brandonh83
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It sure can be.
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Early 'The Mummy' reviews, "Dark Universe is dead on arrival"
- Thread starter LordOfLore
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It sure can be.
Shoulda just made Cruise Van Hellsing
MooMilk2929
Junior Member
I was really hyped after the trailer too.
TheSkullPrince
Member
Well, friend invited me to go watch it, but after seeing it get savaged I'll have extremely low expectations going into it.
So does Cruise has superpowers from the start in this?
Every scene from the previews I've seen involving him is a different kind of crash that would leave him dead or gravely injured in any other movie (Flight, Bus, Car, Hill, Uppercut).
If he doesn't that would be the kind of convenient action scene I loath in modern blockbusters. Too big of an action scene to survive.
Every scene from the previews I've seen involving him is a different kind of crash that would leave him dead or gravely injured in any other movie (Flight, Bus, Car, Hill, Uppercut).
If he doesn't that would be the kind of convenient action scene I loath in modern blockbusters. Too big of an action scene to survive.
He doesn't have superpowers from the start. It's all explained in the movie though.
No .
Man of Steel was not awful. It was an ok start.
LordOfLore
Banned
Final update I'll do. It looks stable at 21%.
giancarlo123x
Banned
If they update the Brendan F. Mummy ride at Universal to this shit I'll riot, the first two movies are legit fun. This never fails to make me laugh
https://youtu.be/q0p66nmaeOU
https://youtu.be/q0p66nmaeOU
Since he cracked the jewel before he stabbed himself, I took it as he became half of what Amunet was trying to make him. She didn't seem too enthused that she didn't get to do it, so he must have changed his fate in some way by doing it himself.
Or something.
Hm... I hadn't considered the first part but that makes sense.
Honestly I think people are hating on this movie too much. Too much hyperbole (this movie is atrociously bad, worst movie I've ever seem etc.).
Yeah, it's definitely not offensively bad or the worst movie. I didn't actively dislike it, more I didn't really end up caring much throughout. I did like some aspects though, for sure, but it didn't end up hitting for me as much as I'd hoped.
NealMcCauley
Member
Down to 18% now.
They both suck ass, no matter if they're together or separate.
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
brandonh83
Banned
lol, not sure why this is a thing. Tom Cruise doesn't write or direct movies. A great actor can be in bad things. Yeah, he has mostly a solid reputation, but this is Alex Kurtzman we're talking about.
TrynUrLuck
Member
Movie has always looked terrible imo. Bad casting all around and centralized on some evil four eyed chick destroying the world? Dafuq. I mean remakes or whatever the hell this is supposed to be are supposed to be a fresh take not a rotten one....lol
Fox Mulder
Member
Well, it depends on how much it racks. I think they actually planned at least 2/3 movies in that universe before deciding to scrap it or not. Let's see.
I mean, the DC universe began even though the movies were awful, due to good box office results.
I'm interested because I'm a fan of the original monster films, but another failed attempt won't be anything new.
Im not a fan of these cinematic universes with years between films. Godzilla and King Kong is one. Marvel has a huge film out each year and they plug right in to the MCU. Even if this mummy film was a success, the next universe film isn't scheduled until 2019.
Version 3.0
Member
That movie is my go-to "trailers that make a bad movie look good" example. One of my most memorable theatrical let-downs. Hell, the opening voice over was bad enough to kill my excitement and give me a sinking feeling.
But at least that story has a happy ending. I'd excitedly asked a girl to see it with me, but she declined. By the time it hit video, she'd reconsidered. And since I'd never told her it sucked, her way of expressing interest in me was to buy me the movie on DVD. We dated for a while. I owe that to the Mummy. I can't help but think if she'd gone to the theater with me, I'd never have heard from her again.
While this movie wasn't the worst movie ever as there are many other movies worse than it, it was so damn horrible. I hated a lot of things about this piece of trash, and it's a shame because I liked all of the trailers. The trailers looked like it would be decent, but no, the movie is bad!
This is one movie I would never want to watch ever again. The dialog, acting and humor were terrible at points, and the story and pacing were not very good, plus the finale is dreadful. I've never been so disappointed in a movie in a long time!
This is easily one of the worst movies I've seen this year!
This is one movie I would never want to watch ever again. The dialog, acting and humor were terrible at points, and the story and pacing were not very good, plus the finale is dreadful. I've never been so disappointed in a movie in a long time!
This is easily one of the worst movies I've seen this year!
Bride of frankenstein is a horrible secobd movie to do... Try invisible man first
Agreed!
Not absolutely horrible but it definitely needed more of a low key horror angle to really sell it. As it is, it reeks of execs looking at the Marvel and DC extended universe and copy pasting their style and scope without really appreciating the IPs theyve got and how best to manage them.
Nobody will stick around to find out.
I actually like Cruise films for some reason, but this one was just one giant setup for the Monster-verse.
Jekyll was more interesting a threat than Amunet.
Yes, but I hope every movie after this one is better than this.
MrRudiMentary
Member
All this universe needs is one good movie and it'll survive. Consider that Dracula Untold was the secret first film in the series. Maybe the Hunchback of Notre Dame action movie will save it. Worked with Wonder Woman.
The script most actors agree to goes through a lot of changes after they've signed onto the movie and as stuckman pointed out the mummy's script was written and rewritten by far too many people for the movie to be good. Big studio interference led to a directionless movie yet again.
All the DC movies performed clearly better than Mummy. There was demand.
i'd be pretty shocked if it wasn't. reception has been "go home, Universal. you're drunk". even if it did alright worldwide
However, in this particular instance, it was Tom Cruise that did the interference. His writers rewrite the movie to better fit his ideas and strong armed the inexperienced director to do his stuff; and the studio went along with it because he's Tom Cruise.
Yeah, I might do that as well.
IdreamofHIME
Member
There's not another movie (Bride of)due for 2 years, so maybe they're hoping everyone forgot about this one by then.
..but there's 3 Fraser Mummy movies.
..but there's 3 Fraser Mummy movies.
Rumblebones
Banned
I saw this movie last night.
It was plain stupid and awful throughout. This was a film spinning too many plates, that didn't know what story it wanted to tell, and what tone to take.
It's just a bad movie that made me appreciate the 1999 version more for what it was.
It was plain stupid and awful throughout. This was a film spinning too many plates, that didn't know what story it wanted to tell, and what tone to take.
It's just a bad movie that made me appreciate the 1999 version more for what it was.