The Three Musketeers (3D)

D’Artagnan sets out for Paris to become a Musketeer, but when he arrives, he finds himself on the wrong side of the Cardinal’s guards and teamed up with the as of now out of work Three Musketeers. When the Cardinal sets out a plot to frame the Queen for treason and take the reins of the country, D’Artagnan and the Three Musketeers are the only ones Her Majesty can trust to safely foil his plot.

My Thoughts:

What a great cast! I remember seeing the previews/lead up to this movie and thinking: Ray Stevenson! Milla Jovovich! Matthew MacFadyen! Christoph Waltz! It was one of the main things that made me want to watch the movie, and then, watching it, I was met with more: Mads Mickelson! James Corden! (I was less excited about Orlando Bloom)

And the steampunk element made me doubly excited to see the film, though it’s not quite as steampunky as I was hoping for. I do wish they would have played that up more than they did especially since the original plot line is not deviated from much.

The Hair in this film is pretty tragic. Luke Evens is too greasy for his own good, Logan Lerman either had a very bad wig or the cut has to have been a mistake that they rolled with. Orlando Bloom’s Pompadour/fauxhawk…. I just don’t even know where to go with that one. As a whole the hair was rather distracting.  

I loved that directly after the Queen’s power in a game of Chess is expounded upon, the real-life similarities are shown. And that leads to the beginning of just how adorable the King and Queen are together. I’m glad that they weren’t a large focus of the film, but the little glimpses of their relationship (as needed by the plot) were perfectly delightful.

I am glad that it wasn’t ridiculously 3D gimmicky. With the exception of a few things, noting felt purposefully thrown at the camera. In fact there were several moments where I thought they could have used that method of telling and not had a problem, but didn’t.

The lady in waiting tied to the figurehead did not seem realistic to me, for one thing, it was oddly shown on screen, for another it doesn’t seem like something that could realistically be done and undone in the air.

The fact that this movie left such an open ending bothers me. Since there is no sequel in sight, as far as I can tell, it’s depressing to have it so clearly setting up for one. And I don’t know how I feel about the fact Milady survives. Because herself sacrifice (albeit bluntly done in this film – the dialog after was too clunky) is a huge moment of character redemption that doesn’t seem like she should have survived.