Great special effects, thats it

Rating: 5/10 (18 April 2010)

What I loved about this movie were the visual effects. Great scenery, costumes and special effects. I have no idea if they are historically accurate, but when it comes to a movie that was made for entertainment, I don't really care about historical accuracy.
My main problem with the movie were the main characters. I certainly do not blame it on the actors, they can only work with what they have. I think that if after watching the story of the mummy in the beginning and getting to know the characters I am rooting for the mummy hoping that he gets all he wants and kills everyone, than there is a problem.
While I think that Brandan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are great for the movie like this, but I feel no chemistry. Also they created too many idiot character. That brother, played by John Hannah was completely useless. He was there for comic relief and yet was not funny at all.
That was another problem I had with the movie. They tried too much to be funny. I knew already that this won't be a horror movie, but I was hoping for adventure. I have nothing against comic relief in adventure movies (as long as it is funny), but in the one they just tried too much to be funny. And they were failing, stupid one liners didn't do it for me. I will still watch Mummy 2, because I heard that it is better than the first one and I hope that this time it will have more adventure in it.