There’s a deep and thoughtful longing – which I very much approve of – at the moment for the return of Brendan Fraser, and it appears to have been massively aided by this GQ article, the piece a rarity of this sort in how well written and insightful it is. The lad is captivating, refreshingly honest, and an actor who was simply great in everything – believable, relatable, but with an edge. He always gave me the impression that he had been parachuted into the film and we were there to follow him on his journey. A stoic naïveté was strong with this one. Is that not what a reluctant hero is?
The Mummy (1999) is awesome, Fraser pulling off the Indiana Jones role with aplomb. It was awesome at the time but now it has been elevated. I’d sum the never-boring riot as good old-fashioned popcorn entertainment which uses CGI in a productive way, i.e., you can see the point of its use. It works and without it the movie wouldn’t succeed to the extent that it does. A fine juggling act is mastered between live action, the digital effects, pacing, and characterisation. It is a silly affair but a good silly.
Even John Hannah isn’t that annoying. And he annoys me in everything. Aside from this, where he is only slightly annoying. Special mention to Kevin J. O’Connor whose Beni Gabor steals the show, an apparent weasel of greed, self-interest, and opportunism, yet somehow in the most underwritten role he squeezes out the comedy and, dare I say it, the pathos. Almost everything he does, I’d do the same in his shoes.
I would recommend this movie to just about anyone.
Wanderings and ... wonderings. 
I still love The Mummy and as a hardcore horror fanatic, I think it works well as an entry level horror movie for kids. I love how it has that old adventure flick style of action that we don’t see a lot of anymore.
Wait, I did not know this. Mummy is in the horror genre? I need you to explain this. Send me a shout dude.
Well it’s a remake of the 1932 Boris Karloff Universal monster fest that ran alongside Dracula, Frankenstein, the wolf man and the gill man.
The film alone isn’t the scariest of the genre but the mummy has always been one of the top tear monsters of the golden age of horror. Even hammer films did a few mummy movies when they revitalized the monster horror genre in the silver age of horror. Those were the Peter Cushing and Christopher lee series that were infamously famous.
But even the 1999 mummy movie is and should be considered horror regardless of its adventurism and romantic elements. Imhotep rising and killing the cursed ones is definitely good stuff. It may not be slaughtering or drinking blood but it does fall into the realm of entry level horror. Which is suitable for kids.
I honestly would rank this film in the same list as Indiana Jones or Pirates of the carribean it’s just such a perfect action/adventure film 10/10 👏🙌
You gotta explain more about your ranking of “The Pirates of the Caribbean” and comparing it to Indiana Jones.
Oh yeah sure thing. We’ll I’d rank indiana Jones as the best action/adventure movie of all time. Then the list of the most entertaining and fun action or adventure or swashbuckling films has The mummy (1999), the first pirates of the carribean movie hell even the two Nicolas Cage National treasure films are pure fun and entertaining.
I don’t know how old you are but the mummy is out 22 years now and honestly the majority of people thing it’s an awesome, entertaining classic and the first one is as good as an indiana Jones film.
I think I must be a bit too old to truly appreciate “The Mummy” when you compare it to any Indiana Jones movie. I mean, Any of the 1-3 movies are classics. Mummy copied, and while I like Brenden…he ain’t no Indy!
I love the Jones series. The Mummy is a good flick if you have two hours to kill while reading some BS on your phone.
It seems a bit fair to criticise Brendan fraser and the Rick o Connell character for not being Indiana Jones. I don’t even understand how that’s a critique. That’s like saying Goodfellas isn’t good because Henry Hill isn’t Vito Corleone. They’re different and that’s good because I love Indiana Jones but his actions in Raiders of the lost ark have absolutely no impact on what would have happened if he wasn’t there in the first place 😂
I think we are all in agreement that The Mummy (1999) is special.
Brendan Fraser needs to get back in our cinema lives. X.
I agree! The world needs that man back and the Mummy is special