Sacrées momies

I saw this movie come aorund in my local movie theatre and It thought; "let's watch that. It can't be too bad?" Yet, I was surprised, the movie does follow a generic plotline if you ask me, but the humor in this movie landed well with me. Which kind of surprised me, because I usually don't like the humor in movies like this. The actress playing Nefer was also a surprisingly good singer. Better than I was expecting from someone who doesn't really show up on mything on IMDb. I'd like to see/hear more of her. The 3rd act did somehow surprise me.

To concluse this review: it's a generic movie with CGI animation that cut corners in a few places(if you see them, you WILL notice it), but overall, it's a decent watch. Not too bad to put on for the kids and who knows, you might even like it yourself?

I don't normally review movies but thought the bad reviews was pretty unjustified. So figured I would do one.

First off, I quite liked the visuals of the film, you could tell they put a lot of work into the sets they used. Was is Avatar levels of good? Certainly not, but nonetheless was certainly good. Had quite colourful visuals and wasn't distracting in the way some newer cgi movies can be.

The voice acting I thought was quite good. Especially the two leads, they conveyed emotion quite well, which can be challenging for some voice actors. They knew the sort of story they wanted to tell and I think they did wonderfully.

After reading a few reviews it seems like many didn't even watch the movie. No mummies? There was plenty! They.even explain and show off the fact that they use magic to hide their undeadness.. Is even a plot point the villain hopes to use. Which upon thinking about it, would you want to spend literally thousands of years looking at the sunken and rotting face of your neighbours, kids or even significant other? Probably not right?

But it seems some couldn't even figure that part out when it is clearly shown in the movie.

Overall I thought the movie was quite good. It was fun and had a few funny moments. Was it perhaps for me? Certainly not, but it is my kids that is the audience after all. Which for me in the end, is all that matters. If my kids have fun.

But then I remember I'm an older adult male and this is a children's animated movie. The one thing I will say is the voice acting was excellent and accurate as oppose to rubbish casting of Mario Bros! And its very sad that Mario Bros took in $31 million dollars in its opening week and a well put together movie like Mummies will not come close. Mummies also had an amazing musical number performed entitled The Ring is Mine and is very reminiscent of the classic The Girl is Mine performed by Paul McCarthy and Michael Jackson. Overall, the children will love it and really that's all that matters. Thank You!

An excellent dramatic plot...a wonderful sequence of events by Thoth and Nefer...a different and varied performance by Sekhem and Denis. Wonderful sound effects.. The graphics were consistent and not vulgar.. The story helps adults and children to understand the ancient Egyptian civilization away from lies and allegations in a smooth and simplified manner. The visual effects were consistent with the auditory effects, and the script was interesting, as you do not feel the time of the movie.

This film is a unique and integrated piece of art.. With such films, cinema becomes a cultural and dramatic beacon that is more than wonderful.

Don't expect to much from this film. Shrek it is certainly not, its Just a good all round kids movie. Casting is good, performances are generally solid, and the storyline was entertaining enough to keep my 7 yr focused and engaged from beginning to end.

Lastly, Thankfully the movie was free of the current usual, overtly political agenda nonsense that's been filling our screens over the past few years. Thank you Warner for having produced a film that at its heart is a simple uncomplicated kids movie that isn't out to beat the hell out of the audience by force feeding them social political agenda's that aren't appropriate in a kids film.