Second time around is not a charm

Rating: 1/10 (5 June 1999)

Boy this was a stinker (at least for the 30-40 crowd). I see a lot of comments on how fun this was... movie goer's have gotten much less sophisticated these days other than special effects.
I came into this expecting a lesser Raiders of the Lost Ark... it sure was lesser. The narration at the beginning makes it look like a lot was left on the cutting room floor and Brendan Fraser's no Harrison Ford! More like Al Gore.
The dialog was was a sad bit of script writing. I kept waiting for someone to break out laughing. There was no sense of horror... you know the kind where if a phone rang you'd jump two feet off your chair? This was more a comedy/melodrama with special effects. The effects were very good so if that is all that matters to you then go for it. I need more.
Weisz, as Evelyn the librarian and amateur Egyptologist was something to look at for sure. I'll have to visit my local branch more often. :-) But she was given nothing script-wise and was an EXPERT on everything concerning Egypt and the Mummy. There was nothing she didn't know... a super-librarian.
Even the music was poor and led to the non-horror feeling. All this movie has is special effects. The dead army of Imhotep looks great but they fall like bowling pins when confronted and still don't have the magic feeling of the Sinbad/Jason skeletons of the past.
This may be a hit with 10 year old's (it sure is better than last year's Godzilla) but adults should hit another theatre for their money.
Rating - 3 out of 10