Mummy Film Critic

Krystel 2022-03-21 09:01:10

Before the opening of "The Mummy 1" released in 1999, I thought there would be nostalgic images in such a long-standing movie, but I did not expect that the film technology at that time already had such a level. It looks like today in 2017. It’s not awkward at all. I don’t know what the mood of Chinese audiences who were lucky enough to see this movie in 1999. First of all, let's talk about the heroes and heroines, the handsome men and the women are beautiful, and the big production is guaranteed. Brandon Fraser is dressed in a western cowboy style and a very fashionable mid-distribution model (Did Aaron Kwok follow him back then?), playing a skilled, resourceful and brave explorer, the heroine Rachel. Weisz's big and charming eyes and long curly hair play a stupid and persistent archeologist, which guarantees the appearance of this drama. The curses and secrets about the mummies have always made Egypt a country of mystery. It is in this strong exotic atmosphere that the story officially unfolds. For pyramid fans, this is quite fascinating. Watching this play reminds me of the tomb robbers that are popular in China today. Chinese tomb robbers are very particular, and even technically controlled, while the tombs in this play seem to have many "white eyes". With a fiery heart and a courage from nowhere, bravely enter the cemetery, so when we watch, we should not be too obsessed with the characters in the play. We can appreciate the scenes and institutions in the play more and let our eyes travel! After talking about the visual harvest, let's talk about the spiritual harvest. The word Mummy is derived from the Arabic "Mummiya", which means "asphalt", because when the mummy was first discovered, the linen covering the whole body had turned black, making people mistakenly thought it was applying asphalt on the corpse. For the name. Mummy refers to a corpse that can be preserved for a long time by artificial embalming, and the purpose of preservation is to resurrect. This is a long-cherished wish of mankind. In today's era of rapid technological advancement, this wish has not yet been realized. The two protagonists of the mummies in the play both did bad things and slept in the coffin with human evil. After being awakened, they continued to exert this human evil to the extreme, and after thousands of years of brewing, this evil is even more infinite From this perspective, if the evil of human nature is treated in a more evil way, the reaction will be greater. Therefore, for the ending of the evil in the film, I think there can be a deeper development, and it can be influenced by the good of human nature. To weaken the evil of human nature, as the Three-Character Classic says, at the beginning of human beings, the nature is good, and the emergence of evil is often closely related to the living environment of people. Only by improving the living environment, there will be fewer and fewer evil people in this world.

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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]