This great song plays a leading role in this summer blockbuster:

[www.imdb.com]

Oh, my, another movie filled with f/x, sound and fury, signifying nothing. Than, again, re such movies, I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The big question is, has Tom Cruise's career reached such a low he's doing a remake of a Brendan Fraser movie?

AHHHHHHH YES... another movie of seat-shaking NOISE ....boring



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This great song plays a leading role in this summer blockbuster:

[www.imdb.com]

Phew! Now the Stones won't fade into obscurity.

These remakes (or reinterpreted versions) are usually inferior to the originals 99.999% of the time imo.



Boris Karloff would not be pleased with this - although he probably liked Paint it Black!

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has Tom Cruise's career reached such a low he's doing a remake of a Brendan Fraser movie?

Well it's an inferior remake of the inferior Brendan Fraser version which was basically a loose remake of the 1932 classic - so it's diluted beyond recognition.
Tom Cruise has definitely reached a new low.

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Love the original Karloff version of The Mummy, along with the Karloff Frankenstein. There's just something about them, as old as they are, that's timeless. Maybe it's the black and white photography. In the same genre/style, the original King Kong, IMHO, is still the best version anyone could watch.

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Love the original Karloff version of The Mummy, along with the Karloff Frankenstein. There's just something about them, as old as they are, that's timeless. Maybe it's the black and white photography. In the same genre/style, the original King Kong, IMHO, is still the best version anyone could watch.

Yes Karloff as Frankenstein is the ultimate (in my top 10 movies of all time), and the original King Kong is the true KING of all KING's (also in my top 10). There have been at least three remakes of King Kong - the 70's version (w/Jeff Bridges?), another from about a decade ago (w/Jack Black), and a the new version that I'm hesitant to see based on the letdown of the two previous remakes. I've seen several trailers, and while I'm tempted to see it in theaters, it looks a bit sensory overload and perhaps a bit cheesy. Haven't yet though, and will probably wait for the dvd.

Evidently they'll be doing remakes of all the classic Universal Monster movies, with this Tom Cruise/Mummy version being the first. My only question is WHY BOTHER?

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Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......

My only question is WHY BOTHER?






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AHHHHHHH YES... another movie of seat-shaking NOISE ....boring

yep. That sums it up.