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Review of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
Or, "Why I would totally be BFFs with Brendan Frasier".
It was one of those movies that was terrible, but you went into it KNOWING it was going to be terrible, and therefore my friend and I just giggled joyously like children through the entire thing.
Whenever I mention to someone that I saw The Mummy 3, their first question is always, "Was it bad?"
To which I reply, "Yes, but in a completely AWESOME AMAZING WAY."
The Mummy KNOWS it's going to be bad. It embraces it, it pokes fun at itself, and it's just so darn LIKEABLE because it's NOT taking itself that seriously that you can't help but enjoy it. There's meta EVERYWHERE, and corny dialogue, and even cornier jokes, and it's just so wonderfully silly and adorable.
And y'know, on a more serious note, I really love the relationship between Rick and Evelyn (although I have to say, I really missed Rachael Weitz...Maria Bello did her best but she was noticably out of her element). It's so rare to see a FUNCTIONAL, NORMAL marriage in a movie, where they can be having problems without it spelling "OMG END OF MARRIAGE" or "OMG AFFAIR". Because at the beginning, there ARE problems--they're really freaking bored with 'retirement' and it's caused them to fall into a rut, in their lives and with each other--but they obviously still love each other and obviously aren't going to split up anytime soon. It's nice to have a couple without the will-they-or-won't-they, because they already HAVE.
All these wonderfully awful antics of the movie aside, I probably would have loved the movie anyway because I just really freaking love Brendan Frasier.
And why? Not because he's a fantastic actor--he's nothing special. That's WHY I love him, because he's *nothing special* and is just this ridiculously likeable stock actor who you see in almost no movies and definitely not in the tabloids or magazines because he does nothing of interest, I guess. But in a world where we're over saturated with Paris Hilton, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, and Britney Spears, it's so nice to have this actor who just pops up in terrible movies every so often, and puts everything into them.
And he really does put everything into them, no matter how bad the movie promises to be, because he's Brendan Frasier and can't afford to be picky. I said to my friend Courtney after the movie that I imagined Brendan Frasier reacting the same way WE would if offered a movie deal. "A movie? Why, I would LOVE to be in a movie! No, no, no need to approve the script beforehand--someone wants me to be in a MOVIE!!!"
I love Brendan Frasier becaus he can say things like, "Now you will rule...IN HELL!" and be TOTALLY SERIOUS ABOUT IT.
So yes. I love Brendan Frasier, I loved The Mummy 3 (although Weitz would have made it better, unfortunately, unlike Brendan Frasier, Weitz can afford to be picky), and all the critics who slammed it need to chillax and (I can't believe I'm going to say this) be more like Ebert, who appreciated it for exactly what it was and what it was meant to be--a silly adventure with no depth and no motive other than to make you giggle and bounce up in delight as Brendan Frasier shoots stuff.
Or, "Why I would totally be BFFs with Brendan Frasier".
It was one of those movies that was terrible, but you went into it KNOWING it was going to be terrible, and therefore my friend and I just giggled joyously like children through the entire thing.
Whenever I mention to someone that I saw The Mummy 3, their first question is always, "Was it bad?"
To which I reply, "Yes, but in a completely AWESOME AMAZING WAY."
The Mummy KNOWS it's going to be bad. It embraces it, it pokes fun at itself, and it's just so darn LIKEABLE because it's NOT taking itself that seriously that you can't help but enjoy it. There's meta EVERYWHERE, and corny dialogue, and even cornier jokes, and it's just so wonderfully silly and adorable.
And y'know, on a more serious note, I really love the relationship between Rick and Evelyn (although I have to say, I really missed Rachael Weitz...Maria Bello did her best but she was noticably out of her element). It's so rare to see a FUNCTIONAL, NORMAL marriage in a movie, where they can be having problems without it spelling "OMG END OF MARRIAGE" or "OMG AFFAIR". Because at the beginning, there ARE problems--they're really freaking bored with 'retirement' and it's caused them to fall into a rut, in their lives and with each other--but they obviously still love each other and obviously aren't going to split up anytime soon. It's nice to have a couple without the will-they-or-won't-they, because they already HAVE.
All these wonderfully awful antics of the movie aside, I probably would have loved the movie anyway because I just really freaking love Brendan Frasier.
And why? Not because he's a fantastic actor--he's nothing special. That's WHY I love him, because he's *nothing special* and is just this ridiculously likeable stock actor who you see in almost no movies and definitely not in the tabloids or magazines because he does nothing of interest, I guess. But in a world where we're over saturated with Paris Hilton, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, and Britney Spears, it's so nice to have this actor who just pops up in terrible movies every so often, and puts everything into them.
And he really does put everything into them, no matter how bad the movie promises to be, because he's Brendan Frasier and can't afford to be picky. I said to my friend Courtney after the movie that I imagined Brendan Frasier reacting the same way WE would if offered a movie deal. "A movie? Why, I would LOVE to be in a movie! No, no, no need to approve the script beforehand--someone wants me to be in a MOVIE!!!"
I love Brendan Frasier becaus he can say things like, "Now you will rule...IN HELL!" and be TOTALLY SERIOUS ABOUT IT.
So yes. I love Brendan Frasier, I loved The Mummy 3 (although Weitz would have made it better, unfortunately, unlike Brendan Frasier, Weitz can afford to be picky), and all the critics who slammed it need to chillax and (I can't believe I'm going to say this) be more like Ebert, who appreciated it for exactly what it was and what it was meant to be--a silly adventure with no depth and no motive other than to make you giggle and bounce up in delight as Brendan Frasier shoots stuff.