| Honestly, this was not the best adaption of The Three Musketeers, but I personally enjoyed it a lot, despite it being in a different language and not understanding half of it. One of the reasons why is because the movie was very entertaining and the second reason is because I prefer not to compare both the movie and the books together since no movie is perfect when it comes to adapting it from a book, the only one that came pretty close was The Three Musketeers' 1970s version.I did not really mind the airships because Anderson did say in an article that he decided to use one of Da <more> Vinci's war machines in the movie, and I just interpreted the airships as Buckingham just trying to find a way to defeat the nation of France. I did not mind it either when Milady bungee jumped from the roof practically half naked because, honestly, who would want to be bungee jumping in that kind of dress? Sure, it's a lot easier to fight in the dress, but do you really think it's going to be a whole lot easier trying to bungee jump and doing all those jumps and leaps up on the roof and in Queen Anne's room? Though the Milady in the actual book would probably never do anything like that, I did not mind it in the least because I believe if Milady is capable of murder, then she is capable of everything else. The movie was a bit humorous and all action, the plot seemed to go by too quickly in my opinion, but I just think the movie is good for entertainment.There was a lot of references to the book, though. Like for instance, Buckingham's "letters" to Queen Anne, the stealing of the Queen's diamonds, Athos and Milady's relationship-despite the complete differences between the book and this movie-, the affair between Milady and Buckingham, and finally England going to war with France. I won't go into full details of the book, you just have to read the book yourself but there are a lot of differences between them, but still some references to it.Some of the characters were a little off character, like Buckingham since in the book he wasn't really a bad guy, just a love-sick puppy, but I think from the German version of the movie that Orlando Bloom did not do so bad; in fact, he really made it seem plausible for him to play the role of the bad guy. Both Orlando and Milla really gave me chills, though, the sexuality between Milady and Buckingham really drew me into the story more because, just like the Milady in the book, the Milady in this movie was not your average go-to-church-and-stay-pure kinda 17th century woman. I believe Milady in both the book and the movies make the story more interesting because without her there would be no adventures. Although, I will agree with one review, there was too much attention on Buckingham and Milady and not enough on D'Artagnan, which is basically what the whole story is about: D'Artagnan. I also found it a little weird of how Milady was able to survive the fall from the airship, I do not find it plausible for a person to be able to survive after jumping 4000 or higher, I suck with numbers and landing in the water, but the movie is just meant for entertainment so I really do not care. I really hope that the next movie, though, will pay a little more attention to D'Artagnan AND not to kill off Orlando! 'Cause I'll be so mad if Anderson did! If you are one of those people who really expects this to be the perfect adaption, do not expect too much because no adaption is perfect and this is just one of those movies where you can just go watch a movie say a Disney movie and just escape from reality, that's what it is. <less> |
