The Mummy (2017)
People forget that long ago, before people even liked comic book movies, Universal was connecting it's stories of monsters in various ways. In it's long stretch of movies, I feel there's always been hits and misses, and any given person could really like one monster (such as Dracula, who always gets the love) and hate another (such as Wolfman whose costume wasn't as impressive). So of course, liking me some monsters, I knew that this rendition of the mummy would be something I'd get around to - heck, the last version of Dracula we got I really enjoyed, despite it meeting a lukewarm reception at best. Swirl in all the more recent movies that people have cried foul about that I've ended up liking, and there's no reason why I shouldn't imagine that this one will be any different. Still, could this movie make me seem even more like i'm bathing in mercury, or will I end up another in a legion of the judgemental dead?
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