Why Do We Still Love the Brendan Fraser/Rachel Weisz Mummy So Much?

Man, 1999 was quite a year at the movies. Not only was it a time when people still went to the movies with a regularity that theater owners would kill for today, but the array of classics to emerge from that particular year remains quite impressive today: The Matrix, The Sixth Sense, Fight Club, Magnolia, The Blair Witch Project, and Election are among 1999’s best… It was even the year Star Wars came back! But perhaps the most beloved film of all from 1999 is writer-director Stephen Sommers’ The Mummy, a picture that remains a consistent fan favorite today. What is it about the Brendan Fraser/Rachel Weisz action-comedy romp that’s so appealing? And why hasn’t it lost any of that appeal despite being the type of movie that Hollywood kind of doesn’t make anymore? Well, perhaps the answer lies within the question itself – Hollywood really doesn’t make movies like The Mummy anymore, and a lot of us sure do miss them. But let’s back up a bit. The Mummy is kind of a remake of the 1932 Universal Monsters classic of the same name in so far as the basic plot: In ancient Egypt, the priest Imhotep’s lover dies, and so he attempts to use magic to resurrect her. But he’s captured before he can,

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