tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post5715683097205664867..comments2024-03-23T12:33:33.918-04:00Comments on Junta Juleil's Culture Shock: Only now does it occur to me... IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (1994)Sean Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537515557596273876noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post-16530456139500494942017-06-13T20:18:54.695-04:002017-06-13T20:18:54.695-04:00Cannon,
Fair enough! Perhaps I'll check it ou...Cannon,<br /><br />Fair enough! Perhaps I'll check it out on DVD; Lifeforce-Mummy Paula Abdul vs. 10th level Thetan sounds like something I could handle.Sean Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537515557596273876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post-14152196925941382982017-06-13T14:09:09.132-04:002017-06-13T14:09:09.132-04:00Let me see if I can give 2017's The Mummy its ...Let me see if I can give 2017's <b>The Mummy</b> its just deserts. First, it has no story, only a cartoon-level plot exposited ad nauseam, and inflated with action stunt FX-spectacle à la <b>Mummy: Impossible</b>. The filmmaking is impersonal and mechanical. As a moviegoing experience, it has no class, no finesse, no subtlety, no real genre sophistication of any kind. It's really fuckin' stupid.<br /><br />And I liked it. <br /><br />These things happen.<br /><br />The schlock factor is high and there's an odd sort of glory in its franchise desperation; such a film dumbed down for international markets achieves its own special median or even, dare I say, liberty. I'm not suggesting a 'so bad, it's good' charm but rather a 'free toy spoon inside/you must be <i>this</i> tall to ride' county fair standard of entertainment. Sofia Boutella evokes some kind of Paula Abdul costumed epic dance video and there's a point where Russell 'Mr. Hyde' Crowe goes ham-cockney with JJCS film review potential.<br /><br />As for your double-iris theory, it can be argued that this movie likewise barrows venues from Hooper's <b>Lifeforce</b> concerning space vampires (swapped-out for sexy mummy) in London. It's also just as likely that the whole thing is simply a proxy interpretation of Cruise's thetan powers.Cannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12886860130286869992noreply@blogger.com