I finally got a chance to see this on bluray the other night. I have to admit that while it wasn't a terrible movie, it sure wasn't good either. If you've seen "The Musketeer", the core plot feels very familiar albeit minus the airships. The film behaved liked a video game and may have influences from Japanese anime with the way the fights, the devices and elements were introduced. The story had horrible plot holes and while the special … more
Star Rating: The Three Musketeers plays less like an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ original novel and more like a test drive for a new historical video game. Indeed, it was directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, whose career is in part defined by films based on video games (Mortal Kombat, Alien vs. Predator, the first and third Resident Evil films with another one on the way). It’s not the deviations that bother me; I truly could not care less how unfaithful … more