by Kaiju_Ultra_Fan » Fri Aug 18, 2017 3:50 pm
I really didn't like the new Mummy movie. It felt like an action movie more than a horror film. And it tried so hard to *wink wink* at the camera that it was part of an upcoming MovieVerse.
The inclusion of Dr.Jekyll,..the props showed like the Vampire skull,..it was too much other stuff thrown in without focusing on a core story being told.
One thing Marvel really got right with their expanded MovieVerse was introducing each character as a stand-alone and then bringing them all together in the Avengers after (what like 5-6 films?).
Universals The Mummy just reeked of, "me too!" and desperation, trying so hard to be, "cool, hip and edgy",..instead of actually being Cool, Hip, or Edgy.
..though it was fun watching Russel Crowe beat the snot out of Tom Cruise and toss him around like a rag-doll,..that probably shouldn't be the highlight of the movie.
And with the Mummy being female and the next film being Bride of Frankenstein it definitely seems like they're pushing the 'girl power' thing really hard,..which turns off a lot of people too.
....then again it seems like a lot of movies these days are pushing that angle, there's a ton of 'female action hero' movies out now and the past few years from the Star Wars movies to (obviously) Wonder Woman to stuff like the new Charlize Theron movie or that Proud Mary movie. That's an angle Hollywood really seems to be pushing hard.