This movie poster for “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” caught my eye over at Quicktime.com. I saw Jet Li’s name attached to it and I instantly knew that the movie probably had something to do with the Qin Dynasty and the Terra Cotta Warriors. What a coincidence since Heather and I just visited the Terra Cotta Warriors exhibit at the Bowers Museum last weekend. The trailer looks pretty cool but of course the movie takes liberties with the historical account of the Qin emperor. If it wasn’t for the Qin storyline and Jet Li I’d probably wait to see it on video, but now I might actually see it in the theater.
I might have to go watch “Hero” again since it’s another Jet Li movie that deals with the Qin Dynasty.
The Bowers Museum invites you to see the real deal! The exhibition, “Terra Cotta Warriors: Guaridans of China’s First Emperor,” is the hottest ticket in town, drawing record-breaking crowds. On view at the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art in Santa Ana through October 12, 2008, the exhibition is a great prelude to the new Mummy film. Tickets are available at the museum box office, http://www.bowers.org, museumtix.com, or Ticketmaster.