We feel a quick need to post just because it's getting so thoroughly panned. "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" is not that bad a movie for what it is! In fact, we enjoyed it more than the second Mummy movie (Anubis warriors notwithstanding; this one has some pretty nifty-looking yetis). Rolo said he liked it more than "Indiana Jones and the Ponderously Mystical Father-Son Rapprochement Parable."

Look, it's a "Mummy" movie. There are not amazing martial arts fights, even between Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh, which I suspect (not having read reviews) is part of what got people all upset about it. There are cringe-inducing dialogue bits ("we mustn't let Alex drift too far away from us"). But there's also a lively sense of humor behind it all, a recognition that this whole premise is goofy, and the feeling that the filmmakers had some fun with it when they could (look in the background of some of the scenes between the fighting undead armies). Catch a matinee, toss back some popcorn, and relax. It's fun.