No Time to Die Trailer, My Thoughts

Even the best of globe-trotting secret agents encounter a day when they have to put down the tuxedo, the guns, and the gadgetry. James Bond had encountered such a day, and he decided "Eh, I'm going to retire to Jamaica. Just seems...appropriate." But as the old trope goes, there will be a crisis so big that the retired agent will have to put on the tuxedo, pick up the guns and gadgets, and save the world one more time. James Bond is having one of those moments, too. Let's take a look at the trailer for the upcoming 25th James Bond movie, and Daniel Craig's 5th outing as the legendary MI6 agent: No Time to Die!

He just wanted to buy some milk. He just wanted to go on a nice relaxing drive and buy some freakin' milk.

James Bond seems so tired of this, ha ha!

Her secret was she was the one who keeps eating the last cookie in MI6's cafeteria. Not much of a secret, but there you go.

Kaboom!

"I need your help, man!" Yup, it's the old trope. Retired superagent has to go back to action one more time. I imagine that club is a jazz club or something like that. I can't see Bond hanging around a rave.

Ooh, Lashana Lynch is awesome.

Q's like, "Oh God, this guy's going to get my inventions wrecked again", ha ha!

Ooh, Dr. Madeline Swann from Spectre. This is really cool. I love they're bringing back a character from a previous movie. Even Bond is gobsmacked they're doing it!

Hey, Christoph Waltz is back, too! Awesome!

The spotlight is on you, Mr. Bond! Enjoy it!

Hey, Ana de Armas! I saw her in Knives Out! I imagine she and Daniel Craig must have been surprised to work together again. I hope they get some interplay in this movie, as I enjoyed their team-up in Knives Out.

James has got a point there, man. Look what happened to Jim Jones.

Lots of action stuff, standard for a Bond movie.

Well, I'm pretty excited! I'm a big fan of the James Bond movies, so I'm always excited to see a new one! I can't wait! It's awesome to see some callbacks to previous Craig Bond movies, and considering that this is believed to be Daniel Craig's final turn as James Bond, I get the idea that this is going to be a celebration of his run as Bond, as well as a bit of a passing of the torch. Can't wait for the future of the franchise!

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The Mummy Trailer, My Thoughts

Marvel's doing one, DC is doing one, and now the classic Universal Monsters are getting ready to make their big comeback in the 21st Century in the form of a shared film universe of their own. And it's going to start with a reboot of The Mummy. Here's the trailer!

The trailer starts with Tom Cruise and who I think is Annabelle Willis flying in an airplane with a bunch of Army guys. The camera focuses on Tom with flashes of a sarcophagus being lifted out of a tomb and loaded on the plane. We can get from this that this will be set in the modern day. This is just like in the original. The original Mummy film was set in the then-present of 1932 as well.

We also get some glimpses of the sarcophagus. Only something good could be in a sarcophagus that looks like that.

The plane goes through some turbulence, one Army guy is shaking, we hear something pounding against the plane. Tom Cruise makes a "huh?" face, close up on his eyes, he and Annabelle rushes to the cockpit. Tom utters "What the hell?" and then...

Birds. Lots of birds. Lots and lots of birds. Yup, somebody's going all Alfred Hitchcock on this plane! The birds fly into the cockpit, which means the controls will be covered in bird poop, Tom and Annabelle fly all over the fuselage, engines explode, panel flies out of plane, and goodbye Army guys! Tom puts a parachute on Annabelle and fires it, taking her to safety.

Plane goes down, complete with soundtrack of Tom Cruise screaming. We then cut to what looks like a morgue, with the bodies of what may be the people on the plane all in body bags. Tom wakes up and rips his way out of his body bag. Since this a film about a mummy, I think we can safely assume he has been cursed.

Shot of the wreckage and sarcophagus, and then we get a close up of what appears to be the Mummy herself and her golden eyes...that have irises that are splitting in two. You know, optical health care has really advanced in the last several thousand years, she could go get that looked at.

We also get an appearance of Russell Crowe who will be playing, get this, I am not kidding, Dr. Henry Jekyll. Yes, Henry Jekyll. Henry Jekyll of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde fame. And we get a good look at Sofia Boutella as the Mummy or as the trailer calls her, Princess Amanet. She looks really cool.

Based on what Jekyll is saying, it's pretty clear the princess is after something, and it's not just a chance to wreck London. But what is she after? Revenge? An artifact? Her favorite stuffed animal? I guess we'll have to watch the movie to find out.

I'll give this movie a look. Hopefully, it'll be good. I have to admit, the idea of a cinematic universe focusing on bringing back the classic Universal Monsters is pretty cool, and I hope it does well.