Friday, January 16, 2009

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Rating: PG-13 (Painfully Graceless like a 13 yr old)

This movie is similar to the previous two movies because there was a mummy and Brendan Frasier. Unfortunately it lacked the charm, humor and one of the main actors from its predecessors. When a movie starts out missing one of its stars you know you are in for a treat, especially when they haplessly replace the same character with a completely different woman. Also, Alex is no longer British, but has an accent as if from Boston, and he's a real jerk. The movie is laced with uncomfortable family quarrel that is unexplained and unresolved.

Recommendations: Watch if you only get three stations on your tv and you're sick of seeing how crap is made, learning that the Grand Canyon is the biggest and best thing ever, or watching Andy, Gomer and Barney share one brain between them.

Highlights: Some cool special effects (Yetis and creatures). We didn't pay to see it in a theatre.

Disappointments: We did pay $1 dollar to see it. Writing and acting was really poor and not nearly as entertaining. No charm!