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This movie was like a gumball dispenser (Spoilers)


I thought the movie was a mess, and it's not good filmmaking when someone has two or three pages of monologue at the 3/4 point to tell the audience what's going on. . . but if you stuck with it, every few minutes you were rewarded with a fun, brightly colored gumball.

--The "eyes" being in a seeing-eye dog.

--Shelley Duvall! (Among multiple noteworthy castmembers.)

--Several snooty people had a moment to reconsider before their heads were crushed.

--This confusing command: "Rise up and kneel!"

--The most understated apocalyptic plot point, ever.

--Ancient evil bandages have no fight to pick with hotel housekeepers.

--Wait, you mean all these randos are reincarnations? And Shelley's the _______?! Bwah!

--Hello, shiny naked sideways man.

--His only faithful worshipper from 3000 years ago decided to go cowboy and take a murder rap instead of, you know, sticking around to serve him.





6/10, based on the gumballs.

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