Find your self a copy of the 1932 version and see that… not as action packed but a much better told story.
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This is a “sexy” mummy film that I’m keen on. Loosely based on Stoker:
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Tom Cruise = automatic avoid. That has been true for me since Risky Business. I have seen a few films with him if they get a very strong recommendation from someone I trust (like Magnolia), but generally no.
Atomic Blonde could work. Not totally enthused, but it could be fun.
The next one I’m really into is Dunkirk. I got teary just over the trailer.
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Oh that one is fun…and a better story than I would have thought for Hammer and 1971.
here while it eludes the censors.
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Are you kidding?
I grew up on the old black & white horror movies before anything else.
But my tween would not relate; and she thoroughly enjoyed the silliness of the Brendan Fraser version.
Preaching to the choir; neither am I, but every so often he pops up in a movie that’s still good despite his presence in it; Interview With the Vampire, Edge of Tomorrow…
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Edge Of Tomorrow had an interesting take on time loop/time travel for the story which helped a lot.
While I felt they did a good job of adapting it for a western audience I didn’t quite like the feel good Hollywood ending. Find yourself a copy of the book. It goes into some small things like why the Full Metal Bitch does things like use an axe, and the ending is wonderful but much more melancholy.
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Exactly; I was able to overlook the actor, due to the fascinating premise. Not to mention it probably helped that his character got killed repeatedly…
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Maybe I read too many of these, but I think the actual ending might be more cliched than the Hollywood one - [spoiler]In either case he loses Rita, they just left that part open in the movie. In the book killing Rita was meant to end the loop and create a single timeline, while in the movie Rita doesn’t know who he is and neither does the world. They rewrote the framing of the shots a few times just to give it a positive spin even though Tom Cruise returns to being just a failed PR guy and Rita remains the hero of the various battles instead of Keiji (Bill).
I find it interesting that Cruise actually pushed for the movie to be filmed lighter and more fun than it was written, and both Cruise and Blunt both pushed for removing as much exposition from the movie as possible. They pushed for the dark comedy aspect when it was written dark and dramatic, and it would have been terrible if it was a dark movie.[/spoiler]
And what it reminded me the most of was the amazing story in the Prince of Persia: the Sands of Time game which got ruined by its movie that contained exactly zero of the game’s story elements in it and draws from the far inferior sequels.
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Avoid the second Mummy movie from the 30s, though. Hella racist and sexist.
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Fair enough point.
I did like the point of using the axes because well the up close weapons sucked and ammo ran out fast. Also it isn’t so much as he kills Rita as Rita figures out that one of the two of them needs to die to break the loop properly.
Also I like the end with the battle has been won but the war goes on and our hero is now essentially Rita’s replacement in the fight but the knowledge of how to win is now there.
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[spoiler]Yeah, I liked both more than anything. But if I’m saying what is more cliched in a time travel story, I’m giving it to the “one must die” approach. Not that I disagree with that ending, I thought it made a poignant ending to Looper too. I can’t think of many that end with a total reset and the hero has to go back to living a normal life. It’s a bit of a high fantasy story staple (especially coming of age ones).
And I won’t fault you for liking the axes, but that was anime nonsense. At least they gave Rita a dragonslayer. 
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Atomic Blonde like Wonder Woman is also based off a comic book. When I first saw the trailer, I for sure thought the comic book Queen & Country was finally being adapted after years stuck in development hell. However, I looked it up and it’s based on a graphic novel called The Coldest City by Antony Johnston & Sam Hart. Interesting enough, Johnston worked on the Queen & Country comic before writing The Coldest City so there was certainly some influence. Apparently Ellen Page is set to star in Queen & Country if they ever get that movie adaptation off the ground.
From what I’ve heard of The Coldest City, it’s a pretty fun spy thriller comic and the movie adaptation looks like it could be a lot of fun as well.
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