Another Movie!?!

What...you saw another movie!?! Yes, Sissy and I schlepped downtown and saw another movie. What movie, you ask? The Mummy Tomb of the Dragon Emperor...yes, The Mummy! I know, not deep, but still fine holiday fun in my book. There is one spoiler in here, as usual, I will type it in white...if you need to know, highlight.
You get what you pay for with this one. Fun CGI, lots of action, not much plot, and no depth whatsoever. That aside, I enjoyed it, for what it was. As long as you can get past totally cheesey lines like "The Yeti will help." or "The yak, yakked!" or "Your butt's on fire!" it isn't so bad. I can't believe that the actors could deliver their lines with a straight face!Granted, there is no plot, but I thought they missed the mark completely with the ending. You have a two thousand year love triangle between the Emperor, the General, and the Witch. The Witch dies taking the magic sword from the Emperor...Seems to me, the General should take the sword from his dying love (who he hasn't seen in oh, two thousand years) and kill the Emperor (who killed him, btw). I don't know seems like a pretty good ending to me! Ah well, they didn't ask me, and they have the wrong ending! If you're bored, go see it, if not, it's a rental.
On a totally unrelated front...The Bro made it to Beijing! For those of you who don't know, my Bro is part of the press core for The Olympics. I set up a blog for him, (they're working him pretty hard, so I don't know how much he can update) but go check it out...tell him Nap Warden sent you:)

14 comments

  1. I saw the Mummy last night too. Pretty much the same thoughts on it. I thought the Yeti were hilarious. I was kind of freaked out because when I initially saw previews I thought the son was played by James Marsden, but it was totally some guy I don't know.

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  2. Now I really do want to see it . . . Yeti and all.

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  3. I like The Mummy movies, but I haven't seen this one yet. I think I'll have to see The Dark Knight first. :)
    Yay for your bro! That is so cool!

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  4. lovin the movie post! My brain is still disturbed from the new Batman.... Yikes.

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  5. The Mummy, eh? Sounds like a dvd future for us.

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  6. Another movie? No I am so NOT jealous of you... (who am I kidding)?

    Going to go check out your brother's blog. How totally fun is it that he's in Beijing?

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  7. I want to see The Mummy only because I've seen the others and I always feel like I'm missing out when I don't see the sequels.

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  8. Sounds like something I'd like!

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  9. I love your reviews :-)
    I haven't seen a movie in a theater so damn long, I wouldn't know how to behave.

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  10. Thanks for the warning I will have to rent this one. I love the mummy but how many movies can they make about dead people coming back.... REALLY

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  11. I am jealous of all of your movie watching lately...

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  12. I LOVE that you put the spoilers in white :-D

    I think I may want to see this. But perhaps on video.

    Off to visit your bro!

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  13. We're going to see this tomorrow night. I can't wait. It's so funny, when the series came out I thought it was the most ridiculous thing but I ended up seeing it on tv and it won me over. complete yuk yuk no commitment popcorn fun movie. yay!

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