How is Brendan Frasier smart enough to jump on movies like School Ties and The Mummy series, and then manage to do shit like this, George of the Jungle and Monkeybone? Is his agent just trying to jerk him around, or what?

Am I seriously the only one who really enjoyed the Mummy movies? The first one was great, second one was pretty meh, and the third one was awesome thanks to Jet Li and the change of scenery. Yeah they're goofy, but its a good kind of goofy, and the action and writing are both solid. None of them ever reach the heights of something like a Raiders of the Lost Ark obviously (what movie can?) but they're still a ton of fun.

Also, Arnold Vosloo was absolutely epic as Imhotep.

Yes you do! Jet Li is so freaking awesome.

I had a ton of FUN watching Mega Piranhas! It was a terrible movie, but it was a very *self-aware* terrible movie that not only had awesomely ridiculous scenes (giant carnivorous fish eat a helicopter!) but clearly understood exactly what it was and who it was trying to appeal to. Doing a film like this as well as Mega Piranhas did is a whole art form in and of itself, if you ask me. A completely lowbrow and trashy art form to be sure, but damned if these guys didn't know exactly who their audience was, and just the right notes and tones to strike. It really was a brilliant piece of filmmaking, and one of the best times I've had watching a movie in a while. (And yes, I know you were just teasing when you mentioned this, but I had to elaborate anyway ).

The Mummy movies were definitely not a parody. There were MOMENTS of that, but on the whole they was created to be a straight-up adventure movie, and they succeeded pretty well at that I think (especially the first one.) Not the highest quality writing or acting, but the set pieces are great and the story never got boring. That counts for a lot in that sort of movie I think.