20 years later and the movie still looks great, but the story definitely lost some weight

Rating: 6/10 (6 June 2020)

I completely understand people seen this back in 99 and been blown way by it. Even tho it relies heavily on CGI in some parts (mostly the Mummy stuff). It's still pretty good, the effects pretty much hold up, I mean it isn't as jaw dropping as it might have been 20 years ago, but still, I give them credit for the cinematography and production design here, the movie was made back in a time when movies were trying to figured out how much they should rely on CGI, and I think this one nailed it, it has a great mixture of CGI and great sets, and special effects. And this is probably never going to change much, it will have this re watchability for years to come.
The story tho, it's a bit basic. Again, I can understand it being great back in 1999, but some parts of it, like the lady who falls for the big hero, and they finally get together at the end, aren't exactly that appealing nowadays. Plus, I didn't buy their chemistry.
Finally, I just think that the finale feels a bit drag out, the movie feels longer than it actually is. 1h40 to 1h50 it's a range that might have made the movie a couple scores better for me.
Just to point out some weird stuff that bothered me:
So, you commit a crime, a terrible one, and your punishment (besides the eternal suffering) is... to be immortal and indestructible?
3000 years guarding the tomb... so when outsiders show up, messing around and going into your sacred place, you give them a warning ("you have until tomorrow to leave or you'll die") and then proceeds to leave and let them unsupervised while there is a possibility someone might awake ancient immortal monster you devoted your entire life to prevent from scaping? What? And this is actually a main turning point in the entire film, and it's such a lazy way out, that transforms those cool ninja-like soldiers into some dumbass that failed miserably in the one thing they devoted their lives to.
Overall tho, the movie is fine, it has some great action scenes, the Mummy effect holds up pretty well even today, and I like Fraser as the lead, he is charismatic. I just feel like the fact I'm seen it 20 years after, when audiences have changed that much, and we've seen the same beats in a movie over and over again, that the movie's storyline most likely lost some power if you compared it with the power it had when it first came out in 1999. It's worth checking it out tho.
6,5/10