The Mummy is one of my all-time favorite movies. The cast and the character dynamics are perfect. I am so glad you touched on this fantastic character. One of the reasons I love Evie (and the movie) so much is because of how it subverts expectations for both adventure films and how people usually go about "correcting" adventure films.
Evie is a klutz, and a spinster, and a bookworm. She does not fit into the adventure scene. I enjoyed how you talked about her consistent habit of making messes and having to clean them up! I didn't realize there was a pattern until you pointed it out.
What I love about Evie is that, unlike many female heroines in action movies, she doesn't save the day by suddenly leaning toward skills or traits that would especially have been considered masculine back in her time period. She never shoots a gun or engages in a fistfight--it would be out of character for her, personality wise, and she has no realistic training for it as implied by the backstory. She is still equally brave, smart, and rash, with strengths and flaws, as the other members of the crew. She saves the day using what the movie's beginning established she excels in: her knowledge of Egyptian history and language. The movie highlights her strengths instead of framing her as weak for not having the same skill set as the men.
One of my all time favorite films! Not only because it’s my favorite role of Brendan Fraser. But, I can relate to Evie in so many ways (always with a book in hand, awkward, clumsy, crazy about history). Funny you posted this now, I literally just watched this again a few days ago.
The Mummy is one of my all-time favorite movies. The cast and the character dynamics are perfect. I am so glad you touched on this fantastic character. One of the reasons I love Evie (and the movie) so much is because of how it subverts expectations for both adventure films and how people usually go about "correcting" adventure films.
Evie is a klutz, and a spinster, and a bookworm. She does not fit into the adventure scene. I enjoyed how you talked about her consistent habit of making messes and having to clean them up! I didn't realize there was a pattern until you pointed it out.
What I love about Evie is that, unlike many female heroines in action movies, she doesn't save the day by suddenly leaning toward skills or traits that would especially have been considered masculine back in her time period. She never shoots a gun or engages in a fistfight--it would be out of character for her, personality wise, and she has no realistic training for it as implied by the backstory. She is still equally brave, smart, and rash, with strengths and flaws, as the other members of the crew. She saves the day using what the movie's beginning established she excels in: her knowledge of Egyptian history and language. The movie highlights her strengths instead of framing her as weak for not having the same skill set as the men.
Exactly!
One of my all time favorite films! Not only because it’s my favorite role of Brendan Fraser. But, I can relate to Evie in so many ways (always with a book in hand, awkward, clumsy, crazy about history). Funny you posted this now, I literally just watched this again a few days ago.
I can see why you’d relate to her.