The Mummy (1932)

Mack's Movies 2013: April (19 movies items)

" April 27th: Instant watch, computer Overall opinion: a solid classic Wonderful. I liked every minute. A true classic. I really love the story, of this Egyptian priest who has suffered more than any human has ever suffered for love. It was neat how little rushing about there was in this movie, so much waiting happened, and yet it was still so interesting. I liked the active role of Zita Johann's character, I liked the eerie presence of the Egyptian gods who still have some power even in the "

Film Journal 2013 (158 movies items)

"7/4"

Universal Horror Films - Best to Worst (14 movies items)

" Without doing any particular research on it, I do believe that this film had a higher budget than many of the other Universal Horror films that came out around this year. Because it's a film that's technically strong for its time, and the sets and costumes are brilliant. It's also a film that's loads of fun to begin with, even if it's a bit similar to Dracula. But it does eventually start testing my patience and the end is a huge anti-climax that doesn't exactly reward my patience. But mummie"

Phillydude's Movie Log - November, 2012 (30 movies items)

" watched November 1st - My DVD collection - 1st Viewing " 'Death, eternal punishment, for anyone who opens this casket - in the name of Amon-Ra, the king of the gods' - good heavens, what a terrible curse." - Sir Joseph Whemple The Mummy was the movie I was watching when the power went out during Hurricane Sandy, so I thought it only fair to give it the chance to lead off November, but it turned out that Sandy was a pretty good critic - this would have to rank as my least favorite of the old "