NinjaMouse
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This is the type of response that animated gifs were made for. It's glorious, thank you.
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Early 'The Mummy' reviews, "Dark Universe is dead on arrival"
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This is the type of response that animated gifs were made for. It's glorious, thank you.
As expected
Good taste
I really liked the Mummy Trailer with the fucked up sound, i think they should have rolled with that
What about Kale Breckin the messiah?
CosmicGroinPull
Member
Damn, even with the combined power of Tom Cruise and his co-star running at full tilt?
tearsintherain
Member
Not really surprising, all the trailers have looked mediocre at best. Ask 100 people what was great about the Mummy and not a single one will say "it was really dark and creepy!" but thats the direction they seem to have gone in.
I do wonder if Universal will plow ahead with their cinematic universe no matter what, after two or three (Frankenstein, Dracula, and now Mummy) badly received movies you'd think they would halt and rethink their strategy or something.
I'd love an even more comical version of these movies, just go full out Scooby doo or something.
I do wonder if Universal will plow ahead with their cinematic universe no matter what, after two or three (Frankenstein, Dracula, and now Mummy) badly received movies you'd think they would halt and rethink their strategy or something.
I'd love an even more comical version of these movies, just go full out Scooby doo or something.
Bloodporne
Member
I'm talking about the Karloff one if that's your concern.
That was truly hilarious, but for as silly as the Goldeneye and Mario Kart yells were, the first minute of the sound botched trailer where everything was nearly silent was actually vastly superior to the real finished trailers as far as establishing some atmosphere and intrigue.
They should take some inspiration from that part in future. Maybe not the AUUUGH AUUUGH part.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
The enduring struggle of one man to give his son a name that isn't completely fucking awful
I'd watch it.
Lights and Waves
Member
Stuckman's review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J150XsV4WAg
Waiting for Legend Grace Randolph's...
Waiting for Legend Grace Randolph's...
kopitarrulez_11
Member
Add me to that list saw it last night hella entertaining loved the Easter eggs hahaha
Bloodporne
Member
I was going to say the same way they got Darren Aronofsky to make Noah, same concept yeah.
More_Badass
Member
I assume those people are talking about the 1999 Mummy?
Fancy Clown
Member
Outside of Karloff and the cinematography I don't think the original is actually all that good to begin with.
Probably my least favorite of the classic Universal monster flicks.
Not really. DA has always wanted to do Noah.
Speaking of the MCU and how Marvel handled the early days of their universe set-up, maybe these studios should actually watch Iron Man to see how much set-up it actually did as the first film. When a film is more interested in setting up a future universe than actually being a film, that's when you get crap like BvS.
In Iron Man, a minor plot thread lightly introduces SHIELD, and Nick Fury appears after the credits, and that's it as far as the set-up. Studios seem to want to copy the MCU but are trying to rush to the part where the Avengers made a billion dollars.
In Iron Man, a minor plot thread lightly introduces SHIELD, and Nick Fury appears after the credits, and that's it as far as the set-up. Studios seem to want to copy the MCU but are trying to rush to the part where the Avengers made a billion dollars.
The trailers look HORRENDOUS for this. It just doesn't look interesting or have any charm. At least the Brendon Frasier version had fun with the material and had a cheesy charm to it; despite the 2 terrible sequels and what I can only assume we're terrible spinoffs involving the Scorpion King.
Aronofsky was the one who got that film made, it was his lifelong passion project to do a Noah's ark film. It was even an adaptation of a graphic novel about Noah he'd worked on with others.
CopperPuppy
Member
Trailers looked pitifully bad so this isn't too surprising. The movie looks tonally off. I look forward to reading some full reviews.
Also, I dig a Cruise flick as much as the next guy, but good lord he's got some hardcore stans ITT.
Also, I dig a Cruise flick as much as the next guy, but good lord he's got some hardcore stans ITT.
A handful of positive reviews (including mine) are over in the OT.
I enjoyed it. It was good, not great, not terrible.
I enjoyed it. It was good, not great, not terrible.
Was there ever expectation this was going to work out well? Or that Dark Universe would actually happen?
This is one of the most desperate attempts at a connected universe I have ever seen. Talk about counting your chickens before they hatch.
And this was their second attempt!
This is one of the most desperate attempts at a connected universe I have ever seen. Talk about counting your chickens before they hatch.
And this was their second attempt!
To be fair, it took DC four tries to get this shit right (Five if you wanna count Green Lantern)
Cruise already has MI6 in the pipeline.
Dude's too smart to not think four steps ahead.
You mean like Iron Man 2?
In terms of reception, yes, but MoS, BvS and Suicide Squad all still made plenty of money in the meantime, so they had a buffer to keep on trying.
old manatee
Banned
I can picture an incredible cinematic universe starring these monsters in my head, but this movie looked like crap right from the beginning. I'll also go on record saying that between this and Jack Reacher 2 Tom Cruise has officially jumped the shark.
All were still in the same universe, too.
That wasn't like the Dracula Untold situation.
Bloodporne
Member
Don't agree, I love that one, especially compared to the more-than-likely epic levels of shit this new one probably is.
Yikes, shows what I know. I had read some comments regarding it being basically a penalty for the creative freedom of Black Swan and the quality of the flick itself reinforced that for me. Nevermind my comment then, that's a shame actually.
More_Badass
Member
That's called Penny Dreadful.
My man.
Yep. Shame season 3 ended the way it did.
Noah was a huge passion project for Darren Aronofsky though, he had plans to make that film at least as far back as Requiem.
Yes, Ant-Man was already in production before Iron Man was released and The Incredible Hulk contained an appearance by Tony Stark and a huge Avengers tease in the ending. And that's not counting Iron Man's own after-credits scene.
Fancy Clown
Member
I'm pretty sure this will be really bad, don't me wrong, but the OG Mummy is 90% bad exposition spouted by barely there characters. The close ups on Karloff and the mummy awakening scene are really the only moments with a pulse. I found it a snooze compared to Frankenstein.
"And from there begins what is basically a two hour film where an increasingly beautiful woman cannot stop pursuing Tom Cruise, and thats just the tip of the iceberg on the ego stroke of its star."
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"The few times we arent dealing with orations about the 'new world of evil', were treated to awful, cringe inducing romantic overtures between Morton and Halsey, and let me tell you, Wallis has romantic chemistry with Cruise that registers somewhere around unfamiliar coworker. This is supposed to be the central emotional hook of the story."
#NotMyMummyCouple
Remember the chemistry between Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz?
*swoon*
This movie and, to a lesser extent, its sequel were so good and so fun. And in my head The Mummy is basically the real Indiana Jones 4
Princess Carl
Member
ehhh no thanks, Penny Dreadful was a mess.
balladofwindfishes
Member
Funnily enough he didn't write this, he just has a story credit with others.
He directed it.
Yeah, his ability to pick genre scripts was what's given me any confidence in this.
hendersonhank
Member
Bummer. I thought the trailer (the first one at least) was fantastic). Action + horror.
BoogieWoogie
Banned
I saw this yesterday and 3/5 is right on the money. Saying it's 1/5 is ridiculous, but I can understand hating the Cruise/Female protagonist relationship as that was poor as hell, It's a big dumb summer blockbuster with a lot of creative stuff in it, nothing more.
Bloodporne
Member
I mean there are very thick nostalgia glasses involved for me, that much is true.
Firstly, those movies atleast made money. Green Lantern aside, the DC movies still pull in sizable audiences. Who knows how the fuck this is going to do, but they already had an unquestionable misfire with Dracula Untold.
Secondly, people actually care about the DC characters. Even if the DCEU films are largely a huge mess, people want them to be good because of what some of those characters mean to pop-culture. And we know it can be done. Who the fuck cares about The Mummy outside of those nostalgic about the Brendan Frasier movie? How about The Invisible Man?
Lastly, what the fuck does Dark Universe even mean? This endgame they're proposing still doesn't mean anything beyond "They'll be in a movie together!" But like, as heroes? Is this some Howling Commandos/Agents of S.T.A.K.E. kinda shit? Are they all just gonna fuck up humanity? What exactly am I supposed to want from these movies knowing that they're just gonna be PG-13 horror-tinged action blockbusters?
Anoregon
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"The Mummy" means the Brendan Fraser movie for the vast majority of people under the age of like 55.