The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (2008)-
It's obviously not the best of the trilogy and that's never really been in question, but it is still a perfectly good film and enjoyable. It should have had Rachel Weisz in it and Alex should have been a lot more British, certainly his voice at least, even if he was more American in his demeanour, just like his father.
It gets the same flack that 'Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull' (2008) gets and unfairly so on both counts. They are both just films to enjoy and not think too hard about and ideal for Christmas holiday afternoons with the kids for a bit of adventure and loosely based in history.
Even though the producers correctly, in my opinion, chose to go away from the Imhotep concept, there is still a lot of repetition from the previous two films and they do seem to have taken a lot of their other ideas from 'Indiana Jones & The Temple Of Doom' (1984) and 'Lara Croft, Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life' (2003). Some of it was a good choice to repeat and copy, but other bits didn't work quite so well.
There's a tad too much comedy that cheapens it slightly and not enough of it being Jonathan who is still my favourite character. Also the 1940's General seems to have more lives than a cat, going through extreme conditions and coming out barely unscathed.
Some of the special effects should have been left to Ray Harry Hausen and alike. Especially when the Mummy turns in to 'The Gruffalo' for some reason?
Alas for me, Brendan is losing his appeal too and his shouting voice gets quite annoying at times, as he constantly screams "EVIE!!", "ALEX!" and on occasion "JON-A-THAN!".
It really doesn't bother me that they went to China instead for this one and if this had been the first of the franchise I think it would be just as highly regarded as the others, or at least close, but the absence of Rachel and the complete change of direction with the other aspects is a bit too much without some sort of transition.
I have no qualms about watching it as part of the trilogy and would never deliberately exclude it during my binge watching phases. If I watch one, I watch them all.
775.09/1000.
It's obviously not the best of the trilogy and that's never really been in question, but it is still a perfectly good film and enjoyable. It should have had Rachel Weisz in it and Alex should have been a lot more British, certainly his voice at least, even if he was more American in his demeanour, just like his father.
It gets the same flack that 'Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull' (2008) gets and unfairly so on both counts. They are both just films to enjoy and not think too hard about and ideal for Christmas holiday afternoons with the kids for a bit of adventure and loosely based in history.
Even though the producers correctly, in my opinion, chose to go away from the Imhotep concept, there is still a lot of repetition from the previous two films and they do seem to have taken a lot of their other ideas from 'Indiana Jones & The Temple Of Doom' (1984) and 'Lara Croft, Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life' (2003). Some of it was a good choice to repeat and copy, but other bits didn't work quite so well.
There's a tad too much comedy that cheapens it slightly and not enough of it being Jonathan who is still my favourite character. Also the 1940's General seems to have more lives than a cat, going through extreme conditions and coming out barely unscathed.
Some of the special effects should have been left to Ray Harry Hausen and alike. Especially when the Mummy turns in to 'The Gruffalo' for some reason?
Alas for me, Brendan is losing his appeal too and his shouting voice gets quite annoying at times, as he constantly screams "EVIE!!", "ALEX!" and on occasion "JON-A-THAN!".
It really doesn't bother me that they went to China instead for this one and if this had been the first of the franchise I think it would be just as highly regarded as the others, or at least close, but the absence of Rachel and the complete change of direction with the other aspects is a bit too much without some sort of transition.
I have no qualms about watching it as part of the trilogy and would never deliberately exclude it during my binge watching phases. If I watch one, I watch them all.
775.09/1000.