‘Mummy 3’ director Rob Cohen smacks Stephen Sommers
In the July/August 2008 issue of Archaeology magazine:
For this movie, it was about the history. Let’s just say thar Stephen Sommers [director of the first two] didn’t pay as much respect and honor to Egypt as I believe we have to China. There’s a balance between playing fast and loose with a culture for entertainment and giving the culture no credence at all
Ooo. (There’s a lot more at Archaeology about making a historical action fantasy, but no more Sommers bashing.)
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor opens August 1.
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posted by E (Sun Jun 15 08, 7:29PM)
I guess I'm skeptical of Rob "director of triple x, the skulls, and stealth" Cohen handling Chinese culture any more carefully than Sommers did Egypt's. But perhaps he deserves me waiting to see, as the movie has awesome Jet Li, and I thoroughly enjoyed the first movie in the franchise.
posted by Clayj (Sun Jun 15 08, 9:20PM)
The original Mummy was OK, and the second was actually even better. But then Sommers did Van Helsing, which was abominable.
The fact that Rachel Weisz bailed on this third Mummy should tell you everything you need to know about whether it should have been made. To wit, it should not have been.
posted by Clayj (Sun Jun 15 08, 9:22PM)
PS: MaryAnn, I have now received the following error message TWICE while submitting posts here today... the post does get submitted, but the new page with the post on it does not come up as it should:
Rebuild failed: Building date-based archive 'Monthly20080601000000' failed: Build error in template 'Individual Entry Archive': Error in tag: You used an 'MTEntryTitle' tag outside of the context of an entry; perhaps you mistakenly placed it outside of an 'MTEntries' container?
posted by MaryAnn (Mon Jun 16 08, 12:46AM)
Thanks, Clay. I've been fiddling with some of the backend stuff, which was obviously causing the problem. Should be fixed now.
posted by Grant (Thu Jun 19 08, 8:34PM)
Y'know, when Cohen directs some movie that doesen't totally suck, then he can give other directors shit about historical accuracy.
Oh wait, I stand corrected: Cohen directed Dragon: the Bruce Lee Story, so he knows alllllllllll about Chinese culture.
Jerk.
posted by Mark (Sun Aug 10 08, 10:19PM)
Guys, get a reality check..!
Van Helsing was high-art comparsed to Mummy3..!
Stealth (that the director previously directed!), and Smallville (apparently the script-writers claim to fame!) look like Oscar material in comparison to this turgid mess!