TCTTS said:

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Screw it. I just went from "Yeah, sure, I'll see that" to all in. Whether I like it or not, Cruise always gets me in the end (though I'm deducting a few points for using the Game of Thrones season finale music so soon after)...

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Real stunts.

With Grace from Peaky Blinders?

I'm in.

cs09 said:

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With Grace from Peaky Blinders?

I'm in.

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First time I saw Annabelle Wallace in anything was when she was in Strike Back.

This is coming out like, tomorrow. Review embargo lifts tonight.

Already have tickets to 7pm tomorrow night.

Not that bold of predictions since that scene has been in every trailer.

Reviews are coming in. Not sounding too good. 23% on RT after 28 reviews

PatAg said:

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Scorpion King basically launched The Rock as a movie star though, right.
Iiii
Stand alooonnee

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True but i don't remember leaving that movie thinking that The Rock was the future of cinema. It was pretty awful...

Disappointing to see this getting ripped apart. Really wanted to like it. Multiple reviews saying it's the worst of Cruise's career. Crazy.

Damn, even Tom Cruise can't overcome rebooting a ****ty movie series... I can only wish that this might serve as some kind of turning point in Hollywood.

TCTTS said:

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Disappointing to see this getting ripped apart. Really wanted to like it. Multiple reviews saying it's the worst of Cruise's career. Crazy.

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Already have tickets to 7pm tomorrow night.

j/k.....I'm sure I'll find something to enjoy in this and I bet my kid's love it.

The reviews I saw made it sound like they're trying to push a lot of world-building into this one. Part of the downside that comes with building a shared universe overnight, like the BvS emails scene, or the Warcraft movie going way too deep into lore.

I thought this was a reboot of the old classic horror movies. Not a revisit of the Brendan Frazier seriea

A sorta positive review I found.

http://movieweb.com/mummy-movie-review-2017-tom-cruise/

I found it interesting that his next movie's trailer, American Made, was released recently along with the news that Top Gun 2 is happening.... almost as if they knew the Mummy was a lame duck and therefore decided to push other projects.

Flashdiaz said:

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I found it interesting that his next movie's trailer, American Made, was released recently along with the news that Top Gun 2 is happening.... almost as if they knew the Mummy was a lame duck and therefore decided to push other projects.

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Or because Cruise's name is everywhere because he's got a big movie opening this week? It's great cross-promotion for several projects.

Okay, I just got out.

What a horrible experience.

I really wish that you can get some kind of a warning when purchasing tickets early that you're going to be seated right next to an extremely obese f*** whose flabby arms extend over your armrest. I just spent two hours pressed against the other armrest, trying not to gag at this repulsive man's body funk. All he needed was some Travel Scrabble to pass the time until the previews started to make the experience truly hell.

I can still smell that horrible smell. I think it permeated my clothing. God, that almost ruined my evening. Do people that obese not realize that they smell and that others can easily smell it?





The movie? Oh, it was enjoyable. Not great, but not 26% on rottentomatoes bad. The movie was much darker than I anticipated. Cruise's trademark charisma tried desperately to break through the darkness, but it was still pretty intense at times. Jake Johnson's American Werewolf in London role was fun. Anyone else and that role would not have worked. I also think there was too much Russell Crowe in this. Not that he wasn't good, it's just that there was too much Jeckyl and Hyde in a Mummy movie.

As for the "Dark Universe" that this is supposed to start: it's probably one of the less interesting shared universes to me.

All in all, the movie is worth seeing at least once. However, there were times when all I could think about was the horrible smell I was being subjected to.

Oh, and just a word of warning: I brought my two boys (aged 9 and 14) and there were numerous scenes where I think I may have scarred my 9 year old. It got pretty intense at times and I'm not looking forward to his bedtime the next few nights. Just an FYI for anyone wondering how appropriate this is for kids: it's not the typical "fun" Tom Cruise movie.

rhutton125 said:

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The reviews I saw made it sound like they're trying to push a lot of world-building into this one. Part of the downside that comes with building a shared universe overnight, like the BvS emails scene, or the Warcraft movie going way too deep into lore.

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I just got home from this, there's some but not a lot. Honestly I stayed away from reviews for this and enjoyed it for the action popcorn flick it was.

Beyond one character, Jekyl who they don't give any real back story for at all and his organization he runs, theres not a whole lot more going on in this movie other than the movie itself with the Mummy.

Warcraft failed for other reasons beyond just going too deep into the lore, though yes that was some of it. And this didn't suffer from the issue of incoherence or "why is this character even here" like BvS did.

The Mummy is entertaining and while it definitely has its own story to tell, it does set itself up as the first step towards building a cohesive universe but that's mostly in relation to the two things I put in spoiler tags. And really, they're not in it long enough to really influence things imo.

My one problem I had was that the tone felt a little uneven. In that there would be tension built up at times and then some humor introduced. Pacing was mostly fine though, but was probably a little wordy at times.

ETA: Looking at Rotten Tomatoes, I see it has a mid 20's rating and I think that's a little on the harsh side. I wouldn't say this is a great movie, but it's at least a fun movie and kept my attention.

Interesting, thanks all

Glad to get some feed back on this. I'm still going to go no matter what. I generally don't listen to the critics and stay away unless it is overwhelmingly bad from both the critic and audience perspective. It sounds like this movie will be watchable, and that's all I was really hoping for. Definitely going to go.

I am on the fence on this one. If I decide to go, is there a post credit sequence I should stick around for?

Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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I am on the fence on this one. If I decide to go, is there a post credit sequence I should stick around for?

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No. There is no post credit sequence that I know of. I looked online during the credits to see if I should stay.

"After Credit" app.

Saves me a lot of time.