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<blockquote data-quote="Dark Jezter" data-source="post: 162271" data-attributes="member: 1015"><p>Whoa, I'm still recovering from JLXC's fair and unbiased review of the movie. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Seriously, I really liked this film. From the opening scene where Mathius rescues his brother from a tribe of northern barbarians (at least that's what I'm assuming they are), to the sandstorm battle, to the climax. This film had some really great fight scenes. The Rock did admirable for his first starring role, and I can see this guy having a great future in action movies. Kelly Hu's main job in this movie was to look pretty, and she did that very well (most men won't complain about the fact that she spends the bulk of the movie wearing very little). Michael Clark Duncan was alright in his role, but this was the first movie I've seen him in where he gets to kick ass, so I liked it.</p><p></p><p>The film did have rough spots, but nothing too terribly bad. The dialogue was cheesy, the villian was two-dimensional (not to mention that he violated several of the "evil overlord" rules <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ), the CGI effects were unconvincing, and the acting was wooden. Still, I enjoyed this film more than <em>The Mummy</em> and <em>The Mummy Returns</em>, which I also enjoyed a lot.</p><p></p><p>Universal wanted to keep this movie PG-13 so that it can get as many viewers as possible. There are plenty of sword fights and people getting hit by arrows, but very little blood. There are plenty of scantily-clad women, but no actual nudity. Still, those things don't hurt the move very badly either.</p><p></p><p>Some people will inevitably pan this movie for not being the next <em>Conan the Barbarian</em>, and I say let 'em. My friends and I have a saying:</p><p></p><p>If it's a stupid movie but you enjoyed it, than it isn't stupid.</p><p></p><p>So, I may go see this movie again, and I'll probably buy the DVD when it comes out. Maybe I'll even write up Mathius' D&D stats later. Yeah, he'd definately be a high-level fighter with specialization in scimitars and composite longbows. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dark Jezter, post: 162271, member: 1015"] Whoa, I'm still recovering from JLXC's fair and unbiased review of the movie. ;) Seriously, I really liked this film. From the opening scene where Mathius rescues his brother from a tribe of northern barbarians (at least that's what I'm assuming they are), to the sandstorm battle, to the climax. This film had some really great fight scenes. The Rock did admirable for his first starring role, and I can see this guy having a great future in action movies. Kelly Hu's main job in this movie was to look pretty, and she did that very well (most men won't complain about the fact that she spends the bulk of the movie wearing very little). Michael Clark Duncan was alright in his role, but this was the first movie I've seen him in where he gets to kick ass, so I liked it. The film did have rough spots, but nothing too terribly bad. The dialogue was cheesy, the villian was two-dimensional (not to mention that he violated several of the "evil overlord" rules :) ), the CGI effects were unconvincing, and the acting was wooden. Still, I enjoyed this film more than [i]The Mummy[/i] and [i]The Mummy Returns[/i], which I also enjoyed a lot. Universal wanted to keep this movie PG-13 so that it can get as many viewers as possible. There are plenty of sword fights and people getting hit by arrows, but very little blood. There are plenty of scantily-clad women, but no actual nudity. Still, those things don't hurt the move very badly either. Some people will inevitably pan this movie for not being the next [i]Conan the Barbarian[/i], and I say let 'em. My friends and I have a saying: If it's a stupid movie but you enjoyed it, than it isn't stupid. So, I may go see this movie again, and I'll probably buy the DVD when it comes out. Maybe I'll even write up Mathius' D&D stats later. Yeah, he'd definately be a high-level fighter with specialization in scimitars and composite longbows. :D [/QUOTE]
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