Films I am excited about: The Three Musketeers

[alexandral]

OMPH! I have been alerted by always knowledgeable trailer_spot : The Three Musketeers are coming! In 3D!! With Ray Stevenson as Portos , Matthew Macfadyen as Atos and Luke Evans as Aramis! and Milla Jovovich as Milady!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and Mads Mikkelsen as Rochefort! For some strange and hard to fathom reason Dumas' books are not as popular in the UK as they are in Russia, but I must say that for me personally he is the number 1 as far as historical literature ( with some free interpretation of history ) is concerned. And The Three Musketeers trilogy is his best, I red and re-red these books so many times as a child. Hopefully there will be new editions of the English translation soon (this usually happens when new film adaptations are released) so that I can push it to my daughter - 12 years was the first time I read the books myself.

The trailer:

PS: this adaptation's D'Artagnan is a cutie.

Comments

[dianora77.livejournal.com]

I love Dumas too, but unlike you I really dislike the look of this movie. Steampunk can be really cool if done right, but IMO, this is a completely wrong era for it. Kung fu moves in crinoline dresses just look ridiculous to me, sorry. :P

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

darkeyedwolf summarized my feelings perfectly below : all I can think is "more musketeer adaptations! pleaase!!". I also LOVE at least 75% of the cast (and the rest, like Luke Evans, look pretty good too). :D