Product: The Mummy Returns [VHS] (2001)
Rating: 1.0
What Happened!?!?
This movie bothered me. And the fact that it bothered me bothers me even more! I absolutely LOVED the first one...I mean, I saw "The Mummy" in theaters more times than any other movie, and I watch it often still on DVD. It had such a good combination of characters, story-line, special effects, and so on.So, naturally, I believed the second one would be good. I was wrong!! Oh Lord, was I wrong...I almost cried, watching it, for what was done to the movie.Here are only a few things wrong with it:1) Evey: All right, in the first movie, this character was great. She was a ditzy, naive librarian with just enough charm to stop her from being irritating. But in the sequel...well, first off, unless I'm mistaken, the time-setting was 1933. Women did not wear those form-fitting bodysuit things in 1933. At least in the first movie, she wore correct clothing for the time. And also, she became this weird, "wannabe-superwoman" type of character that was simply ANNOYING. I could go on...but I believe you get the idea2) Rick: What happened to Rick? Where's the brave, adventurous, wise-cracking hero we all know and love? In this movie...God, I don't even know how to describe him other than "whipped". He's almost regulated to the background except when he suddenly developes a tattoo (that he lacked in the first movie!) and Ardeth is telling him "you're the one." The one what? Poor Rick...I miss him :(3) The Kid: kids are always bad. The kid who played Anakin Skywalker in SW-Ep1 totally ruined THAT movie. This kid ruins this movie. And he's 8...ok, I don't care HOW smart you are, no 8-year-old is going to act as cool and collected as that kid did. And he was simply ANNOYING...just irritating as all heck4)Jonathan: ACK!! I almost cried when I saw the representation of my favorite character in this debacle. In the first movie, Jonathan was such a great character...funny, brave, a bit of a ne'er-do-well, but loveable. And he was smart...he was a developed character. But in this movie, he's almost a sidekick to the kid! He has no originality, none of the charisma that made him an endearing personality in the first movieand...5)THE PLOT!!! Oh...wait, nevermind, there was none!! There were too many subplots, and the subplots themselves were simply stupid. Though I could bring up many strange innaccuracies...wouldn't Imhotep have noticed that Evey was the reincarnation of Nefertiti in the first movie? Wouldn't he have done something then? The first movie was almost intelligent in its scope, in its subtle parody, in its attempt...this movie is anything but subtle and intelligent. It is a waste of time, and a shame to the first movie, which was so wonderful.In conclusion...pass this one up, just watch the firsy (and best!) Mummy!