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Films watched in 2018
“"The Mummy" was Universal's second attempt at starting a horror cinematic universe (the first was the underappreciated Dracula Untold). Plenty of critics talked about how cumbersome the elements of an arching universe were to the plot and much was made of the ballyhoo surrounding that studio presumptuousness. As a result, the bandwagon response was to despise this movie based on that concept alone.
Indeed, it was rather presumptuous of Universal to assume a positive reception and widespread acceptance of this concept but was that really the issue with the film? I believe it was not. In fact, the elements linking it to a larger universe were relatively well integrated despite being a bit on the nose at times, but I think we can all agree that a movie about a mummy is not beholden” read more
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Anautix' Movie Diary 2018
My Top 10 Least Favourite Movies of 2017 (10 movies items)"The familiar Imhotep is replaced with Princess Ahmanet, which makes this a remake in name only. It's bad enough that it's a blustering action romp that races along at a frustrating breakneck speed, and that it's arrogant enough to blatantly advertise the rest of the Dark Universe in what's supposed to be the first movie, even adding it to the opening logo. But this movie's biggest problem is that it shoots itself in the foot right off the bat, because Ahmanet's motivation is really, really stupi"
Failed movie franchises (50 movies items)" Notes: Even though Universal made a bigg fuss about launching (again) their 'Dark Universe', eventually, they made the huge mistake of apparently spending more time and energy in their marketing campaign than in actually delivering a good movie. It's such a shame because, with Tom Cruise, they had one of the biggest stars in the world, the material was pretty awesome and, yet, the end-result was only watchable at best. Anyway, since this movie was a critical and commercial flop, as a result, y"
BradWesley123's Movie Journal- September 2017 (29 movies items)" DVD- 1hr. 50min. First Viewing In all honesty, 2017's The Mummy was nowhere-near as bad as I'd been expecting; it's just another bland, often nonsensical, studio action flick. I really didn't mind the first hour or so, it wasn't that good but it was okay-ish; a forgivable set-up if the rest of the film had been able to inject some life into the film. It doesn't do that, however; once Russell Crowe shows up as a lifeless Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde, the film gives itself over to franchise expectations, "
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