Brendan Fraser (Fray-Zir) is no Harrison Ford.
This movie is akin to ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ in the same sense that ten dollars is akin to ten thousand dollars. Sure, they’re both worth SOMETHING…they both have value, it’d be nice to have both of them, and so forth. But there are VERY few people that would rather have the ten. Not that they wouldn’t WANT it…but it would seem paltry in comparison.
This is a poor (hu)man’s ‘Raiders’. Less intelligent, less well-acted, less well-written, less funny, less romantic, less…everything. The cliches aren’t intended and if you’re looking for any sort of meaning or message, you’ll be looking the entire movie. It’s escapist fantasy, nothing more.
Now, given all of that, why do I still think it’s a pretty good movie?
Everyone enjoys escapist fantasy now and again…and it does the job for just over two hours. That it’s not ‘Raiders’ isn’t so much an insult to THIS movie, but an homage to THAT movie…’Raiders of the Lost Ark’ is a GREAT movie, and so this, despite lacking in every category by comparison, is a GOOD movie. Pretty good, at least.
Inspirational Quote: “Someday I might…”
IQ2: “*I*…am a *Li-BRARIAN.*”
Grade: B
7/19/12: “Shut up you silly *deleted* it’s only a bit of fun” – Mr. Brian Equator Grade: B+
6/22/13: The benefits of character research. Grade: B