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I also saw "The Mummy" over the weekend and I have to
agree with ChristinO. I really do like Brendan Fraser. While the
critics here (DC) shat all over it, I wonder what movie they saw.
One critic jumped all over it for a rcist attitude toward the
people of color in the film (I think one critic referred to them
as "cloth heads"). Now, in a film that takes place in
1926 Egypt, you might expect a bit of Brit attitude (hey, at
least nobody called anyone a "wog") toward the natives,
but I think the critic overlooked the fact that one of the
Bedouin(?) guardians of the City of the Dead a) was drop-dead
gorgeous enough to make me look away from Mr. Fraser for a few
minutes, b) acquitted himeslf intelligently & bravely during
the adventure, and c) survived.
In any case, "The Mummy" was an old-fashioned adventure
with special effects. Not as great as "Indiana Jones,"
but then what is? There were the usual 1930s stock characters
& stock plot. Lots of ooky bugs & rotting corpses. You
know, standard stuff. But more humor than one would expect.
Brendan Fraser, as an ex-Legionaire, cracked wise a lot. The
heroine, Rachel Weisz (who was wonderful in "Swept from the
Sea") was not your screaming, helpless type. That was her
brother.
BTW, does anyone know who played that beautiful Bedouin? I didn't
catch the name in the credits.
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