Where do I begin? Horrible writing for one. Randall Wallace attempted to many times to be overly sentimental that it turned out to be embarrassingly mushy. Some of the lines made me cringe particularly when DiCaprio as Louis was trying to impress Christine.
This is my least favorite of DiCaprio's performances. He was miscast. Who in their right mind is going to believe that after wearing an iron mask for 6 years your face which hasn't been cleaned in 6 years has absolutely no blemishes and hardly any beard growth? Come on, at least give us some pimples.
Gabriel Byrne is the only one who did a fine job with what he was given but it's not the fault of the other actors that they were given so little to work with. Jeremy Irons as Aramis was ok until the scene to break out Phillipe from prison. Who's going to believe that he actually had a full grown man underneath his clothing? Not realistic at all. It didn't even look right.
I love the Three Musketeers but don't wait until the last 10 minutes to give me swordplay. That's what they were known for.
The best line in the whole movie was uttered by Edward Atterton who played Lieutenant Andre when he said " Magnificent valor. " He said even more with his eyes while saying that line.
I need to go watch a real Three Musketeers movie to cleanse me from this mess.
This is my least favorite of DiCaprio's performances. He was miscast. Who in their right mind is going to believe that after wearing an iron mask for 6 years your face which hasn't been cleaned in 6 years has absolutely no blemishes and hardly any beard growth? Come on, at least give us some pimples.
Gabriel Byrne is the only one who did a fine job with what he was given but it's not the fault of the other actors that they were given so little to work with. Jeremy Irons as Aramis was ok until the scene to break out Phillipe from prison. Who's going to believe that he actually had a full grown man underneath his clothing? Not realistic at all. It didn't even look right.
I love the Three Musketeers but don't wait until the last 10 minutes to give me swordplay. That's what they were known for.
The best line in the whole movie was uttered by Edward Atterton who played Lieutenant Andre when he said " Magnificent valor. " He said even more with his eyes while saying that line.
I need to go watch a real Three Musketeers movie to cleanse me from this mess.