What Happened To The Mummy?

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  • Universal Studios intended to build a cinematic universe with reboots of their classic Monster properties. The Dark Universe. A series of connected creature features, starting with a new version of The Mummy. A big-budget adventure film led by Tom Cruise. It sounds like a success story in the making. But something went wrong on the way to the screen. The Mummy was a financial failure, poorly received by critics and movie-goers alike. The Dark Universe was dead on arrival. So let’s look back at this bungled attempt at creating a cinematic universe and find out What the F*ck Happened to The Mummy!
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    Written By: Cody Hamman
    Narrated By: Tyler Nichols
    Edited By: Victoria Verduzco
    Produced By: Andrew Hatfield and John Fallon
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  • @rig-zag
    @rig-zag 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +135

    The biggest problem with this was that Tom Cruise made it more like "Mummy Impossible" The flick has flashes of Brilliance, but I see why it didn't quite work. The should have kicked off the Dark Universe with something else that wasn't still fresh in people's minds, like Frankenstein or Black Lagoon.

    • @JeditheScribe
      @JeditheScribe 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      I agree, Tom Cruise had way too much creative control over this movie. His involvement was one of the main factors that ruined it in my opinion.

    • @molasorrosalom4846
      @molasorrosalom4846 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      He is a movie star, but he shouldn't have been in this movie.
      He took the focus away from the female mummy, and changed the script so he got more attention.

    • @hobokoala2623
      @hobokoala2623 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      “Mummy Impossible”. That’s such a perfect description

    • @alienboy1322
      @alienboy1322 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@hobokoala2623
      Mummy Impossible: Death Reckoning

    • @stainshield
      @stainshield 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I am not surprised by that because even R. Lee Eremy said that Tom Cruise destroyed Stanley Kubrick's last film Eyes Wide Shut with his ego.

  • @luyguitigreros6613
    @luyguitigreros6613 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    2:30 "This mummy would be darker in tone than the Fraser films". Did they watched the first film? That movie is dark, gritty and in some times quite graphical.

  • @LeonardoKlotz
    @LeonardoKlotz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +115

    1st rule of a cinematic universe:
    "You do NOT tell everyone that you're making a cinematic universe!"
    2nd rule of a cinematic universe:
    "You do NOT imitate the MCU!!!"

    • @journeysands2622
      @journeysands2622 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I strongly agree with your comment. By now they could have quietly released all the movies and they might have been successful

    • @Thisisjustname
      @Thisisjustname 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      They also put way too much stuff in the movie to let you know they were trying to make a multiple movie universe. Jackle and Hyde should not have been in the movie.

    • @izzo2998
      @izzo2998 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yep! WAAAAAAY too much "universe building" in this movie. It was ridiculous, and felt manipulative. And, Universal hired an entire staff for this dark universe, and even build a new wing at the studio for their offices. The whole thing was just dumb and ill-thought out.

    • @StuntmanDanHemi
      @StuntmanDanHemi 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think the point of EVERY cinematic universe is to imitate the mcu... lol

    • @stainshield
      @stainshield 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Also, never give control of a movie to Tom Cruise as well.

  • @stevegee8010
    @stevegee8010 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    The Dark Universe didn't start with The Mummy (2017).
    It started with The Wolfman (2010), which was critically panned. So rebooted again with Dracula Untold (2014), another dud. The Mummy (2017) was, in fact, the third attempt at starting the Dark Universe franchise.

    • @DCMarvelMultiverse
      @DCMarvelMultiverse 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The Dark Universe was a separate tale.

    • @speedracer1945
      @speedracer1945 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Usually Universal films has the rights to its classic monsters .

    • @stevegee8010
      @stevegee8010 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@speedracer1945 Not really. They own the term 'Wolfman' and of course certain titles like 'The Creature from the Black Lagoon' wouldn't be able to be directly used by others, but werewolves, mummies, Dracula, Frankenstein, Dr Jekyll, etc. are all in the public domain.

    • @fionnmaccumhaill3257
      @fionnmaccumhaill3257 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      When you take away people's predisposed bias, Dracula and the Mummy are superior to other movies of the same vein.

  • @JoybuzzerX
    @JoybuzzerX 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    This movie failed the same reason the DC Universe failed. They were wanting to slam everything in and not build up to it. Honestly, the sad part is, they should've learned that from WB/DC. It made for a movie with some interesting ideas but failed on entertainment.

  • @Danerboots
    @Danerboots 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +164

    I think people wanted Brendan Faser back for the Mummy.

    • @cyborgparrot1996
      @cyborgparrot1996 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      It'd be nice if they made a new Mummy film starring him again, give a proper send off for his character and the series.

    • @markpugh6808
      @markpugh6808 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      ​@@cyborgparrot1996third film sucked tho

    • @UJEvans
      @UJEvans 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​@@cyborgparrot1996they all had contracts for a few more movies, too.
      I would've preferred another sequel

    • @Scarlet-Dragon
      @Scarlet-Dragon 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We did

    • @stainshield
      @stainshield 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      That is 1/2 the reason and people didn't want Tom Cruise in it because of The Baggage he came with if that had gotten somebody else than The Mummy would've done well, because those people who wanted Universal to bring back Brendan Fraser didn't mind Disney and Columbia having Tom Holland as Spider-Man and they hardly said bring back either Andrew Garfield or Tobey Maguire. I am not surprised that Tom Cruise wrecked The Mummy because he even destroyed Stanley Kubrick's last film Eyes Wide Shut according to R. Lee Ermey in an interview.

  • @PaulSmoker420
    @PaulSmoker420 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    What happened to "The Mummy"? Tom Fucking Cruise is what happened! Well done, Tom! 👏👍🖕

    • @stainshield
      @stainshield 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I am not surprised by that because he even destroyed Stanley Kubrick's last film Eyes Wide Shut with his ego according to R. Lee Eremy.

  • @ukmediawarrior
    @ukmediawarrior 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

    Alex Kurtzman, the dictionary definition of failing upward.

    • @michaelsutliff6817
      @michaelsutliff6817 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I think he pretty much killed the X-Man franchise with the Phoenix movie also. He doesn't know what he is doing.

    • @fudgemonkeyz69
      @fudgemonkeyz69 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@michaelsutliff6817- I believe you’re thinking of Simon Kinberg.

    • @JohnnyWednesday
      @JohnnyWednesday 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      He's really messed up Star Trek too - most of the fandom hate him

    • @stevenchong3724
      @stevenchong3724 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      All I know is I want to see “ Rise of the aztecs”

  • @HC-cb4yp
    @HC-cb4yp 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    "It all worked out in the end..." ?!? What's Universal paying you?! "Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?"

    • @Klm49
      @Klm49 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      😂😂😂😂😂
      Thank you!! The tone of this high school report on the film was so darned odd; and what exactly worked out in the end???!!

  • @KennethStokes
    @KennethStokes 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    it was so weird how he just wakes up in the morgue with little to no reaction and the movie just carried on so quickly.

  • @ThatSoddingGamer
    @ThatSoddingGamer 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    It is a bit unfortunate that the Dark Universe never came to anything. It had potential, as an idea.

    • @stainshield
      @stainshield 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      They should've stayed the course with Dracula Untold.

    • @stevekasan3105
      @stevekasan3105 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Agreed. That initial photo had so much potentiel as to where it can go

  • @pedwards10
    @pedwards10 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    A female mummy movie straight into a bride of frankenstein movie without a frankenstein movie? What's not to love?

  • @rilla46
    @rilla46 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    The Wolfman and Dracula Untold was the start of the Dark Universe

  • @CTEagleCeltic
    @CTEagleCeltic 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    They basically made Mission Impossible: Temple of doom…. No one asked for that.

    • @stainshield
      @stainshield 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Mainly because Tom Cruise fucked it up with his ego.

  • @c.ladimore1237
    @c.ladimore1237 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    renfield was hilariously nic cage at his best nic cagest

  • @bagginsfrodos
    @bagginsfrodos 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    The actual start fo the Dark Universe was supposed to be Dracula Untold 😂😂

    • @stainshield
      @stainshield 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Universal should've stayed that course with Dracula Untold.

  • @keithdrummond1003
    @keithdrummond1003 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    If it's true that everything took a back to Cruise's ego, I feel bad for the writers and director.
    Whatever they created was over ruled. But they'll get the credit for his failure.

    • @stainshield
      @stainshield 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I believe it and you want to know why, because Tom Cruise has done this before. According to R. Lee Ermey in an interview from 2006 it was Stanley Kubrick's last film Eyes Wide Shut which Tommy Boy wrecked with his ego. There was no need to get him since The Mummy was going to be female and why have a movie centered around a Circus Midget who is now over 60 when they could've gone for somebody like Sam Worthington or Justin Long both who happen to be close to age with Annabelle Wallis.

  • @wstine79
    @wstine79 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Poor Russell Crowe. This was the second doomed franchise starter that he starred in.

    • @journeysands2622
      @journeysands2622 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What was the first?

    • @wstine79
      @wstine79 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@journeysands2622Man of Steel.

    • @molasorrosalom4846
      @molasorrosalom4846 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He didn't star in it, he was a supporting character.

    • @fedfan3079
      @fedfan3079 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@wstine79he gave a great performance & the movie was good

    • @charlespuruncajas9663
      @charlespuruncajas9663 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@wstine79 MoS is still miles better than this. 😊

  • @stephenb2276
    @stephenb2276 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    The Aztec way would have been the way to go. That would've been awesome

    • @spiceupyourafterlife
      @spiceupyourafterlife 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Plus, Antonio Banderas would have made an awesome villain!

  • @FightCommentary
    @FightCommentary 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've been watching your videos after TH-cam recommended them. You do a very good job giving information and making it fun and digestible!

  • @lordraiden5398
    @lordraiden5398 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I thought it was ok until Ahmanet was killed. Sophia was the biggest reason I wanted to see this movie.

    • @stainshield
      @stainshield 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes, but Tommy Boy wrecked it with his ego.

    • @BrianThomas
      @BrianThomas หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same here. She's great

  • @wbbartlett
    @wbbartlett 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It's a shame this didn't work but if you hire Kurtzman then you only have yourselves to blame.

  • @keithcourson7317
    @keithcourson7317 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I enjoyed the movie, and would havel gladly gone to see other "monsterverse" movies.

  • @FlarryFlats
    @FlarryFlats 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Can you clarify what you mean by "it all worked out in the end" ?

  • @Steve_Green
    @Steve_Green 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    If Kurtzman “learns everything” from his failures, when is he going to learn what an utter hack he is and quit the business?

  • @politicalsmell
    @politicalsmell 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    i actually enjoyed the movie and wished they continued with the series

  • @RobVespa
    @RobVespa 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    How did it work out in the end? It didn't. So many things went wrong for this production... the first and possibly largest of which is the involvement of the incompetent curse known as Kurtzman.

  • @pjhunt4135
    @pjhunt4135 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Set isn't a demon, he's one of the greatest deities in the egyptian pantheon

  • @phillipstephens4522
    @phillipstephens4522 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Tom Cruise SUCKS. He is the reason this movie was a failure. I also HATED the mummy that did NOT look like a mummy. Do you EVER think of anyone but yourself? Tom Cruise: No.

    • @stainshield
      @stainshield 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree with you, because he was THE Problem and I am not surprised by that because he even destroyed Stanley Kubrick's last film Eyes Wide Shut with his ego according to what R. Lee Eremy said in an interview from 2006. If I was Universal, I would've gone for somebody other than that Circus Midget being how he is a Control Freak which was why Tim Burton didn't want him as Edward Scissorhands because Tommy Boy wanted the character to be a Buff Macho Manly Stud instead of a Shy Timid Emo Goth, I would've gone for either Sam Worthington who Universal wanted as Dracula back when Dracula Untold was called Dracula: Year Zero or Justin Long who is underrated but loveable, they would've been better than Circus Midget.

  • @newlifelivefree6869
    @newlifelivefree6869 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I think it was a pretty good movie wish they had moved forward to explore other characters

  • @yodon6867
    @yodon6867 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Everybody thought that Brendan Fraser was coming back. However they could have done Jack O'Connor's great-grandson cast Kurt Russell's son to play Jack O'Connor 2. Another thing that should have made The Mummy black had it in Sudan. have Jack O'Connor II promoting a book about his grandfather's stories about his great-grandfather and the secret organization asking to help out with The Mummy

    • @mytv89626
      @mytv89626 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Who's Jack O'Connor? 🤦🏼‍♂️

    • @yodon6867
      @yodon6867 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mytv89626 your mama

  • @TestTest-hu1gj
    @TestTest-hu1gj 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Say what you want, i really enjoyed The Mummy reboot with TC. I saw the film years after its release, it was already forgotten by then but i still remembered the echoes of the not so overwhelming reviews. I watched the movie just because it was simply an option on one of the streaming services and boredom. I was pleassantly surprised. I even recommended it to all my friends and anyone who would listen. I guess people expected something really different than what they got. I liked the more mature approach. If you be honest withoutself, The Mummy(1999) is a kids movie. Its not bad but its a kids movie. TC reboot is a little older audience. Thats the main difference. I also liked the effect and the ideas. Those two eyed four pupils was INSANE. Loved it.

    • @ebbderelict
      @ebbderelict 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I thought it was good. I've re-watched it. I don't think it's great, but no real reason to hate it other than to be angry at stuff for the sake of it. I can sit, have some snacks, and enjoy it. It would have been better if they ditched the shared-universe stuff, and I'll agree that it felt shoe-horned in, but I enjoyed Cruise's character a lot. Like the video says, it was nice to see him take a role of a poor-excuse-for-a-hero hero.

    • @crunchyfresco
      @crunchyfresco 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      it wasn't bad but I wanted to see more of the mummy and less Tom Cruise cause we all know what he can do. I don't hate it saw it once and that is all

  • @stargazer3424
    @stargazer3424 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Not sure if I would’ve seen it or not but a Mummy movie with Antonio Banderes sounds like a fun time at least

  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Definitely liked Brandon Fraser's version better except when they went to China that was horrible.

    • @kyleday5026
      @kyleday5026 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      why was it horrible

    • @stainshield
      @stainshield 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What about Dracula Untold.

    • @grapeshot
      @grapeshot 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@kyleday5026 because it was

    • @grapeshot
      @grapeshot 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@stainshield yeah I do like the fact that it gave a shout out to to Vlad the Impaler

    • @mytv89626
      @mytv89626 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Especially for Brendan. That's where he hooked up with the underage guy that caused his divorce.

  • @spiceupyourafterlife
    @spiceupyourafterlife 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Sofia Boutella was this movie's biggest saving grace. Her design is cool, she gives a solid performance, and I love the way she moves!

    • @stainshield
      @stainshield 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah, but she got done dirty by that Circus Midget.

    • @fedfan3079
      @fedfan3079 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Best part of the movie

  • @krs4976
    @krs4976 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I really didnt mind the mummy its a fun watch, i don't think it was a good reason to just give up on the Dark Universe , they could've just gone with a more modest budget for future releases.

    • @ebbderelict
      @ebbderelict 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Agreed. They should've kept going, just learn from their mistakes and do it better going forward. The Invisible Man we got was great though.

    • @stainshield
      @stainshield 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@ebbderelict what about Dracula Untold it did have flaws, but it was modest.

    • @ebbderelict
      @ebbderelict 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@stainshield I didn't see that one. 😞

    • @natsohigh5552
      @natsohigh5552 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      A modest budget is OK when you have lower tier actors.
      But they had people like Depp who was probably getting a 15-20 million salary.

  • @delisalevy
    @delisalevy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    "Cruise" took on the entity while being able to keep his mind/soul while carrying it in the background.

  • @fredo1070
    @fredo1070 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    The Tom Cruise movie everyone has forgotten about.

  • @master2uall88
    @master2uall88 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It did not start with Tom Cruise and the mummy the Dark Universe actually started with Dracula Untold and I Frankenstein so for the love of God please get that part right

  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Can we all say Tom Cruise micro manage this project in the truest tradition of Scientology.

    • @BrianThomas
      @BrianThomas หลายเดือนก่อน

      What kills me is that there are tons of educated people on the set and in post production. Are you telling me that no one saw this film tanking with all that "Mr. Cruise want's it done" mentality. Someone should have put a stop to this.

  • @pduidesign
    @pduidesign 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think the biggest problem is that people were turned off by Tom Cruise’s character as he is usually seen as the action hero (obviously). His character was unlikable and because of that you weren’t interested in what would happen to him.
    If they changed the script to him being an archeologist/treasure hunter, The girl as an ex-military with connections still in the military it might have been more fun.
    Also Tom Hardy not being Dr J also did not help because THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN INSANELY GREAT!!

  • @draelon
    @draelon 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Kurtzman: "You learn nothing from your successes and everything from your failures." After what he's done to the Star Trek franchise, this guy must be at Einstein levels of understanding of the universe.

  • @kikynessanez5060
    @kikynessanez5060 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The only thing that I liked from this movie is Ahmanet
    Sofía Boutella made an excellent job making her menacing and mystic at the same time
    Performances are ok.
    I can't with Cruise. I only like 2 movies he is in: Interview with the vampire, and The Edge of Tomorrow.
    He tends to "mission imposible" everything and not atc, just do his stunts (very commendable indeed) for action, but not give range of emotions.
    He did ok in this character but micromanaging this movie.... Not good, dude.
    I give it 6.5/10 because at least was "entertaining"
    I'll say it again, Ahmanet is the only thing I loved in this one

    • @stainshield
      @stainshield 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I would've gone for either Justin Long who is very underrated and loveable or Sam Worthington who Universal originally wanted as Dracula back when Dracula Untold was called Dracula: Year Zero as Nick Morton instead of Tommy Boy. Because Tom Cruise was THE Problem with The Mummy being how he changed it from Horror into Action as well as made it all about him which didn't surprise me because R. Lee Eremy even said that Tom Cruise destroyed Stanley Kubrick's last film Eyes Wide Shut with his ego.

  • @defpixel
    @defpixel 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The Hammer horror Mummy films with Christopher Lee were good too.

  • @Jamesadamiak
    @Jamesadamiak 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The other Universal monster movies sounded pretty damn intriguing!

  • @sethmorales1519
    @sethmorales1519 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I didn’t think this movie was that bad

  • @DCMarvelMultiverse
    @DCMarvelMultiverse 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Why would you cast Cruise as a soldier obviously written to be far far younger?;

  • @PhantomHT1320
    @PhantomHT1320 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    as much as i dislike cruise, he is in some really good movies. i went into this kinda hoping i wouldnt like it. but per usual. i really liked it. fell in love with the maria whateverhernameis which also led me to her in Rogue Heroes which i also very much liked. but i really liked this version of Mummy and also saddened we wont get more of Dracula Untold.

  • @prodprod
    @prodprod 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The problem is really quite simple - the studio had a slate of classic -- what's the word -- right "horror" movies -- but felt compelled to remake them as big budget action/adventure movies. What would they have done if they had a slate of classic rom-coms? Turned them into big budget action/adventure movies? What if they'd decided to update/remake a bunch of classic musicals -- would they have turned them into big budget action adventure movies? Or classic comedies? Or classic gangster movies? Would they have opted to turn all of them into big budget action/adventure movies?
    And yet over and over, the studios, when they look to update/remake horror movies -- the mummy, Dracula, Frankenstein -- they go down the same stupid route -- transform the monster into a romantic hero (if possible) and turn the movie into a big budget action/adventure movie -- and then watch, confused and surprised, over and over and over, as the movies tank.

  • @atlanta2076
    @atlanta2076 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Kurzman is a fool. He learned NOTHING from the failure of The Mummy - which is actually way better than anything he did afterwards. Like ruining Star Trek and messing up Clarice. He's a total hack that gets worse and worse.

  • @PhilBowes
    @PhilBowes 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Can you do a video of cancellled horror moveis

  • @FrancisXLord
    @FrancisXLord 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I remember watching, with genuine interest, as snippets of information and promotional material for this film started dripping through. The more I saw though, the less interested I was as more and more I started to wonder what the hell they were doing. After seeing the trailer I thought, 'If this is where the Dark Universe starts, it's where it ends.' Love it when my predictions come true, but it could have been a great Mummy movie. For that price, you assume it would be.

  • @troybyrne2916
    @troybyrne2916 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I actually laughed when annabelle says you ran off and left me and cruise just says no I didn't

  • @pduidesign
    @pduidesign 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I thought Dracula Untold was the first “Dark Universe” or am I misremembering?

  • @chriswald7700
    @chriswald7700 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I actually enjoy this movie. I generally think the problem of Hollywood remakes is, that the studios throw you the budget in the face. Everything's so exaggerated: more action, more special effects, etc.. In the case of the Universal monsters they should go for a Gothic vibe and not action.

  • @redxreview
    @redxreview 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    You didn’t mention the trailer with the audio missing! that’s what buried it for most people/ just became a punchline

  • @davidj.thompson
    @davidj.thompson 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Russel Crowe's bit as Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde was the best part of the entire film. I saw that a full movie of THAT story could have been brilliant.

  • @leetrovillion85
    @leetrovillion85 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    “And it all worked out in the end.” Did it though? 😕

  • @stellah1643
    @stellah1643 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Ahh, to know we could have had another Fraiser, Mummy! Dummy, I think that would have done better than Cruise, Mummy!

  • @nightblade1102
    @nightblade1102 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that they are gonna try again with this dark universe.

  • @theinvisiblemusic
    @theinvisiblemusic 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I actually didn't hate this movie.

  • @bofawhatsbofa4593
    @bofawhatsbofa4593 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    🤌🏽hopefully this happens to Gunn’s DCU. Let it be a DOA so we can end this shared franchise

  • @BossRossTube
    @BossRossTube 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I mite be on my own but I wanted to see this play out

  • @CRUELLANDER
    @CRUELLANDER 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think if I wanted to do my own Dark Universe this is how I would do it.
    First I’d call it the Universal Monster Universe instead of the Dark Universe.
    This is who I’d want to cast in my entire Universal Monster Universe.
    1. Ben Affleck as Frankenstein Monster.
    2. Henry Cavill as Doctor Frankenstein.
    3. Ana De Armas as Bride of Frankenstein.
    4. Glenn Powell as Son of Frankenstein
    5. Elisha Cuthbert as the Invisible Woman.
    6. Gal Gadot as the Mummy
    7. Bill Skarsgard as Dracula
    8. Patrick Dempsey as the Invisible Man
    & some more I’m not gonna continue.

    • @phillipstephens4522
      @phillipstephens4522 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And be sure and have Tom Cruise star as the mummy's first victim, ripped into tiny gory pieces!!!

    • @Tonyhouse1168
      @Tonyhouse1168 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Idris Elba as the Wolfman
      Charlie Day as Igor.
      Javier Bardem as Dr Jekyll

  • @eddiegreencheez
    @eddiegreencheez 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Tom Hardy and Javier Bardem are great actors but im glad they weren't in this movie, for obvious reasons

  • @FNHot
    @FNHot 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    See what no one ever mentions, is that suicide squad had almost EXACTLY the same bad guy. An evil witch woman covered in bandages and black makeup, with powers. Then 2017 mummy rolls around, and Im sitting there like oh, I've seen this already, last year .... and I think a lot of people subconsciously went that movie sucked, so this does too.

  • @MasterMayhem78
    @MasterMayhem78 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    When did this video turn into a complete summary of the movie?

  • @PedroTawa
    @PedroTawa 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I watched this recently and noticed wow tom is really highlighted well in this film and very poor character development. So learning Tom directed it makes total sense lol

  • @vaughnalexander32
    @vaughnalexander32 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I actually liked this movie.. the new "Mummy" was sexy and decent special effects. but what do ik?? I also liked Will Smith Suicide squad and Justice League.. (Snyder cut)

  • @rosesacks7430
    @rosesacks7430 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I liked this movie as a Tom cruise movie. But the Brandon Frasier movie with the Aztec theme sounds like it would have been sweet.

  • @KeithRingo
    @KeithRingo 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Lets be honest the new mummy was smoking hot

  • @raymondleggs5508
    @raymondleggs5508 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Sounds like Tom cruise would actually be a pretty decent director if he stepped up to the plate since he seemed more sure of himself as a director of a blockbuster than the director they hired.

  • @jeffrichmond8587
    @jeffrichmond8587 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Say what you want about Tom Cruise‘s movie the mummy, I thought it was pretty good like to see a sequel, but Tom, you are getting old brother✌️😎

  • @aliasfakename3159
    @aliasfakename3159 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Brendan Fraser's The Mummy was funny, scary, and action-packed. I was terrified of the special effects as a child and didn't realize it was an action comedy for years. It didn't take itself too seriously & the romance was a healthy dash & didn't overtake the plot

    • @Klm49
      @Klm49 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Agree 100% ! Still re-watch and love the first two Fraser mummy movies with my 10yr old !!

  • @jevinday
    @jevinday 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow, the director had an awesome perspective on the film. I always wondered how filmmakers make peace with directing unsuccessful films. That was pretty cool

  • @jonnybarnard8578
    @jonnybarnard8578 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Tom Cruise happened...

  • @ParisLawLess
    @ParisLawLess 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hold on Antonio Banderas was supposed to play an Aztec? Antonio Banderas is from Spain thus making him a white European guy who tans to try to look like a South American. Smh

  • @jbjacobs9514
    @jbjacobs9514 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Let me first get it out of the way: Mummy reboot is palatable and okay IF and ONLY IF you forget any Mummy movie you've ever seen and heard of any of the other Mummy films or ideas and if you don't connect it to the Universe. I would have loved a monster universe, regardless of the idea that the concept had passed. My biggest problem is the miscasting and script. I love Annabelle Wallis, though not in this film AT ALL. I like Sofia a LOT but meh as a Mummy villainess. However, the biggest travesty is allowing Cruise to step anywhere near this. He killed this film for me. I just can't get past him because I cannot stand looking at his face (I want to punch it). I would take Crowe's worst ham day over one minute of Cruise. He makes the story (while fantasy universe) completely unbelievable and is just a vanity project (like every other film he is in). Brendan Fraser was delightful; Arnold Vosloo divine. Rachel Weisz and John Hannah adorable. Patricia Velasquez perfect. We all know the legend of Boris Karloff. So this is just horrible.

    • @stainshield
      @stainshield 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree with you because there was no need to get him being how Sofia Boutella who is a woman would've made The Mummy okay and it should've been about her just as Dracula Untold was about Luke Evans. That Circus Midget ruined The Mummy with his ego which didn't surprise me because this wasn't the 1st time he has done this, according to R. Lee Eremy in an interview from 2006 it was Stanley Kubrick's last film Eyes Wide Shut which that Circus Midget Tom Cruise destroyed with his ego which was why Tim Burton didn't want him as Edward Scissorhands because Tommy Boy wanted the character to be a Buff Macho Manly Stud instead of a Shy Timid Emo Goth as Johnny Depp portrayed him as. I would've gone for either Sam Worthington who Universal wanted as Dracula back when Dracula Untold was called Dracula: Year Zero or Justin Long who is very underrated but very loveable as Nick Morton, because any one of those 2 would've been better than that Circus Midget and they would've had great chemistry with Annabelle Wallis being how they are close to age with her and chemistry was why Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz did so well together, whereas Tommy Boy is old enough to be Wallis' father being how she was just 1 when he was in Legend with Tim Curry and Top Gun with Val Kilmer.

    • @mytv89626
      @mytv89626 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@stainshieldMidgets are under 5'.

  • @npigamer
    @npigamer 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The Mommy: Rise of Quetzalcoatl

    • @phillipstephens4522
      @phillipstephens4522 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You mean The Mummy: The Rise and Fall of Tom Cruise?

  • @racheledwards2352
    @racheledwards2352 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You Hollywood ghouls, you leave Bride of Frankenstein the hell alone! You have no idea what you're doing!!

  • @stevekasan3105
    @stevekasan3105 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The problem here is that it became a Tom Cruise movie. What i mean by that is if you look at major stars, there are movies which are catered to them and the Tom Cruise vehicle started with Top Gun. Parts of that formula is present here

  • @devmag52
    @devmag52 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Kurtzman involved. All you need to know

    • @erinburke9711
      @erinburke9711 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So true. Same with Simon Kinberg and David Gordon Green.

  • @Axolotl_Mischief
    @Axolotl_Mischief 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    IDK but I'll be real happy when I stop seeing Boutella's face in movies...

    • @sgm2463
      @sgm2463 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Michelle Rodriguez mkII, being pushed

    • @mytv89626
      @mytv89626 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I thought it was Jaye Davidson from The Crying Game until I saw the credits.

  • @stainshield
    @stainshield 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Why The Mummy and Dark Universe failed, because Alex Kurtzman like an idiot didn't want Dracula Untold as THE 1st film for The Franchise and I heard that originally Luke Evans was going to be in The Dark Universe version of Van Helsing with Channing Tatum which I will talk about later in this comment. The Mummy failed because they went for world building instead of having the story set in Egypt, they had it in Iraq and England. Also, the main reason why The Mummy failed is because of Tom Cruise, Tom Cruise was THE Problem because he changed the script from Horror into Action as well as made it all about him when Sofia Boutella was THE Real Star, but I am not surprised by that for The Mummy wasn't the 1st film that was destroyed by that Circus Midget's ego, according to R. Lee Eremy in an interview from 2006 it was Stanley Kubrick's last film Eyes Wide Shut which Tom Cruise destroyed with his ego. There were other choices to go for other than a Circus Midget who was pushing but is now over 60. If I was Universal, I would've gone for actors who are either underrated, up & coming, and hardly known, not to mention born between 1976 to 1984 making them close to age with Annabelle Wallis who was born in 1984 and chemistry was why Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz did so well because they are close to age whereas Tom Cruise is old enough to be Wallis' father being how she was 1 when he was in Legend with Tim Curry and Top Gun with Val Kilmer. The actors I have picked that would've made a great Nick Morton are throughout The United States such as New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, Cleveland, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Denver, Cincinatti, Orland, Miami, and more as well as coming from England, Canada, Mexico, France, Spain, Brazil, Germany, Jamaica, Russia, Ireland, Cuba, Kenya, Zimbabwe, India, Thailand, South Korea, China, Japan, and more, here are my picks which are 60 actors that would've had great chemistry with Annabelle Wallis and also I would have kept Jake Johnson but add Damon Wayans Jr. for comic relief in The Mummy.
    01. Jason Ritter
    02. Jensen Ackles
    03. Jared Padalecki
    04. Paulo Costanzo
    05. Diego Luna
    06. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
    07. Scott Kid Cudi Mescudi
    08. Matthew Lawrence
    09. Rider Strong
    10. Justin Long
    11. Texas Battle
    12. Mehcad Brooks
    13. Edi Gathegi
    14. Cam Gigandet
    15. Donald Glover
    16. Paul James
    17. Eric Balfour
    18. Sam Worthington
    19. Steven Yeun
    20. Wilmer Valderrama
    21. Zhu Yuchen
    22. Takumi Saito
    23. Ben Foster
    24. Ryan Gosling
    25. Manuel Garcia-Rulfo
    26. Zachary Quinto
    27. Mick Cain
    28. Eric Jungmann
    29. Topher Grace
    30. Elijah Wood
    31. Darius Love
    32. Eric Ty Hodges
    33. Matthew Carey
    34. Lee Majdoub
    35. Andrew Lachey
    36. Nicolas Duvauchelle
    37. Jesse Metcalfe
    38. Nick Stahl
    39. Bruno Gagliasso
    40. Andres Gertrudix
    41. Damon Lipari
    42. William Levy
    43. Eoin Macken
    44. Sunkrish Bala
    45. Vishal Malhotra
    46. Nick Cannon
    47. Charlie Hunnam
    48. Tongayi Chirisa
    49. Worrawech Danuwong
    50. Sam Riley
    51. Gang Dong-Won
    52. Yuri Kolokolnikov
    53. Brandon Jay McLaren
    54. Alfonso Herrera
    55. Max Rhyser
    56. Lyriq Bent
    57. Sullivan Stapleton
    58. Amin Joseph
    59. Jonathan Jackson
    60. Lee Joon-Gi
    Those 60 actors are the ones who would've been great with Annabelle Wallis, now as for Van Helsing from what I have heard was going to have Van Helsing as part of Jekyll's group Prodigium but had a falling out with him, so he went at it alone in a RV hunting monsters and Van Helsing who would be portrayed by Channing Taum would've worked with Luke Evans' Dracula who killed his family to face off against Elizabeth Bathory. That idea if I was working on it needs some revamping, instead of Bathory being against Dracula she can be a loyal minion to Dracula and instead of Van Helsing hunting alone he can form his own group called The Monster Force as a homage to the 1994 Saturday Morning Cartoon that came out alongside with Season 2 of Exo Squad. I would also go for somebody else other than Channing Tatum as Van Helsing because he doesn't fit The Mold to be Van Helsing and I like Channing Tatum because he reminds me of Brendan Fraser, but that role needs to go to somebody philosophical such as Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Sean Bean, Ioan Gruffudd, Christoph Waltz, Adrian Paul, Christopher Lambert, Viggo Mortensen, Ethan Hawke, or Cary Elwes as Van Helsing leading The Monster Force which has Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Dai Xiangyu, Garikayi Mutambirwa, Eiza Gonzalez, Jessica Lucas, Monique Candelaria, Michelle Trachtenberg, and Ayaka Komatsu as his hunters, but yes give me your thoughts about these ideas.

  • @jburnett180
    @jburnett180 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I watched the movie in the theater when it came out, and had to leave because it was so bad. That was the second walkout I ever did. The first was “Dude where is my car”

  • @TheFiown
    @TheFiown 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I always get annoyed when they say 'mummified alive' when they mean 'buried alive'. No one could survive mumification as it is the removal of the organs before being soaked in a bath of herbs before being bandaged.

  • @Gary_Hun
    @Gary_Hun 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    12:07 - And so, Kurtzman is a wise and clever guy nowadays...

  • @geeshep4836
    @geeshep4836 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    To Be Perfectly Honest The Boris Karloff And Brendan Fraser Version Of The Mummy Are The Best Ones That Is All.

    • @molasorrosalom4846
      @molasorrosalom4846 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The first two mummy movies are amazing.
      Third one? Ummmmmmmmm.....

  • @robertchambers6344
    @robertchambers6344 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The problem was Tom Cruise. Period.

    • @stainshield
      @stainshield 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes, because he wrecked it with his ego which didn't surprise me because he even destroyed Stanley Kubrick's last film Eyes Wide Shut with his ego according to R. Lee Eremy.

  • @TonyBoomgaarden
    @TonyBoomgaarden 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Another great video of another great movie.

  • @tommyhatcher3399
    @tommyhatcher3399 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Biggest flaw was the mummy. She was sexy, looked weak, and not scary.

  • @walterstevens5678
    @walterstevens5678 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Sorry but that cult member puts a bad stench on anything he’s in.

    • @PaulSmoker420
      @PaulSmoker420 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Amen!

    • @willrunriot
      @willrunriot 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Didn’t seem to hurt Top Gun: Maverick much. 🤷‍♂️

    • @wingedeathnoisewave
      @wingedeathnoisewave 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You obviously haven't seen his performance in magnolia

  • @dgenergene4418
    @dgenergene4418 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Although not a perfect movie I did like this reimagined version of The Mummy I think that it had potential. I wouldn't mind seeing a sequel to this version of The Mummy

  • @marsco25177
    @marsco25177 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I didn’t hate this movie.

  • @robertkeane9393
    @robertkeane9393 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I enjoyed this movie sucks no sequel will ever happen.

  • @gojewla
    @gojewla 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I saw the preview and literally laughed out loud.

  • @fionnmaccumhaill3257
    @fionnmaccumhaill3257 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is my favorite "Mummy" movie. I don't know why it wasn't a success.

  • @runlarryrun77
    @runlarryrun77 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    So glad they never remade Bride Of Frankenstein. No idea what they were intending on doing with it but just Elsa Lanchester's 7 minutes (or whatever it was) of screen time in the original alone would be better than the entire run time of any remake. So iconic & such a brief appearance. Whatever they'd come up with for a remake would have been insultingly inferior.

  • @baronvg
    @baronvg 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Not that I think it would’ve been great, but I wish these studios wouldn’t scrap their projects so quickly. Just let it play out. Dark Universe, Snyder-verse, etc.

  • @BossRossTube
    @BossRossTube 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I didn't hate this movie dang it I wish it would've made more