Synopsis:
The
hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now
down on their luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful
double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French
throne and engulfing Europe in war.
After
seeing the air ships in the previews, I was not anxious to see this
movie. A friend told me it was “terrible”, but I'm not going to
lie, with the promise of Orlando Bloom and plenty of fighting, we
picked it up from Redbox a few nights ago.
Why
did I come to this movie again?
Men
fighting, intrigue, possibly horrible dialog and plenty of
explosions. I'm in.
4
out of 5
Characters
The
point of these characters is that they will do anything for one
another. I didn't catch that until the very end of this movie. Maybe
that was the journey, but the writers didn't make that clear (I
thought) at the beginning. And D'Artagnan never did figure out what
kind of a cool guy he was. Frankly there was too much action and not
enough character development. If I didn't already know the story, I
probably wouldn't care at all about anyone in this movie.
3
out of 5
Did
I care what happened?
Only
because I knew the characters before we started. I admit that the
tension level remained high throughout the movie, so I didn't get
bored.
3
out of 5
Plot
Holes
Uh...mass
production of floating air ships? And they made them off a a single
piece of paper that had maybe eight notes on it??? Sorry, the
engineer in me scoffed aloud. And four inexperienced soldiers could
fly it by themselves? Physics anyone?
Oh,
and super-ninja Milady...what's up with her?
3
out of 5
How
many times did I yawn?
No
yawns, but about six eye-rolls.
3
out of 5
Cool
Factor
Okay,
the cool factor (after I overlooked the air ship issues) was pretty
awesome. The fight scenes were killer (haha) and my inner ninja came
away feeling very satisfied.
4
out of 5
The
End
Uh...I
was glad it was over.
3
out of 5
Overall
Enjoyment
As
the Three Musketeers...2
As
a movie about three guys who are like the French special forces, out
to save the realm from the evils of England (because that's what they
did), it wasn't bad. I'd maybe give it a 3. But that wasn't what
they advertised it as.
2
out of 5
Score=25
That's
a Purple Belt
1 comment:
WHY? I do not get this steampunked rendition to good classics. I hate it. It's WRONG. I was subjected to the latest "Sherlock Holmes" film and spent the afternoon throwing up mentally.
Proof that there are no good writers left in the film industry and that if by some grace of God I ever do publish I will NEVER let my book be made into a film.
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