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"The Rock" was only in it for 5 minutes I think. During the end they use computer graphics instead of the real person. We all laughed at how bad the computer graphics were. I guess since the movie is banking on the popularity of "The Rock" they wanted to make his CGI just as fake as the WWF itself!

I can't believe that they're making a movie called "Scorpion King" based soley on "The Rock"'s character. What wrestling star would name himself after a Nicolas Cage/Sean Connery movie anyway?

As far as the rest of the movie went, I kept thinking of other movies each time I saw an effect:
Wall of water: The Ten Commandments
Creatures scampering along walls: Alien III
Evil monkey creatures (Fetishes): The Wizard of Oz
Scorpion King: Sinbad
Endless army of drones (Anubis Warriors): Star Wars EP1
(et. al.)
It was almost as if they were paying tribute to all of the great movie effects of the past. I will say that many, if not all of then were done much better than the original. Even Lucas' "masterpiece" of EP1 pailed by comparison... and that was done only a couple of years ago.

Overall, I'd have to say that if you want to enjoy this movie you must go into it with the "willing suspension of disbelief"... Eye candy. Even then some of the scenes are just too far "out there". It's just too hard to believe that a mere mortal can jump 20 feet off the top of a moving drawbridge and make it to the other side in a single leap... even for a movie. As a matter of fact, I had to keep saying that to myself: "It's a movie. They are allowed to do things like that."

I did enjoy this one but I repeat. This one is eye candy.
I give this one **1/2... but if you love movies with gratuitous explosions and special effects then I'd give it ***.

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When you saw the little pigmy things in the forest near the end of the movie, did anyone think of "Gremlins"?

One review I read before seeing the movie mentioned that there were elements of these movies in there. If I hadn't read that review, I would probably have still thought of E.T. during the hot-air balloon scenes, but probably would not have thought of "Gremlins" during the forest fight scene near the end of the movie.

Randy, you're right about the "suspension of disbelief". In one scene, someone jumped from a second-story window and was unhurt. Nobody ever seems to get broken bones jumping from second story windows or roofs in movies.

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Anyhow, as far as movies go, this one BLOWS. I feel it will be successful enough to claim the $100mil mark w/in the 2nd week, but 3rd week should see a FAST dropoff. There will be no long standing second wind for this one as there was for the first... IMO...

Damn if I'd see it twice... and damn if I'd tell people to go see it...

Joe: You're right.. it would have looked like an oscar winner beside Freddy.. what a waste of film... Canadians should be insulted that Tom Green represents them... ..

Well, we are, I guess, though I can't say as he's very popular here, in fact I've never seen any of his stuff (filed away in the "If we don't pay attention, he'll go away" file.)

More alarming is the contribution he and his supposed new wife Drew Barrymore would make to the gene pool if they had kids. There'd
be some BRAINPOWER for you. What kind of math is involved Evans? If you bred two "half-wits", would that give us a "quarter-wit"???? I weep for the future!

And besides, we've shipped Mr. Green off to the 'States with all our other famous folk. Though I have a feeling his star is fading fast.......

Just think of the field day that the South Park movie could have had with this with their "Blame Canada" stuff.

To keep from wandering off topic too much, more about "The Mummy Returns":

I was really surprised when I heard that it beat the record set by Star Wars Episode I and find it difficult to believe. People were camping out to get tickets to SW E1 and crowd sizes were huge. The Mummy Returns did generate large crowds but nothing compared to what Episode I generated in my area. I think ticket prices being higher is what makes movies keep breaking records. If records were based on how many tickets were sold, they'd be more accurate. The Mummy Returns seemed to generate much larger crowds for the 9:00ish showings in my area, but I'd be willing to bet that the crowds will quickly diminish to the point that next weekend, things will be back to normal unless another huge movie comes out. SW E1 drew large crowds for several weeks.

About the breeding of "half-wits", there is a lot involved. It depends on which genes the child gets. It is possible to get an intelligent person out of half-wits, but it isn't as likely as with two intelligent parents.

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I kept from making negative comments before the movie opened, but now that it has made it's money I must now state that "The Mummy Returns" was CRAP! I would go into further detail, but that would require me thinking about the film and that is something I want to forget.