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You should. And after that, can you do a movie review of 2003 Peter Pan?
Fun fact: The main reason for the terrible Scorpion King CGI is because the SFX team had very little time to complete the work and only finished as much as they could a mere 8 days before the release.
@@changsiah2 Also, they didn't have a decade for cyberpunk 2077. It was more like 5 years. They couldn't start working on it till Witcher 3 was done and alarmed success. Until that time, CDPR didn't have the money or the manpower to start cyberpunk.
@Twiddly Stosh I agree. It should've been released when ready or at the very least should have been released as either early access, alpha, or a beta but NOT as a finished product. I heard somewhere that they were under a lot of pressure from the government to release it sooner than they wanted but I honestly have no idea of the validity of that claim
I’ll give this movie one thing, they kept the whole romance thing from the first one instead of have them get divorced just to fall in love again like almost every sequel does. So they get a point for that
Well look at it this way: Even Dwyane The Rock Johnson a CG Scorpion Monstrousity with absolutely no character, still has more character than Tom Cruise did in the Mummy Remake. "Or at least he was a more realistic actor."
@@metalixtheunknown9677 Well he had a rough start, but he was one of the better wrestler, turned actors. Sometimes a good actor picks bad movies or roles unfit for them. "Robin Williams could fill an Olympic Sized Swimming Pool with all the clunkers he stared in or played in but he still was a good actor rest his soul."
@@geraldmiddleton3936 I'm not sure if the direction of Alex Kurtsman derailed it "though it couldn't have helped just look how badly that man has screwed up the Star Trek Franchise" or possibly something Tom Cruise did "His ego is higher than Scientology Dues". No doubt it's a combination of the 2.
Say what else but Arnold Vosloo acts the HELL out of the scene of Imhotep abandoned. His cry for her, watching her leave, whispering her name as it hits him he endured millennia of torture for what really amounted to a simple fling. Then the small smile of respect at Rick and Evie, realizing what they have is a bond of love he can only dream of, the tiny nod, then accepting his fate. So much bad in the movie but that moment is wonderful.
I wish Critic hadn't skipped the funniest bit which is during the "are we there yet?" scene. The bad guy grows sick of it, grabs his dagger and stabs the table exactly between the kid's fingers and Alex goes "wow! How did you do that? That was amazing!" and bad guy replies: "what are you talking about? I missed." I don't know why but that scene stuck with me. His deadpan reply was so funny and unexpected and I never forgot it. Easily the best scene in the movie.
I found it funnier when Lock Nah takes Alex to the bathroom Alex: I can't go when someone's watching *Lock Nah turns around* Alex: I don't trust you, you'll look! Lock Nah: 🤨
Actually Doug, a lot of people seem to forget that the Mummy took the eyes from someone with poor eyesight (hence the glasses), which explains why he might not have recognized her to begin with. And THAT is the only bit of subtlety in these movies.
Good point. And correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Imhotep address Evie as a princess when he first sees her while still in his mummy form? I think he already recognized her as the Pharaoh's daughter but was keeping her around as a vessel for Anck-Su-Namun's soul
@@barbiquearea Well there is the slight bit of awkwardness trying to explain resurrection of someone, who is reincarnated into a living adult already...
It’s funny how I can forgive every flaw in these two movies and love them to pieces, but the third one’s casting change will always be unforgivable to me.
true! but they also should've been more watchful of their child, not making out in every scene while their boy gets almost killed or abducted 3x in 1 week LOL 😂
Ardeth to Alex: By putting this on, you have started a chain reaction that could bring about the next apocalypse. Rick: You, lighten up. You, big trouble. You, get in the car.
You actually feel sorry for him at the end, when his love interest abandons him, yet his enemy (Rick) is saved by their own. Heck, in the novelization, Rick tries to save him even.....
Fun fact: the filming location for the interior of the British museum in this movie is the Dimco buildings, which are most famous For being used as the Acme factory in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
I KNEW THAT I WASNT CRAZY THINKING IT LOOKED LIKE IT CAME FROM ROGER RABBIT!!! Fucking years saying that to my friends and they just said "pffff! nahh all old time factories look like that, its just a coincidence" a coincidence huh? SUCK ON THAT SUCKERS!!!
They weren't sisters. Evelyn was the reincarnation of the Pharoh's daughter and Mila is the reincarnation of the Phatoh's wife. It's a step mom/step daughter relationship.
@@HunterX05 Yes it is, they say it directly. Can't be much clearer than that and the whole reason Imotep kills the Pharoh is because he's caught fucking the Pharoh's wife.
@@KuzinPennywise711 because i thought that i would have remembered if the distinction had been made in a clear fashion. and it's nearly midnight where i live, my judgment ain't exactly at it's peak. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
One thing I like, too, in the scene where Anuk Sun-Amun abandons Imhotep. Rick is screaming for Evie to get herself to safety but she ignores him and runs to save him. Imhotep meanwhile *begs* ASA to help him but she turns and runs with just a "No!" (Both keeps the villain's selfishness intact and makes his abandonment that much more painful for him)
@@Jar0fMay0 I think they did the CGI scene and went "whoops, forgot to time it with the shot. Guess he comes in 15 seconds later because we have 20 minutes to wrap the edit and release to theatre".
At the risk of giving that movie even the _most microscopic bit of praise,_ I was thinking that the line "What are you gonna wear, Daddy... in Hell?" from the boy from _Jack & Jill_ was funnier. _Not by much,_ but still funnier.
I have to say that little expression on Imhotep's face as he watches the O'Connells before he just gives up at the end shows more character development and explains his motivations more than anything or anyone else gets in this film. That little moment is literally my favorite part.
Yeah. People forgot, the mummy story, even as far back as Bram Stoker’s Jewel of Seven Stars, is a tragic romance. And seeing it breaking in this scene, shows that in scene. These first two movies don’t deserved that much hate, they have their moments.
Past Evie and Anck-Su-Namun aren't sisters, Past Evie is her stepdaughter. Now do Tomb of the Dragon Emperor pls EDIT: Correct, Anck-Su-Namun was the Pharoah's concubine/mistress
I know this has already been said but Anck su Namun and Nefertiti weren’t sisters. Anck was the Pharoh’s mistress. He got pissed off when he noticed that her body paint had been smudged which prompted Imhotep to act quickly and kill him. Just sayin’.
@@baronblood666 No offense to Doug, but had he not gone on and on about them being sisters, as if it was blatantly stated or implied in the film and in the script even (it isn’t) I wouldn’t have said anything. Sure it’s totally possible for them to have been sisters, royals ALWAYS kept it in the family. But I guess Doug was having a moment.
@@astridweasley you know I've been noticing an increasing lack of research on the movies he reviews, the biggest I noticed are for example in Alien vs predator the "nerd side" of the brain asked three questions of which two are answered i the movie itself and the last one is common lore knowledge of the franchise, he said sarcastically in the jurassic world movie "something you've never seen in a jurassic film before: hunting dinosaurs at night!!!" when in reality yeah, we never seen dinosaurs being hunted at at night, I could go on but if you pay attention 2 in every 3 reviews doug delivers wrong info, wrong info that can easily be proven wrong as if he didn't do research.
I think Critic latched onto O'Connell's "frisky with the Pharaoh's daughter" line from the first movie a little too tightly. He said it as a joke, not realizing until later that he hit really close to the actual situation. The second movie explicitly states that Evy is a reincarnation of Nefertiti, the Pharaoh's (Seti I) daughter, and Meela is the reincarnation of Ankh-Su-Namun, Seti's mistress. So, no, they're not sisters. As far as the movies explain, anyway.
The real star of this movie is Alan Silvestri, who composed one of the best soundtracks of his career. A very worthy follow-up to Jerry Goldsmith's score for the first film.
27:46 He could have at least praised Arnold Vosloo performance as Imohtep being abandoned by the love of his life. I always feel a stab of pain thinking about it even now.
"The very best character actors are made of equal parts discipline and madness, and the fact that our faces are more familiar than our names is not our curse, but our blessing. The character actor's goal, after all, is not to earn the adulation of the public; it is to give lives to a hundred nameless spirits who make us laugh or cry, who are both familiar and new, who show us that their journey is our journey, and who, like everyone in the audience, never get to kiss Renée Zellweger." -Stephen Tobolowsky
That scene always breaks my heart. In the end he came back after centuries to reunite with his one true love and finally live with her, only for her to abandon him. You can see the realization that he gave up his station, his life and spent centuries as an undead tortured mummy for naught. It's awful and the actor did an amazing job showing the crushing realization and final decision to end his life for good.
If the MCU had gotten off the ground earlier in time, and Michael had landed a role in one of the Avengers moviesas Thanos would it have been The InfinitHEE-HEE Gauntlet he was after?
@@randomguy2518 Come on Disney! I am just now realized what a huge opportunity the Mouse missed. They could have brought in a CGI Michael into the MCU canon as Captain Eo which they own, and even had the perfect final battle themein "We're Here to Save the World"!
@@RikoJAmado seeing as they used "immigrant song" by led zeppelin instead of Amon Amarth's "Guardians of Asgard" in Ragnoroks final battle. .they Excell at missed opportunites
Also Anuck-sun-amon was Pharaoh's mistress. If she was Nefitiri's sister, then that would make her Pharaoh's daughter, too! This isn't Game of Thrones, Doug!
Fun theory in the first mummy when Imhotep kills Bernard Burns and takes his eyes and tongue he inherited the bad eye sight and mistook Evelyn for Anck-Su-Namun.
Regarding the Whole CGI Rock, Dwayne Johnson He was still doing wrestling at this time so He could not Make it to the last scene, and only be in that first scene. So they where on a time budget so they had to Make do with a horrible CGI version of him.
I feel like they should've used a more elegant solution, like perhaps given him a mask with the face of Dwayne, but opening the mouth to reveal a horrifying gaping maw with a lot of teeth and a long lashing tongue, so it would look more frightening and less silly.
That makes no sense, if hey knew he was still doing wrestling, the could have ordered the scenes better to let him do the two that he was supposed to be in.
@@TheKat12364 PLUS i think movies don't get made in chronological order, most of times they make all the scenes that take place on the same place before moving to the next location.
Everything on set is tightly controlled and planned out in well in advance. We are talking about a small army of people from camera operators to generator operators and TIME IS MONEY!! I can't count the number of times I've heard that phrase. There is no way they weren't aware of Mr. Johnsons schedule. Nor would they make a crapshoot about his availability for a key scene. They made the decision early on, due to the enormous amount of time it takes to make CGI, to go with what they ended up with.
I remember it. I don't know full details, but for some reason guy with the glasses from the first movie is a companion to Imhotep, while also being in the timeline of the second movie. Which confused me a lot back then.
You missed one thing. In the first movie, it’s implied that Imhotep thinks Eve is Anuk-Su Namun also because he “took” his new eyes from the man with the glasses, so he cant see well enough. Fun review as always tho.
well to be fair he DID recognize someone from his past. So he got the I have seen her before part down, from across the street. That's pretty difficult for me without my glasses :)
I do to. Its the anti- Indiana jones/tomb raider. Its just popcorn goofy comedy with great set pieces. I even give the scorpion king a pass because the bad cgi totes fits with the kitchen sink of tropes in the mummy 2 ;)
I loved the first one, the second was definitely a step down but I still enjoyed it. It was definitely a case of pretty much doing the same thing, but not as well. Still, I thought it was a fun movie. Even trying to be generous, I really can't say anything good about the third.
Still can't wrap my head around how the Scorpion King was a good guy in his own movie but evil in here. I'll just pretend they were two different people who just both bore the same title.
According to the Director, the evil one in this film is an identical descendant of the one from the Scorpion Kings films. Doubt that this was the original plan, but it is the canon response right now.
Actually, I kind of wish more actors responded like The Rock here!! Yeah, his debut was screwed over... but he didn't go whining about it, and studios love him.
I don't get the amount of good will that Dwayne Johnson got when he was starting his movie career. I swear the reviews for the first like... 10 movies that he did said "This movie sucks and The Rock isn't very good in it but let's not write him off just yet." I have never seen any actor treated with as gentle of kids gloves as he got.
@@tinkerer3399 You have to meet him in real life to understand. Dwayne Johnson is just one of THOSE people, that is constantly cheerful, good natured, seemingly loves everybody, and doesn't get upset at stupid stuff. In other words, he wasn't raised in Hollywood, like 90% of today's Hollywood actors/actresses were (which is why most of them, in real life, are shit people). So it's totally believable that Directors and Producers would keep giving Dwayne chance, after chance, after chance, to redeem himself.
@@tinkerer3399 To be honest, just between us. I cannot think of single his movie that wouldn't fit description "This movie sucks and The Rock isn't very good in it". Like last 5 movies i saw with Rock everybody is like "This is the best movie ever' and in the end its always the lowest grade comedy i can think of, with huge budget, but still horribly boring and unfunny.
Saddest scene in this film: Evelyn's death. Jonathan hugs Alex close to make him look away as Rick tearfully panics while Evelyn is struggling to tell Rick she loves him before she dies, and manages it with her last breath. Rick goes into full sobbing and whimpering, begging for her to come back. *It's one of the absolute finest performances Brendan Fraser has ever turned in.* -Later: When Rick still reeling from Evy's death, meets the curator inside the pyramid. The look on his face as he walks in (with tear-stained eyes and a ghost-like expression)* is so heartbreaking.*
And it's completely overshadowed by that shit cgi Scorpion King...Seriously, nobody remembers how great Brendan Fraser was in that scene, he gave a legitimate Oscar caliber performance in that moment and nobody remembers it because everyones too busy laughing their asses off at the Scorpion King.
I can’t lie, I love this movie. Maybe even more than the first one. These Mummy movies were just fun and silly and I enjoyed them for that reason I think
I love the mummy returns and the 1st mummy and 3rd mummy tomb of the dragon empire i love both Brendan Fraser's mummy movies trilogy and i agreed with you homie
1 and 2 are both great. They're simple action adventure movies they aren't supposed to be intelligent or thought provoking movies. I don't really watch movies to think I watch them for entertainment so as long as they aren't boring I'll likely like them.
They weren't sisters. Eveylin is the daughter of the Pharaoh, Princess Nefertiti. The other lady is Anck-su-namun was the Pharaoh's mistress. He chose his daughter to guard the bracelet and Anck-su to be his personal bodyguard/mistress.
Just remember one thing still about this movie, when the Anubis soldiers are tearing up everything for The Rock, one of them just throw a woman off of a building, and she does a female Wilhelm scream. Still this day, the sound effect makes me laugh
For the LAST TIME critic, the reason Imhotep thought Evelynn was his lost love was because he stole his eyeballs from a near-sighted guy and his blurry vision made him think Evelynn was his love!! How did he miss that in the first movie !? Edit: Alright, the movie never said it out loud but it's highly suggested and it's a popular fan theory
....i actually never realized that until now XD thank you! That detail always confused me but now it makes sense. I thought he just grew his own eyes back or something after taking the guys.. Not sure why I thought that. Boy I feel dumb XD
How the fucking hell do you mix up a white, brown haired English women for a raven-haired Dark Skinned Egyptian girl? Unless the guy was legally blind. In which case, how the fuck was Imhotep not literally tripping over everything?
They weren't sisters? Evelyn was pharaohs daughter and anoksunamun was pharaohs mistress. Remember thats why in the entire series started. Only pharaoh was allowed to have sex with her. So her and imohotep came up with the murder suicide plot. Additionally, They didnt come up with the reincarnation thing. They got that from the old universal movies. Its stupid either way of course you could just ask well why doesn't he remember pharaohs daughter?
I will always love these movies because they’re cheesy and *know* they’re cheesy. They aren’t pretending to be super serious action movies. I mean the bus fight is borderline comical whilst still keeping the tension
What would have been worse would be reintroducing all the characters again, at least they treated this as a second movie, and knew the fans like we should know what's going on and who these characters are at this point.
I’ve never seen this film so when Imhotep screamed “NO!!” when the Scorpian King got stabbed I fucking screamed with laughter, at half 12 at night and nearly started crying with laughter! It was so bad it’s perfect! Was the rest of that shot just too well done and he was meant to be in the shot so he just ran on, it really looks like he missed his mark so just threw himself into the shot and they just went with it XD
My sister and I always joke that the actor missed his cue in that scene so he just ran on to the set and screamed "Noooooooo!!!!" and they just decided to go with that take.
You've never seen this film? You should watch the first one ''The Mummy'' from 1999. It's a better made movie. And maybe also watch ''The Mummy Returns'' just for the heck of it.
@@robiking011 I’ve seen the original Boris Karloff ‘The Mummy’ and I’ve seen the 1999 ‘The Mummy’, just never bothered with its sequel. If I hadn’t seen this review then I never never would have even considered the sequel, considering it tbh
thank you for highlighting how rick & eve completely ignore their own child, especially in the same week he almost dies / gets abducted multiple times.
Yeah critic saying that threw me off, its never mentioned they are sisters in the film or anything. Were the actual people in history sisters? Only explanation for that I can think of...
@@gRinchY-op5vr Ancient history student here and no Anck su namun and Nefertiti were not sisters in real life, in fact, she was Nefertiti's daughter and the wife of King Tut. I'm assuming that's where the name comes from, anyway. Plus, I thought in the movie they just call her "Nefertiti's dueling instructor". I don't think they actually refer to them as sisters though. I think the critic might be wrong in this case, but maybe I just have to watch the movie again. 🤷♀️
I love when Doug doesn't even bother watching movies before doing reviews. Rachel Weiss's character is NOT the sister of Imhotep's lover. She's the DAUGHTER of the pharoah. Anck-Su-Namun is the pharoah's CONCUBINE.
Or sometimes the movie is so under investing he just doesn't care. I sure didn't. I remember seeing this dumbass movie but I forget every single detail outside of "Dumb cgi scorpion Rock"
Given how things often were in Ancient Egypt, the Pharoah's concubine *could* have been the sister of his daughter. (She could also have been Nefertiri's aunt, i.e. Pharoah's sister....)
The second movie isn't as good as the first, but it's still epic and I love it. What? No there is no third movie. You don't understand, there is no third movie. There. Is. No. Third. Movie.
Well, one reason as to why Imhotep Might have mistook Evie for his lost love has to deal with the fact that he look the eyes of a visually-impaired man - he didn't have 20-20 vision. It actually makes sense.
Critic: @$&% THE CHART!!! Rob:....alright then (unzips and removes pants and goes to chart) Critic: JESUS CHRIST! WHAT THE...? IT WAS A FIGURE OF SPEECH!!! Rob and the Chart moaning:ohhhhhhhhh, too late, ooooooooooohhhhhh yessss, yes yes yes yes!!! Critic:...sigh, how’d we get here?
@@larrylaffer3246 Critic:....you’re still gonna try to have sex with it when I yell “%$&@ The Chart” and you say “ but the chart says” aren’t you? Rob: I already am
@@victorm152 Critic: Congrats Rob you just took whatever little ad revenue we were getting and flushed it right down the toilet. "The Kohler EZ Flush Deluxe Toilet with built-in bidet now available at a Home Depot or Lowes near you!" "Only $99.99 a real steal of a deal as it combines european sophistication and american build quality in one convenient package" "Notice Toilet Built In Mexico." Rob: Really Doug even in an argument you still need to do a shameless plug? Doug: Well the office bills ain't gonna pay themselves Rob!
For all of this movie’s flaws, I still really enjoy it and unlike the Rise of Skywalker, I feel like this movie doesn’t take away anything from the characters
I must say, where is a cartoon "The Mummy: The Animated Series" - which is based on this second movie, but with a little "spinoff" style with the same characters, but much more complex. It's MUCH MORE BETTER. The plot is also about Bracelet and ext. But - it's a real adventure, with a good script. Try it out! And also a third movie. Make it Quadro review! The Animated one - is really a good one
I remember the lead up and advertising for that movie being big, but once it was in theatres I don’t recall anyone who saw it; not even my stoner friends who would like that sort of movie saw it.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was going to be in The Mummy Returns but he had signed a contract for a movie called Longshot that he couldn't get out of, so he did that movie but the studio had already promoted that he would be in The Mummy, so he okayed the CGI so he could still get credit.
This actually sounds more like the Attack Of The Clones of the Mummy movies. Think about it, it’s filled with exposition and mostly bland characters, and the only good stuff is the action
I know im two years late but if he needed to take the eyes of a blind man how did he even manage to take out the blind man if he couldnt even see at all himself? Its not like his vision improved either way, ive always wondered that 🤔
I saw this movie as a kid, just like the first one, and Doug is being a sourpuss. It's meant to just be a fun popcorn movie. Yeah, the CGI is bad, but ya know, lots of fighting and guns and swords and shit. The set pieces and locations are also just as cool as the first movie and put you in the element. I DIDN'T see any promotional content for this movie, and Evie's death actually did make me cry since we develop an attachment to her in the first movie. I legitimately thought she was gone and Brendan Fraser would save the day and go on to raise Alex as a single dad. Beyond all that... Rachel Weisz and Patricia Velasquez look SMOKING in bikini armor. That's reason enough to like this movie.
Agreed. The effects were perfectly fine for their time. I love the Anubis warriors and the little bone pygmy fetishes. And the movie is a lot of fun, but Doug hates it for some reason.
@@SwiftNimblefoot He already covered that the "for their time" excuse doesn't work b/c other movies like Fellowship of the Ring still have great effects.
The anubis army looks damned decent for the time so they had the ability, but didn't use it for the scorpion king. And its crazy that this was from the same year as LoTR.
it feels like he forgot it was his time to act so they waited awkwardly and suddenly the director "uhh? Dude? Your line?" and hw was like "eh? oh! oh sorry! *ahem* err i mean 'NOOOOOOOO' "
"you are a warrior for God, a Medjay" ok..... can we get a little more specific on which God? Medjay were the pharaoh special police, and ancient egypt had thousands of gods, not one. did they convert to islam? then how come they dont bring some muslim holy weapons to fight? the ACTUAL interesting things dont get the attention they need
That whole plot was really dumb, imo. I can get behind most of the silly B plots in this movie, but the whole 'Rick is a medjay because he has a random tattoo' thing was just so stupid! As if he needed some ancient cosmic reason to want to rescue his family and stop the end of the world.
@@SwiftNimblefoot it is pretty much confirmed. During the battle one of the Medjay jumps at one of the anubis warriors yelling "ALLAHU AKBAR" and and the main Medjay guy says "allah protects us" in arabic when the second wave comes. NOT the ancient egytian language they made for the movie mind you, in arabic. So yeah, from that we can say they converted over the centuries. makes me wonder if they also converted to the greek and roman religions too
@@nathanielclaw2841 I don't think they converted to the Greek and Roman religions, since they usually let the people they conquered keep their religion. The Medjay may have been Christians from the late 300's to the late 600's, since all pagan religions were banned at that point. Then came Islam.
@@nathanielclaw2841 The Egyptians first covert to Christianity after the fall of the old religion. One reason/theory was because in early Christianity burial practice of the whole body being buried was the only to do it. Meanwhile Greek and Roman beliefs believed that you should burn the body in order to free the soul. A big taboo in Ancient Egyptian religion was destroying the body, so when it was slowly dying, and along can early Christian teaching saying that the body will rise again anew, therefore bury the body intact, the Egyptians found it easy to convert.
The first two mummy films are amazing, I feel that they capture the whole b movie feel that they were drawing from (the original mummy movies) and because they knew that the subject matter is so silly they just leant into it .. compare this to Tom cruises super serious mummy how bloody awful was that!
@@pyromania1018 It wasn't a matter of her availability. Weisz was actually offered to reprise her role, but she turned it down. There are differing accounts as to why this was. Either way, it was her decision
What's funny is The Rock stopped using the rock name when transitioning to movies... yet once he went back to wrestling in 2011, it seemed to REALLY kick-start his movie career again... Now He openly loves being referred to as The Rock.
Re: Imhotep mistaking Evelyn for his dead lover, I always assumed it was because his eyesight wasn’t great because he stole the eyes from the dude who needed glasses, so he got as far as “female with dark hair” and that was enough for him
Should we complete the trilogy and do the 3rd Mummy movie?
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You should. And after that, can you do a movie review of 2003 Peter Pan?
Maybe you should. You are awesome. Channel awesome.
YES, absolutely you should do the third, it didn't even have Rachel Weisz in it...
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Fun fact: The main reason for the terrible Scorpion King CGI is because the SFX team had very little time to complete the work and only finished as much as they could a mere 8 days before the release.
that's incredible since it took nearly a decade to make cyberpunk 2077(jk)
@@wireboar7321 okay I know this is a Joe but that's a game not a movie also you don't make hate to cyberpunk
@@changsiah2 Also, they didn't have a decade for cyberpunk 2077. It was more like 5 years. They couldn't start working on it till Witcher 3 was done and alarmed success. Until that time, CDPR didn't have the money or the manpower to start cyberpunk.
@Twiddly Stosh I agree. It should've been released when ready or at the very least should have been released as either early access, alpha, or a beta but NOT as a finished product. I heard somewhere that they were under a lot of pressure from the government to release it sooner than they wanted but I honestly have no idea of the validity of that claim
JoBlo been dropping science for like 20 years
I’ll give this movie one thing, they kept the whole romance thing from the first one instead of have them get divorced just to fall in love again like almost every sequel does. So they get a point for that
@Joseph Hitler Or give him some personality and chemistry to work with.
But they do that by inserting a stereotypical kid character which is just as generic and annoying as forced drama. I'll take that point back.
@@uruloki2758…so couples never have a kid in films again? With that logic no one should make movies anymore
@@mysticmind4563He has an intellectual mind, so he does have some personality :-)
Same. So tired of the break up for the sequel trope. Keep couples together and have them learn how to be stronger together and grow as a couple.
Well look at it this way: Even Dwyane The Rock Johnson a CG Scorpion Monstrousity with absolutely no character, still has more character than Tom Cruise did in the Mummy Remake. "Or at least he was a more realistic actor."
It's funny because it's TRUE, and a better more interesting story
It's a shock Dwyane Johnson kept appearing in movies.
@@metalixtheunknown9677 Well he had a rough start, but he was one of the better wrestler, turned actors. Sometimes a good actor picks bad movies or roles unfit for them. "Robin Williams could fill an Olympic Sized Swimming Pool with all the clunkers he stared in or played in but he still was a good actor rest his soul."
Agreed. Cruise was painfully miscast.
@@geraldmiddleton3936 I'm not sure if the direction of Alex Kurtsman derailed it "though it couldn't have helped just look how badly that man has screwed up the Star Trek Franchise" or possibly something Tom Cruise did "His ego is higher than Scientology Dues". No doubt it's a combination of the 2.
Say what else but Arnold Vosloo acts the HELL out of the scene of Imhotep abandoned. His cry for her, watching her leave, whispering her name as it hits him he endured millennia of torture for what really amounted to a simple fling.
Then the small smile of respect at Rick and Evie, realizing what they have is a bond of love he can only dream of, the tiny nod, then accepting his fate. So much bad in the movie but that moment is wonderful.
You know what? I could see him play Mr.Freeze in “The Batman” sequel
He was great in Hard Target. 'You wouldn't want to.... Hurt my feelings'
He was phenomenal as Marwan in 24
He was the only saving grace in GIjoe
Wait, what nod? The smile I see, but not a nod
I wish Critic hadn't skipped the funniest bit which is during the "are we there yet?" scene. The bad guy grows sick of it, grabs his dagger and stabs the table exactly between the kid's fingers and Alex goes "wow! How did you do that? That was amazing!" and bad guy replies: "what are you talking about? I missed." I don't know why but that scene stuck with me. His deadpan reply was so funny and unexpected and I never forgot it. Easily the best scene in the movie.
I didnt care for this movie, but that bit worked.
i went to watch that scene it was pretty cool and funny thanks
I found it funnier when Lock Nah takes Alex to the bathroom
Alex: I can't go when someone's watching
*Lock Nah turns around*
Alex: I don't trust you, you'll look!
Lock Nah: 🤨
Right on
Right! That was the most hilarious scene & so should have been acknowledged! I thought the same thing
Actually Doug, a lot of people seem to forget that the Mummy took the eyes from someone with poor eyesight (hence the glasses), which explains why he might not have recognized her to begin with. And THAT is the only bit of subtlety in these movies.
GENIUS! Never caught that! 😂 😂
Good point. And correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Imhotep address Evie as a princess when he first sees her while still in his mummy form? I think he already recognized her as the Pharaoh's daughter but was keeping her around as a vessel for Anck-Su-Namun's soul
its been 7 years
@@barbiquearea Well there is the slight bit of awkwardness trying to explain resurrection of someone, who is reincarnated into a living adult already...
lol no.
It’s funny how I can forgive every flaw in these two movies and love them to pieces, but the third one’s casting change will always be unforgivable to me.
Same.
Replacing Evie made it unwatchable for me.
that's how alot of people feel as well.
Wait there was a third one?
Oh Oh no. I blanked it out, I watched that on release week
@@tdestroyer4780 unlike when Terrance Howard was replaced by Don Cheadle for all future MCU movies starting with Iron Man 2
Yeah, but I'll always appreciate the fact that Rick and Evie are still together, and not a stupid source of conflict.
true! but they also should've been more watchful of their child, not making out in every scene while their boy gets almost killed or abducted 3x in 1 week LOL 😂
I'm sorry, but you missed one of the best lines in the movie, "Honey, what are you doing? These guys don't use doors."
I agree. Along with Brennan Fraiser pointing at everyone complaining ending with pointing at his son saying And you get in the car!
@@GBmovieluv He said that to Jonathan. Alex's was "You, big trouble."
He missed alot of stuff in this review, feel like he does it on purpose just for an excuse to complain
Ardeth to Alex: By putting this on, you have started a chain reaction that could bring about the next apocalypse.
Rick: You, lighten up. You, big trouble. You, get in the car.
@@rickylyon3846 That's the dialog! Lol
You gotta at least give it to Imhotep. His face when his lover left him to save herself was truly heartbreaking.
I think that the actor had potential, but shitty script and directing didn't allowed him to fully show his talent.
That's a great scene, adds a soul to the character
Yes I love him. I wish he got more roles
Arnold Vosloo is an amazing actor!
I agree
Anck-Su-Namun is the real villain, Imhotep did everything for her and she left him to die.
Yeah, poor guy
You actually feel sorry for him at the end, when his love interest abandons him, yet his enemy (Rick) is saved by their own. Heck, in the novelization, Rick tries to save him even.....
@@lockwoan01
Yo just curious what was Imhotep’s reaction to that(if any)
Cause honestly there’s a lot just in those few seconds
@@averongodoffire8098 Never read the book, so I don't know. Still, the guy gave up, basically.
@@lockwoan01
Hm well still cool to know
"The real treasure is the people we leave behind along the way."
Why do I love this quote
That The Rock impersonation is right on; the guy looks like a reasonably large, but steroid free, version of Dwayne Johnson.
That's Roger I haven't seen him in the review in a long time the last time he did a review he was an angel for the Christmas carol
It sounds almost like Kronk fused with the Rock
@@GamerLegend.97 I remember him in the Scooby Doo 2 review
@@GamerLegend.97 His name is Lando and he's been in several reviews since that one. The last one he was in was Justice League where he was Aquaman.
@@SweenyTodd98 no wrong it's Orlando Belisle Jr
Fun fact: the filming location for the interior of the British museum in this movie is the Dimco buildings, which are most famous For being used as the Acme factory in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
and the O'Connell House is the same Mansion used for Wayne Manor in Nolan's Batman films.
That is a fun fact!
Neat!
I KNEW THAT I WASNT CRAZY THINKING IT LOOKED LIKE IT CAME FROM ROGER RABBIT!!!
Fucking years saying that to my friends and they just said "pffff! nahh all old time factories look like that, its just a coincidence" a coincidence huh? SUCK ON THAT SUCKERS!!!
What's fun about that fact
They weren't sisters. Evelyn was the reincarnation of the Pharoh's daughter and Mila is the reincarnation of the Phatoh's wife. It's a step mom/step daughter relationship.
Tbf, that wasn't really communicated well in the actual movie ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@HunterX05 Yes it is, they say it directly. Can't be much clearer than that and the whole reason Imotep kills the Pharoh is because he's caught fucking the Pharoh's wife.
@@KuzinPennywise711 it's been a few years since i watched the movie, it's pretty much a blur
@@HunterX05 Then why argue that it wasn't clear if you don't remember? That just doesn't make sense.
@@KuzinPennywise711 because i thought that i would have remembered if the distinction had been made in a clear fashion.
and it's nearly midnight where i live, my judgment ain't exactly at it's peak. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
One thing I like, too, in the scene where Anuk Sun-Amun abandons Imhotep. Rick is screaming for Evie to get herself to safety but she ignores him and runs to save him. Imhotep meanwhile *begs* ASA to help him but she turns and runs with just a "No!" (Both keeps the villain's selfishness intact and makes his abandonment that much more painful for him)
That scene was so good it basically got reused for Mass Effect 3's Citadel DLC
That guy does a surprisingly decent Rock impression.
Shame Critics English impersonation is complete shite.
He nailed how oddly adorable The Rock is.
I agree
He got the baritone raspiness of it right.
@@Gambit771 stfu
The Mummy running into shot, getting on his knees so he can’t shout ‘nooooo’ cracks me up every time.
I thought I was the only one! 😂
I was laughing my ass off in the theaters when that happened. It looked like the actor forgot he was supposed to be standing there
Best funny scene ever
It's like something from the gag reel they decided to keep in and reminds me of Ace Ventura screaming at the spears in his legs.
@@Jar0fMay0 I think they did the CGI scene and went "whoops, forgot to time it with the shot. Guess he comes in 15 seconds later because we have 20 minutes to wrap the edit and release to theatre".
Alex: "My Dad is gonna kick your ass."
Me: "Are we sure that part of him has reformed yet?"
At the risk of giving that movie even the _most microscopic bit of praise,_ I was thinking that the line "What are you gonna wear, Daddy... in Hell?" from the boy from _Jack & Jill_ was funnier. _Not by much,_ but still funnier.
I have to say that little expression on Imhotep's face as he watches the O'Connells before he just gives up at the end shows more character development and explains his motivations more than anything or anyone else gets in this film. That little moment is literally my favorite part.
Yeah. People forgot, the mummy story, even as far back as Bram Stoker’s Jewel of Seven Stars, is a tragic romance. And seeing it breaking in this scene, shows that in scene. These first two movies don’t deserved that much hate, they have their moments.
@@dylantennant6594 No but they go donhill from their...more like straight off a cliff
Past Evie and Anck-Su-Namun aren't sisters, Past Evie is her stepdaughter. Now do Tomb of the Dragon Emperor pls
EDIT: Correct, Anck-Su-Namun was the Pharoah's concubine/mistress
THAT WAS A GOOD MOVIE....... mostly the fights
Douchie McNitPick approves.
Thank you!
Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is the worst piece of shit ever.... so he’ll probably like it.
Yo I knew that. I thought Doug made a mistake there.
Back when Maui was a giant scorpion. Ah the good old days XD
Those were the good old days, back on cybertron, didn't have to sneak around in, these ugly ass disguises!
What can I say except...yikes!
What can I say except holy fuck I was a scorpion? !
What can I say, except you're welcome?
To be fair, Maui could shapeshift
I know this has already been said but Anck su Namun and Nefertiti weren’t sisters. Anck was the Pharoh’s mistress. He got pissed off when he noticed that her body paint had been smudged which prompted Imhotep to act quickly and kill him. Just sayin’.
was gonna say the same
@@baronblood666
No offense to Doug, but had he not gone on and on about them being sisters, as if it was blatantly stated or implied in the film and in the script even (it isn’t) I wouldn’t have said anything. Sure it’s totally possible for them to have been sisters, royals ALWAYS kept it in the family. But I guess Doug was having a moment.
@@astridweasley you know I've been noticing an increasing lack of research on the movies he reviews, the biggest I noticed are for example in Alien vs predator the "nerd side" of the brain asked three questions of which two are answered i the movie itself and the last one is common lore knowledge of the franchise, he said sarcastically in the jurassic world movie "something you've never seen in a jurassic film before: hunting dinosaurs at night!!!" when in reality yeah, we never seen dinosaurs being hunted at at night, I could go on but if you pay attention 2 in every 3 reviews doug delivers wrong info, wrong info that can easily be proven wrong as if he didn't do research.
@@omarreyes7626 He constantly misses the most obvious points and replaces them with whatever nonsense his brain creates.
@@Gambit771 and to top it off, this film is a MILLION times better than Rise of Skywalker
I think Critic latched onto O'Connell's "frisky with the Pharaoh's daughter" line from the first movie a little too tightly. He said it as a joke, not realizing until later that he hit really close to the actual situation. The second movie explicitly states that Evy is a reincarnation of Nefertiti, the Pharaoh's (Seti I) daughter, and Meela is the reincarnation of Ankh-Su-Namun, Seti's mistress. So, no, they're not sisters. As far as the movies explain, anyway.
The real star of this movie is Alan Silvestri, who composed one of the best soundtracks of his career. A very worthy follow-up to Jerry Goldsmith's score for the first film.
Hell yeah
Which is surprising that they got two quite legendary composers for the Mummy films?
@@GuineaPigEveryday It's reminiscent of James Horner following up Jerry Goldsmith for the first two Star Trek & Alien films.
Damn I didn’t realize that till my recent rewatch of it. Good follow up to Goldsmith’s
Did the same thing with Van Helsing. That soundrack is amazing
27:46 He could have at least praised Arnold Vosloo performance as Imohtep being abandoned by the love of his life. I always feel a stab of pain thinking about it even now.
He did what any good character actor should do: take a silly, outlandish role and make it human and relatable. Give it an inner dimension.
"The very best character actors are made of equal parts discipline and madness, and the fact that our faces are more familiar than our names is not our curse, but our blessing. The character actor's goal, after all, is not to earn the adulation of the public; it is to give lives to a hundred nameless spirits who make us laugh or cry, who are both familiar and new, who show us that their journey is our journey, and who, like everyone in the audience, never get to kiss Renée Zellweger."
-Stephen Tobolowsky
They wasted his potential for the sake of action and exposition.
Doug hates these movies for some dumb reason, they are super fun and I rewatch them and Van Helsing every now and then.
That scene always breaks my heart. In the end he came back after centuries to reunite with his one true love and finally live with her, only for her to abandon him. You can see the realization that he gave up his station, his life and spent centuries as an undead tortured mummy for naught.
It's awful and the actor did an amazing job showing the crushing realization and final decision to end his life for good.
*"SHAMON!"*
"Burn her!"
Yup, that's what Michael Jackson was saying all those years. You don't wanna know what "a-HEE-hee!" means.
He actually said hee hee but he did say shamon
@@joshentertainment2 Actually, he said Sheq-boh.
If the MCU had gotten off the ground earlier in time, and Michael had landed a role in one of the Avengers moviesas Thanos would it have been The InfinitHEE-HEE Gauntlet he was after?
@@randomguy2518 Come on Disney! I am just now realized what a huge opportunity the Mouse missed. They could have brought in a CGI Michael into the MCU canon as Captain Eo which they own, and even had the perfect final battle themein "We're Here to Save the World"!
@@RikoJAmado seeing as they used "immigrant song" by led zeppelin instead of Amon Amarth's "Guardians of Asgard" in Ragnoroks final battle. .they Excell at missed opportunites
Mila wasn't Rachel Weisz's sister, she was her stepmother.
That is very different.
Yeah it annoyed me that he kept saying sister. His point is the same but... Did was he even paying attention
Also Anuck-sun-amon was Pharaoh's mistress. If she was Nefitiri's sister, then that would make her Pharaoh's daughter, too! This isn't Game of Thrones, Doug!
I was going to comment the same.
Yeah that sister thing pissed me off so much I didn’t wait till the end of the review to comment.
Fun theory in the first mummy when Imhotep kills Bernard Burns and takes his eyes and tongue he inherited the bad eye sight and mistook Evelyn for Anck-Su-Namun.
Great theory. Also I think he already knew Evelyn wasn't Anck-Su-Namun but wanted to use her body to put his love's soul into.
Yeah... no.
That sounds like something they’d have added in a novelization.
Well, we _do_ see him squinting when he tries to get a look at her...
Honestly that is what I thought too, because the guy had terrible eyesight. I figured that was why he mistook her for his lover.
Regarding the Whole CGI Rock, Dwayne Johnson He was still doing wrestling at this time so He could not Make it to the last scene, and only be in that first scene. So they where on a time budget so they had to Make do with a horrible CGI version of him.
that's the legit reason they did that CGI thing? holy shit
I feel like they should've used a more elegant solution, like perhaps given him a mask with the face of Dwayne, but opening the mouth to reveal a horrifying gaping maw with a lot of teeth and a long lashing tongue, so it would look more frightening and less silly.
That makes no sense, if hey knew he was still doing wrestling, the could have ordered the scenes better to let him do the two that he was supposed to be in.
@@TheKat12364 PLUS i think movies don't get made in chronological order, most of times they make all the scenes that take place on the same place before moving to the next location.
Everything on set is tightly controlled and planned out in well in advance. We are talking about a small army of people from camera operators to generator operators and TIME IS MONEY!! I can't count the number of times I've heard that phrase. There is no way they weren't aware of Mr. Johnsons schedule. Nor would they make a crapshoot about his availability for a key scene. They made the decision early on, due to the enormous amount of time it takes to make CGI, to go with what they ended up with.
Remember this had a cartoon on Kids WB?
Oh yeah. Haha, holy fuck that just escaped all memory. Thanks for reminding of that.
I remember it. I don't know full details, but for some reason guy with the glasses from the first movie is a companion to Imhotep, while also being in the timeline of the second movie. Which confused me a lot back then.
I loved that. It focused on Alex training to control the gauntlet, the parents were rarely in it, and Imhotep was outmaneuvered like every episode.
Oh shit, I completely forgot about that...
It's on youtube
You missed one thing. In the first movie, it’s implied that Imhotep thinks Eve is Anuk-Su Namun also because he “took” his new eyes from the man with the glasses, so he cant see well enough. Fun review as always tho.
well to be fair he DID recognize someone from his past. So he got the I have seen her before part down, from across the street. That's pretty difficult for me without my glasses :)
@@SpectralKnight Yeah, i guess the rules are a bit bendy, still love the first movie :)
But... they are played by the same actress, dammit.
Even his cat conquered the world “I’m God!”. All shall kneel before Chaplin The Catquerer! Lmfao 😆😂🤣
i already gave chaplin my soul.
Well the Egyptians did worship them
@@TheAlps36 That is true!
Stephen Sommers really looked at CGI Rock and said “eh Okay”
And then thirty seconds later jim Cummings came in and overreacted.
I genuinely love the whole "Mummy" trilogy, while recognizing its very obvious flaws.
Same here 😚
I do to. Its the anti- Indiana jones/tomb raider. Its just popcorn goofy comedy with great set pieces. I even give the scorpion king a pass because the bad cgi totes fits with the kitchen sink of tropes in the mummy 2 ;)
I loved the first one, the second was definitely a step down but I still enjoyed it. It was definitely a case of pretty much doing the same thing, but not as well. Still, I thought it was a fun movie. Even trying to be generous, I really can't say anything good about the third.
But not the Tm Cruise one right lol
Still can't wrap my head around how the Scorpion King was a good guy in his own movie but evil in here.
I'll just pretend they were two different people who just both bore the same title.
I mean he sold his soul. So his actions may have not been completely his own
I always chalked it up to something bad happened to his sorceress girlfriend that turned him evil
According to the Director, the evil one in this film is an identical descendant of the one from the Scorpion Kings films. Doubt that this was the original plan, but it is the canon response right now.
@@TheBroncoley pretty meh as an explanation: could have said he became evil after reigning for so many years and he lost his way.
Because that movie came later and they couldn't really make a movie about a villain? Also, he was still an assassin, dude.
Imhotep's actor is a treasure in these movies. I'm honestly surprised that his facial expressions haven't become more of a meme.
I didn’t realize until over a decade of watching this movie that the actor is Michael Keaton with no hair.
Imhotep is Batman confirmed.
I remember him as The Phantom before he was The Mummy.
@@Razgriz85 that was billy Zane but yeah they are really similar
Close, but no cigar, Imhotep is played by Arnold Vosloo, though similarity is uncanny.
Some of them have
"Its like the movie is punishing you for missing scenes that arent in the movie"
Ah yes the prometheus way of making movies
I actually liked this movie
"I understand that people genuinely like this film, but how can you not cry laugh at some of these moments?" Simple. One leads to the other.
Actually, I kind of wish more actors responded like The Rock here!! Yeah, his debut was screwed over... but he didn't go whining about it, and studios love him.
I don't get the amount of good will that Dwayne Johnson got when he was starting his movie career. I swear the reviews for the first like... 10 movies that he did said "This movie sucks and The Rock isn't very good in it but let's not write him off just yet." I have never seen any actor treated with as gentle of kids gloves as he got.
@@tinkerer3399 They're excited for what he's cooking.
@@tinkerer3399 he's a damn good actor
@@tinkerer3399 You have to meet him in real life to understand. Dwayne Johnson is just one of THOSE people, that is constantly cheerful, good natured, seemingly loves everybody, and doesn't get upset at stupid stuff. In other words, he wasn't raised in Hollywood, like 90% of today's Hollywood actors/actresses were (which is why most of them, in real life, are shit people). So it's totally believable that Directors and Producers would keep giving Dwayne chance, after chance, after chance, to redeem himself.
@@tinkerer3399 To be honest, just between us. I cannot think of single his movie that wouldn't fit description "This movie sucks and The Rock isn't very good in it". Like last 5 movies i saw with Rock everybody is like "This is the best movie ever' and in the end its always the lowest grade comedy i can think of, with huge budget, but still horribly boring and unfunny.
Saddest scene in this film:
Evelyn's death. Jonathan hugs Alex close to make him look away as Rick tearfully panics while Evelyn is struggling to tell Rick she loves him before she dies, and manages it with her last breath. Rick goes into full sobbing and whimpering, begging for her to come back. *It's one of the absolute finest performances Brendan Fraser has ever turned in.*
-Later: When Rick still reeling from Evy's death, meets the curator inside the pyramid. The look on his face as he walks in (with tear-stained eyes and a ghost-like expression)* is so heartbreaking.*
Until he played Robot Man in Doom Patrol, that is LEAGUES better than this, you can't argue with it
I agree and it still gets to me this day; fantastic performances, though and one of the saddest "deaths" in movie history. 😢
And it's completely overshadowed by that shit cgi Scorpion King...Seriously, nobody remembers how great Brendan Fraser was in that scene, he gave a legitimate Oscar caliber performance in that moment and nobody remembers it because everyones too busy laughing their asses off at the Scorpion King.
@@erichfiedler1481
Not wrong.
Stop pretending the performances in this movie are good. They are hilariously bad, and that scene was no exception.
I can’t lie, I love this movie. Maybe even more than the first one. These Mummy movies were just fun and silly and I enjoyed them for that reason I think
I love the mummy returns and the 1st mummy and 3rd mummy tomb of the dragon empire i love both Brendan Fraser's mummy movies trilogy and i agreed with you homie
The second one is definitely my favorite and I do rewatch it. Not so much the first two, other than two of the Benny scenes from the first 1.
@@lemotheemonemo indeed homie
1 and 2 are both great. They're simple action adventure movies they aren't supposed to be intelligent or thought provoking movies.
I don't really watch movies to think I watch them for entertainment so as long as they aren't boring I'll likely like them.
@@Gamesta100 absolute
They weren't sisters. Eveylin is the daughter of the Pharaoh, Princess Nefertiti. The other lady is Anck-su-namun was the Pharaoh's mistress. He chose his daughter to guard the bracelet and Anck-su to be his personal bodyguard/mistress.
Unfortunately for him, choosing Anck-su-namun as his protector was a major mistake, and he didn't realize that until it was too late.
Just remember one thing still about this movie, when the Anubis soldiers are tearing up everything for The Rock, one of them just throw a woman off of a building, and she does a female Wilhelm scream. Still this day, the sound effect makes me laugh
The Rock as the scorpion king was just laughable.
Best CGI ever, but Attack of the Clones is a close 2nd
I think you meant "spectacular", don't worry common mistake
and yet they made a good spin-off movie from it
Yeah, but lets put his fat face form Central Intelligence over it: pbs.twimg.com/media/CUSIBnBUsAEWP6T.jpg:large
@@TheAllSeeingEye2468 lol good he says.
"The sister of his long lost lover" ... pretty sure Anakhsunamon was the Pharaoh's Mistress not his daughter
You are correct sir, and NC doesn't pay attention
26:42 I love that the Scorpion King actually turns to Imhotep and is like "Wow! And here I thought this scene couldn't get any more ridiculous"
For the LAST TIME critic, the reason Imhotep thought Evelynn was his lost love was because he stole his eyeballs from a near-sighted guy and his blurry vision made him think Evelynn was his love!! How did he miss that in the first movie !?
Edit: Alright, the movie never said it out loud but it's highly suggested and it's a popular fan theory
Thanks, now another F### Ups list might get made! :D
Edit: Holy crap, This is probably the most likes I've ever gotten!!
That concept is never detailed in the movie so there's no reason to assume that.
....i actually never realized that until now XD thank you! That detail always confused me but now it makes sense. I thought he just grew his own eyes back or something after taking the guys.. Not sure why I thought that. Boy I feel dumb XD
That's a better explanation than was given in the movie, which was none.
How the fucking hell do you mix up a white, brown haired English women for a raven-haired Dark Skinned Egyptian girl? Unless the guy was legally blind. In which case, how the fuck was Imhotep not literally tripping over everything?
They weren't sisters? Evelyn was pharaohs daughter and anoksunamun was pharaohs mistress. Remember thats why in the entire series started. Only pharaoh was allowed to have sex with her. So her and imohotep came up with the murder suicide plot. Additionally, They didnt come up with the reincarnation thing. They got that from the old universal movies. Its stupid either way of course you could just ask well why doesn't he remember pharaohs daughter?
Yeah. He confused facts here
even worse future wife. It even says it in the subtitles after the fight
Well I mean its an easy movie to mock without just making up stuff.
@@GreenHatPanda did it? I am way more familiar the first film. I was under the impression she was more of a concubine/ sex slave.
Doug probably hasn't seen the movie in a while and has the plot threats mixed up.
If you think that someone that unironically loves this movie can't cry laughing at some of these scenes... you're wrong XD
it's kinda like we also lose how chessy it is at points.
Very true. Especially with the framing set up in this review.
Can confirm.
I unironically love this movie and yes there are PLENTY moments to laugh at it
As a fan of the first 2 Mummy films, I completely agree. You can love these movies and laugh at the same time.
I will always love these movies because they’re cheesy and *know* they’re cheesy. They aren’t pretending to be super serious action movies. I mean the bus fight is borderline comical whilst still keeping the tension
What would have been worse would be reintroducing all the characters again, at least they treated this as a second movie, and knew the fans like we should know what's going on and who these characters are at this point.
I’ve never seen this film so when Imhotep screamed “NO!!” when the Scorpian King got stabbed I fucking screamed with laughter, at half 12 at night and nearly started crying with laughter! It was so bad it’s perfect! Was the rest of that shot just too well done and he was meant to be in the shot so he just ran on, it really looks like he missed his mark so just threw himself into the shot and they just went with it XD
I theorize he was getting a donut and was like "shit that's my cue, hold this I'm gonna leg it" XD
My sister and I always joke that the actor missed his cue in that scene so he just ran on to the set and screamed "Noooooooo!!!!" and they just decided to go with that take.
That was not a comedic moment, but the comedic timing was perfect xD
You've never seen this film? You should watch the first one ''The Mummy'' from 1999. It's a better made movie.
And maybe also watch ''The Mummy Returns'' just for the heck of it.
@@robiking011 I’ve seen the original Boris Karloff ‘The Mummy’ and I’ve seen the 1999 ‘The Mummy’, just never bothered with its sequel. If I hadn’t seen this review then I never never would have even considered the sequel, considering it tbh
thank you for highlighting how rick & eve completely ignore their own child, especially in the same week he almost dies / gets abducted multiple times.
They realzized just how annoying he is
Actually they where not siblings. Anck-Su-Namun married the Pharao so she became a step-mother to Nefertiri.
Yeah critic saying that threw me off, its never mentioned they are sisters in the film or anything. Were the actual people in history sisters? Only explanation for that I can think of...
To be fair, the Pharaohs WERE known to marry siblings...
@@gRinchY-op5vr Ancient history student here and no Anck su namun and Nefertiti were not sisters in real life, in fact, she was Nefertiti's daughter and the wife of King Tut. I'm assuming that's where the name comes from, anyway. Plus, I thought in the movie they just call her "Nefertiti's dueling instructor". I don't think they actually refer to them as sisters though. I think the critic might be wrong in this case, but maybe I just have to watch the movie again. 🤷♀️
Thank you. Critic calling them sisters over and over was bothering me.
the first movie said that she was his mistress
I love when Doug doesn't even bother watching movies before doing reviews. Rachel Weiss's character is NOT the sister of Imhotep's lover. She's the DAUGHTER of the pharoah. Anck-Su-Namun is the pharoah's CONCUBINE.
Or sometimes the movie is so under investing he just doesn't care. I sure didn't. I remember seeing this dumbass movie but I forget every single detail outside of "Dumb cgi scorpion Rock"
Yeah, he is shit at research.
@@SwiftNimblefoot for a movie that deserves shit research
Unless he means it as a joke.......
Given how things often were in Ancient Egypt, the Pharoah's concubine *could* have been the sister of his daughter. (She could also have been Nefertiri's aunt, i.e. Pharoah's sister....)
The saddest part of this movie was the bird getting killed.
Poor Horus...
Been a very long time since I've seen this movie, but what bird?
@@Razgriz85 Ardeth used to have a falcon called Horus who was shot by one of Imhotep's guys, if I don't remember well
@@Razgriz85 ardeth's falcon, Horus. Got shot out of the sky as he was sending it to get help iirc.
Anything but Horus
"This was... my first bus ride." Favorite line from the movie even years later. It's not a good movie but I enjoy the hell out of it. 😜
That part was hilarious. "I kinda just got muh @$$ kicked, but muh hur still looks perfz, lol". Gotta love Ardeth.
“I prefer the Thompson”
4:03.
Fun fact: The Rock's line translates to: "It's hot as Hell out here".
You learn that from deusdaecon reviews?
Not the best battle cry
What language is it
@@wcapewell3089 It's from the DVD commentary.
"What's the matter with my car?"
"Well I was forced to find an alternate mode of transportation"
"A DOUBLE DECKER BUS??!!?"
It was his idea!!!
@@JOB2710 Was not!
@@KnightsaysNi Was too!
@@nickthedreamer4434 Was not!!!
Just go!
The second movie isn't as good as the first, but it's still epic and I love it. What? No there is no third movie. You don't understand, there is no third movie.
There. Is. No. Third. Movie.
*Red lens flare* YOU CANNOT TELL ME THERE IS NO THIRD MOVIE!!! I DON'T FUCKING FORGET KING GHIDORAH!!!!
I frankly prefer the second to the first. The third was not as bad as everyone say, if the villain was weaker though.
There is no third movie in Ba Sing Se.
Same. I'm very tolerant to bad cgi, and I saw the movies in french, so the acting sound way less unnatural. But the third one is so boring...
Oh I didn’t think the third one was all that bad. I mean it was bad sequel bad but not awful
Well, one reason as to why Imhotep Might have mistook Evie for his lost love has to deal with the fact that he look the eyes of a visually-impaired man - he didn't have 20-20 vision. It actually makes sense.
Critic: Could we cut it from the movie and miss nothing? Yes. Then why is it in this!!!
Rob: Well the chart says...
Critic: @$&% THE CHART!!!
Rob:....alright then (unzips and removes pants and goes to chart)
Critic: JESUS CHRIST! WHAT THE...? IT WAS A FIGURE OF SPEECH!!!
Rob and the Chart moaning:ohhhhhhhhh, too late, ooooooooooohhhhhh yessss, yes yes yes yes!!!
Critic:...sigh, how’d we get here?
Critic: What Chart! Rob: Oh that's right I CG'd the chart too. Saved bucko bucks on the budget.
@@larrylaffer3246 Critic:....you’re still gonna try to have sex with it when I yell “%$&@ The Chart” and you say “ but the chart says” aren’t you?
Rob: I already am
@@victorm152 Critic: Congrats Rob you just took whatever little ad revenue we were getting and flushed it right down the toilet. "The Kohler EZ Flush Deluxe Toilet with built-in bidet now available at a Home Depot or Lowes near you!" "Only $99.99 a real steal of a deal as it combines european sophistication and american build quality in one convenient package" "Notice Toilet Built In Mexico." Rob: Really Doug even in an argument you still need to do a shameless plug? Doug: Well the office bills ain't gonna pay themselves Rob!
lmao ya know, that fits a little TOO WELL! XD
For all of this movie’s flaws, I still really enjoy it and unlike the Rise of Skywalker, I feel like this movie doesn’t take away anything from the characters
I wish it had a little bit more character moments and them being a little less badass
I must say, where is a cartoon "The Mummy: The Animated Series" - which is based on this second movie, but with a little "spinoff" style with the same characters, but much more complex. It's MUCH MORE BETTER. The plot is also about Bracelet and ext. But - it's a real adventure, with a good script. Try it out! And also a third movie. Make it Quadro review! The Animated one - is really a good one
0:30
After “The Whale” that Brendan Fraser joke does not work.
Wow, Rachel Weisz was smokin' in this movie.
Rachel Weisz is ALWAYS smokin'
She looks gorgeous than the first mummy film
Yessss Rachel and Patricia were my crush back when this movie came out! Left my 11 year old self speechless back in the day lol
Yea she was cute in the first one. But here she was like HOT DAMN!
@@1406-u7q It's the hair and the eye makeup for sure.
“The days when Joe Dirt ruled the earth.”
Ahhh, those were a glorious few months.
Thank god he never joined forces with My Name Is Earl.
and king ralph
I remember the lead up and advertising for that movie being big, but once it was in theatres I don’t recall anyone who saw it; not even my stoner friends who would like that sort of movie saw it.
its Dir-tay
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was going to be in The Mummy Returns but he had signed a contract for a movie called Longshot that he couldn't get out of, so he did that movie but the studio had already promoted that he would be in The Mummy, so he okayed the CGI so he could still get credit.
Imotept shouting "NO" has always been my favorite moment
This actually sounds more like the Attack Of The Clones of the Mummy movies. Think about it, it’s filled with exposition and mostly bland characters, and the only good stuff is the action
My feelings exactly
Chaplin: "I'm God."
Yes, you are, Chaplin...yes you are.
He didn't even need to give away his soul -- cats were already worshiped in ancient Egypt.
4:59 the funny thing is, considering that this is ancient Egypt he technically would've been
In the first movie, the mummy took the eyes of the guy who needed glasses to see. He even questioned if it was his love that he saw.
I know im two years late but if he needed to take the eyes of a blind man how did he even manage to take out the blind man if he couldnt even see at all himself? Its not like his vision improved either way, ive always wondered that 🤔
The Scorpion King made Imhotep from the first film look like Davy Jones
I understood that reference
They weren’t sisters. Mila was Evelyn’s step mother.
That alone warranted a dislike for me for this video.
Does that really make it better? "I had the hots for your step mom"
It wasn’t very clear. That’s the movie’s fault.
Even back in the day, that CG was terrible.
1993 Jurassic Park CG was better than the CG in this movie.
@@Razgriz85 sure was. Still is!
1991 T2 was better
I always liked when Johnathan stalls by fighting that evil chick while Alex tries to resurrect Evie
It's a good callback to the first one.
*The Mummy Returns To Suck*
If Honest Trailers ever do this movie, I hope they use that title.
Perfect
I saw this movie as a kid, just like the first one, and Doug is being a sourpuss. It's meant to just be a fun popcorn movie.
Yeah, the CGI is bad, but ya know, lots of fighting and guns and swords and shit. The set pieces and locations are also just as cool as the first movie and put you in the element.
I DIDN'T see any promotional content for this movie, and Evie's death actually did make me cry since we develop an attachment to her in the first movie.
I legitimately thought she was gone and Brendan Fraser would save the day and go on to raise Alex as a single dad.
Beyond all that... Rachel Weisz and Patricia Velasquez look SMOKING in bikini armor. That's reason enough to like this movie.
i couldn't give a rats ass about the effects. the movie is still good in my opinion
Agreed. The effects were perfectly fine for their time. I love the Anubis warriors and the little bone pygmy fetishes. And the movie is a lot of fun, but Doug hates it for some reason.
@@SwiftNimblefoot He already covered that the "for their time" excuse doesn't work b/c other movies like Fellowship of the Ring still have great effects.
Yeah! thats what I said
The anubis army looks damned decent for the time so they had the ability, but didn't use it for the scorpion king. And its crazy that this was from the same year as LoTR.
"It's like you're being punished for missing scenes that weren't in the movie!" Hey, stop talking about Justice League (2017)!
That's more "It's like you're being punished for missing previous movies that didn't exist." Though that's one can of worms that can be closed.
Why does he keep saying sister when the two aren’t related. One is the Pharos daughter and the other is his mistress
very annoying.
"It'd look like shit, but we're used to that in this movie." I died.
sooo true
i thought he was scary back in the day
but this movie hasnt aged well
I like that Doug put Mozart Music in his sketch because today is Mozart's birthday!
The way Imhotep runs into the frame is really funny. He looks like a referre that gives the final verdict.
Omg he really DOES tho 😂😂😂😂
Aaaaaaand it's... 98 million dollars spent to give us this crappy effect!!!
SAFE!
@@RaivenMonota 🤣 or the way his arms are out, it's like "I Gotcha!!"
it feels like he forgot it was his time to act so they waited awkwardly and suddenly the director "uhh? Dude? Your line?" and hw was like "eh? oh! oh sorry! *ahem* err i mean 'NOOOOOOOO' "
"you are a warrior for God, a Medjay"
ok..... can we get a little more specific on which God? Medjay were the pharaoh special police, and ancient egypt had thousands of gods, not one. did they convert to islam? then how come they dont bring some muslim holy weapons to fight? the ACTUAL interesting things dont get the attention they need
That whole plot was really dumb, imo. I can get behind most of the silly B plots in this movie, but the whole 'Rick is a medjay because he has a random tattoo' thing was just so stupid! As if he needed some ancient cosmic reason to want to rescue his family and stop the end of the world.
One has to assume they took up that religion over the centuries.
@@SwiftNimblefoot it is pretty much confirmed. During the battle one of the Medjay jumps at one of the anubis warriors yelling "ALLAHU AKBAR"
and and the main Medjay guy says "allah protects us" in arabic when the second wave comes. NOT the ancient egytian language they made for the movie mind you, in arabic. So yeah, from that we can say they converted over the centuries. makes me wonder if they also converted to the greek and roman religions too
@@nathanielclaw2841 I don't think they converted to the Greek and Roman religions, since they usually let the people they conquered keep their religion. The Medjay may have been Christians from the late 300's to the late 600's, since all pagan religions were banned at that point. Then came Islam.
@@nathanielclaw2841
The Egyptians first covert to Christianity after the fall of the old religion. One reason/theory was because in early Christianity burial practice of the whole body being buried was the only to do it. Meanwhile Greek and Roman beliefs believed that you should burn the body in order to free the soul.
A big taboo in Ancient Egyptian religion was destroying the body, so when it was slowly dying, and along can early Christian teaching saying that the body will rise again anew, therefore bury the body intact, the Egyptians found it easy to convert.
1:30 I don’t know why, but it cracks me up how he says, “No, it doesn’t exist yet!!“ 🤣🤣
Hi people scrolling through the comments, I hope your day doesn’t suck! And if it does, I hope it gets better!
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Review South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut.
hell yes
Make it a musical cross over
Yes, PLEASE!
@@tylerkister4628 Cinema Snob?🤔
@@reverendfatheruncleruckus yeah maybe angry Joe as well
Hurricane Helms: "Everyone knows that the Scorpion King has a tiny Ding-a-ling."
Rock: "No! No! There's a reason they call The Rock the Rock!"
@@tdstinger1670 Hurricane: "Brrr. It's cold in here."
I understood that reference
Ah...good times. Back when wrestling was fun.
Nothing was fun about the high reign of Terror, I enjoyed smackdown at the time tho.
The first two mummy films are amazing, I feel that they capture the whole b movie feel that they were drawing from (the original mummy movies) and because they knew that the subject matter is so silly they just leant into it .. compare this to Tom cruises super serious mummy how bloody awful was that!
Chaplin: I'm God!
Lloyd: No you're not!
thank you i had a hard time remembering the cats name lol
Anybody else read that in their voices? lol
He has one more movie to review “tomb of the dragon emperor” so yeah get to work critic
He could also review The Scorpion King
An interesting concept, but they should've waited until Rachel Weisz was available.
@@pyromania1018 It wasn't a matter of her availability. Weisz was actually offered to reprise her role, but she turned it down. There are differing accounts as to why this was. Either way, it was her decision
Chaplin: "I’m God"
Buster: “I’m Buster”
Lloyd: I'm not participating!
Thank you! I knew there was something for Buster there
What's funny is The Rock stopped using the rock name when transitioning to movies... yet once he went back to wrestling in 2011, it seemed to REALLY kick-start his movie career again... Now He openly loves being referred to as The Rock.
Re: Imhotep mistaking Evelyn for his dead lover, I always assumed it was because his eyesight wasn’t great because he stole the eyes from the dude who needed glasses, so he got as far as “female with dark hair” and that was enough for him
When Evelyn brought up how she had no idea where she learned to fight, I was just thinking she went to the "Live-Action Mulan Training Academy".
🤣 you're right! It does look like that
@@HORSESNDOGS9 Thanks :)
The mummy returns, but the dad is still buying cigarettes
Favorite line from the movie was when the kid was like “look reading material!”
TP xD