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Count of Monte Cristo - 2024
Posted on 5/29/24 at 10:10 am
Posted on 5/29/24 at 10:10 am
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Posted on 5/29/24 at 11:28 am to AlxTgr
Looks like a proper historical epic. Hopefully it releases here in theater.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 11:50 am to AlxTgr
The 2002 version with Jim Caviezel and Guy Pearce is one of my favorites. Pearce in particular is awesome as the backstabbing best friend. Also starred Richard Harris and a young Henry Cavill.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 11:52 am to heisenberg88
The Count of Monte Cristo is one of my favorite books and the 2002 movie with Jim Caviezel and Guy Pearce is one of my favorite movies.
I might watch this one just cuz but sub titles suck
I might watch this one just cuz but sub titles suck
Posted on 5/29/24 at 1:50 pm to AlxTgr
The French....this is their great American Novel and they keep going back to the well.
The story is so good, I'll probably seek it out.
But how many times are they gonna remake this?
It's like America's "Little Women". It's been done over and over.
The story is so good, I'll probably seek it out.
But how many times are they gonna remake this?
It's like America's "Little Women". It's been done over and over.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 2:14 pm to AlxTgr
I know he’s an alt right weirdo but the Jim Caviezel one is fantastic. They should’ve left it at that.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 2:21 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
quote:Just from the comments, it's my understanding that the previous movie(s) made significant changes. Maybe this one is closer to the book?
But how many times are they gonna remake this?
Posted on 5/29/24 at 5:40 pm to AlxTgr
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Maybe this one is closer to the book?
that book was sooooo long
i loved the movie
Posted on 5/29/24 at 6:26 pm to AlxTgr
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Just from the comments, it's my understanding that the previous movie(s) made significant changes. Maybe this one is closer to the book
Much like Disney’s interpretation of Three Musketeers, the count of Monte Cristo is a much more Disney ending to a tragic tale than what happened in the actual book.
Both of them end similarly, but a bit more depressing. The good guys win, but they don’t get their happy ever after as depicted in the movies
Posted on 5/29/24 at 6:33 pm to lsutigersFTW
quote:nice shiny hook from loony liberal
know he’s an alt right weirdo
Posted on 5/29/24 at 8:53 pm to AlxTgr
I know I will watch bc I love the book. I saw the most recent movie before reading the book. I loved the book and the ending in the book more.
As I read the book I thought this would be an absolute masterpiece of a 3/4 season 10 episode series if done with high production value like GOT- AS LONG AS THEY KEPT IT AS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK.
However, with hollywood’s recent agenda it would be a travesty.
Hopefully, the French stay true to the tale.
As I read the book I thought this would be an absolute masterpiece of a 3/4 season 10 episode series if done with high production value like GOT- AS LONG AS THEY KEPT IT AS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK.
However, with hollywood’s recent agenda it would be a travesty.
Hopefully, the French stay true to the tale.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 9:03 pm to AlxTgr
I am in. So in.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 9:10 pm to dcw7g
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The 2002 version with Jim Caviezel and Guy Pearce is one of my favorites. Pearce in particular is awesome as the backstabbing best friend. Also starred Richard Harris and a young Henry Cavill.
It’s just about perfect isn’t it? I’m sure we could pick it apart a bit, and there’s a certain something lacking, but not sure how you’d improve it further.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 9:15 pm to Havoc
One of my favorites as well.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 9:34 pm to Havoc
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there’s a certain something lacking
Maybe some of the dialogue? Particularly Mondego’s, who is a bit over the top villainy. The actor who played Villefort was excellent, easy to hate, and gets one of the best scenes in the prison chariot.
Also, in the book, Edmond’s former friends did way WAY more than just bang his true love, but it’s understandably difficult to capture all that in a 2 hour movie.
For me, I read a short story version in French class, then watched the 2002 version in theaters a couple years later, and finally read the book around 2011. I found the book to be long and meandering with a lot of forgettable side characters - maybe that’s just my millennial attention span, however. I’ll be watching this one, but I doubt it will hold a candle to my beloved Jim Cavezil version.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 11:45 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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The French....this is their great American Novel and they keep going back to the well.
Yep. Only the French have this problem
Posted on 5/30/24 at 3:15 am to lsutigersFTW
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alt right weirdo
Another weak brain programmed by the media here.
Dumbass.
Posted on 5/30/24 at 5:27 am to lsutigersFTW
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alt right weirdo but the Jim Caviezel
What makes him a weirdo?
Posted on 5/30/24 at 8:06 am to tzimme4
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What makes him a weirdo?
He's a Christian. In Hollywood, that's all it takes to get that label.
Posted on 5/30/24 at 8:55 am to STigers
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The Count of Monte Cristo is one of my favorite books and the 2002 movie
I didn't make the connection from the quote in Shawshank about the book "maybe we should file it under Educational?" until I saw the movie in 2002.
Excellent movie BTW.
This post was edited on 5/30/24 at 8:56 am
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