in horror.
I found your channel a few days ago and wow. I have been binge watching GoodBadFlicks some every day since. Love the work you put into your reviews and I have learned a good bit from watching. This Mummy exploration is fantastic. I loved this movie and you did it great justice. Look forward to anything else you post up!
I do have one request. Could you possibly do an exploration review of Smokin Aces? Thanks
One of the funniest scenes in the movie that caused me to laugh out loud was when Brendan Fraser walks into a room as Benny's trying to escape and Fraser picks up a chair and chucks it at Benny so hard and causes him to fall over.
The exploring series is the best thing on the internet 😎
Explore Clash of the Titans? The one from the early 80s of course 👍
But not that horrid remake or it's sequel. Actually, that might be appropriate for the channel. (TBH, I own both of them - guilty (special effects) pleasure! Especially that petrified smile scene.)
Reuben Kim I just can't get into the two new ones. The second he turned down the special weapons I knew I was wasting my time. The sword, the shield and the helmet were such a huge part of the original 😎
This is my favorite series from GoodBadFlicks, Keep it up man.
I love your work. You keep getting better and better
Your videos never fail to impress. Seriously a lot of work and research went into this video. I love the Exploring series. This was a lookback at a movie I never really gave much thought. Came to appreciate the flick cuz of this. Grand work overall
Man, I still really enjoy watching this film during the summer!
I loved this back when I saw it in theaters. Went to Returns and loved that one too. They are just plain fun to watch and enjoy. TNT and USA repeated both movies for YEARS.
I love your channel. It's my favorite movie-related channel.
The problem is that, with the exception of The Mummy, modern studio execs & directors fail to realize what made the originals s popular all these years. They want to make their, dark, versions with no class or style. The Mummy (and #2) were fun films we can watch again and again. The casting was perfect, as was your presentation.
Thank you
Thanks!
@@GoodBadFlicks Plan on looking at The Postman? Just checking.
Eventually, yes
"Regardless of the outcome of the reboot, the franchise has proven to be one that simply will not die." A year ago I would have agreed, but now...*insert pic of mummy facepalm*
I am so glad you did this video cause i absolutely love this movie so much. I remember this came out the same year as the matrix and star wars episode 1,this was low on my radar so it was a pleasant surprise for me.
Never forget The Scorpion King spin off lol
MOSTCHEDDA and hopefully never again!
I was really surprised to discover there are FOUR of them!
I'll be honest... I still own my Scorpion King dvd. The Rock's first movie is still one of his best. But it's complete cheese and I'm aware it's a guilty pleasure.
+Lugbzurg Wait, there's 4? I thought there only were 2. D:
I agree, scorpion king is a definite guilty pleasure of mine. Especially because of Kelly Hu.
I absolutely love these movies!!! 1/2 are top notch in every way!!
I still remember seeing this movie for the first time when I was 8. The moment that mummy let out that roar, I stopped the movie. That scared me to death as a kid, but nowadays it's one of my favorite action movies. Hopefully this new Mummy can produce the same effect and give me a new cinematic universe to look forward to, other than Marvels'.
Same here, I was petrified of those damn flesh eating beetles crawling into my room. It delivered an amazing feeling of a comedic adventure but also dark and out right horror elements that made Indiana Jones so iconic...that series also made me super scared as a kid lol.
AshXXMayftw I don't think so... cruise its way different from Fraser
Your videos are so consistently awesome.
Didn't know there went so much work in the Mummy movies. I appreciate the movie even more now. I watch the the first and second movie every year. It never gets old for me. It sure holds up to today's standards even better than some movies do. I had a crush on Odet Fehr when I was little while all the other girls loved Brendan Fraser. After almost 20 years, Odeth Fehr still looks gorgeous to me :)
I remember when my local grocery store had a VHS section and this movie was one of them. I remember wanting to see it so bad and begged my parents to get until they finally gave in and got for me. There were definitely moments with Imhotep that scared the ever living crap outta me. Like his transformation into the mummy where he had scarabs being poured on him, the reveal of his mummified body, the guy with bad vision trying to find his way out of the tomb and Imhotep stalks him, and a couple scenes where he drains the life out of some guys and you see their bodies. those scenes were TERRIFYING to me back then. I haven't seen in a long time, but I think those moments still give me the creeps, but I still love this movie to this day.
Love the original and the 1999 mummy remake and just got the new released bluray.
have you ever seen the christopher lee Remake by hammer horror in 1959?
I absolutely adore this movie, beyond just being a fantastically fun adventure, it's also one of the most quotable flicks of all time
"Hey, O'Connell, looks like I got all the horses!"
"I bet you're wondering... what's a place like me doing... in a girl like this"
Woahh man, i love this movie to death, saw it when i was 8 on theaters and since then has always been a top ten fav movie of all time, cant wait to see this
Keep up this awesome series... always watch loving the explore series
My all time favorite movie, being explored by my favorite movie reviewer!
mannn the brandon frasier movies where my childhood, i'll never forget those movies
Three stars out of four is about right for a film like this. It ain't Taxi Driver, it ain't The Longest Day, but it rocks from one end to the other. You can see four star movies every few years or so and remind yourself how moving they were. A good three star actioner you can check out every time its on cable and cheer the characters along.
8:03 - 8:22 I knew it! Weird that they cut that part out.
I have both The Mummy and The Mummy Returns on DVD I loved both of these movies, especially since my first exposure to horror was the Universal Monsters. Let's up Tom Cruise's The Mummy lives up to original and the Brandan Fraser remake.
The Horror Miser Monty G I don't think they can be compared, cruises one it's way too seriously focused... I love the humor from
Fraser's one, so probably I won't personally enjoy cruise (mostly cause I don't enjoy him at all)
I know that Tom Cruise's Mummy isn't the same as Brandan Fraser's Mummy. What I meant is that I hope it lives up both the original Mummy and the remake, that it is just as good as those 2 movies were.
I boycott Tom Cruise's movies. It's a damn shame because he is a good actor. The new Mummy looks decent, but Tom Cruise is a terrible human being.
+fleshTH
So you haven't seen Tomorrow Never Dies? Damn. Just "damn".
have you ever seen the Hammer horror version starring Christopher Lee? it is brutal
I grew up watching this movie and I always loved it. Learning all this stuff makes me appreciate it even more
this movie IS funny, IS scary and it HAD good action
how many movies do you know can balance it all so well done like this one?
This is my top movie. I've watched it 20+ times and never get tired of it!
I'm very weary about this "remake reboot " that is coming out. The Brendan Fraser version was very good. The first two anyway.
And isn't there something about Tom Cruise these days that makes it hard for you to see him as anyone else than Tom Cruise? It kinda takes you out of the story.
To be fair this new one is trying to be it's own thing, the only similarity the two will probably have in common is the fact that there is a Mummy in both. Also it will just be the first in a whole new monster verse, witch honestly has me far more worried.
RogueDragon05 from the trailer we already know that the Tom cruise character causes all the problems because he releases the mummy and the mummy does practically the same they it did in the 1999 version. And I bet the Tom cruise character lives to the end of the film. So how are they making it their own? They are clearly going for broke.
I see a 5'5" (5'7" with shoes on) running, scowling man named Nick. Will he be better than the badass yet likable gun toting Rick O'Connell?
We don't talk about the third one.
The "Some day I might" line gets me every time. I still laugh audibly when he says it.
Speaking about "Deep rising", any plans on covering it?
I second that love that movie
DR is awesome
I agree,deep rising or reign of fire.
Deckaio Deep Rising is one of my favorite monster movies ever. I'd love to see that covered
That Cthulhu-like pic at 1:20 has me interested, but is there anything like that in the movie?
this and his sequels are one of my favs in my child
I don't care what anyone says, I like van helsing
Same here, it has what a true werewolf vs vampire fight should be and not that twilight crap
The ps2 game is pretty good aswell.
Same, I thoroughly enjoyed that movie... I have it on dvd.
I'm with you man
It's a ridiculous trope movie, but absolutely perfect for what it is.
Another awesome video. Absolutely love these Exploring videos, incredibly interesting, you've got me hooked. Keep up the great work.
I russells my jimmies when people talk about Roger Ebert like he was a good critic
Marcos Gallardo I hate him so much. He's such a dry, buzzkill hack.
Ebert, like any critic you can name, had his hits and misses. This is after all a man who panned "Blade Runner" when it came out and only years later when he revisited it changed his mind.
Critics are still human and they can, and will, trash movies you love and love movies you hate. Which is why I always say don't listen to them and decide what it is you want to see based on what you like.
Actually sisckel and ebert were my go to critics but not the way most people did. If they both gave a movie thumbs down it eas on my must watch if they split i had to guess and it they both liked it i avoided it like the plauge was never disappointed.
@@ufoe20011 Exactly. My brother and I watched them on PBS in the early 1980's to decide what movies to watch. If they said thumbs down we paid our hard earned teenage money to watch the movie. They always came back years later to "revisit" the movie and change their minds after they saw they were wrong.
@@umachan9286 True, but when they go around shaming the makers of Silent Night Deadly Night like they were child molesters, it stops being "difference of opinion" and starts being "we did cancel culture before it was cool".
This is one of your best reviews... really enjoyed it.
Speaking of *Visual effects* WHAT IS THAT AT 9:25
Those are special effects, not visual effects. Specifically, what you are seeing is prosthetic makeup effects.
I always wondered the same thing myself
Really, what is UP with that guy???
It's a man who doesn't own a mirror.
Wow. Everyone in this thread is a dick.
Great review. This is one of my favorite movies and I'm glad to did it justice.
Any time Ebert panned a movie kind of let you know you may want to go see it.
Yeah he was a useless asshole.
@@Axolotl_Mischief ebert was a hack..he hated movies like die hard and the thing but praised garbage like speed 2: Cruise Control
9:26 I'm surprised that look never took off.
Can you please do an "exploring" episode on Dracula Untold? Personally I think it's a great movie and I really did enjoy it
This is one of my favorite movies I dont know what it is, it just entertains me everytime
All hail Brendan Fraser, our Lord and Savior
This movie is great because it knows what it is and has fun with the premise. Brendan Frazier needs to make a come back. He might not be as young as he used to be, but his role in the TV series "The Affair" proved that he can be a good dramatic actor!
i just watched this movie with my dad last week. next week we are digging into The Core.
I just watched the core (2nd time in 12 years) 2 days ago with my wife, it was a guilty pleasure.
I hope this channel does "Explorers" one day.
This and it's sequel are two childhood classics of mine, and Van Helsing is one of my favorite movies.
Update for 2019 - Dark Universe flopped hard and Universal is trying to pretend it never happened.
Johnathan Hyde from the classic _Jumanji_ and the magnum opus of modern animation _Tales of Arcadia_ was in _The Mummy_ as the Americans' Egyptology expert.
The Wolfman $150 million budget for what? Were they buying $20k toilets? $5k hammers?
rowan dax Independence Day?
Well, it did have amazing practical effects. I actually quite like it. Then again, i like Dracula Untold....
Endless script rewrites.
This has been one of my favorite movies since it came out. I thought I knew a lot about it, but most of what was in this video was new info for me!
Unfortunately the new Mummy with Tom Cruise has failed miserably to capture the campy, adventurous and fun atmosphere of the 99 Mummy.
That Universal Studios roller coaster based on the movie is lots and lots of fun.
I'm here from the future, The Dark Universe died with the Tom Cruise film, sorry everyone!
this was awesome! i recently discovered this channel and i love the style of the videos and the commentary is so relatable ! thanks for doing The Mummy it was one of my Favorite movies along with the second one and this was a Great Look at those Films!
Wait o'Connor Vait vait please....👋🏻
Goodbye Benni
The Mummy Returns was the first movie my family ever owned on DVD, so that whole initial series holds some great nostalgic power for me (even the guilty pleasure of The Scorpion King).
Also, for some reason, I was allowed to do a report on classic horror movies in third grade, so I had an inordinate amount of knowledge about Universal movie monsters growing up.