Glo's Garden: June 2017

Saturday, June 10, 2017

"THE MUMMY": A Review

I love the movies. All kinds of movies. I am not too crazy about horror movies, but I have seen some I can honestly appreciate. I will say I am drawn to Chick Flicks and am very happily married to a guy who likes them too. We also love the action movies, especially the ones with the over the hill actors. There are some movies that I say, "Why did I watch that all the way through". Today I will say I had that experience.

We have a theater which has morning matinees for $5. We headed out and had an extremely mediocre breakfast from Hardees. The Biscuit on the bacon, egg, and cheese was very over cooked. The bread on the Frisco sandwich was not toasted so it led to a very doughy experience.

We arrived at the theater just as the previews began. I will say there are quite a few very interesting movies coming out. One was "Meagan Leavey". This is not a movie we will be seeing. I could hardly sit through the preview. We are animal lovers and have a son who is ex military. My heart was in my throat and I could hear my hunny sniffing. I will definitely tell my Daughter not to see it. The old Lassie movies bring her floods of tears.

Wonder Woman finally lit up the screen. It was a movie which leaves you with a good feeling. It is not a movie you would need to see on the big screen to get the full effect (Guardians of the Galaxy 1 & 2 are). When we left theater we had to walk down the corridor, to the exit on the far side of the show. We noticed that at 12:30 "The Mummy" was showing. I looked at hunny and he looked at me, we decided it would be a two feature day. We had only missed the previews before the show.

This show made me wonder why I wasted 2 hours of my life to watch it. Cruise and the girl (I don't know the actress's name) Not only didn't exhibit chemistry, but they acted very poorly, IMO. To me it was stilted, like they were reading from a teleprompter. Then along came Russel Crowe...whoops, where did he learn to act. This definitely was not his perfect genre.

The story line is nothing but knockoffs of the Brendan Frazier Mummy movies. The first theft was with the Character "Beni". The new Schlemiel was a Schlemiel in his representation of the person (I can't even remember the name of him). There was too much "plagiarism" to list. The movie was a very immature copy of it's predecessor.

All the Brendan Frazier's Mummy movies did not steal my heart. The first Mummy did, it is the only movie I've ever paid to see twice. I also purchased the DVD's of the movie.

If you have not watched the three movies please treat yourself to renting them (If you can find a rental place). Or To purchasing them, they have been out long enough they should be in the cheap section.

This is an excerpt about Brendan's Mummy from Rotten Tomatoes who gave it a 75% audience rating:

Loosely adapted from the classic 1932 horror film starring Boris Karloff, The Mummy is set in Egypt, where over 3,000 years ago the high priest Imhotep (played by Arnold Vosloo) was given the all-important assignment of preparing the recently dead for their journey into the afterlife. However, Imhotep made one terrible mistake - he became smitten with Anck-Su-Namun, the mistress of the Pharaoh himself. Driven mad by jealousy and love, Imhotep murdered the Pharaoh, and his punishment was to be buried alive and suffer the torment of an eternal life in his wretched tomb. In 1925, a band of adventurers seeking fame and fortune - led by Rick O'Connel (Brendan Fraser), an American expatriate who has joined the foreign legion, and Evelyn Carnarvon (Rachel Weisz), an amateur archeologist - find a previously unknown burial site in Egypt. The team starts to dig, hoping to find lost riches, but instead they disturb the tomb of Imhotep, and soon the cursed priest rises from his grave to wreck vengeance on humanity. The Mummy was written and directed by Stephen Sommers, whose previous cinematic journeys into the past include The Jungle Book and The Adventures Of Huck Finn. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Rating:

PG-13 (for pervasive adventure violence and some partial nudity)
Genre:

Action & Adventure, Horror, Mystery & Suspense
Directed By:

Stephen Sommers
Written By:

Stephen Sommers
In Theaters:

Jun 1, 1999 Wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Sep 28, 1999
Runtime:

125 minutes
Studio:

Universal Pictures

In news the TV reviews said it was a summer sleeper. At the time we couldn't figure why people weren't swarming the theaters. The last time we re watched the "The Mummy". I remember thinking how the special effects did not seem hokey (because of the advances in new technology, the older movies sometimes seem Hokey).

I just went and looked and Half.com has the 3 disk set for $.75 plus shipping.

I wish we hadn't stayed for the second feature. We felt cheated and wanted to ask for our money back and be paid for the two hours time. The ten dollars could have bought me a DVD of a movie I thoroughly enjoyed.

Other blog sites by me:

http://pitbulladog.blogspot.com/

Chronicling our adventures with a dumped Pit Bull Pup

who has become a hidden treasure.

http://gloriouscreations.blogspot.com

A blog mostly about quilting,
cooking, poetry, prose and a little gardening,
Tutorial on how to make 5 panel Boxer Shorts.
Check out "A MYSTERY IN THE MAKING"
A mystery quilt designed with the novice in mind.

http://gloriouscreations.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-mystery-in-making.html

http://organicinstlouis.blogspot.com

blogs about the wildflowers on our farm

Organic methods we use, some cooking and some poetry,

blogs about Seed sprouting, insects, and garden pictures

http://bakingatbabas.blogspot.com/

an intro to baking for kids.

All recipes, pictures, and writings are my own.

I give credit for items which belong to other people in my blogs .

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Saturday, June 3, 2017

WONDER WOMAN

"OUR WONDER WOMAN"

There have been numerous women in my life who could fill the shoes of "Wonder Woman". They didn't need Arm bands or shields.

They had the strength of their convictions. Compassion in their souls. They knew what the right thing was and did it.

They were born in times of stress. They had to work hard for what they wanted, nothing was given to them.

The first one I met when I was only a baby. I didn't realize till I was a woman myself that she was this amazing woman. She was my mom. She organized a household for six children, Making sure they were given the opportunities to grow and become all they could be. Of course this was in the age of Ozzie and Harriet and that was what a "woman" was supposed to do. To sum up my growing up I never missed a day when I didn't sit at the breakfast table.

Along came My Great Aunt Flora. I don't remember if I met her when I was younger but I do remember when I was ten or so, going to her home. On this trip we visited her store. Yes, "Her" store. She owned a hardware store. To me it was gigantic. I don't know if it was or if it was just a little neighborhood store. She owned and ran it. She talked about all the tools (talked to me as if I was an adult). It was like she thought I understood what she was saying.

We returned to her home. She had a small hobby farm with chickens and a big garden. She had the most marvelous tractor parked in her garage. It was a Cub Cadet. Its name fascinated me and the fact she drove it and mowed her lawn with it, I stood there filled with awe.

From that big garden she served us lunch. She had canned green beans before we arrived. I remember thinking, how did she learn to do everything.

She was born in the age of "Flappers". There was a great pix of her in her favorite outfit on her dresser. I stared at it wondering what wonderful parties she had been to wearing it.

She had survived the great depression running her hardware store.

Years went by filled with several women whom I would call wonder women. Women who dedicated their lives to their families and making time for others. One of these women was Louise Goldman. She was woman of the year in St. Louis. We met her through teaching her Children in Religious School. She was one of the most unselfish people I have ever met.

Then there came a small little Lady who didn't know when she was born because she had been an orphan. Her sister had told her she was 16 so she could marry her off and inherit the family's belongings. This was in 1889. I met her when she was about 80. Our Children were four and five years old. I saw her goats out in the field and drove up the drive to find out who owned them (We owned a herd of goats).

We were met at the gate by a lady with a 22 rifle, Octagon barrel. Telling us to get back down the road. I explained I only was wondering whose Goats those were. It's a long story, which I need to write down. This woman became an adopted grandmother to our kids. Helping us to teach them the meaning of unconditional love. Our Granddaughter carries her name.

Today is our Daughter's Birthday. She joins my list of Wonder Women. She began her career as a kennel cleaner, working forty hours a week at the age of fourteen. She was in the Corporate world for 20 years and now she is working as an event planner. She did this without a Bachelors degree in anything. She worked while having two wonderful children.

Our Birthday wish for our Daughter is: That she too, has "Wonder Women" in her life.