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[jcat1205]

what's so great about the mummy 1999?

are you ready for this? 

it is the most wonderfully made, historically inaccurate, giddily fun, perfectly paced, goofy horror movie romance novel bullshit bonanza that has ever blessed the silver screen.

i mean it is just so beautifully full of every genre without being overwhelming.we’ve got: comedy, action, suspense, horror, romance, adventure, ancient aesthetics, and it’s a period piece. all perfectly balanced and blended into one movie.

and the characters are so LIT

we got our main babe, evelyn “motherfucking” carnahan, a super-klutz librarian, total history nerd, and certified badass/damsel in distress. she raises the dead on accident, because she cannot resist books, and has the guts to put that motherfucker back where he came from and literally saves the world.evie’s greatest hits: 

“what is a place like me, doing in a girl like this?!”

*after totally destroying the library* “i’ve just made a bit of a mess in the library.”

“no harm ever came from reading a book.”

evelyn: *upon opening the tomb* “i’ve dreamt about this since i was a little girl.”rick: “you dream about dead guys?”

“oops.”

then we’ve got rick “brendan fraser” o’connell, your not-so-typical battle hardened gun slinger with a heart of gold. he seems filthy, rude, and a complete scoundrel at first, but then he turns into a literal puppy, with massive heart eyes, that worships the ground evie walks on.rick’s greatest hits:

*screams at mummy*

*screams at sand*

*screams at things that are illogical to scream at*

*screams*

next is our Comedic Relief Character™, jonathan carnahan, who also rises above his trope. he’s there for the laugh sure, but is never useless. he actively helps to move the plot along and isn’t just there. he also is the farthest thing from brainless and annoying.jonathan’s greatest hits:

evelyn: “have you no respect for the dead?”jonathan: “of course i do, but sometimes i’d rather like to join them.” same.

oh and that time he was like “IMHOTEP” and saved his own ass like that was so smooth, y’all know what i’m talking about right??

then there is ardeth BAE. he is the audience rolling his eyes because *sighs* white people. he’s tired of these motherfucking mummies in this motherfucking desert. literally prettier than everyone.(he has a much bigger role in the mummy returns, but is still so fab here)

and of course THE MUMMY. imhotep. actual emo. literally carved some poetry into the back of his sarcophagus when he was buried alive with flesh eating bugs, because he is that Extra™. just wants to bring his girlfriend back to life so he can make out with her without it being treason. 

and all the side characters are also gr8.

now i wanna take a moment to talk about the romance. because it is so BEAUTIFUL. like usually in action movies it’s macho man undermines girl and they bone. not here. no time for that shit. 

rick and evie have such a great relationship based on mutual respect and affection. they both cater to each other’s strengths and cover each other’s weaknesses. they are the literally definition of: “those two. in a fight, they’re lethal. around each other, they melt”

what else, i could literally talk about this movie all day.

the special effects have held up pretty well.the music score is GORGEOUS.the costumes are amazing.the makeup, especially for anck su namun, OH WOW.the george of the jungle era brendan fraser sign me the fuck up.rachel weisz.

so many good things.

it’s just great.

#i secretly rate every action movie from 0 to the mummy

it’s a beautiful mess of a movie that can be enjoyed by people of all ages and transcends time and posterity as the alpha mummy movie, and to those who disagree i beseech you:

[jcat1205]

I have never posted on here because I am uncomfortable interacting on social platforms.

Anyway first off I'd like to say Viola Davis deserves all the awards. She is a phenomenal actor and I love her and the character she embodied all these years.

My biggest issue with the final episode was the handling of Bonnie and Frank, I'm not that upset that they died I understand that. Would I have preferred them running away to Oregon and having beautiful babies together, yes obviously but I get why they died.

First issue- blaming Bonnie for telling Frank. Really the problem was Annalise telling Bonnie. That's an unfair secret to expect her to keep from the man she loves.

Second issue- Frank's line about not being able to forgive her yet but he will eventually when 12 hours later he was dead (and let's face it that was suicide by cop) made it pointless line. Again it is not ok to spend all season having Frank tell Bonnie he loves her to then have him tellng her killing him would have been nicer thing for her to do than the insest baby reveal when, he didn't want secrets between them and for her to keep it would have been unfair to both of them... Annalise should have never told Bonnie.

Third issue- having Bonnie holding a dying Frank (for the second time in like 10 episodes) begging him to stay with her and he's telling her to tell Annalise "he was trying to make it right." That was his dying breath. What makes it worse is Bonnie died like 10 second after he did so she never got to relay the message, it was a line for the audience to understand what was happening when it could have been much more impactful, If the shots fired the govner hit the ground and it cut to a distraught Frank holding a dead/dying Bonnie saying he's sorry and loves her and him dying on Annalise telling her he had to make it right that would have been spectacular in my opinion, heartbreaking but spectacular. That's not to say the scene wasn't spectacular Charlie Viola and Liza were extraordinary I just wanted... Idk more.

And that's not to say Frank didn't experience his own overabundance of turama, he did especially in the last episode him being Sam and Hannah's son destroyed him so having him know his actions killed the "love of his life" might be too much but at they same time, his actions killed the "love of his life" and he died with out knowing that.

Them dying has me shook, but it's not a decision that I hate. It fit, it was not for pure shock value (Rob Thomas) but Bonnie had a horrible life she deserved to not die thinking the man she loved hated her for telling him the truth. Frank spent so much time this season trying to get Bonnie to believe he loved her and that she was his endgame to then turn on her, which I understand his world literally imploded and he was in shock, but that's on Sam for using and manipulating him and never telling him. Bonnie had to because if she hadn't it would have come out that she knew and never told him and how would have that turned out?

I had been rooting for Bonnie and Frank since season one and I wish they could have found true happiness. I know I have said things were unfair about a million times in this rant and Pete Nowalk said the Bonnie decision was made to show the life isn't always Fair but there's a difference between an unfair life and turama overload.

I am also willing to believe they pulled an evil queen and faked their deaths to Free AK and have their happily ever after, in Oregon with their cute kids.

Honestly this whole thing is because I need to vent and know no one who watches the show. I apologise to any one reading it for the errors and the repetitive-ness.

#bonnie x frank

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