The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

If my years on this planet have taught me one thing, it is that the secret to true happiness is properly managing your expectations. I had high expectations of the new Batman movie, and that paid off. I had somewhat lower expectations of the new Mummy movie (and I guess that the next Hellboy release fits somewhere between these two, expectation wise).

Anyhoo, I think  was just about right. The first Mummy was a great film. This one grates a bit, but is generally OK. There are some nice lines and reasonable set pieces, and it is quite relaxing to go and see a film where you can predict the happy ending after around fifteen minutes into the picture. Trust me, Batman is not like that. I got the impression that this one was done a bit on the cheap, but perhaps the lush visuals of the Dark Knight have spoiled me a bit in this respect.

There is talk at the moment about plans to stop serving popcorn in movie theatres as it makes a bit of a mess and is thought to be somewhat downmarket in these sophisticated times. That would be a pity, as it is the perfect thing to eat during films like this.

Comments

[Applicant 083687013]

Excuse me sir, I have a question:

I got my results today (as you'd expect) and for various reasons I didn't do quite as well as I was hoping. I have been accepted onto the Computer Science avec Games developement (with foundation year) but was hoping to get into the 3 year Bsc course but didn't quite meet the requirements.

I was just wondering if there was any lieniency with regard to this; is there any way of appealing this decsision or not?

Thanks for your time.

[Rob]

Hi. I've passed your question over to our admissions team, but generally I'm afraid that these kinds of decisions are not open to negotiation unless there are some facts of which we are not aware.

[Applicant 083687013]

Thanks a lot for the help! I suppose it's just another year anyway ;)
I just wish I'd decided on a future career before I went and picked Design and Technology as an A-Level :(

Thanks again.

[JDog]

I'm with you on that one Applicant, Design and Technology as an A-Level was a glorified waste of time. Where did you study ?