[ SECRET POST #6444 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6444 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

So, on the one hand, there's a bit of survivorship bias. There's never been a time where making movies as good as The Mummy '99 has been common - it's a real standout and it would be a real standout in any era.

With that caveat out of the way - I've never been quite sure why exactly the film works as well as it does. There are a few things you can point out - great cast from top to bottom, a writer-director who both had a passion for the material and had prior experience with effects-heavy major studio projects, and the fact that the effects process was looped in to the process from before shooting started, instead of being an afterthought that had to rush everything during post-production. Also it has a GREAT soundtrack.

But honestly I think mostly it was just... luck. There's no one secret to The Mummy that current studio projects are failing to replicate. It's just one of those projects where everything worked out exactly right. Sometimes the magic just happens. No explanation, no point in looking for one.

[philstar22]

I think that is all true. But I also think that there is just a sense of fun with the Mummy that is very rare in movies today. Most things are dark and grim and darkness is seen as inherently better.

The one movie I can think of recently that comes close is the Dungeons and Dragons movie.

[(Anonymous)]

Hm, I don't know, I think there are a lot of action movies that are trying to be bright and have a sense of fun. I think they have a different sense of humor (more sarcastic) than The Mummy did, which I personally don't like as much but it's not intrinsically a reason for the movies to be a failure - for instance I wouldn't call the MCU movies grim or depressing for the most part. I think a lot of it just doesn't hit as well.