Comment I don't think JonKatz "gets it" with this one. (Score 2) 197
The first movie, The Mummy, was supposed to be horror and failed miserably at it. It was more like a Disney does horror. No actual blood was ever shown in the movie except as an afterscene.
The marketting department failed miserably. The first movie was campy and funny and hilarious. Myself and my group of friends were rolling in the eyes. On the good movie scale, this thing was a 3. But on the bad movie scale where you got a movie to see the absolute hilarity in it, it was a 9.
We were all waiting with baited breath for "The Mummy Returns" so we could see another bad movie that rated at least 8 out of 10. And I believe that was delivered.
Now with that said, I think what Mr. Katz doesn't get is that the folks who made "The Mummy" realized their mistake and played to their strengths in "The Mummy Returns". They knew that the campiness and ridiculous farce-like quality of hte situation would be throughly appreciated by the cult-like following of folks that actually enjoyed the first movie. And so they made another one. And I believe that they will do well. Because no one who saw the first movie and hated it is going to be brave and desparate enough to take a chance and see the sequel. But those that liked the first one for whatever reason will be more than happy to throw money at a sequel for the same reason.
After all, no one seriously watched the last few "Friday the 13th" movies for the horror aspects yet they still brought in tons of money.
Just showing you the other side of the story.
The marketting department failed miserably. The first movie was campy and funny and hilarious. Myself and my group of friends were rolling in the eyes. On the good movie scale, this thing was a 3. But on the bad movie scale where you got a movie to see the absolute hilarity in it, it was a 9.
We were all waiting with baited breath for "The Mummy Returns" so we could see another bad movie that rated at least 8 out of 10. And I believe that was delivered.
Now with that said, I think what Mr. Katz doesn't get is that the folks who made "The Mummy" realized their mistake and played to their strengths in "The Mummy Returns". They knew that the campiness and ridiculous farce-like quality of hte situation would be throughly appreciated by the cult-like following of folks that actually enjoyed the first movie. And so they made another one. And I believe that they will do well. Because no one who saw the first movie and hated it is going to be brave and desparate enough to take a chance and see the sequel. But those that liked the first one for whatever reason will be more than happy to throw money at a sequel for the same reason.
After all, no one seriously watched the last few "Friday the 13th" movies for the horror aspects yet they still brought in tons of money.
Just showing you the other side of the story.
