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Karl Knisley · Posted: Thu 27 Oct, 2011 4:55 pm Post subject: The Three Musketeers

Hello
I saw the new,Three Musketeers,movie today.I realy liked it. It was "allmost" as good as the, Richard Lester,version.But in a different way.I kinda like steam punk stuff.I`d like to see more like it. Any thoughts?

Bryan W. · Posted: Thu 27 Oct, 2011 5:57 pm Post subject:

Good to hear someone liked it. Haven't seen it yet myself but it got horrible reviews from what I saw.

Craig Peters · Posted: Thu 27 Oct, 2011 9:07 pm Post subject:

I haven't seen it, but considering that some critics have noted that it's even poor by the standards of director Paul W.S. Anderson's other films, and that the plot is supposed to be riddled with holes and incoherencies, I'm not too optimistic about it.

Marko Susimetsa · Posted: Thu 27 Oct, 2011 9:08 pm Post subject:

Going to see it this weekend. It has been in the theatres for barely a week here and already one of them stopped showing it. Not a good indication of quality...

G K Vaughn · Posted: Thu 27 Oct, 2011 11:34 pm Post subject:

It wasn't a great movie, but there was a lot for sword fans to enjoy - the fight choreography is well-done (if not particularly realistic): there's none of that "close-up & fast cuts" nonsense that makes it impossible to tell what's going on that a lot of action movies go for these days. Plus Porthos carries a rather nice schiavona.

The script is rather dire, though. It's pretty clear that all the filmmakers cared about was excuses for fight scenes, eye-candy and putting Milla Jovovich in tight-fitting outfits.

Benjamin Floyd II · Posted: Fri 28 Oct, 2011 9:06 am Post subject:

Yeah... like the preview where a woman spins in the air with the rapier held backwards and presumably cuts with it that way (after the clip stopped). WTF?!

Moses Jones · Posted: Fri 28 Oct, 2011 11:06 am Post subject:

It was a lot of fun, It was not a great movie nor was it a work of art, but my son and I had a really good time watching it.

Karl Knisley · Posted: Fri 28 Oct, 2011 11:15 am Post subject:

Hello
Whats wrong with, Milla Jovovich,in tight outfits???:-) Dont go see a movie,based on what reviews you read.The critics hated ,"The 13th Warrior",and that was one of my favorite movies ever.

Jean Thibodeau · Posted: Fri 28 Oct, 2011 11:18 am Post subject:

Coming out of the theatre and thinking about the film later I was surprised how much some of the main characters where just " non-entities " and didn't impress me much ( Can't help replaying in my mind the Shania Twain song ).

Or rather the fact that some of the main characters left me cold but others where interesting as they " chewed the scenery ".

D' Artagnan who is usually in 3 musketeers films the main character has no presence in the story i.e. as if Indiana Jones was uninteresting in an Indiana Jones movie ? Very odd.

Constance is usually an important character but here she just banters a bit with D'Artagan and there are really no sparks.

Mila Jovovich is wicked fun as lady the Winter.

Christophe Waltz is menacing as Cardinal Richelieu.

I could go through all the rest of the cast but lets just say that Louis the XIII is a foppish hoot, the 3 musketeers are also mildly amusing etc .....

Now, all of the above should normally mean that I really didn't like the film, but strangely enough it was good mindless fun with the almost steam punk anachronistic technology.

The visuals are superb eye candy, the costuming is both at times period accurate(ish) and at times leathers that would work better in a biker bar or a fetish club than in the early 17th century. ( One could almost expect to see zippers and wrist watches. Eek!

).

Some of the armour also looks consistent with the period generally, excepting some of the main characters more impossible for the period gear !

Lots of very nice looking wheelock pistols. Big Grin

The story has very big plot changes i.e. Happy endings not consistent with the classic story.

Oh, if one abandons all hope of it being historical and views it as happening in a Parallel Universe it actually can be a fun movie.

Bottom line I had fun watching it, it's only later while thinking about it that all the contradictions between the main character being bland and the secondary characters being interesting sort of struck me. Wink

Anders Backlund · Posted: Fri 28 Oct, 2011 12:44 pm Post subject:

I plan on seeing it. I heard to wasn't great but fun enough to watch if you're not going in there with too high expectations.

Daniel Wallace · Posted: Fri 28 Oct, 2011 1:58 pm Post subject:

the new Three Musketeers, i'm waiting for it on netflix. i liked the sword play in the older movie versions more than what i even saw in the trailers. but if it's got damsels and cool swords i'll probably like it. i'm not going to knock directors for not keeping to making it more period accurate their looking to make something fun and enjoyable for everyone.

and yes i must second the 13th warrior, i know it was just another dirty dozen style movie but it's by far one of my favorites i especially like the idea of how the arab was shown to have learned the northmen's language through those transitional scenes.

Lin Robinson · Posted: Fri 28 Oct, 2011 2:21 pm Post subject:

Colt Reeves · Posted: Fri 28 Oct, 2011 2:37 pm Post subject:

"...the historical Musketeers, not the version sailing around on airships in the new film, which, as far as I can tell from the previews, seems to have more in common with the candy bar than the Dumas novel..."
-Ben Thompson, at http://www.badassoftheweek.com/lollonais.html

Me thinks it funny...

Peter Busch · Posted: Fri 28 Oct, 2011 7:56 pm Post subject: Re: The Three Musketeers

Julian Reynolds · Posted: Sat 29 Oct, 2011 1:16 am Post subject:

Why 'Steampunk-ify' a classic like the Three Musketeers? Another example of Hollywood tiredly pandering to the lowest common denominator. It doesn't cost any more to 'do it right', it just doesn't sell as many tickets, popcorn and soft drinks.

I dislike this in the same way I prefer The Unforgiven over Wild Wild West. A historical epic, done well, is escape enough for me without adding a load of bad acting, CGI fakery, ludicrous plotlines and hilariously pitiful costumery.

One to miss,

Julian

Matthew G.M. Korenkiewicz · Posted: Sat 29 Oct, 2011 4:29 am Post subject:

They shoulda' just called ir " Resident Evil VII " ... or whatever, and have done with it ...

Julian Reynolds · Posted: Sat 29 Oct, 2011 9:18 am Post subject:

I'm just waiting for the inevitable:

Introducing the “Sword of the Musketeers”TM – this exclusive licensed product is hand assembled by our master craftsmen in China, and comes with an authentically styled steel-effect hilt and stainless steel battle-ready blade, and comes with a certificate of authenticity and a signed still from the movie showing one of the stars with a similar looking sword.

Ugh.

Julian

Marko Susimetsa · Posted: Sat 29 Oct, 2011 11:33 am Post subject:

Jean Thibodeau · Posted: Sat 29 Oct, 2011 2:00 pm Post subject: Re: The Three Musketeers

Colt Reeves · Posted: Sat 29 Oct, 2011 2:13 pm Post subject:

Jean, the problem with that is that a lot of young people these days don't know the plot. Hell, I don't, and I know a lot more about this sort of thing than the average person (though I know enough not to trust Hollywood and can spot the obvious modern bastardizations).

So even if someone utterly butchers the plot there will be plenty of people walking away thinking they were more or less faithful to the original, even to the point of trying to correct someone who offers the real story.

That's the real scary thing here...