The Mummy ('99): Still the best archaeology-themed flick since Raiders

[Too Much Fun]

Re: The Mummy ('99): Still the best archaeology-themed flick since Rai

Why isn't there a "better than 'Raiders' and 'Temple' option?". Is it so inconceivable that someone could have such an opinion? I was really disappointed with the first sequel. I actually don't mind the girl and kid (who most people seem to dislike). I thought Kate Capshaw was pretty entertaining, actually.

What annoyed me about that movie was all the poverty and gore. Not that I have no tolerance for gore in movies, it just seemed out of place in what was supposed to be a fun adventure movie. While a lot about that movie bugged me, I gotta admit it probably has the best sequence in all of the Indiana Jones movies in that amazingly awesome mine cart scene.

 

[Gaith]

Re: The Mummy ('99): Still the best archaeology-themed flick since Rai

The Mummy was a near-perfect film. It's not exactly original or innovative, but it succeeds at nearly everything it sets out to do. As for comparisons, Crusade is a good-but-flawed film and while Skull was plenty fun, it pushed the limits of plausibility. And I've long said that Temple of Doom would have been an abject failure of a movie if it didn't have the "Indiana Jones" moniker attached to it.

Totally agree.

Hard to say objectively. If you grew up with the Indy films, you'd think they were better.

Ah, but I did (albeit on VHS), and I don't.

Why isn't there a "better than 'Raiders' and 'Temple' option?"

Covered by the "better than Raiders" option.


I confess to some alarm that twelve to ten voters called Temple better than The Mummy. Really, guys?!

the Indy sequels.... have the nostalgia factor going for them.

So it would seem.

 

[DonIago]

Re: The Mummy ('99): Still the best archaeology-themed flick since Rai

Raiders - classic
Doom - surprised it didn't stop the franchise cold
Crusade - great addition in Sean Connery, some great visuals (love the zeppelin), but miss Marion. Would this have worked without Connery?
Skull - can we take the awesome callbacks to the earlier films and paste them into a better overall movie?

Mummy - a fun ride, wouldn't have minded it being a -little- more serious. It's a shame that going forward Sommers seems to have taken exactly the wrong elements from this one to accentuate in his other films. Fraser and Weisz worked well together, Hannah was fine for what he was, O'Connor was an entertaining weasel - shame there was no way to bring him back.

 

[indianatrekker26]

Re: The Mummy ('99): Still the best archaeology-themed flick since Rai

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The Mummy
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
The Body
Stargate
National Treasure
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Sahara
The Mummy Returns
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (Schrader Version) / Exorcist: The Beginning (Harlan Version)
Firewalker
King Solomon's Mines
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

That's about all the archaeology/treasure hunting related movies set in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries that came out post-Raiders that I can recall off the top of my head. Any further back and you have to start getting into pirate and barbarian films.

There are two more movies that can be added to this list:
Romancing the Stone
Jewel of the Nile
i was always a fan of stone, but wasn't as big into jewel

 

[Landed]

Re: The Mummy ('99): Still the best archaeology-themed flick since Rai

Can't say that I'm a fan of any of the Mummy movies. The first one was okay but has zero re-watch value.