Why The Mummy (1999) Is A Masterpiece

[ellie_andrews]

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* an homage to the adventure/horror movies of the 1930s that doesn't take itself too seriously

Comments

[bet_on_me]

YES I loved this movie when it came out and I can still sit through the whole thing with minimal cringing. The worst is the low-quality CGI blending. It was probably good for 1999 but on today's TV screens it's so painfully obvious. We watched Phantom Menace a couple of weeks ago and same thing. On lower-res tvs the animation isn't bad but now it's like you're watching Mary Poppins.

[insomniachobs]

For the time it was supposed to be amazing (I don't know anything about CGI, but a friend's dad in the film industry recommended it to us precisely because it was supposedly such a feat)

[bloopbloop01]

Those scarabs were iconic

[queen_insane]

Hell yeah it was. I'm a big fan of the second one too.

[archersangel]

Same.

The third needs to be wiped from memory & possibly existence.

[queen_insane]

I didn't even bring up the third because I didn't want anyone to have to deal with that memory, to be honest.

[cuteej4]

I adamantly state that Scorpion King is not part of it because it's so shitty. My friend and I went to see it just to prove that it wasn't.

[lord_cellytron]

This movie is so awesome.

[cruel11]

Jonathan was and still is my spirit animal