There's some interesting backstory if you read between the lines (and pay attention to the dialogue). Pretty much all the men in the movie are survivors of WW1, and it's changed them in various individual ways. Jonathan's a cynic who doesn't care about anything but Evie and himself, Rick fights for any cause he feels he can stomach, Beni has gone full screw-everyone-else mode, and the old pilot just wanted to join his dead friends but couldn't just shoot himself.

Was 15 when this came out. All the hype was surrounding the Phantom Menace which was coming out soon so I thought "Let me watch this in the meantime." Turns out I loved this film so much more and it has only gotten better with time. To this day, I have a soft spot for nerdy librarians like Evelyn. The whole cast was just right.

The scene of the bookshelves toppling over was done in one take. How lucky was that?! Imagine how long it would have taken to reset everything.

I’ve always felt that this is a movie that is elevated by an exceptional cast. It might’ve been a modestly successful B or C level film, but the casting of the individual actors, plus the way they work with each other & their overall chemistry really brings this film up to a higher level than the script may suggest. You just can’t help but root for the characters, even the ones on the morally grey side. Rachel Weisz is so good in one of her earliest roles, not to mention completely adorable as Evelyn & Brendan Fraser is great. Throw in John Hannah as Evie’s brother, Oded Fehr as the magi & Kevin James O’Conner as Beni & you have the makings of a near perfect starting cast, but even the smaller players fit so well together.

I LOVE the chemistry between Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz. So believable and wholesome. Also there are a couple noteworthy cinematic hanges to REAL asprects of Egyptian history: Real scarabs aren't flesh eating insects. They're literally just dung beetles and Egyptians would plae scarab amulets inbetween layers of linen wrappings during mummification as a means of proteting the desceased's soul while it's gping through the underworld's trials. Contrary to its name, the actual Book Of The Dead is a papyrus scroll used during burial, not to resurrect someone from the grave.

As an Indiana Jones fan this film came out 10 years after the last Indy film, and certainly filled the void left by Indiana Jones for treasure hunting/action fans. The sequels are fun to watch as well.

The thing I liked about this movie is that everyone contributed to the victory, even Johnathan. It was great because both the leads were capable in their realms and were successful even though they had their flaws. Evelyn and Johnathan had the same trait of making bad things happen, but overcoming them. Johnathan lost the book but saved himself with his Imhotep chant. Evie wrecked the library and released the mummy but still kicked butt when needed and used her own skills and knowledge to overcome obstacles. I loved the part where Johnathan's trying to describe the hieroglyph that he can't translate and she's helping him while chained down as the prospective sacrifice. 😀 Arnold Vosloo made a great "villain" in the movie as Imhotep, but by the same token all he was really trying to do was save the woman he loved, just like Rick was in the end. 😀

You really need to watch The Mummy Returns. It’s just as much fun, and all the main characters are back. It is a bit cheesier, but still so much fun!

i love how Rachel Weisz says, "plagues of Egypt"...🥰☺

i can't help but laugh everytime Rick throws the chair at Benny. and the screech he does after getting hit.

If You like Brendan Fraser I highly recommend the Comedy "George of the Jungle" from 1997! 😊

Thanks for reacting to this. I forgot how fun a movie it is. I feel that Brendan Frasier and Rachel Weis had real old style Hollywood chemistry.

Stephen Sommers, director, drew inspiration from not only the original 1932 Mummy but called it a cross between "Indiana Jones Meets Jason And The Argonauts or Clash Of The Titans meets The Ten Commandments." Sommers was picked to make the project happen as Joe Dante, John Landis, John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper, Wes Craven, George Romero Clive Barker and Mick Garris were considered for directing. It was Sommers blockbuster hit as his last film, DEEP RISING, bombed at the box office.

My favorite line "No! You must not read from the book!". The look in his eyes and tone of his voice made it real. Great reaction.

This movie has my favorite directors commentary of all time. They point out their mistakes and extras that wouldn't stop looking at the cameras... it's great.

I swear Winston is one of my favorite characters in this whole movie.😁 He went out just the way he wanted to.

there's a real-life Imhotep that was given a near god-like status in ancient egypt, one of the few who were not of royal descent. he became the god of medicine, which is really gnarly when you get down to it. the irl dude was a true chad

Without a doubt, Arnold Vasloo as Emotabe, when the bug comes out his neck and in his mouth and he Chewed the bug! 😂😂😂😂😂 Best and most favourite CGI special effect. I absolutely love it 😂😂😂😂

One of those movies you can watch every time and it never gets old or boring, it's pretty entertaining from start to finish and very few movies get that, also please watch the 2nd movie, it's just as good, loved your reaction :) oh and your cat was beautiful.

Rachel Weisz co-starred with Keanu Reeves in Constantine. She was memorable in an unusual movie titled: The Shape Of Things.

The film was a box office and critical success, making $420 million ($700 million today) dollars against a $75 million dollar budget. There were 2 Sequels released in 2001 and 2008: The Mummy Returns The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor. After Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor was released, it received mixed to negative Reviews by Critics and fans. In 2015, it was revealed they would reboot the series, with Universal Pictures trying to cash in on the MCU. The Mummy would be remade for 2017, while Frankenstein and Bride Of Frankenstein would be filmed back to back for 2018 and 2019, as well as a Dracula reboot and a Wolf Man reboot being remade, but all of these films would be scrapped as The Mummy 2017 recieved negative Reviews by Critics, with 17% on RT.

We had a cat named SweetPea. We named him that because he had anger issues. He was a large cat: matte black, green eyes, and would actually growl at people. I have no idea what kind of cat he was but he was wild. He loved watching hockey on the big screen (tried to get the puck with his paws), and he was a rocker, would lay right in front of the floor speakers when Metallica or Pantera was playing. You could pet him but he wasnt happy about it.

I love this movie! Definitely one of my favorite Brendan Fraser movies. Can't wait for you to watch the Mummy Returns. Rachel Weiss is always great and super beautiful.

I suggest the Brendan Fraser movie BEDAZZLED!

One of my favorite movies of all time and my fave characters, love Evy and Rick❤❤❤ power couple I had this movie on VHS and brought them to school when we would watch a movie end of the schoolyear during history class. Every year for 4 of the 5 years. The first movie and then the second, drove me classmates crazy🤣🤣

I always thought Imhotep & Anucksunamun’s story was actually pretty sweet. A forbidden love that would transcend status, time, & even death itself had they never been discovered by Pharoah. It’s a perfect love story if you really think about it. 🤔😂

29:54 I like how, when the gun stops working, he just chucks it at them. 😝

The Mummy is just such a fun movie! You can get yourself a bowl of popcorn (or whatever your favorite movie snack is), throw this movie on and have be entertained.

One great touch in this movie is that the director never shows any blood. Gruesome deaths are implied, but never shown in gory detail.

Winston wanted to die, though, and did so with a big smile on his face.

Rachel Weisz has never been as lovely as she was in this glorious movie

I wouldn't recommend watching beyond this first one. The first Mummy movie is the BEST one, by FAR.

This apolacyptic ancient terror that could spell doom for all humanity could have been avoided if anaksu namun just said "that smudge on my arm? oh i was leaning on a pillar."

Trivia: Brendan Fraser was accidentally strangled unconscious during the hanging scene, so what we see wasn't acting.

I remember sick with a hardcore fever watching this. Lmao

6:38- So does Dora the Explora. 10:22- I'm the map, I'm the map, I'm the map, I'm the map. 12:36- He'd hate Starship Troopers. 15:00- No, stronger. Good guess though.

14:59 "It's Voldemort!" 😄That would certainly make for an odd crossover, wouldn't it?

I don't recall how I heard of it, but I was told that at a flat run, camels are actually faster than horses.

Lighting the map on fire wasn't a mistake (at least it wasn't an accidental one).

I did have a black cat with yellow eyes, a bombai cat, like a little panther

Hi! Looking forward to sharing "The Mummy" with you. "Bedazzled" came up on the Community post. Scenes have been playing in my head ever since. Oh, Jen. The more I think about it, the more I want your take on that one. I'm gonna watch it later today just because I haven't seen it in a while. Put it on your list, please. It's a blast. :)

lmfao the voldermort part cracked me up haha..

Arnold Vosloo played a bad guy in Hard Target(1993).

My favorite movie as a kid.

Absolutely love your reactions!!!😂

The casting for this movie was perfect. Two future Academy Award winners. This movie is often compared to the Indiana Jones series. I believe this movie filled the void for many fans of the Indy series. Fraser did work with Ford. I would love to see Ford play Rick's dad if they make a 4th Mummy movie.

Love this movie! Kitties make everything better. :)

4:03 That's a bit of an insult. "Your strength gives _me_ strength." And then he flat out runs away.

"HEY BENNI! LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE RI-VER!"

Oded Fher plays the guy that is part of the guardian tribe. He did some voice acting for the DC animated universe as Dr Fate who is like a DC version of Dr Strange. The character will be in the DCEU Black Adam movie.

Hi, Jen. Nice job. And you're right. This was a throwback to the old mummy movies, just like Indiana Jones is a throwback to the old treasure seeker-adventure flicks. A fun time at the movies. Love the cosplay. Rachel Weiss is as cute as a button in this one. The outfit she wore at the beginning of the film was typical of the fabulous fashion of the late thirties and forties. Hello to the pup!🐶 See ya next time!

That's why I got lasic, no glasses, had them for 30 years

We have three cats, and have yet to see a mummy in our house . . .

The best installment ever, they even had the animated series in 2000 and games also

A lot of people don’t know this but this film is actually a remake of a horror movie of the same name from 1932

My (now deceased) wife, Debbie, and I viewed this one upon its original theatrical release, and since I currently own the DVD trilogy along w/ the Tom Cruise version and all of the 1930s through '50s franchise issues, this probably bewrays my strong interest in the series. Incidentally, my spouse worked for a time @ a CPA firm in which Brendan Fraser was a client and she acquired his autograph, so that's one of my inherited (and somewhat prized) possessions of hers.

Love this movie! It's just a rollicking good adventure, and the chemistry between Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz is awesome!

The Librarian: The Spear Of Destiney ...there are 3 The Librarian movies before they started the mini-series The Librarians. the movies are a bit nerdy ..but fun. i think you'll like them

Great reaction, Jen! You'll enjoy Brendan and Rachael in "Return of the Mummy" also, but for a real treat check out Brendan in "Blast from the Past" and also in "Bedazzled". Both are great fun!

Happy you enjoyed it. I watched the movie in cinema many years ago and it was really funny. In this video I just miss the scenes with "I have got all the horses" and "Goodbye, Benny" throwing Benny overboard. 😀

15:12 Quick! Someone get this guy some Tylenol 15:15 Never mind.

Aw. Beautiful cat. I lost mine last year.

If you like adventure movies with a map, you need to watch Waterworld.

Not a musket, in fact it was probably a .308 and a Lee-Enfield to boot though I can't be sure off the top of my head specifically since they looked like French Foreign Legion.

19:32 Yeah. Don't go on an excursion, in the field, if you cannot make due without glasses.

You're getting a lot of great Brendan Fraser film suggestions, bit I'm not seeing one of my favorites, "Blast From the Past."

This is a classic movie I'd completely forgotten about! I really enjoyed it, and pretty sure I saw it when it came out of DVD or VHS - brings back memories of not only a great movie, but the missed fun of going with my mum and brother to the local video store and finding a movie to borrow. There was something extra bonding about arguing and fighting over what we should watch and mum telling us to knock it off 🤣 But also then getting only 1 or maybe 2 movies to enjoy for a week or a month made it a more special time...not that streaming isn't a bad thing, do love the convenience. Loved the reaction! Took me a minute to catch onto your Cosplay! You do a fantastic job with every movie and creating some create costumes! Oh, I didn't see any mention of it in the comments when skimming, but a bit of trivia on the film: I've read a few different accounts, but Brendan did the hanging stunt himself which almost killed him as he was actually being chocked and completely passed out (In fact from the sounds of the way he described it one video, it was probably less a lack of oxygen but actually blood flow restriction which is a lot more dangerous). Rather scary and I can't watch the hanging scene without cringing now

Movies ;1992/ Dracula: Bram Stocker 1995: Braveheart

Starring Brendan Frasier as Rick O'Connell with Rachel Weisz in this movie about an ancient Egyptian curse along with the 10 plagues of Egypt

Oddly, they show five canopic jars during mummification, but as far as I know only four were used. Each represented a son of Horus. Lungs were removed and placed in Hapi, the baboon headed jar and was protected by Nephthys. Hapi represented the north. Duamutef (the jackal headed jar) contained the stomach and represented the east and was protected by Neith. Imsety (the human headed jar) contained the liver and represented the south and was protected by Isis. Qebehsenuef (the falcon headed jar) contained the intestines represented the west and was protected by Serqet. The heart was not placed in a jar because it was considered the soul and had to remain in the body. A later tomb was found with six jars, but I believe it was discovered that it was a specific request. It was after the period when regular embalming was being done. Prior to the canopic jars having specific heads, they had plain lids.

Rachel Weiss is also in Constatine with Keanu Reeves.

The Character that Brandon Fraser plays his name is rick

Hello Jen, I'm really looking forward to your reaction and commentary on this movie. I can watch this movie over and over. Brendan Fraser is really good. Perhaps the 2nd one will also be in your future movies to watch. Thank you.

I´ve seen a few reactions now to "The Mummy" and i´m still waiting for the reactor that realized: Wait a minute the Phrase "What is a Place like me, doing in a girl like this" is the exact same Phrase Deadpool used in Deadpool 1 to his girlfriend("What is a place like you, doing in a girl like this"). That was an hommage to this movie. :)

6:33 This piece of papyrus is thousands of years old. It's a wonder it's still _intact._

Hey Jen, if you want to see a very young Harrison Ford in his first supporting role, then you should add American Graffiti (1973) to your movie list. Your crush on him will double.

It's been a long time so I don't remember much but Enemy At The Gates is a movie I enjoyed with Rachel and Jude Law. Occurs during wwii during the siege of Stalingrad.

22:40 cats are the guardians of the underworld they're half in and half out.

Great reaction unironically one of my favourite movies of all time ps hearing your call the lebel (the rifle that Rick and the legionnaires are using) a musket hurt my little gun nut heart

This was just a really fun, well made, tribute to the action epics of Golden Age Hollywood.

I really enjoy how you dress like key character's, you really nailed Evie in the open.

I love this movie. It has everything a fun, entertaining movie needs to be a good film. Back then the CGI mummy was convincingly scary and I think the effects of the mummy still hold up (for it being 23 years old). I enjoyed your reaction. Thanks for sharing this with us, Jen.

I love this movie it's one of my favorites I love Brandon Fraser we need to protect him. I'm so happy that he's coming back and starting to work again he is one of my favorite actors . And if you haven't seen Encino Man I think you would really like it that's another Brandon Fraser movie .🥰🥰🥰

Oh wow you gotta watch the guy playing Johnathan in the "Spartacus" series

Jen that's not a musket...that could very well be a SMLE the Short, Magazine Lee Enfield. The British Regular Army soldiers were well trained enough with them that when the German's first ran into them in WW1 they thought they were being fired on by machine guns. With the possible exception of the 1921 Thompson Submachine gun, it would not be definitely surpassed as a military long arm until WW2.

Brendan is now on the DC Doom Patrol show streaming on HBO Max. He plays the superhero Robo-man.

You might like Bedazzled with Brendan.

Fun Fact: Imhotep was a real person. He wasn't a High Priest of Seti I as depicted (Seti's reign was about 1300 years after Imhotep died), but he was believed to have designed the first pyramids in ancient Egypt in 2600 BC. Not-so-Fun Fact: If the hanging scene looked realistic, that's because it was. Brendan Fraser actually stopped breathing & had to be resuscitated.

Didn't show my fav part. "Do you swear?", replies "Every Damn Day!" LOL

Great reaction, Jen! I don't know if you've watched any really old films from the first Golden Age of Hollywood on the channel, but this film is a modernized remake of the 1932 film The Mummy, starring Boris Karloff in the title role. The mummy and his forbidden lover are the same characters, but there are some significant differences in the plot. Still, it might be fun for you to watch that old classic film and see how it compares to the modern remake.

Rachel Weisz is adorable! ❤

Nice job on the reactions, Jen!🎞👏🏽Brendan was much improved over "George of the Jungle"! The movie has a nice adventurous tone to it, with occasional jump scares like you said, which is good, too. The next Mummy movie is a worthy follow-up. Rachel Weisz certainly adds a lot to this movie. Over 20 years later she plays Scarlett Johansson's mother in the recent "Black Widow" and has barely changed.

CAMILLA: You, sir, should unmask. STRANGER: Indeed? CASSILDA: Indeed it's time. We all have laid aside disguise but you. STRANGER: I wear no mask. CAMILLA: (Terrified, aside to Cassilda.) No mask? No mask! Robert W. Chambers THE KING IN YELLOW Copyright 1895

9:32 "That's not the right answer, dummy." It seemed like a good answer to me. He was staring death in the _face._ He knew he did not have long to live. Under such circumstances, all pretenses of living for others tend to be discarded, and she had the appearance of someone who would be pleasant to kiss. What, exactly, does she want?

This will always be one of my favorite series as a child! You just got a new subscriber!

This is one of those movies that can be rewatched countless times, because it's just a fun adventure movie. Peak 90s.

ANY of you cats spot Dr. Bombay from Bewitched? He's the pilot of the plane they use to chase after Imhotep and Evie,

This movie is literally just dumb fun. A guilty pleasure for a lot of people! It tells a good story with characters that have such wonderful chemistry that you don't even care about the historical inaccuracies or the few plot holes. literally the definition of good dumb fun.

Another good movie with Brendan Fraser is "Airheads". It also stars Steve Buscemi, & Adam Sandler and has a whole bunch of others in smaller roles as well (2 Ghostbusters, Chris Farley, etc). It's about a band using an unconventional method to get their big break (trying to minimize spoilers).

They just don't make movies like this anymore. Theres no good romance between men and women in films these days. I had a neighbor girl that absolutely loved this movie when I was teen. She looked just like the lead actress. I crushed on her really hard and we saw the second one in theaters together and started dating. Fond memories. Definitely makes me miss the 90's and 2000's a lot.