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The Three Musketeers [Blu-ray] New!
Alexandre Dumas' classic story The Three Musketeers has been the
subject of a handful of movies over the years, but this 2011 film is a
unique blend of action, adventure, slapstick, and the absurd. The basic
story hasn't changed: the three musketeers Athos (Matthew Macfadyen),
Aramis (Luke Evans), and Porthos (Ray Stevenson) have retired and are
feeling restless and obsolete until the young D'Artagnan (Logan Lerman)
comes to town and stirs things up by challenging each of them to a duel.
D'Artagnan earns their grudging respect with his swordsmanship, and the
four men eventually band together to expose a plot by Cardinal
Richelieu (Christoph Waltz), the double-crossing Milady (Milla
Jovovich), and the Duke of Buckingham (Orlando Bloom) that reaches from
France to England and back again. What's new in this version of the
story is the presence of flying war machines crafted from plans stolen
from da Vinci's vault. The airborne crafts are exquisite in their detail
and figure prominently in the film, but their very presence adds an
almost absurdist new feel to the already slapstickish picture. The
costuming is absolutely gorgeous--it blends a traditional opulence with
just enough modern tailoring and detailing to endow these swashbuckling
characters with a debonair, yet somehow rock-star coolness that makes
them irresistible. Milady's gowns are spectacular, and Jovovich deserves
special mention both for performing the first-ever female sword fight
in full period dress and for portraying entirely convincingly the highly
intelligent, conniving Milady. The fencing throughout the film is
superb and there's nary a moment when the action lags. Bonus features
include an optional audio commentary; a 21-minute cast and crew
featurette; an "achieving the look" segment about costuming, production
design, and location; a "17th-century action" discussion of fencing, air
travel, the ship props, and the use of green-screen special effects in
the film; and 12 deleted and extended scenes. --Tami Horiuchi
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