Come, Chauncy, we must. . .bustle

[rolanni]

Hey, there's going to be a(nother) remake of The Three Musketeers. With a sword-fighting Queen leaping from the balcony of Versailles in court dress in order to take part in a melee. Oh! And an airship. Um, what?

All in Glorious Three-Dee so you're right there in the middle, though without a sword, because, presumably, the audience of this film will have no honor to defend.

Does that seem mean-spirited? Here, judge for yourself

This will make the fourth remake of The Three Musketeers since I started paying attention to them. For me, the definitive version is of course the York-Reed-Finley-Chamberlain 1973 extravaganza. Yeah, I know. What can I say? I was 21 and in love.

Then we had the Truly Awful 1993 edition with all the Hot Young Studs of The Moment -- Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen, &c, which not only Made No Sense, completely subverted the text when it did, and also had lousy swordfights.

Then in 2001 there was The Musketeer, which made the 1993 edition look like a work of art.

You'd think they'd stop trying, since the editions keep getting worse, but I guess the lure of a free! story! from a dead author is too great to resist.

Comments

[brock-tn.livejournal.com]

And it's arguable that Eleanor of Aquitaine wasn't French at all, despite having been Queen of the place for a few years. The Duchy of Aquitaine, after all, was far larger and accrued far more wealth to its ruler than did the holdings of the King of France. She could afford to sneer at her former husband, especially after she married Henry Plantagenet and became Queen of England.

Medieval film trivia: what actor played Henry Plantagenet at two different periods in his life in two different films?

[attilathepbnun.livejournal.com]

Hee! You're certainly right about that! It is why the King of France nobbled her for his son when her father the Duke was barely cold in his tomb ...

Oh DRAT!! I should know this ... Richard Burton? No ... Drat! I shall research ...*goes to research*

[brock-tn.livejournal.com]

Well, I shan't offer you a hint, then.

[attilathepbnun.livejournal.com]

Yes!! I have it!! Peter O'Toole, right? 'The Lion In Winter' and 'Henry II'!

[brock-tn.livejournal.com]

Yes, but second film was Becket, where O'Toole played Henry II against Richard Burton playing Thomas a Becket.

I have had people try to tell me that the O'Toole in Lion in Winter cannot possibly be the same actor as the O'Toole in Becket.

O'toole ?

[elgordo303.livejournal.com]

No they are right ... the O'Toole in "Lion in Winter" is the one that was in "High Spirits" and the O'Toole in Becket is the one that was in "Creator" (snark!!!)

Seriously tho ... His latest foray onto the silver screen "Katherine of Alexandria" is currently in post-production.