Supelice
Dreadfully Boring
Scotty Burke
It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review
Skyler
Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
Python Hyena
The Musketeer (2001): Dir: Peter Hyams / Cast: Justin Chambers, Tim Roth, Mena Suvari, Catherine Deneuve, Stephen Rea: Embarrassing joke that is more content with the sound of clashing swords as they are pulled from their hilts. Title indicates oneness with Justin Chambers witnessing the death of his parents by a ruthless leader who still bares the scar the boy left. This pathetic charade has been used in eighty million other dumb Musketeer movies. It attempts to copy the wonderfully choreographed action of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon but instead it presents the most embarrassing fight sequence to end any movie. This comes off a long list of Peter Hyams directed crap including End of Days and Sudden Death. Acting is horrible with Chambers as the hero and Tim Roth in one of his worst performance as the villain. Mena Suvari's role consists has her being caught naked in a bathtub. "Haven't you ever seen a naked woman before?" she asks as Chambers turns away respectively. Such idiotic hints of innuendo are juvenile in this poorly produced junk. Finally there is Catherine Deneuve who leaves us wondering what an actress of her class and stature doing in a piece of sh*t like this. There have been commercials for dog food that have been better produced than this. This garbage should be buried some place where it will never surface again. Score: 1 / 10
peter-714-703320
The actor playing D'Artagnan is a weird mix of charisma and banality but this is a thoroughly entertaining movie thanks to the period feel, Tim Roth's dastardly villain, the talent of the supporting cast, the execution of the action scenes, and the wit in the dialogue and certain scenes - alligators in the sewers is a nice, knowing touch. The fact the fight scenes are kung fu with swords is okay. Gene Kelly as an athletic D'Artagnan back in the great days of Hollywood established one template; Richard Lester's two Three Musketeer films with Michael York as D'Artagnan established another, witty, historically accurate template. The Young Guns guys didn't do a bad job and there have been numerous other versions - did I dream a terribly overweight (but still wonderful) Gerard Depardieu as Porthos in one version?So - I've seen many a Three Musketeers film and this does not disgrace itself in their company.But tell me again: how come musketeers - who, er, fire muskets/rifles - are always so great with a sword?
HawkHerald
If not for the costumes, sets and the exciting action sequences 2001's The Musketeer would be unwatchable. The acting is horrible, it's like watching children play dress-up. There is no emotion or reaction from Mena Suvari and Justin Chamberlain as the two leads when they proclaim their love for each other-they might as well be ordering take out. Experienced European actors like Catherine Deneuve as Queen Anne and Tim Roth as Febre, Cardinal Richelieu's personal agent, add nothing to this film. If there had been a better cast and script this could have been a pretty good film. The style and look are all eye-pleasing but it's a visual feast only that leaves the viewer feeling unsatisfied.
Jeliosjelios
An adaptation of Alexandre Dumas's world, An action movie version made by an action team (Moshe Diamant (production), Peter Hyams, ... )This movie gives us, besides a certain originality of this adaptation, an umpteenth version, which falls very quickly in most easy screen writing "clichés". A story of revenge (murders of family members of the hero by the bad), Planchet a weapon master guide and finally just for serving as transition because once adult D'Artagnan, Planchet quickly found again his place as servant. Constance became Francesca?? Monsieur De Bonnacieux became a sewerman for facilitate the intrusion of companions in the palace, the queen wades through the sewers and plays a woman of the people ... The poor drama is expected to highlight the action scenes.Like a good action film and screenplay of action, too longer and too many action scenes come easily are the culmination of history. The control of the action scenes is widely demonstrated.Shot in the southwest of France's natural settings are well highlighted.An interesting distribution with the pleasant and reassuring presence of Catherine Deneuve, Jean Pierre Castaldi a surprising and very fit for Planchet one of his best roles I've seen, and especially Tim Roth always a credible and more than convincing with a large presence for play the bad guy.Note the role of Tim Roth, Febre, the name is reminiscent of the Count of Fere also alias Athos, D'Artagnan offers something quite unusual: a adventure of the three musketeers without Milady. Because Febre is Rochefort and Ms De Winter together, with all its pure evil thing of Ms. De Winter.Another title would have been welcome, "a story of D'Artagnan and the musketeers". The story was modified just for the intrigues of the era are just used as the backdrop for an action film. This movie is well directed and entertaining.The goal is reached, but despite the entertainment, D'Artagnan is a film that can easily be omitted.jeliosjelios@hotmail.fr
