From Hell to Mummy
Just a brief update and sharing. Watched Hellboy 2: The Golden Army last week and Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor just now in cinema.
For Hellboy 2, I think it’s a decent movie, with its special effects better than the first. It offers a simple plot, and it’s more of a action-fantasy movie that is catered for families. I’d say that if you wanna have a light movie, just go watch it. Nothing deep about it, but it’s OK to spend your money to go to the cinema, in my humble opinion.
As for Mummy 3, DON’T watch it. It’s not worth your money. Like Hellboy 2, it offers a simple plot. However, what Hellboy got it right, Mummy 3 screws up big time. The movie feels messy, and everything is tied up loosely. Perhaps I’m a bit critical about this movie, since I know quite a bit about Chinese culture, but this movie just don’t cut it. Everything in the movie runs in a very very cliche way, you can literally tell what is going to happen next every moment. Things are also too cheesy, and I think the actors in it treat the movie more like a vacation than casting. To sum it up, I really DON’T recommend watching this movie. The only saving grace for this movie is its special effects. Unless if all you want to see is Jet Li, Brendan Fraser, Maria Bello or our dear Malaysian Michelle Yeoh in action.
