The Three musketeers is a silly yet fun adaptation of the literary classic of the same name by Alexandar Dumas(which BTW was one my 3 fav books growing up), although its been masalafied to make the movie more fun.
Directed by Paul Anderson, this movie is centered around the hot headed D'Artagnan and his three friends - Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, respectively - the production follows the musketeers as they uncover secret plots, upset the local royals, and rescue damsels in distresss. They leap into action there are impressive swordfights, stunts, and smart quips. Individually they are charming, but it's also their convincing camaraderie that makes this plain good fun.
Cinematically its brilliantly shot and for a change the 3D did not look forced and unlike other movies i did not feel the need to take off the heavyweight glasses. Infact 3D added great depth to the panoramic shots and the exquisite palace sequences. The good thing about the movie was that in never drags and remains fun with a fair amount of attention to detail on creating old France. Although some of the character's like the king and queen were little "caricatured" instead of being the literary characters.
It's the bits between the action that are the problem, where there's rather silly and simply scripted plotting by mischievous villains trying to provoke war between France and England. Milla Jovovich as Milady is central to this; a double agent, she looked like a poor man's Catherine Zeta Jones (from entrapment) with spy/fighting skills along with being sly and charming. Jovovich gets to show off her stunt moves, which are all the more impressive for being done wearing a corset. Orlando bloom (plays duke of Buckingham) looks like he's carrying on the same costume from Pirates of the Caribbean and is hard to take seriously at any point.
They're an average bunch of baddies - not amusing, interesting or evil enough to interest us in their political games. The real fun is in the musketeers stopping them.
The last scene makes sure that the sequels to this franchise will go on for some years.
Overall, good job Mr Anderson (matrix pun intended)
RATING: 6.5/10
Directed by Paul Anderson, this movie is centered around the hot headed D'Artagnan and his three friends - Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, respectively - the production follows the musketeers as they uncover secret plots, upset the local royals, and rescue damsels in distresss. They leap into action there are impressive swordfights, stunts, and smart quips. Individually they are charming, but it's also their convincing camaraderie that makes this plain good fun.
Cinematically its brilliantly shot and for a change the 3D did not look forced and unlike other movies i did not feel the need to take off the heavyweight glasses. Infact 3D added great depth to the panoramic shots and the exquisite palace sequences. The good thing about the movie was that in never drags and remains fun with a fair amount of attention to detail on creating old France. Although some of the character's like the king and queen were little "caricatured" instead of being the literary characters.
It's the bits between the action that are the problem, where there's rather silly and simply scripted plotting by mischievous villains trying to provoke war between France and England. Milla Jovovich as Milady is central to this; a double agent, she looked like a poor man's Catherine Zeta Jones (from entrapment) with spy/fighting skills along with being sly and charming. Jovovich gets to show off her stunt moves, which are all the more impressive for being done wearing a corset. Orlando bloom (plays duke of Buckingham) looks like he's carrying on the same costume from Pirates of the Caribbean and is hard to take seriously at any point.
They're an average bunch of baddies - not amusing, interesting or evil enough to interest us in their political games. The real fun is in the musketeers stopping them.
The last scene makes sure that the sequels to this franchise will go on for some years.
Overall, good job Mr Anderson (matrix pun intended)
RATING: 6.5/10
