Thoughts
Watching the first Mummy movie is something I still enjoy, that is the magic of the first. It was cheesy, exaggerated and silly. That's what made it fun for me. It reminded me of Indiana Jones because of all that. We had the hero who was always in over his head, the love interest who was just as stubborn as the hero, the guy who helps our hero in his quest who also proves to be pretty awesome himself, and the comical relief. That's what makes it fun, it's not a horror story, it's an action-adventure that happens to exist in the realm of fantasy. The mummy coming back to life was a great idea to add in, and made the treasure hunting aspect of the movie all the more important. They needed to find the golden book to kill the creature. Very fun addition. Over all a great movie to sit back and enjoy.
The biggest problem with the second one, is that it really didn't add anything new to it all. Yes the mummy must now kill a bigger mummy is way cool. But, it was stale in the fact that, most of what was done, had been done before. The mummy coming to life AGAIN, and Rick must kill it AGAIN. While it had fun moments of the first, it was stale in its storytelling, it wasn't new. But when your franchise is called the mummy, it's hard to do something new. This is the seconds biggest failing. I enjoy the heck outta the movie, but it's not as fresh.
The third has one big failing for it, and it's the same as the second, but only bigger. Another Mummy comes to life? Honestly? Another army is being raised to take over the world? The group has to kill the mummy? What? No originality. Just a new location and mummy to hope people will forget about the second. But my Wife was the first to notice it, and she is a die-hard fan of the mummy movies. It looks fun, but holy cow. I'll probably still see it for the same reasons I love the first, but that is the big problems with them all.