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> The problem was, we were sitting too close to the screen. (It was a very crowded theater). And this movie (it was "The Mummy Returns"---sigh, I know, I know...) has a *lot* of action in it. Jackal things running this way, mounted magi running the other way, mummies popping out all over the place, with lots of quick cuts from one scene to another, often in close up... well, about ten minutes of that and I'd had it. I spent probably about a third to a half of the movie looking everywhere else but at the screen, trying to override waves of nausea...
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> Yes, I know I'm a wimp, and don't ask me to go on any roller coaster ride with you either, 'cause we'll both be sorry.
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> What I did see of the film was about what you'd expect, a tiny thin plot as an excuse for zowie special effects, which in its own way is not a bad outting as long as you sit far enough back. If anyone else has seen it, (and although I'm not going into detail, I guess consider this a *spoiler notice* of sorts) did you think...
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> 1) ..that you'd actually be required to recall who these people were from the first movie? I thought that was demanding too much of me for a mindless action/fx flick.
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> 2)...that certain parts reminded you of the Peter Pan ride at Disneyland?
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> 3)...that the head magi gave the "live long and prosper" sign to his troops?
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> 4)...that the "ship silhouetted against the moon" scene was slapping you in the face with an "E.T." (wink wink) reference? Did the jackal army remind you of the droids army in "2nd Episode'? Were there a million other insider references I missed because I only go to the movies twice a year?
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> koala"cut! that's a print!"mom
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Gee ... I really liked the Mummy Returns (mainly because Brendan Fraser was in it *sigh* I lllllooooovvvvvveeeee Brendan Fraser - hmmmmm all those rippling muscles :-) and those facial expressions!) but, I doooo tend to like the "over the top" action type movies anyway.

R(I did notice the ET scene though - but I though that was more of an attempt at humour or something - cause I laughed at that bit)oach