I wanted to like this movie a lot. I went into the movie knowing it was supposed to be one of the Universal Classics, right alongside with the 1931 Frankenstein. I especially expected the acting from Boris Karloff to be more present and deeply involved with his character. Unfortunately, for me at least, the movie delivered on neither of these things. The plot seemed like it would be easy to follow and at some times it was, however there were many times throughout the movie that I'd have to rewind and rewatch to understand what was occurring. The powers of the mummy were pretty vague as well, it seemed like he could just choose whatever abilities he wanted and then he could just magically do it. Boris Karloff may not have delivered with the majority of his role in this movie yet there was one thing he did extremely well. He definitely played an extremely believable creepy and eerie historian. The movie seemed like it was just replaying the same few problems over and over again, there was no real plot line except for that they had to keep the scroll hidden and safe. All around it wasn't my favorite movie, but there were enough scenes that I can't say I hated it. It's still worth the watch if you enjoy the 30's monster movies, Many DO regard it as a classic.
Review of The Mummy
