fiddleabout:duchessofhastings:THE MUMMY RETURNS (2001) | Rick O’Connell & Evelyn
fiddleabout:duchessofhastings:THE MUMMY RETURNS (2001) | Rick O’Connell & Evelyn Carnahan #cant believe how lucky we were to get this sequel re: evie and rick’s dynamic#i mean it’s just not that often you get to pick up AFTER the ‘ride off into the literal sunset’ kiss and have it be a consistent romance#i mean actually *consistent*#like the romo component of the action film is always ‘aww they kiss just before the credits aaaaaand fade out - sequel is a new world’#in that they usually just prioritise what happens next with ‘the lead’ and offload almost any other characters#(either to keep it fresh and new or else to save money lol)#which means theres this inbuilt narrative trend now: romance is only ever a New Thing - and hardly ever an Ongoing Thing#and when they DO get both parties for the sequel sadly because so many american writers subscribe to ‘story = conflict’#they incorrectly assume ‘oh so they hate each other now or there’s no story’#which: no????? that’s not a thing???? or even what that maxim means??#like TMR has absolutely no element of ‘will they/won’t they’ or tension between them to resolve into harmony via plot#and yet their dynamic is still engaging! will they/won’t they? they patently DO. as often as possible. on any available surface.#the ‘will they’ is ‘will one of them die’/‘will they save their kid and or the world’ which is MORE than enough narrative lads!#meanwhile they can be affectionately arguing about tools/affectionately throwing each other around/kicking bad guys/making out#what was that post like primary media = kind and loyal person / sequel media = worst parent ever obviously#TMR just dodges that bullet! so emphatically!#and it’s not about 2 perfect people who have no flaws and are therefore boring: they do have disagreements and they do make stupid decisions#but like as part of a functioning tight-knit unit#they really said imhotep and anhcksunamum have the forbidden love of all time and would burn the world just to be together - but like#do they uhhhhh even like each other?#because evie and rick in this movie know each other’s archaeological tool preferences and turns out that’s the cornerstone of sequel couples -- source link
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