The Mummy Movie Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ค. 2024
- Back in 1999, Brendan Fraser starred in a "modern" re-imagining of the classic Mummy subgenre of movies. Horror, adventure, history and the supernatural. Mummy movies were a staple of classic horror cinema, but were effectively non-existent from the 1960s onward.
Still, The Mummy was an attempt to modernize the classic tales for a newer audience.. and modernize it did! With top-of-the-line CGI that looked fantastic at the time, and now? It stands out like a sore thumb and very solidly dates this movie as being from the late 90s.
Still, it's one of the first movies people think about when they think of Brendan Fraser, so how does it fare overall in entertainment?
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00:00 - Introduction
01:48 - Ancient Egypt
04:20 - 1923 Egypt expedition
05:37 - 1926 Egyptology
07:20 - Meet Mr. O'Connell
08:55 - A boat on the Nile
11:04 - The search for Hamunaptra
12:12 - Let the dig begin
13:27 - A few setbacks
14:40 - The seals are broken
15:52 - Imhotep attacks
16:57 - Factions change
18:09 - The Mummy Returns
19:11 - The Mummy's onslaught continues
20:10 - Zombie uprising
21:13 - Climax time!
23:22 - Therefore, happy ending!
24:30 - Final thoughts - บันเทิง
This movie is a classic and will never get old or boring to watch, despite some CGI may be a bit outdated it’s still an entertaining movie one Of Brendan’s best
I guess he’s running for president… or is that a different Brendan? 😂
So true
I bet that the CGI will be updated someday with the movie re-released
And so much better than Tom Cruise's version.
monkie bones is the best brendan fraisure movie by far.
Once every 15 years or so a movie comes along that everyone loves and any imperfections just add to the charm
Killer clowns from outer space
Jurassic Park, Jaws
And once every 15 years or so Brendan Fraser suddenly reemerges in a massive starring role.
Coincidence?
Really? JP or Jaws? You better be trolling. Might be 2 of the worst examples ive ever heard of that fall under ignore the flaws to enjoy
@@T_R_O_Y_McClure Oh please enlighten us stupid mortals about the fine taste you have.
Beni: "O'Connell! Hey, O'Connell! It looks to me like I've got all the horses!"
Rick: "Hey, Beni! Looks to me like you're on the wrong side of the river!"
Contender for the best taunting scene in a long time.
Honestly, the CGI isn't even that terrible. They really poured money and their souls into this movie and it shows. Plus it's not over the top. Maybe it's my inner child going back to the first time I watched this movie and me just being so amazed because I've never seen anything in a movie like that before. I still get the creeps when he is a rotten walking corpse.
People underestimate how good cgi was as an effect, it looked phenomenal in even early movies because of stylization, giving us a hightened version rather than replacement of reality!
Such a great film. Feels like a spiritual successor to the Indiana Jones movies and old pulp action stories. Brendan Frasier is a treasure of an actor.
Indiana Jones meets Army of Darkness
And it spawned an animated series, which I find did a better job with Alex O'Connell than Mummy Returns and Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Not that I hate Returns, but it did repeat a lot of the first movie while also adding in a lot not needed, like Evie being a reincarnated Nefytiri, so we could have a cat fight with Anck-Sunamun. But it's an okay follow-up, unlike Dragon Emperor.
True that
@@judsongaiden9878. Indeed!
@@sebastianemond5313. Agreed, the show reminded me a lot to secret saturdays, especially considering I seen both of them gorwing up, but years apart!
I loved this film and miss Brendan Frasier and his films. Sad what happened to him and what caused him to stop appearing so much.
He is still a good actor and I am glad to see he still has it
for the last 20 years, this movie remains an A+ instant classic for me. its terrifying, its action packed, its funny, its got great characters, great actors and it doesnt compromise itself for a specific audience.
My family watched this whenever we couldn't figure out/agree on something to watch. Never got old. It's still great.
I didn't even know that it's over 2 hours long. Doesn't feel like it.
The pacing was just on point
@@bulbafett5001 We still get together Fridays for movie night, and tonight I let them all know that it's over two hours long, and they all didn't believe me.
It just never gets boring. There's always something happening, even in the parts where it slows down and they're sitting around a fire talking or something.
@@RiylanCorma. Like all great movies!
Before Stephen Sommers was picked to direct the film, Wes Craven, John Landis, John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper, Clive Barker, George Romero, Mick Garris, and Joe Dante were considered for the project back in the early 90's.
Sommers a huge fan of the original film, was picked after his last movie, DEEP RISING bombed at the box office in 1998.
Before Brendan Fraser was cast, Kurt Russell, Sylvester Stallone, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Cruise, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Brad Pitt were considered.
I think Deep Rising is better than The Mummy
@@magicjohnson3121 I liked Deep Rising but the ending was just another 'Tick off the numbers' formula.
In fact, the Joe Dante remake of "The Mummy" as written by John Sayles, had it set in modern times and as a tragic love story with Daniel Day-Lewis (The Crucible) as the Mummy.
Love this movie, so cheesy, so relatable, so funny.
Rachel is so cute too!
Lol nah she ain't.
@@ImJustSaijan Cannot blame for poor taste on your part, so I’ll just blame your orc parents.
@@ImJustSaijan what you talking about in this movie shes hot as hell
@@ImJustSaijan lol yeah she is
Lol what can I say? Brendan Frasier is cuter
Seeing this pop up in my subscriptions made my day! This is one of my favorite movies to watch around Halloween; just a super fun action adventure full of homages to the classic Boris Karloff original. Great review, Decker!
Great Halloween movie for non-horror-fans and kids that are still too young to be watching real horror flicks!
Aw yes, one of the classic cases of the remake that works. And i am bias towards this frachise because i LOVE studying ancient egypt as a hobby.
Also Brendan Frasier is the best underrated actor in the business, glad he's FINALLY getting the recognition he deserves
This is one of my favorite movies of all time. I loved it during my childhood and I still love it to this day.
Brendon role on Scrubs as ben is incredibly underrated and some of my favorite in all the series
Honestly,Jonathan is my favorite character in this whole series.
And the Mummy legitimately is the Indiana Jones for the generation of kids who grew up in the early 2000s.
The Mummy: Basically Indiana Jones with more magic and gun fights. (And I am totally good with that).
Brendan Frasier must be protected at all costs, hes worth the life of 7 people
Wtf
@@mxtw7910 you are right, 7 is too little, its 9 people and 3 orphans
@@lautaroasis60 relax bro he ain’t letting you hit
@@mxtw7910 so more people must be sacrificed until he does
This is one of those movies where it's not a true masterpiece, it's still very entertaining and fun.
Highly recommended this and The Mummy Returns, it's good
Its thoroughly amusing how accurate the running Hellraiser comparison is. Love the review as always!
I've been told that I used to watch this on tape when I was like 4 or something. We got the Mummy on tape from KFC when they used to do that here in Australia and I spent most of my time rewinding and playing the tape at like 4 years ago, the only time I cried about this movie was when I accidentally ruined the tape by watching it so many times.
That's why this movie is a gem to me.
15:34 - As someone who wears glasses, yeah that's accurate. I couldn't live a normal life without my glasses.
The CGI here aged a lot better than in the second or even third movie.
I'm getting flashbacks of a terrible model of The Rock merged with a scorpion. Lookin like a PS2 creature.
@@NobuxD Yeah lol such a classic.
This is what started my fascination with Egyptian history. Now I just have fingers crossed for things to calm down a bit more so I can finally visit.
Wow. This is a movie I NEVER expected Decker to review!
Huh, wasn't expecting this. It's ironic the last two Conventions I was at I got to meet Brendan Fraser and Oded Fehr (Ardeth Bay), both pretty nice guys. Also this movie rocks and more in line with what the Dark Universe could/should have been.
I learned to watch Decker videos inmediatly after he uploads something new before it gets shot down for copyright. Is a super sad but somehow estimulating. experience
A cinematic masterpiece
I remember a tv review of the mummy, that said that it's a fun film, that's not only entertaining for the kids, but also far daddies and mummy's.
From this Mummy to the Dark Universe Mummy, Decker is gonna have a field day with these reviews if he's gonna do those next.
To me the Mummy 1 and 2 were kind of "The son of Indiana Jones" - the same kind of over-the top action adventure with a hint of the supernatural, set back in the "olden days". As you say, not perfect, but pretty damned good. :) Part 3 - so-so.
Heh, "hint" of the supernatural
14:12 " ... end user agremrnt...death will come on swift wings to whoever opens this chest...Decker on his tablet...ehhh, whatever, whatever, accept..."😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I got such a good laugh from that! Thank you Decker!
I found your channel from your Jurassic Park videos from 8 years ago. So glad you still make videos.
In the desert the mighty desert, the Fraser walks tonight…
The Scarab buried its way into the guys brain. It then no doubt began eating away at it I think the screaming was warranted.
I can't tell you how much I needed a new Decker review after this crap week
The Mummy feels like an Indiana Jones spin off. It's got a few flaws but makes for a good movie night.
Like what?
“Preparing to enter a Mars portal straight into Hell”…
Now I really want to see Rick O’Connell in a Doom movie.
Arnold Vosloo, the man who plays the title character, is a spitting image of Ralf Schumacher. The greatest driver in Formula One’s History… ‘s brother.
Hoorah for Brendon Frasier! This was my second introduction to him aside from watching half of Encino Man and George of the Jungle!
Dr pepper?? Who are you, Godzilla 85?
Ah The Mummy, it's a great movie and the acting is exactly as it should be for this type of movie. Slightly hammy and full of glorious chewing of the scenery. Great stuff and great review Decker my dude Keep up the good work
It's thanks to this movie that I got into action movies as a kid and like things like uncharted and tomb raider. I'm glad you were able to cover this cheesy but entertaining movie. Fun fact the librarian Evelyn kind of got me interested in going for my career to be a librarian
Dude, thank god you got this review out so fast! Topical and timely, I was just trying to figure out whether I want to head to the theater to see this right now
This was my first introduction to the horror genre when I was about 8 or 9, thanks to my mom. I remember Imhotep's death at the end scaring the shit out of me, but I loved this movie and over two decades later I still love it.
Air heads and blast from the past where some of his best movies
Still top 5…Mummy, Big Trouble In Little China, The Thing, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, & Monty Python: The Holy Grail. Honorable mention - Airplane
What should have happened in Mummy 3 is that Eve gets her Egyptian royal status back and is now princess of her mansion in London. That’s what fans wanted to see.
Glad I got to meet you when you came by my booth at TRF. Glad you had a good time getting your "rocks off" .
This is one of my childhood films, I still have the dvd double pack for this and the sequel
If more people watched Doom Patrol they would realize Brendan Frasier has been killing it for a few years now.
In other words - to quote LL Cool J:
Dont call it a comeback. Ive been here for years. Rocking my peers, putting suckas in fear...
Decker Shadow review? Yes please!!
This movie is so fun that I never realized it was 2 hours long 😂
It has great pacing! Which adds to its success.
The Mummy is one of my all time favorite movies, I mean it's right up there with Jaws, Die Hard, Terminator 2 and many more.
Love watching this review! Here's to hoping you'll review the sequel soon!
We need these types of movies back which, as an upcoming screenwriter, I hope that i can make one day.
Many adventure movies nowadays always end up having sense of cynicism and always play it seriously, this movie does the absolute opposite and has aged wonderfully
As long as Tom Cruise stays away.
I have been waiting for you to do this movie for years now decker! Great work!
This CGI looks better than 90% of the superhero CGI lately
I would love to see a review on the other movies in the series. Great video
A real blast from the past this one is. Such a fun adventure flick. The CGI did not age to well, true, but the film as a whole still is a great watch. and as always, great review Decker
Aha Blast from the Past
I love the old campy style of the cgi
In fairness about the cat thing, Ardeth did mention that while Imhotep was in the transitional stage of regenerating himself he was vulnerable to cats. Once he was pretty much fully regenerated they didn't effect him anymore.
Nice review! Funnily enough I just watched it for my spooktober marathon.
Back when Brendan Fraser hadn't blown up like a balloon and when movies still had awful early 2000s CGI, oh yes great times. I'm surprised you're only covering this now
Without my glasses I kinda do go super blind especially in the dark 😆
Decker your reviews are hilarious & entertaining, brilliant 👏
I've been hanging out for your reviews... thanks best hair internet personality 😁
This is by far one of the best remakes of an old classic They added to it without just copying an pasting!
if only more movies would do that people wouldn't hate remakes so much!
Fun fact. At 22:20, it took nearly two seconds for the light to reflect off of all the mirrors. Which means the total travel length from the first mirror to the last was roughly 400,000 miles.
Loved this movie as a kid. It knows what it wants to be and I still love it. ❤️
My dad was always so jealous of how they found so many French Lebel rifles for the opening charge scene. Then I got him a Lebel of his own for his birthday. He was happy. 😊
I liked Brendan Fraser before he wasn't cool and before it was cool to think he was cool again! I never gave up!
such a great review... please do them all!
This film is essentially a B-movie with a bigger budget. And it is BRILLiANT.
Just watched this movie again (for about 10th time) just a week ago, you got impeccable taste, Decker!
Always a movie I never get tired of watching whenever I find it on a cable channel or from my home library.
Hey decker I’d love to see more of his movies reviewed but could you also review tucker and dale vs the forces of evil
I always watch ur reviews but youtube ain't recommending ur vids again.
Subscribed with the notifications on and everything too -_-
Deker Shado
the internet personality with the WOOD CHIPPER ARMY! (truly the most feared of all movie villains.)
I'd love to see you review another Stephen Sommers' film, Deep Rising
I adored ya review of money bone - to be honest I love all ya reviews - I bet I could speak them word for word!!!!!!
CRT TV's really helped smooth the cgi. Still, I wouldn't change a thing about this movie.
This review had me rolling. Hilarious delivery, new subscriber here for sure
Check out the Summer of Freddy vs. Jason. He goes through all the Freddy and Jason movies on his way to the crossover, it's great
it doesnt feel like 2 hours cause the pacing is really good and keeps us all paying attention.
Welcome back decker shado
Great review as usual and great hair but at it's narrowest the Nile is about 350 meters.
Oh my day was just looking like it was going to be wrapped in doom and gloo. Bam happy times have come.
Thanks for the upload. Great fun movie too.
Omg I've been waiting for this review for sooo long I absolutely adore this movie it's my favourite movie of all time loved watching it when I was growing up
I was in high school when this came out. This was my generation's version of "Indiana Jones".
Just found this on vhs and am watching it right now lol. Your review is awesome to watch along side it
Great job glad your back man 😎👍👌💯
Watched this like 3 times now I need The Mummy Returns so bad
Evie is also a Bond girl....kinda. Her hubby is Daniel Craig. While they have a daughter together that brings up another question - with all the women that JB has slept with, how many kids does HE (well that character) have?
Awesome as always thanks for the video
This movie was such a big part of my childhood. It’s a great blend of spooky and swashbuckling.
I do miss the editor and behind the scene notes at the end of your videos, but I understand why you took them out. I just liked reading the little things about your processes making the review or just other little things you wanted to mention.
Regarding the cat -- I imagine a deleted scene where Benny steals the white cat after that last encounter and Rick and gang can't find another in time.
My kitty would be excellent at scaring mummies. His name is Karl, and he’s so very fierce. And extra cuddly. Mummies fear cuddles.
One of my fav rides at Universal Studios..here in sunny Florida
So, is this October the autumn of Stephen Sommers?
always up for a DeckerShado review
yess! love your reviews homie