So what happened in 1999? Revisiting "The Mummy" issues a question mark. "You are the one I slept for thousands of years and woke up still wanting to kiss"

Joana 2021-10-19 10:09:45

The first time I watched "The Mummy", I was probably still in junior high school. I remembered the most profoundly, probably the slightly horrible pictures, the blood of adventure, and the mystery of the Egyptian pharaoh. Looking back at this old film again, the feeling is slightly different.

Throughout the whole film, the plot is simple. A group of adventurous people touched the mysterious curse of ancient Egypt in order to hunt for treasures, awakened the evil spirits, and launched battles, adventures, and the old vulgar plot of the protagonist's victory. The only slightly polished plot is that the plot is interspersed with two love stories. The first is the hero and the hero who finally walked together because of adventure; the second is the pharaoh’s wife who has been covered in dust for thousands of years and is eager to get together and her red apricot goes out of the wall. The cursed "Mr. Mummy".

"Mr. Mummy" and the pharaoh's wife who went out of the wall
Male and female pig's feet

There is a small detail that prompted me to issue a question mark. "Damn Americans" and "Americans" with a little accusation and complaints appeared in various conversations inadvertently. Was it the director's inadvertent action, or was something special happened in 1999? Looking at the history, in 1999 the United States did something that people all over the world despised—bombing the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia. But whether this has anything to do with "The Mummy" may depend on the identity of the viewer...

Scarab

The scarab beetle that feeds on the carrion of corpses makes people intensively phobic. At the first glance, it lacked the horror of childhood, but felt that it was slightly similar to the black briquettes "dust elves" that appeared in Spirited Away.

Holy Beast-Cat

There have been two slightly cute scenes in the movie. The evil and slightly disgusting mummified "evil spirit" is actually afraid of a cat. I found out that in ancient Egypt, the cat was a holy beast and the patron saint of the underworld.

The deep kiss of "Mr. Mummy"

"You are the one I have slept for thousands of years, and I want to kiss when I wake up"-personal conjecture. This scene, I think, is more moving than the last kiss of the pig's feet for men and women.

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Extended Reading

The Mummy quotes

  • Dr. Allen Chamberlain: [after Evelyn has spoken the incantation that awakens Imhotep] *No*! You must not read from the book!

  • Rick: [a bunch of mummies start coming out of the ground] Who the hell are these guys?

    Ardeth Bay: Priests. *Imhotep's* priests.

    Rick: All right then.

    [Starts shooting]