Friday, October 21, 2011
The Three Musketeers
Do you like this story?
Story: Back in the 1970s, the inseparable trio — the three musketeers — give up their task of protecting the kingdom for reasons personal and professional. It’s the same time when young D’Artagnan moves to Paris to fulfill his dream of becoming a musketeer. The task before him is plenty: punish a beautiful spy within the kingdom, expose the cardinal and his evil motifs of capturing the French throne and ultimately diverting war within Europe. Does the wannabe musketeer manage to shoo away the inevitable alone? Or does it take a joint effort of the three original musketeers?
Movie Review: We’ve read it all. And we’ve seen it all too. But this one’s a little different: Imagine Alexandre Dumas’ evergreen 1970 classic tale in a new avatar — leather-clad scuba divers, sky battles in air ships, infra red beams, sword plays between troops on high rise buildings…. Just look at the musketeers — Parthos ( Ray Stevenson), Athos (Mathew MacFadyen) and Aramis ( Luke Evans) — as superheroes, and you might end up liking this one, especially when you realize the not-so-faithful-one lies within the kingdom.
Nothing seems to get the three musketeers back into action after a sour love affair and a betrayal. Till they meet an aspiring musketeer D’Artagnan ( Logan Lerman) who convinces them not just to get back into action, but also save the Queen (Juno Temple) from disgrace. Exactly where you get your dose of adrenalin. And exactly where you get a little disappointed. The special effects in 3D form don’t really keep you on the edge of your seat. Case in point: The fireball sequences and the theft of the necklace under UV rays. Ample scope wasted. Not to miss out, a word about the performances. If Orlando Bloom is villainous as Buckingham, Milla Jovovich’s sultry Milady is devious. As for the musketeers, their claim to fame in their own words: ‘We drink and fight troops and drink.’ Unfortunately, that’s what they are left doing except for the initial forty against four sword sequence.But then are we really complaining? Not really, for under the battle sequences and war machines, lies the more real and contemporary spirit of a musketeer: You’ve got to take risks in life, you’ve got to fail to rise, you’ve got to get into fights… and if you have to choose between honour and love, love it must be. Even now. An old story told
with modern finesse.
This post was written by: Joel Waldron
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November 2, 2011 at 8:35 AM
I haven’t actually seen this yet but from the previews I loved the imagery and the over-the-top Final Fantasy/Steampunk feel. I intended to see it in the theaters but I just never got around to it so it’s in my Blockbuster Movie Pass queue now. I’ve had it about a month now, and I have to say, it’s really impressed me. The movie channels included are quite good, I haven’t run into any problems with the streaming, and the by-mail content is enormous and it includes games too. Being a DISH Network employee, I know I could be called biased but I really believe it’s a great value. Plus new customers can get it for 12 months totally free!
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