A Historical Movie Review of The Mummy.
Date Submitted: 09/13/2004 04:25:14
Category: / History / Ancient History
Length: 4 pages (1172 words)
Category: / History / Ancient History
Length: 4 pages (1172 words)
The movie 'The Mummy' was created, it seems, almost purely based on stereotypes sacrificing both historical accuracy and entertainment value. Set in ancient and 1920's Egypt, two time period that, no doubt, bring many vivid images to mind. However, the majority of those images are skewed in someway, and, unfortunately, in this film. Throughout the film the most basic historical facts on architecture, costume, characters, and technological innovations
were either skewed in some way or …
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