Best movie ever!

The acting in this movie is really good.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

I was totally surprised to learn that in the 1930's there was not just a movie but a whole movie series. That's why I wanted to look at it immediately because many things interest me. Komma Unfortunately I do not like horror movies and in general I'm rather difficult to impress.I thought the movie is alright not good not bad but quite enjoyable there are some things I liked it there are a few things I do not understand but I have not taken the urge to answer these questions.Animals are actually pretty decent i found it pretty good as direct the movie is no unnecessary subplots no superfluous characters you do not waste so much time and always just say out what the problem is i like it so what is not there anymore today. I also found here is super interesting that in many parts of the film just 10 seconds, only the face of the mummy was shown and nothing else and then it goes on to the next scene it is definitely something different.Nevertheless, I have to say that I did not really like the film, but I would not mind watching it on TV a few more times. I just want to ask a question. Why do people always recreate plot points and film troupes of films from the past few years? 10 years instead of going back even further?PS: Boris Karloff in a shot used about four times in the movie as Transition

When looking at classic monster-horror films, there's a certain amount of suspension of disbelief needed. Not necessarily meaning that the films have no realism, but more so that the films are so dated in style and aesthetic that it becomes extremely difficult to understand how moviegoers were able to feel the scares of such a film. The Mummy is an interesting movie with the mythology it sets up, but lacks the thrills or lasting direction to catapult itself into the hall of fame of horror films. One thing this film does incredibly well is use Boris Karloff. Because the film is more of an atmospheric horror, it relies on particular creepy images rather than scaring with shock- horror, and no image is more creepy than a close up of Boris Karloff staring you down directly into the camera. He's a legend, and The Mummy is just one of many examples of that. Following along in the same sort of structure as films like Frankenstein, you can figure out the plot beats relatively easy, but that doesn't necessarily take away from the experience, though it certainly doesn't enhance it. Overall, this short take on The Mummy mythology is a fun one, even if it produces little to no scares whatsoever. 6.7/10

I'm not sure what I was expecting from this movie but I know I didn't get it.This movie starts with archaeologists who are hard to understand talking very fast and not making much sense.They found a mummy, it comes back to life and from that point on, almost nothing makes sense.There's plenty of time wasted on silence and things that have no bearing on the story and then the story jumps from place to place, leaving out large chunks of plot.They just keep introducing new characters and I can't tell them apart. Karloff, Helen and the guy who fell in love with her ten seconds after they met are the only people I'm sure weren't all played by the same person. Everyone else is that boring, hard to understand and therefore interchangeable. As for Karloff, I've heard that he's a great actor but I couldn't tell from this mess. He goes from speaking broken English to using words like "thou" and "mustn't" in very complex sentences, while his accent is constantly changing.This movie is a hot mess from top to bottom. I can't recommend it to anyone.

The principal problem with "Mad Love" director Karl Freund's atmospheric laden Egyptian chiller "The Mummy" is the shortage of activities involving the eponymous character. You see Boris Karloff in the early scenes as the Mummy wrapped up realistically in a casket at the excavation site. We hear Dr. Muller (Edward Van Sloan of "Dracula") inform expedition leader Sir Joseph Whemple (Arthur Byron of "Shadow of Doubt") that the Mummy was not eviscerated during the burial ceremony 3,700 thousand years ago. Muller hypothesizes that the intact viscera indicates that this ancient Egyptian priest called Imhotep (Boris Karloff of "Frankenstein") was punished for sacrilegious behavior. Indeed, we learn later Imhotep was buried alive because he sought to resurrect his illicit lover, the princess Ankh-es-en-amon (Zita Johann), daughter of the Pharaoh. Dr. Muller pleads with Sir Joseph to destroy the Scroll of Thoth because of the curse attached to it. When you consider that the Thoth Scroll contains language capable of raising the dead, Muller makes a convincing argument.While Sir Joseph and Dr. Muller discuss the scroll outside expedition headquarters, Sir Joseph's presumptuous assistant Ralph Norton (Bramwell Fletcher of "Random Harvest) cannot leave well enough alone and reads the Scroll. This act of reading it at a whisper resurrects Imhotep, the High Priest of the Temple of the Sun at Karnak, and the Mummy comes alive, appropriates the Scroll, and traipses out of the office undetected by either Sir Joseph or Dr. Muller. Unfortunately for Norton, he witnesses this supernatural act and chuckles insanely to himself in horror. Later, Norton goes stark, raving mad and dies in a strait-jacket. The expedition of 1921 concludes without discovering anything else, but eleven years later another expedition enters the tomb again and complete its work. This time Sir Joseph's son, Frank (David Manners of "Dracula") and Professor Pearson (Leonard Mudie of "Dark Victory") are about to abandon the excavation when Imhotep, now masquerading as Ardath Bey, provides them with exact location of Ankh-es-en-amon's tomb. Grateful as they are to Imhotep, Frank and Professor Mudie not only find the tomb but also give all the treasures to the Cairo Museum. At one point, Frank asks Imhotep why he didn't dig up the tomb, and Imhotep explains that he cannot legally exhume his ancestors.Meantime, Ardath Bey plots to resurrect the body of princess Ankh-es-en-amon when he learns about a half-Egyptian woman, Helen Grosvenor (Zita Johann), and realizes that she is a dead ringer for the late princess. Convinced that Helen is the reincarnation of Ankh-es-en-amon, he sets out to murder her, embalm her, and then resurrect her as his bride. Now, Frank and Dr. Muller struggle to save Helen from Ardath Bay, and the surprise of surprises is that their best efforts to save her amount to an exercise in futility. Incredibly enough, Helen, who knows her share of ancient Egyptian history, saves herself from Imhotep during the final ceremony when he plans to stab her to death with a sacred knife. Clearly, this Pre-Code horror epic shows the damsel-in-distress triumphing over evil with the help of her male lover and his assistant. Asmentioned earlier, "The Mummy" contains fewer than ten minutes of Karloff looking authentically wrapped up for the ages and then he walks off camera and all we see are the unraveled strips of bandages as he slips out the door while Norton laughs in lunacy at what he sees. Aside from these few precious moments, "The Mummy" has no mummy on the rampage as director Terence Fisher had in his 1959 remake with Christopher Lee or Stephen Sommers had in "The Mummy" (1999) with Brendan Fraser. Mind you, Karloff gives a sterling performance as the taciturn Ardath Bay, and he looks menacing in a series of extreme close-ups that are worthy of wall posters. Furthermore, Ardath Bey is a fragile looking individual who doesn't look like he could smash a cockroach with his fist. Nevertheless, he displays impressive power because he wears a powerful ring.Scenarist John L. Balderston, who penned the screenplay from a story by Nina Wilcox Putnam and Richard Schayer, simply appears to have revised his "Dracula" screenplay with a change of the title character and the setting. Just as "Dracula" concerned a supernatural character who wields his power to seduce an innocent female victim against her will, "The Mummy" does basically the same thing. Like Mina in "Dracula," Helen in "The Mummy" has a male lover who protects her as well as an older gentleman versed in the Occult arts as Professor Von Helsing was in "Dracula." Interestingly enough, not only does actor Edward Van Sloan reprise a similar role in "Dracula," but also debonair David Manners was cast as the boyfriend in "Dracula." Although it is scary in the least, strong performances, atmosphere galore, and splendid production values highlight this Universal Pictures chiller that was followed by "The Mummy's Hand," "The Mummy's Tomb," "The Mummy's Curse," and "The Mummy's Curse."