Can I just start off by apologising for being so neglectful! Life has just been super busy at the moment, but I'm back (literally just from the cinema) so here is my review on this movie.
The Mummy! And is also like the 8th version of this? I'm not sure, theres a lot though. And yet again an evil dead creature about 5,000 years old thats roaming the earth..and another sandstorm with a face in it..which was pretty cool.
However this is the first chapter of Universal realising their 'Dark Universe' which is their cinematic universe of monsters. That's The Mummy, Dracula, The Invisible Man, Jekll & Hyde etc. I'm super excited..love my monsters!
So Tom Cruise plays Nick Morton, this sort of solider but is really a looter. You also have Annabelle Wallis playing Jenny Halsey, and they team up to solve this old mystery surrounding a mummy played by Sofia Boutella. YES! A female, badass mummy for once. I mean I know you had Anck Su Namum in the 1999 movie, but it was aaaaaaaall about Imhotep. Ah Imhotep..my guilty pleasure.
So when I walked into the cinema tonight, I had no idea what to expect, the trailer didn't really impress me. When I left I though 'ermm, yeah it was fine.'
The beginning, it had some really cool things, it started off quite well I thought, the production design was excellent. However I think the thing that let it down, was the screenplay.
I walked out of the cinema and thought, even though Tom Cruise was good and you could see how dedicate to the role he was, as he is with every role he plays, I left feeling that I didn't think Tom was right for that role. I had no idea why I thought that because, even though he is best known for his action, and doing his own stunts in things like 'Mission Impossible', 'Edge of Tomorrow', 'Minority report' etc, he still is also known for being amazing at other roles. 'Interview with the vampire' for example which is one of my favourite movies, so it isn't anything Tom did wrong in this movie, its the screenplays fault. This film has no real emotional direction. Some scenes can be really entertaining, but as a whole its really crumbly, and it is defiantly down to that screenplay.
There were action sequences in this movie that were really good, then all of a sudden they would let in a joke from time to time in this, which I thought didn't really work. It was almost like they were trying to be a bit like the 1999 'The Mummy' and how Brendan Fraser was in that, and also with John Hannah, and it didn't quite fit in I thought. It's super serious until it's super not.
This movie also had this thing where it had to explain what was going on..ALOT. The setup was fine because it explains what happened thousands of years ago, this is why this mummy lady is evil. However someone else would stop and be like 'this, this this this, happened..I think this is why this, this, this, this happened' It's a lot of explanation. When characters do that, they are telling the other character..but really they are telling you..the audience.
Russell Crowe is also in it. I won't tell you who he plays, because I actually didn't know. He, for myself, was one of the brighter spots of this movie. He played this character really well I thought, and in when he has scenes with Tom Cruise, these two heavyweight actors together..it was a lot of fun to watch.
Annabelle Wallis playing Jenny..ah. Honestly? She was just the damsel in distress, all the time. She was a useless character is such a big budget movie..and I haven't seen that in a while. She doesn't really bring anything, she doesn't really solve anything. She may known some locations to go to from time to time..but thats about it. This was another disappointment.
The ending aswell...it was meant to be a build up for the upcoming movies they have in store for us in the future..and even that didn't do it for me.
Overall, this movie does have some fun sequences and a lot of great action moments, however the screenplay by far is what has let this movie down. I also honestly feel they made a slight mistake is Universal went big budget when films like these should be gothic horror.
So I will give this movie 4/10, please let me know what you thought of the film, and if your looking forward to what they will be bringing in the future!
S'laters!
Ellie
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