Elektra Boogaloo 3371 Posted June 7, 2017 Louis Peitzman tweeted that the Mummy is "so impressively bad it should be studied." I'm volunteering HDTGM for this duty. Â I am always ready to mock Tom Cruise. 2 Share this post Link to post
NathanGordon 1096 Posted June 7, 2017 I was hoping against hope that this might turn out to be at least watchable. For some reason, Hollywood has been utterly incapable of producing a decent Universal horror monster revival -- Coppola's Dracula years ago was probably the best attempt to mimic the style (though it had serious problems, the production design was spectacular). I know studio execs are hoping to start a sort of Universal cinematic universe with this film, plus it's probably the biggest non-Mission Impossible movie Cruise has done in forever. Â It looks like your basic "Tom Cruise running" film, plus the now obligatory CGI nonsense. It's hilarious/disappointing that they made the mummy a sexy lady instead of, you know, a shriveled up corpse. Share this post Link to post
Elektra Boogaloo 3371 Posted June 7, 2017 It's supposed to be called "the Dark Universe," which sounds like the subtitle of a Thor movie to me. And that photo of all of them together makes me feel bad for Russell Crowe for some reason, even though I haven't forgiven him for Man of Steel. He kind of looks like he knows this is a terrible idea and he regrets it already. Â Â It's hilarious/disappointing that they made the mummy a sexy lady instead of, you know, a shriveled up corpse. There's a display of her outfits at Saks Fifth Avenue right now. I walked by it today. Call me old fashioned, but the Mummy shouldn't be nearly naked. This is the one Universal monster that should have lot of coverings. Â Â Coppola's Dracula years ago was probably the best attempt to mimic the style (though it had serious problems, the production design was spectacular). I actually really hate this version (because of how it deviates, stupidly, from the canon) but I agree that the design was beautiful. Share this post Link to post
SlidePocket 707 Posted June 14, 2017 17% on Rotten Tomatoes and underwhelming at the U.S. box office already! Share this post Link to post