ItвЂ™s problematic at best.Д«ut then, the movie does not examine or question this, but in fact doubles down on the charactersвЂ™ claim to Egypt by saying they all have Egyptian ancestry. At the end of the first movie, the characters ride off into the sunset with all the gold they stole, and at the beginning of the first movie we see the giant mansion Evie and fam are living in, paid for byвЂ¦ stolen gold.

Sorry, Mummy fans! But anyone who has studied the history of film, or colonialism in general, knew this was coming. IвЂ™m scoring both films in this category at the same timeвЂ¦ because they both get zero.

Unpopular opinion: NetflixвЂ™s Bright isnвЂ™t half bad. In terms of being entertaining, it also holds up. The jokes work just as well (hapless Uncle Jonathan especially). Like I said above, Evie becomes a badass. The stakes are appropriately upped in this movie compared to the last, and once again, it works! There are a lot more CGI horror-action scenes, and none of them drag. They made all the right choices with this character as well, and the comparison between Rick/EvieвЂ™s relationship and Imhotep/Anck Su Namun works really well. The other main female character is Anck Su Namun, who gets resurrected and has more to do in this film. EvieвЂ™s character pretty much just improved between the two movies, so even though she isnвЂ™t driving the plot in this one, she still feels relevant. It understood character relationships and didnвЂ™t decide that just because Rick and Evie were married with a kid that this would somehow be boring, or that they needed to switch to new characters, or force a fight. Another reason I think this movie did so well. Racial rep discussed below.Д®vie, again, and sheвЂ™s become a lot less bumbling and a lot more of a badass equal to her husband, which was an excellent choice on the part of the filmmakers. Passes the Bechdel-Wallace test = 3/3 ptsД«arely. ThereвЂ™s sort of this half-naked swordfight between the two female leads which is very male gaze-y and a big eyeroll, but I guess not offensive. The action is fun, the jokes are funny, the romance doesnвЂ™t feel forced. The first movie doesnвЂ™t have the blockbuster special effects of the second, but it just works. What would be a fun adventure film is taken to the next level by his charm. I mean, Brendan Fraser! ItвЂ™s hard to argue that he doesnвЂ™t make this movie. Racial representation isвЂ¦ complicated, so weвЂ™ll discuss in more detail later. Passes the Bechdel-Wallace test = 0/3 pts Recommended: Cue the Reboot! Star Wars The Last Jedi Is Here SheвЂ™s also the reincarnation of Anck Su Namun, but since we donвЂ™t see very much of Anck Su Namun in Movie 1, IвЂ™d hardly call her a character. Evie gets rescued a bunch in this movie, but she also had quite a bit of agency, to the point where her actions drive the plot, and her knowledge is crucial to putting the bad guy away. She and her brother are British, but living in Cairo as Egyptologists- slash- colonial adventurers (Evie leans toward the studying, her brother toward the plundering). IвЂ™m sure youвЂ™ve all seen the movie already! So you know poor, slightly bumbling and deeply nerdy Evie is our main girl. HereвЂ™s the first movieвЂ™s breakdown on the Scale:ДЄll of the women characters are tropes, so, not great but also not offensive, at least to me.ДЇeatures a woman as the main protagonist and/or supporting character = 2/2 pts (What third film and assorted spin-offs? Never heard of emвЂ¦)

I think of the first and second movies as a set, so IвЂ™m going to discuss the details of each movie one by one, and then give them a collective feminist analysis at the end. I love that movie too, so lately I decided to re-watch it and see if it lived up to the nostalgia. IвЂ™ve seen a bunch of articles lately about 1999вЂ™s The Mummy and how great it is.

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