A Lot of Sand

Rating: 7/10 (18 May 1999)

Wow, 250 people have commented on this movie already. What can I say to add to their many comments. I guess first of all, "Who is this mummy, and why has he been granted so much power?" For a guy who is a common adulterer, how has he accumulated enough points to get to be such a big shot. Why does he look like a masking tape version of the morphing creature in Terminator II. Why are there cowboys in this movie? Why does Brendan Fraser look like George of the Jungle after being in prison for two years. How does he keep coming back after being hit with a stick in the kidneys. Why does everyone know where the mummy is and where that gold book is. How do they commute from Cairo back and forth to the secret city (is that the one with the Casino out front)? Ooh! The secret city. What a secret. Why didn't someone dig this stuff up about 200 years ago. Oh, that's right, there was a map, wasn't there, but the cowboys have the map too. Where did they get that. There must be two maps. Then. of course, there is the mummy's mouth. Do you remember anything about mummy's having large mouths. Why does everyone who isn't alive have a large mouth? Why did they put the princess's body parts in the jars. What would have happened if someone had just blown away a couple of those jars. Where did that guy get the job guarding the secret city, and why is he so lousy at it? Why are those bugs there? What do they eat when they're just waiting around for tourists to show up at the secret city. How do you kill the dead--and do you really want to? Who is the mummy scared of--is it those same guys that came up and got the bad guys in "Ghost?" Why does Brendan Frazier get a couple of years in prison for killing about 600 Egyptians. I don't know--I have to say that if I watched this and never asked myself any questions, it's just silly enough to entertain--my son liked it and I respect his sense of joy. There are certainly a lot of things jumping out and hands touching shoulders during tense scenes. I know this whole thing is tongue in cheek and is supposed to mimic the 1940's B movies, but with a little more imagination it could have done this and been a pretty cool movie! Perhaps they could have even added a little suspense!