Tom Cruise, the name still can sell quite a lot of tickets around the world.
Tom Cruise, the name still can sell quite a lot of tickets around the world.
What the hell is Dr. Jekyll doing in a mummy picture, anyway? Is he Lego Dr. Jekyll? Is Batman going to show up?
I think Universal is overestimating the appeal of their classic monsters as actual story seeds, as opposed to cultural icons.
Also Universal are so desperate to create this shared universe it seemed like they were constantly doing this http://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-conten...spaceballs.gif
The stuff with Hyde wasn't even bad, just SO OUT OF PLACE.
I once again have to compare it to the 1999 version. The movie was LONG, and gave time to actually get to know the characters, even the cannon fodder. Heck, the last dude who is killed from the curse dies only around 30/35 minutes before the end!
On top of that, it did "The Mummy" $h1t way better, as it actually felt immersed in the Egyptian history and culture. Here, all that just felt like window dressing, and of course had to compete with the blatant set up of "THIS IS A UNIVERSE!!!". They could've easily taken the aspect of groups such as ISIS wanting to cover up these ancient sites and ran with it, with a Mummy who wishes to destroy the Middle East and Modern Egypt for its forgetting the old gods. Thus, you would've actually had a reason for the military to be there, with them reluctantly helping to defend the Middle East.
In terms of a "scoundrel with a heart of gold", Fraser's character was way better portrayed and written. And the lack of any character named Ardath Bay (present in the original and the remake) was felt.
It's just so disappointing, and I echo the "typical blockbuster with monster movie window dressing" sentiment. These movies all could've been in separate countries, with separate feels.
Mummy: Egypt
Dracula: Romania
Frankenstein: Germany
Creature from the Black Lagoon:.....idk Brazil I guess.
That's sort of the concept of a shared universe, a character from one movie popping up in another. Sort of like Bruce Wayne getting mentioned in Wonder Woman.
I doubt Batman will show up in the DU, he is DCEU, and the rights to use him would be to involved. But Victor Frankenstein could show up in the Invisible Man
movie. Or Dracula in Bride of Frankenstein.
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Βetter luck, next time Aha... Ahma... Oh, figures... Better luck, next time, Mummy!
The reason MUMMY did so well in China is becaue it played in more theatres there than the rest of the world combined. It's about the math, isn't it? I would guess that if WW had been put in more theatres, then it would have done better. It was never mathematically possible for WW to get above a certain number, because it just wasn't in enough theatres for that to happen.