The Mummy Is Great, Here's Why

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6:39 - false start and historical context for beginning of movie
9:02 - actual recap starts
10:25 - speculation on Stephen Sommers’ flesh-eating scarabs
12:21 - Beni is French????
15:12 - A warning about surprise kisses.
27:20 - a message from our sponsors
28:42 - the making of the mummy
36:29 - act iii
41:03 - ‘unwrapping’ the mummy (ha!)
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#themummy #brendanfraser #rachelweisz

[@cindyschell6870]

Nefertiti was married to Pharoah Akhenaten who was the father of Tutankhamun by one of his lesser wives. In fact Tutankhamun married one of Nefertiti's daughters...so she cannot have been born 100 years after his death.

[@hootsyoutube]

Yeah, that was a mistake leftover from an earlier draft of my script. The time period of the Ancient Egypt scenes from the screenplay to final film shifted enormously and I missed some things going back over that section of script. Nice catch!

[@Kestra84]

Yet more general historicity-fuckery on the part of the screenwriters: the daughter Tut married was (eventually) named Ankhesenamun. Both she and Tutankhamun's names were changed to remove "Aten", the sun-disc god that Akhenaten, their father, worshipped, spurning all the other gods including the powerful priesthood of Amun during the Amarna period. After the turmoil following Akhenaten's and Nefertiti's deaths, the remaining royalty rejected the Aten religion and re-established Amun as the head god of Egypt. The newly-crowned Pharaoh Tutankhaten married Ankhesenpaaten, and they went on to (briefly) reign as Tutanhkamun, and Ankesenamun. Interesting to note this is the same thing, in reverse, that their father did, starting his reign as Amenhotep IV before his great religious shift to Atenism. We learned this partly because some of Tut's funerary items retain his and her original names, as he died so young and suddenly, and discovery of his tomb helped illuminate the end of the Amarna period, as later rulers tried to totally erase Akhenaten's heresy from any remaining monuments, and referred to him only as "the enemy" if they had to. Tangent: Irritating to me that the writers knew enough to pick up on Ankesenamun's name and throw that in for verisimilitude (?), but whiff on referencing Akhenaten's lost capital, known in modern times as Tell El-Amarna, called Akhetaten in antiquity, which was deliberately abandoned after his death. A famous, real, lost Egyptian city founded by a pharaoh WHO WAS ACTUALLY CURSED POSTMORTEM and it's RIGHT! THERE! "Hamunaptra", what even IS that? "Amun [Ancient Egyptian] Rock [Ancient Greek]"? NONSENSE! grumblegrumblegrumble

[@melenatorr]

@@hootsyoutube Yep, I stopped the vid a couple of times and re-played to be sure I wasn't taking the discussion incorrectly. Thanks to Cindy and also to Hoots (I had to: Akhenaten and his family have been an obsession for a couple of decades: so much so that I travelled to Egypt a few years ago specifically to visit Amarna...)

[@zainhartono7193]

@@Kestra84 Well I know that Anksunamun was the Egyptian princess Imhotep loved in the original Karlof movie. They ported a lot of the characters from there though some we’re holding different roles. Like Ardeth Bay, the Medjay was what Imhotep went by after his resurrection in that movie.

[@jb-jbjb]

Not the same person, just the same name.

[@Uriel238]

It's worth mentioning Frasure / O'Connell's glow up produced a thirsty response from Evie in what was an unconventional gag for the era. It was also nice that the Rick / Evie team seemed to be a duo throughout the adventure, in contrast to Marion being just a pretty passenger to Indiana Jones.

[@noctap0d]

Yassssss ❤

[@HannahFortalezza]

Couple goals

[@Uriel238]

I'm paraphrasing but I love how this was explained to me. Ancient Egypt lasted so long that it had historians who specialized in ancient Egypt.

[@tabularasa0606]

It has even historians that specialize in specific periods of ancient Egypt.

[@annakilifa331]

Yeah, it's true, and not just historians. There were Archeologists in ancient Egypt who dug up and studied artefacts from earlier in ancient Egypt.

[@dreadwolfrising]

I "snuck" into the room when my parents were watching The Mummy in 2002 (I was 5) and was promptly horrified by the scarabs and the concept of mummies. In fact, I had nightmares for so long my parents bought me DK books on mummies to show to me to try and make them less scary, which worked! Fast forward to being 12 or 13 and expecting to be scared, but instead having very confusing queer feelings about Rachel Weisz

[@maidden]

There's a reason why "the cast of The Mummy (1999) is my sexuality" meme was made.

[@sarahwarnock2707]

She has awoken many feelings😍

[@mosaicowlstudios]

I have a similar story where I was so terrified of the smoke alarms not working and my family burning to death in our house while we slept. I started losing sleep as a 6-year-old, staying awake and walking through the house "checking" things several times throughout the night just in case the house caught on fire so I could alert everyone. So one night my parents came into my room, took me around to each smoke alarm in the house and lit a piece of paper on fire underneath each one until they were all going off, and told me that there was no way the alarms weren't working and they are most certainly loud enough to wake us up if we are sleeping. Worked! Sometimes exposure to the "scary" thing or event takes away all the "scare".

[@intellectually_lazy]

that's why they didn't want you to watch it, because you're a cry baby

[@YarPirates-vy7iv]

​@@mosaicowlstudiosI did the same thing at the same age, along with a dozen other similar things for the countless fears I had. I'm glad your parents found a way to help! I wish mine had, but I was able to work on it when I was older and make it less disruptive.

[@astridamaze5842]

Honestly who hasn't had a 4 day mummy (99) binge

[@intellectually_lazy]

honestly me. did have the misfortune of only attending the lecture of the technical consultant for this film at the amarna exhibit at u penn in '07. what a d-bag! after the lecture we spoke to the woman who'd come to protest instead. a philanthropist donor to the museum who owned her building couldn't be bothered to pay the utilities which were supposed to be included in rent

[@OliverHatched]

I was born in 1992 and I was traumatized watching this in theaters as a 7 year old. The scarabs scared the piss outta me:( I only finally rewatched it a month or so ago at the ripe old age of 28, and I'm glad I did.

[@SebastianSeanCrow]

The scarabs scared the shit out of me too as a kid 😭 😂

[@elsakristina2689]

I first saw this when I was six and the only thing that scared me was whenever Imhotep was in his mummy form.

[@Riddisfavorites]

Same with me, but a little bit younger. I was a terrified 5 year old hiding behind the couch while my parents watched it at home

[@JimiCanRead]

I was also born in 1992 and being disturbed by the scarabs is my main memory of this film lol

[@TonyHill2335]

When I was a kid I thought they were a real existing species

[@sentientbakedziti]

The Himbo of 90s Action Movies. I love this. Can we start the Himbo Awards every year?

[@hootsyoutube]

We simply have no choice but to stan our Himbo King.

[@sentientbakedziti]

@@hootsyoutube can we agree that both Rock and Johnathan are both Himbo King's in this movie?

[@hootsyoutube]

Andrew Azael Mora Jonathan is not a himbo, he’s a power bottom

[@sentientbakedziti]

@@hootsyoutube I beg your pardon. I was a fool.

[@AtomicBananaPress]

@@hootsyoutube would you say he...tops from the bottom, then?

[@morelikeflanruin]

I just want to thank you for pronouncing Brendan Fraser's name correctly, I reflexively brace myself whenever I think someone's going to say it and I get a little rush of relief every time I hear Fraser instead of Frasier.

[@intellectually_lazy]

who cares

[@kef0205]

Brendan probably does

[@courtneybermack]

I was in college when this came out, and I walked around adding "he's so dreamy" whenever anyone said Brendan Fraser. It's weird to think of it as childhood nostalgia. But he did several movies that looked unbearably silly but still worked. I mean, George of the Jungle? I'm sad for me he was out of the industry for so long, he's smart, beautiful, and has so much skill and talent, but Hollywood was eating him alive and I'm glad for him that he protected himself. Bless him. He's so dreamy.

[@WitchPaper1]

This is the movie responsible for my going through a phase of yelling “the HOM-DAI” when I entered a room or spilled anything or buried someone alive!

[@WitchPaper1]

Oops, I think Oculon made me say that last part.

[@AtomicBananaPress]

@@WitchPaper1 the great lord has set you free: rejoice, for you now have at least, like, one more eye. Maybe two. Maybe two hundred!

[@nystria_]

Looking back, The Mummy was definitely one of my bi realization movies. Brendan Fraser AND Rachel Weisz? Yes please.

[@Magali_theRecordKeeper]

Honestly, same.

[@cayreet5992]

I'm a 48-year old woman this year (so, I was already an adult when the movie came out) and I do love it. I love how much the movied dived into pulp and B-movie territory with so much energy and such a great cast. I would even say that, to a degree, it's better than the Indiana Jones movies, because it is less focused on just one hero. Evie has a lot of agency in this movie which is missing from Marion or the other female leads in the Indiana Jones movies. If you've watched a lot of 80s 'we're giving you badass women' movies before "The Mummy" came out, you really appreciate Evie a lot - mostly because she's not badass by being a fighter, but by being the brains of the outfit. She's also a librarian and I've always wanted to be a librarian.

[@tiffanyhurley9608]

The Mummy and The Mummy Returns are my favorite sources of serotonin too. 🥺 also when Oded Fehr talks to his medjai buddy in the beginning of the movie, when Rick is leaving Hamunaptra he says the exact same thing he says when Rick, Evie, Jonathan, and the warden go to Hamunaptra but just in a different tone lol

[@Taydris0]

As someone who both suffers wish ASD and nostalgia addiction. . . not to mention the way little hoot genuinely shared her same struggles. . . I am fighting off tears after watching. I'm reaching out to give you an e-hug you poor little sensitive girl. I hope you don't mind and will hug me back. Here's to a brighter tomorrow. These young generations have got work to do, but we're poised and ready for the challenges.

[@dracocrusher]

I think it can't be understated that this movie honestly does strike a good balance between being cheesy and still taking itself seriously and feeling earnest. In a post-irony world, I think that means a lot to people. People are sick of snark and phoned in quips, I think having a film that takes itself seriously but can still be a fun lighthearted simple adventure story just really works for people now more than ever, right? People just want something fun and cheesy with some real heart to it for a change. Not self-deprecating, but still aware of what it is. And I think this movie just kind-of nails that.

[@intellectually_lazy]

speak for yourself

[@dracocrusher]

@@intellectually_lazy I did. And apparently both this video and all the people who liked both it and the film in the comments agree. You don't have to agree, but that's on you, right? If you don't like The Mummy then maybe it was a bad idea to watch a video called "The Mummy is Great, Here's Why"? If you're not even going to make arguments then it seems like you're just asking for unnecessary stress, man.

[@MichaelS-jk8tj]

I must say the fact that nostalgia has been restorative to Brendan Frasers career is nice to see.

[@corneliuscarver8547]

Imagine the book being placed so near to him, because some of Imhotep's followers survived amd orchestrated it, as well as switching book places and creating the myth around it. SO someone may resurrect him.

[@fy8798]

Oculon certainly got me to find interesting treasures!

[@lunakat__]

I'm 2 years late to this video but I was 13/14 when The Mummy (1999) came out and I think I wore out my vhs copy (I will not be addressing how ancient that last part makes me feel). I love so much that there are other people who love The Mummy (1999) as I do. Your comments on nostalgia are 🤌🏻. This video is fantastic. 20/10 will definitely rewatch. Subscribed, liked, commented.

[@Taydris0]

EYEBALLERS -- this is a great vid too. Thought Slime will certainly be able to pacify Lord Oculon's ravenous appetite for a while longer if we feed him this gleaming gem!

[@hootsyoutube]

b a n d a g e s

[@johanandersson8252]

Little hoots

[@dungeonsanddobbers2683]

Your confusion over the "million dollar kidnapping insurance" made me remember the time a friend of the family came back from a holiday to Egypt (in the 90s) with stories of how Cairo was split into the "touristy areas" and the "actual Cairo parts", and if you wanted to leave the "touristy areas" you needed a military escort because it was so dangerous for tourists.

[@ithemba]

The eyeballs have escaped their designated habitat and now sweep into the other thoughtful yet entertaining video essays, like a swarm of flesh eating Beatles. Also: your elaborate hair do is awe-inspiring and I appreciate the scene where you walk through your appartment turned studio with the curlers on.

[@intellectually_lazy]

that sounds like it might be a slimy sort of comment what with the balls. i approve

[@AtomicBananaPress]

Okay, my headcanon for the "nice camel" scene is now Benny having a super subtle "notice me senpai" moment.

[@hootsyoutube]

Beni rolls up in the Tesla of camels and Rick just doesn't care. He's vibing in his Pinto.

[@raphaelmarquez9650]

The Mummy 1999 also gave us a thrilling in-door roller coaster at the Universal theme parks.

[@emblarovardotter]

Wow that endspeech really threw your lovely sponsor Curated Nostalgia under the bus. I can't belive they let you keep that in the video!

[@AgusSkywalker]

I'm actually more nostalgic for the TV series. My childhood was between the end of the nineties and the first half of the 2000s, so I used to watch the series. But unlike the movie which I've seen lots of times during my life, even last year, I never revisited the series as an older teenager or an adult, so it just lives as I experienced it when I was a child. Pure nostalgia.

[@intellectually_lazy]

short childhood. you, like, klingon or v or something?

[@AgusSkywalker]

@@intellectually_lazy I was born in 93, so I was 2 in 95 and 12 in 2005. Is a decade not enough childhood for you?

[@patrickcraig8022]

This speaks directly to my soul, The Mummy (1999) is my comfort movie. The perfect blockbuster (despite the orientalism and problems) for me

[@patrickcraig8022]

Looking forward to your video on The Scorpion King! Haha 😆

[@nystria_]

Fun fact: For the longest time, IMDB had Jake Johnson listed as playing "Jonathan Carnahan" in The Mummy (2017). It was hilarious.

[@sugarface88]

The character of Captain Winston Havelock is a clone of Colonel Crittendon in hogan's heroes which is played by the same actor(Bernard Fox). The movie is banking on you having seen that show as a kid and thus recognizing him so they showed him as a character you are supposed to know already. I only know because I watched all of hogan's heroes with my grandma. Apologies if anyone has mentioned this already.

[@AndrewHalliwell]

First thing i thought when he popped up was... "Doctor Bombay! Doctor Bombay! Emergency! Come right away!"

[@JanRademan]

Legend has it two teams at ILM were working next door to each other on this and The Phantom Menace, trying to one up each other on their CGI effects.

[@gingercore69]

I was once in a car caught in quicksand... Its not nearly as quick as people think...

[@OfficerManKorn]

This is gold and now I’m gonna watch The Mummy ten times in a row.

[@hootsyoutube]

THAT IS ALL I COULD POSSIBLY HOPE FOR

[@poppixie101]

Loved this video. I've been watching Spirited Away on repeat for the entire year as this has been the toughest year for my family and me. Spirited Away is my The Mummy.

[@AtomicBananaPress]

An hour long vid about my favorite sick day movie? I don't care if it's a hit piece or a glowing review, I'm here for this content.

[@AtomicBananaPress]

After watching: when I showed up you had my sub, now you've got my Patreon...age?

[@CrystalJupiter]

Brendan Fraser could do Indiana Jones but Harrison Ford could never do George of the Jungle and that’s my analysis of your statements.

[@workingorder2189]

The Mummy reminds of The Phantom: just a fun pulp film that provides rollicking excitement.

[@MrMephistoMori]

The curated nostalgia bit omg. I feel personally attacked! XD Edit: finished the video. That closing was downright moving. The nostalgia trap is a particularly pernicious one. Be kind to yourself, allow yourself some respite but as you so eloquently point out, our pasts are imperfect fictions. The present needs us now.

[@intellectually_lazy]

mmm pasta fiction

[@alenbacco7613]

If you're wondering why you recognize the beach in that photo, it's Cannon Beach. The end of the goonies was shot there. Fun fact: it's like 10 miles from Astoria, where the goonies takes place. Those kids had a hell of a walk.

[@nancyh4889]

Little Hoot's Mom piping up with another fun fact: my parents grew up in Astoria, and I lived there for a few years after college. I worked at City Hall for about 6 months right before I moved away, and when I left the city was in negotiations with Spielberg for filming locations. Also - Short Circuit and Kindergarten Cop were also filmed there. My parents have had a summer home in Cannon Beach for almost 45 years, so Amanda's been going there every year of her life.

[@alenbacco7613]

@@nancyh4889 that sounds like a great way to grow up. I didnt see haystack rock with my own eyes until I was 17. Before covid I made it a point to visit twice a year. Someday I'll live there.

[@nancyh4889]

@@alenbacco7613

[@Imitationasian]

Came here for the Curated Nostalgia and The Mummy appreciation. Got swindled into revisiting 2020 feels. Then subscribed and liked for the chair on repeat scene.

[@ourladymetamagic]

I love that you used the term "Necropolis" because I've known that word since 2006 thanks to Final Fantasy XI. ;)

[@ourladymetamagic]

"Are you overwhelmed by the state,"(?) Yes. "of current events?" Oh... also yes.

[@elsakristina2689]

I first saw this movie when I was six and the only thing that scared me was whenever Imhotep was in his mummy form. I also thought Anck-su-namun was a stunner.

[@josephrion3514]

The water ad felt very nonsequitor but nailed on the head what I've been going through the last few days trying to feel better. So bizarrely specific to me. Just a weird coincidence. Excellent video so far. Found you from the Harry Potter video. Keep up the good work.

[@arturo182]

Holy crap, how the heck is this video only at 4K views, it should have at least 100x that, this is such a great video 🥲 Ironically, it gave me that warm nostalgic feeling of watching Channel Awesome videos over 10 years ago, kind of meta-nostalgia, I guess. And let me clarify I mean this as a good thing, I know CA is hella problematic, and a lot of their commentary was skin-deep and low quality, but it was still enjoyable at the time, especially Lindsay Ellis' stuff. We seem to be the same age, I haven't watched The Mummy (1999) in like 20 years, but I have good memories of it, even though it was quite scary for kid-me. I feel like this video was just what I needed exactly right now, so thank you. Looking forward to the next videos that I will watch... right now :D

[@TCGBulkKings]

The Angry Beavers music at 17:35 took me right back to 1999!

[@arahmarie]

I am 21 years old and my mom made me, my two older sisters, and my little brother grow up watching this movie. she used to put us to bed to this movie and it is still too with this day one of my favorite movies of all time!

[@hootsyoutube]

your mom sounds cool as hell

[@arahmarie]

@@hootsyoutube yes. yes she is.

[@pidgeonpatrol861]

I love The Mummy however it has been permanently changed by my experience with The Mummy: The Ride in Universal. Now, from what I’ve herd the hide is actually a wonderful piece of engineering and delightfully creepy. However, I was a little baby and a coward and couldn’t be convinced to ride with the rest of my party. So, I got sent to the little room they made for scaredy-cats like me. It smelled like puke, it was somehow too brightly lit without being that bright, and was constantly playing the animated series on loop. It was the weirdest liminal space I have entered.

[@hootsyoutube]

The Animated Series on a loop is probably what I’ll watch in Purgatory.

[@pidgeonpatrol861]

@@hootsyoutube probably. It’s also when my mom first revealed she’s friends with like, all the movie horse trainers during that scene where the horses freak out about the mummy.

[@Cthulhuliessleeping]

ok, i'm stopping the video at 16 min and rewatch that movie again, totally forgot the prison stuff

[@Joshuaraymalan]

I’ve actually been revisiting a favorite example of this in Final Fantasy IVs Cecil. The game itself has some pretty dated ideas in a lot of ways (including some really weird, casual 90s misogyny) but I still find the mechanics of the main character unique. Both in story and in the game’s turned-based combat your character is forced to evolve from someone whose principle mechanic involves consuming his own health to exert greater damage on his enemies, into someone whose principle mechanic involves blocking incoming damage to party members and healing them.

[@GBru-hx6rx]

I NEVER want it to be 1999 again. I turned 10 that February and didn't know that in less than a year's time I was going to get hit by a car, on my grandmother's birthday, (which is about six days before mine) no less. This would lead to five surgeries on my right leg between the age of 10 and 12. My right leg was shattered and I lost 2 full inches of bone. For me, 1999 is the year long prelude to the worst single year of my life. It was a prelude to PTSD, suicidal depression and anxiety. Most of what I recall about ages 11 through 18 was being angry, sad and out of step with most of my peers. I don't have a lot of nostalgia for childhood, as I feel that a lot of the choices I made then made me the directionless, sad man who has to take antidepressants to feel like I deserve to exist. Like I am not a burden to my family and friends. I feel like the happy, smiling child with the Beatles hair cut in those old pictures is a lie. And, even though that car accident defined how I and others would see me for much longer than it should have, as I stare down my incoming middle age, I barely remember it. At all. It's largely a collection of scars and pains beneath the knee of my right leg. I remember stupid details. Like that the guy who held me leg steady as it jerked and spasmed was wearing a Phantom Menace ball cap. Or that the driver of the car had the same name as the street I grew up on. Just weird flashes. Nothing complete. And that, aside from a time when I made my brother pull one of my teeth, is really all I remember about childhood. Its tragic and disappointing end which came earlier for me than my peers while at the same time, creating the circumstances necessary for me to sabotage my own adulthood. As I watch my mother interact with my brother's children, I realize just exactly how little I remember about my own childhood. It often feels like the past never really existed and the only thing that is real is the ever present now. I don't know.

[@jaypeters9049]

I'm sure he'll never be known the US but the 'Warden' is played by Omid Djalili. Who's fairly well known in the UK as a okay comedian. Check some of his stand up might find it funny.

[@stephenmitchell8111]

Time to re-watch The Mummy again!

[@NakedAnt]

This video deserves EVERY VIEW THERE IS.

[@nicodinisi]

You’re take on Harrison Ford is so spot on 😂

[@TheKeyser94]

And they buried the Book of the Death with Imhotep because he was a high-priest, he was in charge of the burials, so not matter what crimes he committed, he still was a high-priest.

[@steampunkerella]

it's every bi person's comfort film

[@hootsyoutube]

I think it might be the most iconic bisexual awakening film? It's at least in the top 5.

[@steampunkerella]

@@hootsyoutube certainly mine, anyway!

[@freyabees]

Brendan Fraser is just proud to have gotten to play a small part in this fILM

[@WBWhiting]

Wait, there's no land piranhas? I'm going to be hubristically confidant with wildlife in the future!

[@AtomicBananaPress]

Do it in Australia, it's the Himbo Way! (Please don't take my advice, I am just the worst at advice)

[@chrisgarcia901]

This was super well done. Of course it takes a few years to find, absolutely randomly. Thanks for your work. 💜🕉️✌🏼

[@obscillesk]

jesus fuckin christ woman, that was an aggressive callout with that Curated Nostalgia star wars crawl

[@WolfHreda]

Honestly, Stephen Sommer's love of old Universal Monster Movies has produced two of my favorite popcorn flicks ever. Yes, The Mummy does have restorative powers. As does Van Helsing, his other love letter to classic monster movies that is more fun and endearing than it has any right to be.

[@btarczy5067]

Whatever valley of the dead the cast and crew went through to make this movie… It was worth it!

[@marcuswalters8093]

I never realised Benny was supposed to be French. I thought he was like...Turkish or something..? Some trivia! Brendan got strangled for real, apparently. In an incident that gave him a serious back (neck?) injury that he struggled with for years. The warden is a well known British comedian called Omid Djalili who was fairly big at the time of the movie.

[@youngcanuck5397]

I swear, this movie and Yugioh: Duel Monsters are personally responsible for why I love ancient Egypt as a setting

[@beatricebongiovanni2307]

I haven't even finished the video, I'm 10 minutes in but I have to comment.... Girl, I love your sense of humour AND who is not obsessed with the movie and the actors? I mean, come on it is ment to be an obsession!

[@ChrisOfTheDead]

Oh. Hello, new channel to follow. :) I've wanted to rewatch this movie again. Just recently rewatched Van Helsing, which is cut from the same cloth. (Same director.)

[@agnesh252]

I just found your channel yesterday and I love your content so much already!!

[@maidden]

Is this why I'm stuck watching KZbin reactors watching Buffy, Angel, and Firefly for the first time, over and over and over....

[@Jaybirdtweet]

What a lovely treat that was! An exceptionally well done take on one of my all time favorites. Brilliantly scripted synopsis laced with laughs and rounded out with the pros and cons of snacking on all those tasty tasty memberberries. Even has sponsors ethically sourced for the betterment of all humanity. Just what I needed at the end of a very loooong day. Thanks! 💜 Now I just don't know what to watch next. A light hearted adventure? horror? romance? Action Blockbuster? Perhaps something with Winston Havelock? All of the above . . . I Do. Not. Know. Wait 💡 I think I've got just the thing!!

[@samlocastro]

Where do I get me some of that curated nostalgia, that stuff looks amazing

[@robriley6135]

Amazing video! Also just to pop the nostalgia theory i watched it about a month ago and absolutely adored every second of it XD

[@micol7490]

The little Egyptian history nerd in me still hate this movie like the first time my father show it to me when I was six.(I'm sure he did it on purpose for triggering me as a joke) But I have to admit that now, after all this years, I really have a kind of fondness for it. With all is terrible mistakes in the consecutio temporum and in the ancient egypt culture and tradition's representation, even because of it, this movie really remind me of my childhood. Plus, it's incredibly entertaining and I remember I was having a little crush on Fehr 😅

[@GordyByGordy]

Thanks for the video. I needed someone to replace the Lindsay Eliis void in my life. Legit top quality.

[@ambds1975]

Resurrecting the comments to say that I support the decision not to obscure Oded Fehr's RADIANCE.

[@katbrooks6570]

This is the best video essay on nostalgia I have ever seen... and I've seen too many 😂

[@isaganipalanca8803]

I loved this film and the 2 sequels! A swashbuckling Brendan Fraser, the authentic Egyptian dialogue!The sets! The effects! Who cares if there are inaccuracies and the typical plot inconsistence tropes! It was a highly entertaining romp! Allthreeinstallments! They also inspired this great Great segment of yours, though!

[@AndrewHalliwell]

But no Rachel in the third! That spoiled it for me.

[@blupunk01]

It reminds me of how young of a KZbinr I'm watching when they talk about Bernard Fox (Winston Havelock) and words Dr. Bombay are never uttered.

[@hogweed23]

And furthermore.....no, no, no, no, NO AMANDA! I expect YT channels to cover stuff I agree with told to me by people I agree with expressing opinions I agree with and NOT encourage me to constantly reappraise history, entertainment and general lifey stuff in new and exciting ways....by STEALTH, madam! I shall be reporting you to the erm, Originality Police. Oh yes. (looking forward to your next one, as always :P)

[@DJDiskmachine]

Your videos are really really great. I sing praises to our lord Oculon!

[@meghanoneill6845]

#brendanfraser 's face game is on point like very few other actors (even harrison ford). he doesn't even have to talk to make a comedic (or any) comment...his facial expressions handle it for him!

[@NikELbErGErBergel]

jumpscare warning for around 56:00

[@peggy7744]

Hoot, you're my new favourite.

[@luluvaage]

why has this vid so few views? its great!

[@SebastianSeanCrow]

43:54 the only reason I know Brenden Fraser exists is cuz I obsessively watched the Mummy and the Mummy Returns as a child

[@albionmerrick]

The best wisdom from my Pop Pop was "If you remember the good ol' days, you have a bad memory."

[@ashleydobson1532]

Few things... Love this movie. UGH. I have the unpopular opinion of loving Rachel's eyebrows. But like HOW does she know all this shit but doesn't think a bad thing will happen reading the book of the dead?!?!?! I didn't get this ever. Ever. THE CHAIR THROWN AT BENNY.... As a kid I whole heartedly I would come into contact with quicksand in adulthood. Growing up scarab scene haunted me. MOST IMPORTANTLY ~ YOU SAYING DADDY FRASER'S NAME CORRECTLY 💓💓💓

[@swamplinglvr]

This is one of my sister's all time faves.

[@voidshot]

This genuinely made my day

[@EccentricNature]

Hey A, I thought that was you! Great videos. Love them so far. :)

[@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999]

When I was overseas in 2000 I remember seeing posters for this film everywhere in whatever the native language was, lol. I never even saw it until many years later. I can see why it would be a big hit at the time, lol.

[@CorvusCantum]

Out of topic, but please Hoots, I BEG you to watch Millennium Actress After hearing you talk about how this movie inspired you to become an actress, I really would LOVE to hear/watch your thoughts on it

[@austinmephistopheles734]

Damn, I didn't need that curated nostalgia bit to call me out so hard

[@Radhaun]

I'm not the biggest fan of the subsequent movies (they were.... Fine, I guess) but the best reference humor ever has got to be "No harm ever came from reading a book, remember that one Evie?"

[@DildoDaggins69]

We need food, shelter, safety, human rights. And to talk about The Mummy.

[@andrewhardy8114]

Such a great video, I'm sad it took almost 3 years for me to be recommended it.

[@Pooknottin]

I've always thought that Havelock was a strange character. He seems to be an amalgam of the fictional 'knight of the sky' with a more victorian hero, using the tired old warrior trope, whishing to find their place in Valhal. While I like the character, for his charmingly bumbling, innocent heroism, I know that the English pilots of the period he's supposed to be from were not taken up by this romaticism and that their war was far more bitter. Indeed, even the individuals who spawned the myth were only a few German pilots. I suppose it's an alternative, romanticised version of the past, which is fine, so long as you also know something of the actual history. Which is kinda what your video is about really in a large part, so I'm not really sure what I'm getting at. Much love.

[@els1f]

The first 1:10 made me feel very seen and happy🙃

[@loorthedarkelf8353]

The last Fourth of July that I enjoyed was with my husband. We were on the island of guam, where the holiday feels even more fraught. Where there are placards of American propaganda, valorizing US soldiers as the heroes who rescued what was left of the chamoran people from the Japanese, when in truth the chamorans just traded one imperialist power for another, and this one was a tiny bit more polite. However, floating in the ocean with my partner, enjoying both the warm air and the reasonably warm water in a calm little alcove where the current could not take us away and where we could see the fireworks, using a very tired and old pool noodle between us so we didn't have to kick all that much, I definitely experienced a few minutes of peace and delighted awe. It had nothing to do with my feelings about the country, I look at the 4th of July as a sort of New year's but with my eye on politics rather than personal thoughts. It's a time to look at where we are versus where we were on the issues I care most about, and reassess whom it is that I'm putting my faith in to represent me while agitating for more direct control. It is a time of honesty, looking at who has kept promises and who has failed and leaving behind the failures and remembering their names and the specific way in which they failed so that when someone asks me why I don't support that person I can tell them exactly why at the drop of a hat. After that long exhausting day, the fireworks feel deserved. Like I've done my due diligence before celebrating. I think that's what frees up my brain enough to enjoy it again really, and I understand other people will not be willing to do that much work just to enjoy a holiday, it would be much easier to get rid of it and establish a new one without so much goddamn baggage... But the baggage would still exist. I guess that's why I kind of made it the day to go through it and try to keep it all in order.

[@sarcasticallyyours]

This is also my favorite movie. I first saw it on tv but I watched it every time it was played. I was obsessed with all of the characters and the Egyptian setting. I had seen pictures of Egyptian artifacts in books but seeing them come to life appealed to my 10 year old brain in a way that no other movie has. Rachel Weiz’s eyebrows captured my lesbian heart the way Halle Berry’s skimpy outfit as Miss Stone in the Flintsones movie did. I actually also love the mummy returns, any other movies with mummy in their name don’t exist. Also unpopular opinion but I think the mummy is a better movie than Indians Jones. I saw the Indy movies when I was in high school and just found them to be overrated. The “chemistry” between the leads just made me uncomfortable.

[@DezMarivette]

LOL THAT ENDING!! You are masterful. A true artist! Also that jumps scare 😮