The Mummy Trilogy/corrections

Okay, first things first, someone was confused about my review of IZO.

I am not a fan of Takashi Miike. I think that as a filmmaker, he makes a LOT of mistakes, and is one of the most disappointing filmmakers to come out of Japan. That's not to say I didn't like Gozu. That was a very good movie, but Miike is not anyone I would get excited over. I would agree with comparisons to Tarantino. He makes movies that are interesting to look at, but they put into their films a particular voice (much like a piece of writing), and it is a voice I do not like. While, they can make successful films, I will never be able to overlook the voice screaming at me from the screen.


Now that that's out of the way...

I have always loved The Mummy. I'm not kidding. HUGE fan. I wasn't as much of a fan of The Mummy Returns.

However.

Stu hadn't seen them so we rented the new special edition DVDs, and then saw the new one.

Oh Man. As three movies together they work SO well. Each sequel builds on character traits that are present in the previous film. My only complaint is that Rachel Weisz wasn't in the 3rd one. Bummer, but the movie wouldn't have made sense if they had written her character out. And a different storyline wouldn't have been as good.

Also, the plot silliness is the second one is okay, since it gets ignored in the 3rd film.

As for the DVD release, the special features are great, especially the ones showing the CGI compositing. The animation in the first Mummy was a lot more impressive than you think. There were scenes where what they were doing was imperceptible, and this was 9 years ago. In fact, I think some of the effects in the most recent one looked worse.

Go figure.

As far as the DVDs go, having watched all the features, I think I'll wait for the boxed set before I purchase any.

Now people are welcome to disagree with me, but as a die hard fan of these movies I found the most recent installment much better than I expected, and a great way to round out the franchise.

Plus, it was soooo cool.

Recommendations:
The Mummy
The Mummy Returns