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Salt the popcorn and settle your gigantic soda in the cup-holder. Brendan Fraser is back and just as important, so are the mummies. Strictly speaking, these guys are not mummies, but they're close enough. It's only been nine years since...
| Audience: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for adventure action and violence |
| Movie Release Date: | August 1, 2008 |
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Bad grammar.
Thanks, Bill! Ten corrections and you get a free copy of my book, so let me know what you think I should fix.
I've missed you - you used to be on Yahoo reviews - then i lost you for a while - made some really bad choices but am glad to have found you again!!! Thanks
Thanks so much for tracking me down, Rosemary! I'm glad you're here and hope you will let us know what you think about the movies you see. Welcome! And thanks for the kind words.
I heard that they hope Alex can take over the franchise but I don't think Luke Ford could carry it. Thank goodness for Rick and the ever funny Jonathan. They distracted me from Bello and Ford. The two new additions to the O' Connells family try but don't quite make it. I too miss the chemistry between Weisz and Fraser and grownup Alex could use some of his father's energy and life. But the sadness about that is trumped by my love of Michelle Yeoh as well as the rest of the cast.
Over all it was entertaining film. I think your review is spot on.
Thanks, Crystal! A very astute assessment, and not just because you agree with me!
The one star I plopped on this clunky bore-athon is due to the presence of the great Jet Li as the evil Dragon Emperor of the subtitle and the gorgeous Michelle Yeoh as Zi Yuan, a witch who's been on the Emperor¹s a** for over 2000 years.
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/22126971/review/22126827/the _mummy_tomb_of_the_dragon_emperor
martial-arts superstar Jet Li triumphs as the mostly wordless evil Emperor Han of ancient China, a glowing magma spirit locked in a terra cotta shell.
Jane Horwitz
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/31/AR2008 073100734.html
Still, Li makes a great villain, using his powers to create fire, ice and other elements.
Edward Douglas
Coming Soon
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/weekendwarriornews.php?id=47377
Toward the end of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh launch into a vigorous sword fight — and what a grand pleasure it is to watch these two world-class stars in action again...Their duel atop the Great Wall of China is a reunion of titans, an Old Timers' Day for two actor-athletes still in their sinuous prime. Forgive the effusions of an alter-kocker fanboy, but the flinty glamour of Li and Yeoh — buttressed by the stolid, sneering presence of top Hong Kong villain Anthony Wong Chau-sang (who in 1993 appeared in 15 films!) — is the best reason to catch this third in the series of Indiana Jones knockoffs.
Richard Corliss
TIME
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1828343,00.html
A memorably badass Jet Li.
Nathan Rabin
AV Club
http://www.avclub.com/content/cinema/the_mummy_tomb_of_the_dragon
After having read your review, which was insightful, I decided to see the movie. I found I enjoyed it for what it was, both entertaining and fun. However, I did skip the popcorn. I agree that the group wasn't really fighting "mummies," but when it is just for fun I guess it is a moog point. I also found it amusing that the general who had been drawn and quartered returned later missing only one limb. I was also pleased that you mentioned that women and minorities were presented in a more positive, equal manner. Maybe the writers, directors, producers, and the MPAA Ratings Board will begin to bring more equality, of every aspect, to future films.
Thanks, Tim! At first I didn't realize that general was the same guy for just that reason! And I agree that more equality will produce better movies.
Sounded OK for my mummy-and-antiquity-loving 4th grader (9 & 1/2), but he had to leave after the melting face, the emperor pouring out & vomiting sand from the witch's curse, the drawing and quartering, the decapitation of those who refused to be slaves, the beheading of those in stockades, the burying alive in the Great Wall... The review was so good, but the violence was way more intense than it sounded here. I didn't go (these movies don't interest me) & had to go get the poor boy half an hour into it. Dad and sis stayed though. He said "This should be rated R instead of PG-13!" This is the first time I goofed -from now on we'll read them together.
Oh, MomHon, I am so sorry! It is just those kinds of unhappy surprises I try to prevent. I am sorry to say that what used to get an R now gets a PG-13. What gets an R never existed in mainstream Hollywood releases. Your 4th grader might enjoy some of the young Indiana Jones series. Thanks for the comment and please keep me posted on what you think about the movies you see.
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