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The Three Musketeers (2011), a review by Dragonfire

Three Musketeers (2011)


I wasn't really wanting to see the new Three Musketeers, but the trailer looked interesting enough that I went to see the movie when I had the chance. 

I've never read the book, but I have seen a few other movie versions.  This version, while having some things in common with the other versions, is still very different from them in some ways.  Things start off a little differently, showing Athos, Porthos, and Aramis working with Milady on a mission in Venice.  The way she betrays them is shown and then the movie jumps forward a year to when they are no longer Musketeers and D'artangan is heading to Paris to become a Musketeer.  After that, from what I remember, the plot is sort of like the other versions, with Richelieu plotting to cause trouble between France and England and the Musketeers getting involved to stop it.

The movie is entertaining, though it could have been better.  D'Artangan is very cocky and arrogant and harder to like.  The others are ok, though nothing that stands out.  Milady is very devious, and perhaps a bit more sexual..though it has been a long time since I saw the older movies.  At one point, she's wearing next to nothing and doing acrobatics to steal something.  The cast is all right, though nothing special.

There are flying airships in the movie, that while kind of cool looking, are very out of place.  A security system is shown that seems to be a primitive version of the laser sensors.  Those things are a bit odd and could turn some viewers off.  The sword fights look fine and add a bit of action.  The movie is in 3D in some theaters and I ended up seeing the 3D because of the timing of the shows.  The 3D really didn't add a thing.

Overall, the movie is entertaining, but it is a little weird.  This one isn't going to appeal to some people.



I did post a review at Epinions if anyone wants to take a look.

The Three Musketeers (2011)

(From Three Musketeers (2011) on November 13th, 2011)

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Tom's Glee Marathon, a review by Tom

Glee
Season 1.07 Throwdown
Writer: Ryan Murphy (Created By), Brad Falchuk (Created By), Ian Brennan (Created By), Brad Falchuk (Writer)
Director: Ryan Murphy
Cast: Dianna Agron (Quinn Fabray), Chris Colfer (Kurt Hummel), Jessalyn Gilsig (Terri Schuester), Jane Lynch (Sue Sylvester), Jayma Mays (Emma Pillsbury), Kevin McHale (Arty Abrams), Lea Michele (Rachel Berry), Cory Monteith (Finn Hudson), Matthew Morrison (Will Schuester), Amber Riley (Mercedes Jones), Mark Salling (Noah "Puck" Puckerman), Jenna Ushkowitz (Tina Cohen-Chang), Iqbal Theba (Principal Figgins), Jennifer Aspen (Kendra Giardi), Amy Hill (Dr. Chin), Naya Rivera (Santana Lopez), Heather Morris (Brittany Pierce), Harry Shum, Jr. (Mike Chang), Dijon Talton (Matt Rutherford), Kenneth Choi (Dr. Wu), Josh Sussman (Jacob Ben Israel), Ethan Freedman (Giardi Triplet #1), Aidan Freedman (Giardi Triplet #2), Ben Freedman (Giardi Triplet #3), Jennifer Jean Snyder (Reporter)

Finncompetent:
Finn wants to name his baby "Drizzle".
This episode acknowledges the first time that Finn has two left feet.

Brittana:
They hug in the background when they have to go to their separate group.

Favorite moments:
I really like the scene where Rachel confronts Quinn.

Notable music:
I really like the scene, where the actors are goofing off singing a song. The only time we can see them singing without it being a studio recording:

Also otherwise this episode has some good songs. I like best the Avril Lavigne cover of "Keep Holding On".

Rating:

(From Tom's Glee Marathon on August 27th, 2012)