P.S. I totally forgot Indiana Jones 5 is coming out next year (first image revealed yesterday). I’m cautiously optimistic 😅

I like to go on a tangent here about how Rick and Evie are the only movie couple I can think of who get together at the end of the film and stay together in all their sequels and are happy to be together, like seriously this has become a real pet peeve of mine when movies pair two characters together and then break them up between movies for unexplained contrived reasons. This is what ruined National Treasures 2 for me and why I refuse to watch the Jurassic World sequel.

There really aren't a lot of actors who could convincingly deliver the goofy type and the "hot guy who would haunt your dreams" type at the same time. Frasier achieved this perfectly.

In these adventure movies the heart of the story is always "The real adventure was the friends we made along the way." I know that phrase is often used as a joke but it's true. In the Mummy they're looking for the ancient city but what's really at stake Evie and Rick saving each other. In the Goonies they're looking for the treasure but the reason why they're looking is so they don't have to move away. In The Pirates of the Caribbean, there's a treasure but we don't know what happens to it at the end because what we're invested in is saving the pirates from the curse and Will and Elizabeth getting together. There's always a mcguffin but the mcguffin is never what's ultimately at stake.

I never had a crush on Brendan Fraser like a lot of people because I was so little during his movies and he had already played a dad in Inkheart so in my mind he was a proper adult and dad. But I loved him as an actor and he was a huge part of my childhood. Seeing what happened to him in Hollywood when he is such a sweet man and truly a gem broke my heart and saddened me whenever I’d rewatch his film because he had such magic on screen. Which is why I’m so happy that not only is he getting roles again and the recognition he deserves but people are revisiting films like The Mummy which made my love for adventure films and novels come to life.

I kinda disagree about the FX being subpar, I think they hold up pretty well considering this film came out over 20 years ago. The scene when Imohtep opens his mouth and the locusts fly out is still super wicked to me and don't even get me started on the sand chase scene with the plane, just wow!

Brendan Frasier is so effortlessly charming. I know he owes us nothing, but I'm SO GLAD to see him back in film.

Rachel and Brendan had amazing chemistry in the first two movies, and made a Brilliant team. While Maria Bello was decent enough, she just didn't bring the same magic to the role as Rachel did.

How fitting. I planned to do the annual The Mummy rewatch in a few days. This movie was the most important part in my obsession with history as a child and me now studying Ancient Studies.

i think comedy and horror often pair well also because they're strangely similar in the way they work: like they're both about timing and surprise and build up so i think that's why they're so inexctricably linked

"Yes, I count the first half of Shrek as an adventure movie and I refuse to believe otherwise." No lies told *PERIODDDDDDDDDD!*

i really miss adventure and mystery genre movies that doesn't end with big ACTION BATTLE, or worse, 100% CGI ACTION BATTLE. its the little things.

In this movie l, my favorite scene between those two was the archaeologist tool kit that Rick gifts to Evie, I thought that was the most thoughtful and sweetest thing especially tuned to her interests.

If you're looking for a new adventure movie then hear me out..."Lost City" with Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum was actually pretty good. It's corny in some ways and advertised more as a comedy, but the adventure is actually pretty fun and there's more heart in it than I thought there would be.

It's why Stephen Summers is one of my favorite directors, he made this, The Mummy 2, and Van Helsing and all of them are excellent adventure films with horror trappings.

The mummy is indeed a GOAT of movie magic

Rachel Weisz and Brendan Fraser really make this movie!

Brenda Frasier was part of my childhood as Southeastern-asian who's rarely got any nostalgia from western medias. His films were so famous we chose one permanent dubber for him. So, in every dubbed versions of his movie or anything he was in and need to be dub (like animation), the dubber will always the same. Which is rare to happens in *our* case.

“ the British loved stealing artifacts” If I wasn’t subscribed already. 😂🙈

I think Brendan Fraser was better in “The Mummy” than Harrison Ford was in any of the Indy movies. There, I’ve said it, it had to be said!

i love when people love The Mummy 🥰

The Mummy is my favourite movie of all time, and I've lost count of how many times I've watched it. Honestly, the closest I've gotten to the feeling this film gives me in recent years was watching Moon Knight on Disney+, especially episodes 4 and 6. Except in Moon Knight, Layla is the Rick character and Steven is Evie!

I love "The Mummy" and "The Mummy Returns." They are a couple of my favorite movies and are a crucial part of my adolescence.

Yes Rachel Weis and Brendan Fraiser, had great chemistry, but they also blended well with the comedies of the brother and the villain Benny-the whole cast was good.

Its Indian Jones-esque but it didn't fully takes it self seriously. Re-watched it recently and I have fallen more head over heels for Rachel Weisz and have appreciated Brendan even more

This is probably my wife and I's favorite movie to watch together and we've been quoting it to each other for decades. The quips between Rick and Evie are such normal couple quips and find a place in our every day lives. I'll be in traffic like "Can't these people go any faster!" and she'll say "Patience is a virtue!"... "Not right now it isn't!".

this movie (along with sailor moon!) contributed greatly to my coming to terms with my bisexuality when i was a young kid. i didn't know what it was called yet, but i still vividly remember how captivated i was by both rick AND evie, and spent the entire watch with gigantic heart eyes. throw in ardeth BAE and the two star-crossed thotties imhotep and anck-su-namun, and you've got one gay little 9 year old! it was such a pivotal moment in my life, and the fact that it's one of the last truly great adventure movies is definitely the cherry on top of that childhood experience. it just brings back so many good feels whenever i watch it as an adult!

Just saw The Mummy for the first time about a week ago and I loved it. You nailed it. I appreciate how you put the clunky bits in context and still celebrated what worked.

adventure films are my favorite and always will be- I dont care if theyre predictable I care about having a blast with characters I like and action set peices that are fun

Another wonderful video about a wonderful movie, so much fun watching this film. It wouldn’t be the same without Brendan and Rachel, they bring so much charisma to the table, they’re great in their roles, the same goes to the actor playing the Mummy. I will keep coming to this movie for years to come. I don’t agree with the CGI effects, they haven’t aged badly besides for some at the ending.

Indian guy here...I was 12 when this movie released and I read a review of it while waiting for my haircut. It was a spoiler review but I was fascinated and the first two movies are my all time favourite adventure movies. It just gets everything right. I will never get bored watching this movie.

Bless you for this! This movie is my guilty pleasure, and this genre is kind of cheesy but so so fun.❤️

My whole family still to this day does not believe me but when the scorpion king walks out of his tomb and pushes the doors open you can CLEARLY SEE his left claw clip through the door

I grew up with this movie. Its my favourite movie ever i can never tire of watching it. I always adored the chemistry between Brendan and Rachel and this movie definitely awoken my Fraser phase i was obsessed lol. And i definitely had nightmares about those scarab beetles they were scary.

another really fun mummy/egyptologist-film set in the 1910s i wish more people would know of is 'the extraordinary adventures od adèle blanc-sec'. it's directed by luc besson, you know, the director of the fifth element. so you know what tone to expect :)

U transported me back to 10 years when the mummy used to air on TV and I'd sit glued to the TV for two hours completely immersed in the world, it provided me with a unique sense of adventure that my boring strict house never provided and surprisingly gave me boosts to continue the day, knowing that a piece of curiousty and adventure awoke in me. IMMA GO REWATCH THE MUMMY FRANCHISE AND RECONNECT WITH MY INNER CHILD

this movie genuinely amazed and frightened me as a kid. i still love it and watch it all the time. im still, terrified, of mummies.

This is my childhood 🤣🤣 I remember quoting “hey Brandon!!(cousin) it looks like I have all the candy!!!” My cousin: hey Aaron!! It looks like you’re on the wrong side of the road!” 🤣🤣

It's a damn shame that Rachel Weisz was replaced in the third film. There was simply no chemistry between Brenden Fraser and Maria Bello...or, at least not nearly as much as there was between he and Rachel. (One of that film's MANY problems, but by far one of the largest.) I feel that if she'd reprised the role, it would have helped the film tremendously. Likely not enough to save it, but it still would have been a superior product. Additionally I don't feel that Bello's portrayal of the character had the same bounce and life that Weisz's did. Weisz seemed to embody the role she was given...as if she were simply being herself in the role. Bello felt like an actor who we could tell was acting; trying to emulate the actress that came before her to middling results.

The Mummy is definitely a Classic... so much nostalgia from a movie that came out in 1999....

My brother and I used to watch Indiana Jones, and he would tell me when to close my eyes because he's 8 yrs older and I was kinda too young to watch them. That was so endearing to me. The Mummy came out when I was old enough to watch it but we watched it during broad daylight so as not to disturb me too much.

I would like to see a live action of Disney's first 'Atlantis' movie.

The romance didn't start with the kiss, it started when he showed up at the boat looking like the hottie he is. Then he respected her intelligence and saved her life and it was on.

One thing I'll add comparing The Mummy to the more modern movies. Fraiser and Weis are both gorgeous, but they still look like normal human beings who happen to be gorgeous. Many of the modern movies utilize actors that just look too extreme to take seriously as actual human beings. Generally it takes me out of the film. Finding people who look like the cast of The Mummy downtown wouldn't draw a crowd, or stand out in a crazy kind of way. The Rock... he really stands out, a little too much for a "fish out of water" story.

I remember seeing this film on mother's day weekend in the theaters with my mom a year before she passed! I hugged our cat a little harder after watching this movie!

I was young when I watched this and I was horrified of those scarabs. Like I already have a phobia of bugs lol So for years, if I would have a small muscle spasm in my legs, I'd be convinced it was one of those scarabs lol I also was obsessed with the movie.

Even though it's a TV show, that's what I think worked so well with the Moonknight series. The relationship between Mark and Steven was excellent while going on an adventure

I honestly believe you can make a Dark Universe with the Mummy as a foundational character, but after how badly they botched it with Tom Cruise you have to slow play things. You need to start with an adventure movie with an adventure hero akin to Indiana Jones or Allan Quartermain where your adventure goes on a semimagical adventure in their first film, and only if it works do you have them go searching for Egyptian relics in the second movie and have them become your Mummy then.

I love Brendan Fraser. He’s always seemed like such a great guy. Plus, Journey to the Center of the Earth? Great movie.

I really wish we had more great adventure movies

I like how you say that outdated clichés have to be kept in mind in today's films and not be removed in the old ones. It is important.

5:12 I do appreciate that they called it a masterpiece

Me: I know the Mummy is an amazing movie and I don't need a youtube vid to tell me that. Also me: Oh a video about the Mummy. Let's watch it!

Thank you for this! I always enjoyed this movie as a kid and rewatched it so much and I always felt like I was the only one who appreciated it and enjoyed it so much. I’m happy to see people giving it the recognition it deserves 😊

Disney's Jungle Cruise was for me the closest thing I've gotten to a good old-fashioned adventure movie in the last years. It's not The Mummy but it's close enough I actually felt good when I got out of the theatre. I feel bad that people criticizes it so much because in my head, it was a step into the right direction, when it came to revive the adventure genre.

Omid Djalili has talked about meeting Tom Cruise somewhere in the middle east later on. Can't remember if they were working on a movie together or on separate projects that coincidentally lined up, Cruise and Omid were talking and a bunch of people started pointing and smiling. And a crowd formed. Omid thought "wow, even here they love Tom Cruise." then the crowd kept saying "Mummy!" Turns out, they loved The Mummy and Omid, even if his character was a bit of a stereotype. Tom Cruise's face must have been a picture though. And this story always makes me laugh today considering his own Mummy movie. Omid told the story years before Cruise would do that though. I think he talked about it on either Graham Norton or Jonathan Ross's shows.

I'm 15 now and my plan is once I graduate and hit 19-20 years old, I'll start filming my adventure movie I'm working on the script already and am workshopping different ideas. It will be similar to the Mummy but will lean closer to the Uncharted games. So if you are interested in another adventure movie in the style of some classics, watch out for that from me It will be titled "Immortality's Anger" by me, Roger McCartney

A really well balanced adventure movie like the mummy will hook me every time. What was great about the sequels was Evie befame more badass and it felt right!

Mr. Fraser is a goshdarn legend and Hollywood would do well to remember that! Also, this a wonderfully composed and narrated video, thank you for your time and effort.

When I was watching this again, I came up with an idea. The reason he gets powers is because magic is all about balance. He gets all that power, but a possible consequence is an eternity of torture.

Very nice essay. I'm especially glad that someone mentions the og mummy (1932) while talking about the new one. (Everybody seems to forget that 1999 is essentially a remake...even the mummy sub reddit seems to not know that)

This was such an amazing video essay! This genre really influenced me growing up and to this day, the mummy is one of my comfort movies. Another series that I rewlly loved and I think captures the excitement of the adventure is BBC's Around the World in 80 days. The series is really well acted and I found the adventure really immersive! I'd love to hear you talking about it!

I was born the year this came out, I can’t remember ever not having seen this film. My parents had it on video and I watch it constantly growing up. Was one the first we bought on DVD. I knew it line for line. Had a huge fascination with Brendan and Rachel, I thought they were so cool and wanted to be both. Later they became my fictional crushes (and the actors celebrity crushes). The fact I can still watch it now and enjoy it completely despite knowing every plot point speaks for how well it ignited that sense of adventure in the viewer. I also had nightmares about those beetles, those scenes still make me shiver

You are not alone in the whole this movie gives out nightmares to kids thing, one of my first movies that skated the horror genre and I still remember Imhotep chasing me awake

Love your videos!! You always have such great analysis. Well done! 👍🏾

I love adventure films and stories (and video games)! It kinda bothers me that there seem to be fewer of them these days.

The second one was a huge misstep. We should’ve had a series of films pitting Rick, Evie, and Jonathan against the other universal monsters. In number 2 they could’ve gone on an expedition to look at temples in South America and come up against the creature from the black lagoon. Number 3 could’ve been the Wolfman and so on… Was no one thinking?! We were robbed! :(

Img, i recently missed this series of films. Obviously not because of hot actors. Thanks for your work 💘

Love and monsters is a awesome action adventure film not many talked about. Valerian and the city of a thousand planets still hurts me to this day, That movie could of been incredible.

The beetles absolutely were the true antagonist of the film I still can’t look at them

Omg! This was perfect! I've always loved the mummy but didn't specifically know why, and you just explained it so perfectly!!!

I was rewatching recently and realize I just want to Fraser in this movie. History nerd, love shooting, and traveling is all I love doing. I just need a British librarian to come with me

My problem with the Tom Cruise Mummy is that he was given total control over it, and it was boring. I shouldn't be bored watching a Mummy movie.

I want an adventure movie focusing on Lady Wonder. What a wild ride that would be.

Yay! This movie is a lifelong fav. It's so straightforward and forward.

Can we just give you a quick clap for that 🥁at 7:31 LOL. Loved this movie growing up and can't wait to watch it with my kids when they're able to handle the horror elements.

Speaking of “Egypt” has a video essay about the “Prince of Egypt” been considered at all?

I feel that the type casting, although viewed with 20202 optics or hindsight, is intentional to capture the feel of the adventure movies from the 40s and 50s and pulp stories that inspired the movies presented, its a bad practice that should change, but it gives "authenticity of the time that inspired them" I just wish we could get new adventure movies that do evolve or at least present the perspective of the "native" point of view

I just discovered this channel today and I can't stop watching. I love it

Theres a whole library’s worth of great books in this exact genre.

P.S.: just came to this video out of a unexpected suggestion in my feed. After hearing the whole essay (wich I mainly agree, BTW) THAT sponsor segway is what convinced me to give the Like and the comment for the youtube algorithm XD Great work, ma'am, great work.

5:28 Isn’t it funny how the Rock’s career has always kind of followed Frasers. Scorpion King is both a character in The Mummy Returns and a spinoff of The Mummy Franchise. Journey 2 The Mysterious Island is a sequel to Journey to the Center of the Earth. Brendan Fraser started in GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) then The Rock was in GI Joe: Retaliation (2013). And now Jungle Cruise is essentially a copy of The Mummy. Oh and they’re both starring in upcoming DC films, Batgirl and Black Adam, respectively (though the Rock was trying to get that made back in 2007).

I watched the Mummy the other day and after it was over I found myself thinking, "They don't make em like that anymore". Then I thought, "why don't they?" We need that 90s "cheese" back. Movies that are just fun.

I agree with you on the characters. Are always say Evie and Rick as equals/partners. They brought the movie to life!

I find it interesting that the Mummy is basically a vampire. He's almost a mummy for the sake of aesthetic.

I did enjoy The Mummy Returns for one reason. Fraser and Weicz's characters had not separated to be reunited.

I am really disappointed Spielberg did not carried on with The Adventures of Tintin movies. The first one was pretty great and there is plenty of source material to adapt!

Brendan Fraser was such a dreamboat in this movie

"..even though it's not perfect...." How dare you!? 🤣

I remember watching this movie a lot with my dad, only recently rewatching it after a good half of a decade and I was amazed of how well it still holds up despite the rough CGI in some moments. It is a wonderfully fun movie that is still engaging and even thrilling and I'm very happy it gets some more attention as of late.

I miss those kind of movies really, sad to see them coming to an end

I'm not sure why I wasn't subscribed to you channel, but now I am. Great video withe excellent points. Especially how horror and comedy often go hand-in-hand.

Never stopped loving this. My favorite adventure movie !!!😍❤️‍🔥

My wife was a huge fan of the Mummy movies, and I really enjoyed watching your video about it! I'm going to have to check out more of your videos. Thanks!

I think someone should get Guillermo Del Toro to make a Mummy movie. Heck, the guy’s working on a Frankenstein movie, so a Mummy movie would be right up his alley!

The Mummy is my Indiana Jones. I was maybe 10 when I saw it. Either way it shaped my ideas of a hero and made a complete fan out of me. I never knew Brendan Fraser until than and when I got older I looked into his other movies. Interesting to say the least but that besides the point lol. For me The Mummy to this day is still a favorite of mine I watch from time to time.

My BFF and I love this movie growing up and inspired us to learn about ancient Egypt on our own!

Got distracted from the excellent video by the pronunciation of "Brendan Fraser" as "Brendan Frasier". Now that would have been a different movie! Imagine Frasier asking the Mummy about their childhood!

National Treasure dilogy is the last one in these type of movies that I enjoyed. It's very sad that adventures based on history just vanished.

Peter Jackson’s King Kong is probably my favorite Adventure film.