The new, French, version of The Three Musketeers is beautifully shot, wonderfully acted, gorgeous camera work.
And it's a jumbled mess.
The divide the party and hopping back and forth needs more connecting tissue.
I found myself constantly focusing on remembering who is who and where they are and not paying attention to the closed-captions and having to rewind sections.
Reading a movie sucks, but this one is worse.
Worth the slog, but not twice.
Never mind the costuming and weaponry are about 100 years more recent than the setting...
I'm a very big fan of the Michael York, Richard Chamberlain, Charlton Heston, yada yada two Musketeers movies. They stick pretty close to the story, cutting out lots of characters (like the other 'squires of the 3 other Musketeers) to save time. But most of the essential plot is retained and the costuming is fabulous. Rachel Welch playing a klutzy Constance is about the only slightly glaring error, though she is kind of stupid in the books.
ReplyDeleteThe 1973 version's screenplay was written by George McDonald Fraser of Flashman fame. He knows how to move a story
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