Camera replay|"The Mummy"·A journey of world mythology opened by a movie

Justyn 2021-10-19 10:18:57

I'm pretty sure I watched some movies before "The Mummy", although not many, there are still some after all. But for some reason, when it comes to "watching a movie", the first impression is still "The Mummy".

I still remember the scene when I first watched "The Mummy". At one or two in the middle of the night, I hid in the room and turned off the light and stared at the screen, watching Immortal’s mummy pop out of the human-shaped coffin, and watching the bugs in the tomb like a fountain. Gushing from the ground... tense and exciting.

Even if I later had a mobile computer, membership in various video platforms, and many, many choices, I still watched "The Mummy" 1 and 2 more than ten times.

Sometimes I miss the golden scenery on the desert, sometimes I want to see the lovely Evelyn, sometimes I want to look back on their fun of exploring treasures and solving mysteries, sometimes I just want to see the moment Hamnart City appears in the morning sun. The beauty of... is very interesting. In retrospect, this tomb-seeking drama feels inexplicably warm, just like the large area of ​​golden warmth in the drama.

Because of this drama, I was fascinated by ancient Egypt. Later, when I saw things related to ancient Egypt, I couldn't move my eyes. I continued to watch some ancient Egyptian myths and legends, civilization stories, and some secret exploration programs.

Knowing that they will cheer and throw sacrifices into the river when the Nile is overflowing; know that their "life and death" view of life and death; know that a split "solar ship" was actually dug out in ancient Egyptian archaeology. ; Know the legend of the ancient Egyptian pyramids "created by aliens";

I even learned that the statues of ancient Egyptian pharaohs always look extremely serious, perhaps because they always have an interesting guess that they always have toothaches. Because the grinding tools of ancient Egypt are not fine enough, the bread made of flour is always mixed with small stones. Even the noble pharaohs cannot avoid being destroyed by these small stones. The pharaoh’s mummies or remains found by archaeology have their teeth always Very worn out.

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At that time, I was like a child playing a game, exploring various versions and stories on various platforms, and I felt it was so interesting. Even to this day, ancient Egyptian murals have very distinctive human portraits, straight hairstyles at the bottom, texts, strokes and body decorations with strong geometric lines, as well as the sun god who "emits" lines, etc., occasionally When I browsed the web, I found it kind and interesting, and inexplicably felt like a toy when I was a child.

Later, I fell in love with "Tibetan Code", curious about ancient Mayan civilization, and became interested in ancient Greek mythology. They all started from this. In other words, this movie may be called the leader of my "world myth" journey.

Of course, knowing these furs is not about understanding any ancient civilization, nor is it useful, but the happiness obtained is real. The definition of mythology in the history of ancient Chinese literature is roughly "created by ancient humans. It is the'fantasy' explanation and explanation of natural (or social) phenomena observed or experienced by humans, reflecting the ancient human interpretation of nature (or society). And the desire to conquer nature (or society).'It can only be produced in the ancient times of prehistory.'".

Ancient myths may be far away, but various movies, novels, and design creations based on myths are widely present in our daily lives, and there are always many people like me who like them very much. I like the magnificence and beauty of those myths and fantasy. Perhaps it is because that was the work of our "human" species when we were children, retaining our most original original intentions, very naive, endless illusions, but full of interest, simple and beautiful.

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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]