Talkie Tuesday: The Mummy

 

"No harm ever came from reading a book."

 

Hello everyone!

 

I'm back!

 

And I have a wonderful movie for you tonight.

 

This is for all of us who've seen this one so many times it's basically like the air we breathe, who reference quotes from it in our daily lives or just to have great fun, and of course, who look forward to watching it AGAIN just as soon as we possibly can.

 

There are some movies you can watch over and over again without so much as blinking an eye.

 

Some that stay with you no matter where you go or what you do.

 

Tonight's choice is among them, possibly in the top category, because honestly, what could be better than the hot sands of Egypt, a rugged explorer, and mummies?!?

 

Nothing, that's what (or, not a lot)!

 

So arm yourselves and bring your cats - we're stepping right into The Mummy.

 

Talkie Tuesday: The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Hello everyone!

Today I'm writing about an oldie (but a goldie), since the movie is now seven years old already (time flies!), but it was screened on TV this weekend and we made a sort of family night out of it, so I thought to myself, why not? So we watched The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, although my original thought (come into reality the first time I watched it, seven years ago) remains the same, which is that it really fell woefully short of the first two movies (The Mummy, and The Mummy Returns). Now, THOSE two were definitely worth their salt, and I always laugh when I watch them - even if I watch them now, a millionth time later. That's saying something about comedic relief, right? But then, Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz had it all down pat as far as I'm concerned, and while the third movie brought in some old anecdotes and connected to the previous ones, it still just ... wasn't quite there.