The Mummy III

[akiratubo]

Wow, this movie sucks.  There's so little concern for quality you'd almost swear you were watching an Al Adamson movie.  This is a good thing.  I had almost lost all hope that such an enjoyably s**tty movie would ever get a big release from a big studio ever again.

The acting is rather boringly decent.  Brendan Fraser returns as O'Connell, though Rachel Weiss was apparently too smart to sign on for this one and has been replaced by some other actress.  The guy playing the O'Connells' (now grown up) kid was pretty good.  Jet Li, as the Dragon Emperor, doesn't look too happy to be here.  He looks like he'd rather be dead, honestly.  Michelle Yeoh looks like she has things she'd rather be doing, too, but at least she doesn't look like she deeply regrets being in the movie.

Fortunately, the rest of the movie is bad, and proud of it!  Shot-to-shot continuity?  Not here, pal!  Plot?  What's that?  Awesome special effects?  Hell no, those cost money.  Take two (or three or four)?  To hell with that, nobody'll notice the flubs.  Like I said, this really is like something Al Adamson would have come up with if he had a modern blockbuster budget.  The Mummy III is a little too long, but in these days of movies that are NINETY minutes too long, I can deal with one that's only needs about fifteen minutes shaved.

[Hammock Rider]

The only part of the movie I really liked was when Maria Bello pulled the switchblade out of her garter. A silk garter, a switchblade a shapely leg, somethig about that is appealing to me somehow.  But Bello was a poor replacement. They should have just killed Evie off.

[akiratubo]

But Bello was a poor replacement. They should have just killed Evie off.

Yeah, she was.  I would have been pretty p**sed if they killed Evie off.  They could have had her be "on vacation" or something, though.