The Good

The Good
>Opening scene showing Ahmanet make a deal with Set (even though in the Egyptian faith Anubis is actually the God of Death and Set is the God of destruction but anyway I liked how they showed him as a freaky skeleton slowly walking towards Ahmanet and handing her the blade).
>The scene with Tom Cruise running through an Islamic Terrorist zone - wish this scene was longer because this is the only part where Cruise actually uses a gun.
>All those scenes of Ahmanet with Cruise together in the desert were great as she is slowly trying to seduce him
>That alley scene in London with the rats crawling all over Cruise's character as the camera cuts to an extreme close up of the Mummy standing over Cruise's body and about to touch him - this was actually spooky and I wish the movie had more of scenes like this.
>Russel Crowe fitted the role of Dr Jekyll so well and he impressed me a lot
>That scene where Cruise yells as Dr Jekyll to stop what he is doing to the Mummy and let her go as she continues to seduce him.

The Bad
>Humor didn't work in a lot of places and came off as bad writing
>Dialogue wasn't that good in many places and it felt like the actors were rehearsing an early draft of lines
>The Mummy wasn't a creepy skeleton for long. I wanted to see more of her crawling through London and terrorizing people before she fed on them and became human like
>The pacing was way too fast. All the scenes moved so quickly that the whole thing feels like a set of short clips edited together
>Cruise hitting the Mummy with a stick
>It still doesn't make sense to me how Cruise's character chose the blonde girl over Ahmanet in the end when he only knew the blonde girl a few days ago in a hotel room, banged her and stole her map. I suppose he felt bad for doing this and him saving her was trying to make up for the bad he did but still, what Ahment was promising to Cruise with becoming her lover and being invincible, I would have chosen that.

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Haven't seen it. Is the good enough to make it worth while? I'm a big Cruise fan too.

It's a bad movie, but not an abomination that Rotten Tomatoes makes it out to be. The main problems I had with the movie were identity, humor, dialogue, and execution.

If the intention was to create a Mummy remake closer in tone with the 1932 version, they should've stuck with it. Instead, I found the movie wanting to be more as the 1999 version while having some elements from '32.

Humor was mostly miss, especially when it came to Jake Johnson's character. I found his dead and cursed sidekick to Cruise's shtick rather annoying, tedious, and unnecessary. If Cruise's character can sense Ahmanet and tell him where to go, then what was the need for Vail as a character. Of course, this was the doing of both Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci who both feel the need to have a character similar to Vail in every movie they do (see Revenge of the Fallen).

Dialogue, again that has to do with the shitty duo of Kurtzman and Orci.

Finally, execution. What I mean is they seemed to rush the establishment of the Dark Universe, revealing Mr. Hyde too early for example, instead of crafting the arc organically.

Overall, I give it a 5/10 and would watch again because of Cruise.

>no one wants to watch this movie with me because of tom cruse

Me and my dubs will watch it with you and your trips, user

Why would anyone choose the blonde over the mummy goddess? There's nothing to lose.

My biggest problem is "Why are we rooting against Ahmanet?" Okay, a little patricide and infanticide, but it was like 4000 years ago, and maybe a few dead (English) cops. She's probably got the smallest body count of any villain in a long while.

>The main problems I had with the movie were identity, humor, dialogue, and execution.
okay so 3/4 of what makes a movie good. Only thing we're missing is "moving pictures" and "maybe some music"

The opening scene with Ahmanet would have worked much better in the middle of the movie with Jekyll explaining who she is after they captured her. At the beginning it makes it feel like a tacked on short not part of the actual movie.

yeah the dumb sidekick was beyond fucking annoying

I really wished they had done more with Cruise's "can't die" powers. You could have had him do cool shit like running into burning buildings or setting off IED's, getting shot a bunch, shit like that. Have him just go nuts with no regard to his body knowing he was just going to come back because of the curse. Instead he gets punched a few times and that's it.

just me or did Russell Crowe look really fucking bloated. I know he's probably gained weight from getting old, but jesus his hands looks like fat baby hands every time they did a closeup on em.

>doesn't end up with the mummy
For fuck's sake, what are some movies where the protagonist actually ends up joining with the villain or something, and not trash where the villain has redeemed themselves or whatever

>There's nothing to lose.
Except for those ocean eyes.

Mummy had amber eyes, even better.

>you will never find an ancient Egyptian tomb in the middle of Iraq, inadvertently free a 5000 year old mummy who will obese over you and offer you power beyond you wildest dreams and her undying loyalty for all eternity

>ywn accept her offer and take her virginity

>obese over you
>obese
Really makes me think..

>"just give in"

Really, was there a downside? I don't think she even wanted world domination like any villain of the week from every other capeshit, just to rule what she was owed but lost thanks to male primogeniture. It's not like Egypt would do any worse with her ruling it.

My wife totally obesed on me.

This.
Stupid movie was trying to make her the villain, when all she wanted was a qt bf to rule with her and take her virginity.
The only people she killed were the people she "ate" at the crash site, but that was because that's how she feeds herself.
And she didn't destroy anything, if anything that sand storm in London was just a minor nuisance to people.

>She's probably got the smallest body count of any villain in a long while.

Better then some heroes.

>you could have reestablished a prosperous ancient civilization in the ME and whipe isis ans islam off the face of the earth

Who is the bad guy again?

Well, she caused a little damage here and there, some cars, the plane. But compare to any capeshit, where whole towns or cities are wiped out and millions die despite the movie saying "oh that financial district was totally evacuated." What was her body count, like 20-30 tops, including the three in ancient Egypt? Most of those were Jekyll's underlings, and like 4 cops.

Well anybody that breathed in the glass sand would have been fucked

She never cared about the killing, she even says so. "The times were different".
Literally all she wanted was to be a queen, but fate took that from her.

Not her. Not her.

i'd rather watch that piece of shit Gods of Egypt 6 times that this once

It wasn't that bad, just dumb and with a villain who should have won, but had to be sacrificed for the sake of this dumb Dark Universe nonsense. This is what, their third attempt to jumpstart this project?

>but not an abomination that Rotten Tomatoes makes it out to be
But RT is just the percentage of critics that thought it was good, meaning most critics agree with you that it was bad.

Second I believe, this and Dracula untold. I liked Dracula, wasn't great but if they did that in all black and white today with only the modern scenes in color every one would lose their collective hipster nostalgia boner hard.

No you wouldn't you liar

Still don't understand why they didn't add Dracula untold to thr universe
The ending fits in perfectly

Mummy mummy anony needs cuddly

This is what made the movie absolutely unbearable.

giv mummy gf

It's literally the same plotline as the Fraser movie.

You're out on a swim with your gf when a qt 5000 year old mummy slaps you on the ass. What do?

submit

Run for it.

GIV MUMMY

oh god look at the way she expose her neck!!!!!!!

moan

Give in

>implying I have a gf
>implying I don't her stab the shit out of me and then become her king, and bf

what really sucks is that Dracula Untold isn't part of this shitty Universe, would have been a good start
get rid of Cruise and have Dracula team up with Ahmanet, that's how I would've done it

>If you give in I'll make you immortal and let you fuck me raw ALL. DAY. LONG.
>Pfft no homo
No seriously. What was his problem?

Egyptians mostly shaved off hair to prevent lice, but I'd like to hope she didn't.

This, I didn't make sense watch it first and the a shit ton of flashbacks

I think they were trying to mirror the Fraser movie, with the whole introductory sequence that sets up the rest of the movie.

The main problem with the movie is that in concept it is a monster movie.

Except there is no monster. There's no mummy in it.
You just get some freaky tribal girl ham it up a bit and that's about it.

Also it is conceptually unusual to see Tom Cruise in this kind of movie. He just doesn't come off as believable.

But more importantly the "monster" of the movie is lame as fuck.

His only truly funny scene was in the ladies' restroom. That got a genuine chuckle out of me.

But the rest of the time his "funny" remarks were just dull and forced.

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This part was spooky

There wasn't any real downside.

Her ritual would turn you into a Set-like god with his powers. That was it.

She seemed to expect Nick to then destroy shit and dominate, but that would ultimately be due to his own choice. He could also just choose to be nice about it.

For an evil plan, it was pretty damn safe.

It is so sad that Cruise's character had to suck the life out of her

I really hope they somehow bring her back but I doubt we will get a sequel since they are doing Bride of Frankenstein next

WHO /THOTH/ HERE?

If you watched the 1932 movie, the Mummy can have full control over people so perhaps the ritual would make her have control over him but since Nick stabbed himself, he therefore had full control

>Also it is conceptually unusual to see Tom Cruise in this kind of movie. He just doesn't come off as believable.
If you think about it in a different way, this is a role that is so not Tom Cruise that it actually makes me appreciate him in this more.

Anyone who says "this feels like a typical Tom Cruise movie" it really doesn't.

That shot of him with tears in his eyes and looking at the dead body of the blonde was done really well, if only the movie actually made me care about the blonde then this scene would have had more of an impact.

True.

This movie didn't specify anything about that, though. It just seemed like a harmless (minus the stabbing) transformation.

idk, he just felt completely out of place in this sort of shlock

at least in that time loop movie they established he's some mr coolshot PR actor guy from the get-go so it was interesting to see him develop from there

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It's a damn shame the movie was in such a rush to rejuvenate her.

Her remaining zombie-like longer and stealthily creating more and more zombie minions could've added some nice horror.

>But more importantly the "monster" of the movie is lame as fuck.
The monster was the only good thing about the movie. Hot mummy princess who murders her baby brother for the crown and is erased from history as a result? Good concept, poor execution of the rest of the movie.

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EXTENDED CUT MAYBE??

This movie felt so rushed. There has got to be some extra scenes that they cut out or trimmed

Like I said ... all we got is some hammy tribal princess out of it and everyone got their fill of it in the Suicide Squad.

>Good concept, poor execution of the rest of the movie.
This pretty much sums up the movie. I hate when critics just bash it but what everyone should agree on is that the concept for this is absolutely brilliant. Listening to Tom Cruise talk during all the interviews, he REALLY was happy to make this and wanted to do it justice. It's a shame with whatever happened that the result wasn't that great.

I still give respect to Tom and the director for trying to make this work and Sofia Boutella who was absolutely stunning as the Mummy: not just the way she looked but her acting. Really sold me in every scene she was in.

This scene was fantastic with Set hovering slowly over Ahmanet.

SEE RIDLEY SCOTT? THIS IS HOW YOU DO HORROR! SLOW MOVING CREATURE AND NOT FAST

you sound like a nutcase

I read the early ideas of the movie before the first trailer and it really caught my eye. I was so looking forward to watching this because what was written sounded like it could have been a masterpiece. Unfortunately, the movie has a lot of problems as you all know (the humor that doesn't work in places, the dialogue isn't that good and the pacing is all over the place).

I still adore the story and aspect of this movie even if the end product isn't that great as it could have been.

Agreed, that mummy monster was genuinely creepy.

The way it moved, the way it sounded, the way it was cast in shadow and barely visible as it slowly approached.

>Listening to Tom Cruise talk during all the interviews, he REALLY was happy to make this and wanted to do it justice
Damn... I feel bad for him, then.

His performance was actually pretty good. It was unusual for me to see him in this kind of role, so it was a little impressive to see him do it as well as he did. I can believe that he put a lot of effort into it.

>It's a filming Sofia completely nude episode

It makes it sound like Cruise spent 5 years making it with how excited he is when talking about it. I hope the critics didn't depress him
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Did anyone not feel sad for her here? Did anyone care about blonde chick?

This was a good scene desu

THIS WAS PRACTICAL! WOW

I don't understand why more small shots wouldn't be practical. Your secondary crew can film whatever it is like 400 different times from all angles and editing can perfect the cut, all without needing to hire long and expensive CG animation.

>tfw you get haunted by old rotten mummy
>tfw it turns out it wants you to essentially be its lover

That part where they are walking around the storeroom with skulls and stuff in jars to set up future movies was great.

>Did anyone care about blonde chick?
No

>11 minutes spent on Cruse
>Only 3 on Sofia
Granted it's Tom versus Sofia, but still I kind of wish they spent more time on her.

>Caring about the cock blocker
Why should I? She's the only thing that was stopping Cruse from plundering that ancient egyptian booty.

>Record scratch
>Freeze frame
>"That's me. You might be wondering how I got myself into this situation of 2 woman (1 a cute Egyptian Goddess and 1 a random blonde) fighting over me. But let's take you back to the beginning of the story"

Cruise's gayness leaks into the film when he picks the manface over a queen of the nile. What's the worst that happens? You gain some powers over life and death, get weird pupils, and then rule Egypt and expel the muslims, restoring the ancient pantheon that's been absent for two thousand years.

Disasters and destruction don't count when they happen in the middle east, X-Men Apocalypse showed us that.

Nick is ex military, meaning he has been assigned to fighting a lot of middle eastern terrorists and watching them bomb up innocent places.

When he is confronted with the Mummy who Dr Jekyll tells him that she is going to destroy the world - what is he to do? Due to his military experiences, he is viewing her as a threat just like he views the terrorists.

I don't know how all of that was extrapolated so fast when in the flashback it seemed like only ten minutes went by between her killing dad and then attempting the sacrifice

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The guy is ex military.. is it so hard to work out what his backstory is? I thought most hated everything spoon fed on screen for them?

>filename
Heh.

I meant for her. Figuring out what she wanted when the last time she was alive was thousands of years ago and the time frame between doing dark magic and getting mummified was like what, half a day? How could anyone know what her ultimate plans were? Her immediate concern was consolidating power and having a husband with the powers of Set. How the fuck would they know she'd want to destroy the world or whatever.

HOW IS THIS ALLOWED IN A PG 13 MOVIE?

>"I've covered wars you know."
If Cruise did this Frank West line, I'd fucking laugh my ass off in the cinema

Fugg I would.

I'm the only one who's team blondie.