Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780425179260
ISBN number: 0425179265
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 290
Printing Date: April 01, 2001
Publishing house: Berkley
Release Date: April 10, 2001
Sale Popularity Level: 801980
Studio: Berkley
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Adventure never dies-in Universal Studio's summer blockbuster sequel to the surprise smash-hit, The Mummy. Novelization by a Shamus Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author.
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My friend and I have watched the movie a zillion times, and have memorized almost every line. We wanted to read this book because of our love for the movie. This book was the WORST book based on a movie I've ever read! The dialogue was awful, and so were the character portrayals! Evie is portrayed as a racist snob commenting on Ardeth's people ("Yes, such amusing notions these primitives have."). Rick is portrayed as a stupid smart-aleck welcoming Izzy ("Izzy! Is you is or is you ain't my baby!"). Alex is portrayed as a whining baby saying to Lock-nah ("I'll just pee in my pants, and I'll tell your boss lady you wouldn't let me go to the bathroom..."). Meela/Anck-su-namun is portrayed as a smart, upbeat woman saying to Jonathan ("You see, I have a photographic memory..."). Jonathan is portrayed as a wise-cracking idiot replying to Meela ("That's a coincidence. I have a pornographic memory, myself."). Imhotep is portrayed as a weak, sympathetic man when he is barely able to lift Alex up, and then wags a finger at him, scolding him ("Naughty, naughty."). Also, some of the dialogue was not set in the right time period (1934). For example, Alex says that his visions are "better than a ViewMaster," and Jonathan says that a picture looks like a "surveillance photograph." I was VERY offended at how this book was written! If you LOVE the movie, DON'T buy this book!
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The Mummy Returns is easily one of the best movies I have ever seen. I find it fresh, original, emotional, and suspensful, and reading the novel is just as gripping as watching the movie.
I found the very first movie to be very cliched, with Evelyn as a clumsy damsel in distress. In the Mummy Returns, her character undergoes a considerable and very welcome improvement: Evelyn is now as strong as rick, and she even saves the day herself a couple of times. This book is differant from the movie, and that involves the methods of worshiping the scorpian King, but the story still wraps up satisfying
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So, The Mummy was great. The Mummy Returns was awesome. Now, the book, The Mummy Returns is Excellant! If you want entertainment, read this book. If you loved the movie, read this book. If you want a book that'll keep you intrested to the very end, and then it'll make you want to read it again, this is THE book. Even if you've seen the movie, you still should read this. If you haven't seen the movie, then read the book and then see the movie. Or see the movie and read the book, it dosen't matter...It's still worth your while. The only thing is that it's ALMOST identical to the movie, except a few situations. And when reading, they make the Scopian King sound much better than what he looks like in the movie. Which he looks like a giant... crab! But all 'round this is not just another book, to add on your list. It's a GREAT book that will satisfy your entertaining needs. A must for mummy fans around the world, all ages!(that can read, or you'll have to read it to them!)
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"Death is just the beginning."
~Imhotep
Max Allan Collins does an excellent job in this movie novelization of 'The Mummy Returns'. He manges to bring the excitement and adventure from the movie to the pages of his book. Max Allan Collins has a lot of description here and you can picture each scene so vividly in your mind, it's almost like watching the movie again! 'The Mummy Returns' is filled with the same wondeful wit and humour in the very first novel, Evie is my favorite. She cracks me up! One little thing that I have to throw in, I think that people love 'The Mummy' series so much because it's really original and funny and takes place in very exotic places, places that most of us only dream about going to. I suggest reading the novelization after you see the movie (which makes sense). It's an awesome action adventure movie and not to be missed!
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I've always been a huge book-fan; and let's face it, if you fall in love with a movie while it's still in theaters, you're going to go fairly crazy waiting for it to be released on video once it *leaves* the theaters so that you can finally see it again (only 24 more days until "The Mummy Returns" will FINALLY be available to own and watch again and again)----so anytime I fall in love with a movie, one of my very first steps is to go racing out to get the novelization.
And, to be honest, most of them really disappoint me. "Galaxy Quest" was a simplistic version of the script put into the past tense, as near as I can tell; "X-men" failed to impress me as anything special. "Dungeons & Dragons" was descriptive, but it treated the characters _so_ vastly differently than the movie that it hardly seemed to be telling the same story.
So was I pleasantly surprised by the excellence of the novel of "The Mummy Returns". I absolutely love it. It is descriptive, action-packed, humorous, and fills in some gaps and scenes that the movie either cut or didn't bother with; it filled us in on some loopholes (ie, that mysterious train track in the middle of the desert wasn't far off the base at all). I didn't find it repetitive in the least, nor did I think the character portrayals were off, either. I think it was simply a matter of how Collins interpreted the characters (because, let's face it, they come off differently to everyone); I think he saw O'Connell as a bit more rugged than others do. But I didn't find his portrayal out of sync in the least. That bit of cynicism that Rick has was still there, off-balanced by his good humor. Evy was quite different from how she was in the very first one----but the *movie* makes her quite different to begin with! The characters have changed in ten years (what people don't?), and the movie reflects that.
Attention is given to all the characters (I especially like hearing about my two favorites, Jonathan and Ardeth Bay), and the book is over-all well written. If you love "The Mummy Returns" as much as I do, I highly recommend this book. It's not a flaky read----it's a *quick* read if you want it to be, but not a flaky one. This book is actually trying to say something about friendship and the strength of love----if you give it a chance and keep your eyes open, it might actually touch you. Give it a whirl. You won't regret it.
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