Oh, that's crazy. The writers should also invite the Lille executioner.
When will someone make a normal Musketeer movie?
I read all the books ten times, so I know the story almost by heart. And how I always get mad at film adaptations... Why does everyone who undertakes the adaptation of this book consider it their duty to add selective delirium to it in one way or another?
Of course, this one was no exception. Comrade Zhigunov and Comrade Zhitkov tried their best.
At first it seemed that everything was not bad. Nice costumes, nice backs, actors, more or less corresponding to their characters. The main miscast here came out with Richelieu - why it was to shove the role of 30+-year-old cardinal of the elderly Lanovoy, is not entirely clear. Although, in principle, he was not bad compared to the rest.
Yes, the actors were good, but how did they play? In most scenes, I wanted to quote "I don't believe." I don't believe it.
D'Artagnan generally smiles all the time, aki Maxim Kammerer at Bondarchuk in the desert island. Maybe Vasily Stepanov is his idol?
Athos is always slurring and unemotional with the same facial expression. Does not pull on the harsh and decisive Athos from the book, well, does not pull. And the snot in the last series on the part of my lady - it is generally the most unexpected and disgusting. So lower the most iron man of all four ... it was necessary to try, Mr. Zhigunov.
The queen's not the queen. There was absolutely nothing royal about this actress.
At first, Buckingham seemed to be nothing, but then he was given the most love where he needed and where he didn’t need it. And the murder and subsequent journey to the Queen is one of the most delusional moments of the script.
Aramis turned out well, although his adventures seem to have been given the least time. But he was also touched by script nonsense. The meaning of the love triangle Aramis - de Chevrez - Louis I never understood. What the hell, fellow writers? It wasn't the right place.
Perhaps I liked Porthos the most. Here's who played his role as a simple-minded glutton.
Battles on swords could be more serious - everyone jumps, curves, the main characters without difficulty and losses demolish the packs of enemies. Reminiscent of classic American action films of the 80s-90s. Or some KVN productions.
I must say that some scenes, which were almost invariably taken from the book, came out perfectly.
What I enjoyed most was the dinner on the bastion at the siege of La Rochelle. No one had filmed this scene before.
Unfortunately, this is very little, because the rest of the time, the writers were evaporated Anjou, or something stronger, and brought to the script stupid jokes in the style of modern Russian comedies, the love of everyone for everyone and “extraordinary” plot twists that are impossible to come up with a sober head.
3 out of 10 for pleasant sets and Porthos.
Look once for interest and never review.
I never really liked the Soviet film with the overripe D'Artagnan-Boyarsky, but I do not remember such selective delirium there. This is the level of Return of the Musketeers.