Is The Mummy (1999) The Perfect Adventure Movie? - Nostalgia Check
5/9/20261 hr 6 min
HAPPY MUMMY'S DAY!!
This week on Nostalgia Check presented by BJ in the Morning, we revisit the 1999 action-adventure classic The Mummy starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz and Arnold Vosloo.
From cursed tombs and flesh-eating scarabs to one-liners and chaotic CGI, we break down why this movie became such a massive favorite for an entire generation. Does it still hold up after all these years? Is Rick O’Connell one of the greatest action heroes ever? And just how many people definitely should NOT have opened that book?
We recap the movie, talk favorite scenes, roast the questionable visual effects, and decide if The Mummy passes the Nostalgia Check.
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First 90 secondsJuan· Host0:00
On this week's episode of BJ in the Morning, we're gonna play in some sand with The Mummy. Let's go? [upbeat rock music] Welcome back to BJ in the Morning, your favorite dirty name pod- pod- podcast where we put our nostalgia to the test with re-watches, first time watches, and we're gonna see what holds up.
Brendan· Host0:27
You did pretty good.
Juan· Host0:29
My name's Juan.
Brendan· Host0:29
I'm Brendan.
Juan· Host0:30
And- You did pretty good ... thanks, dude.
Brendan· Host0:33
You did pretty good.
Juan· Host0:33
I only looked at the notes one time.
Brendan· Host0:36
One [laughs] and then you realized it- Ahem ... during the theme song.
Juan· Host0:39
Yeah, so I- 'Cause you were like, "Oh, shoot" ... looked at the notes one time. Uh, I tripped up a little bit. It's okay.
Brendan· Host0:44
It's okay. It's okay. It's okay.
Juan· Host0:45
It's okay.
Brendan· Host0:45
It's okay. You know who's gonna let us know? Music Lopez- Yeah ... in the comments.
Juan· Host0:50
Yeah, if he- Shout, shout out ... if they liked it or not. [laughs] Um, yeah.
Brendan· Host0:54
Juan, this, this... We're in 1999 territory right now.
Juan· Host0:58
This is crazy.
Brendan· Host0:59
Last week we spun the wheel. We, we got 1999.
Juan· Host1:04
The amount of bangers that came out in 1999- Too many.
Brendan· Host1:08
Too many ...
Juan· Host1:08
it was too many.
Brendan· Host1:09
Cut to a clip. I'm not gonna do that. I'm not...
Juan· Host1:12
[laughs] But- But we're in 1999 ... we choose- Yeah ... the, The Mummy.
Brendan· Host1:17
The Mummy.
Juan· Host1:18
Um, it was a movie, it was a easy pick for us because it was a movie that I wanted to watch- Mm-hmm ... or re-watch- Mm-hmm ... uh, recently.
Brendan· Host1:27
Yeah I saw it on HBO Max, and I