Mummy-Mia...

Before I start: 1, 2, 3 -collective groan-. That truly was a terrible pun.

Ah, so I went and saw The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Fans of the films, it's worth seeing. Everyone else, I don't know.

I mean, it follows the same, tired, predictable story as the other films: archaeologists discover a tomb, crazy mystic fanatics complete some bizarre ritual, the mummy comes alive, and then Brendan Fraser and an all star cast proceed to blow the crap out of it. Oh, and John Hannah makes an almost infuriating number of jokes along the lines of "can't they stay dead?", "I hate Mummies" and so on and so forth.

As a film, it's pretty terrible. Indiana Jones, which came out earlier this year, beat them to the whole father/son arch; you know, the one where they start of by fighting and then realize they're pretty much the same guy, really. Shia LeBouf and Harrison Ford were just that much more believable. Personally, I couldn't see Luke Ford as Brendan Fraser's son, and I'm certainly not alone in this (Side Note: I podcast the Totally Rad Show - check out their review from the 6/8).

Oh, and where the HELL is Rachel Weisz? Although I can totally respect that she had "problems with the script".

You could mistakenly think, from reading thus far, that I didn't like Mummy 3. You'd be wrong. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Don't get me wrong, it was a terrible film. The plot was shocking and implausible, and no Rachel Weisz. But, you know, that's kind of the point. If Indiana Jones is a spoof of the genre, then The Mummy is a spoof of that. And they even make a little joke about the fact Rachel isn't there ("I can honestly say she's an entirely different woman"). There's a loving tribute in that Jonathan's nightclub is called Imhotep (after the villain of the first two films), and, yeah, it's unbelievable, but so what? Don't think, just watch. You'll have fun. It'll be a magical ride. And there's an awesome battle between Terra-cotta Warriors and the Undead.

Blah blah blah Jet Li blah blah Michelle Youh blah sword fight. 'nuff said really.

Au Revoir.