Samantha Pysher Post #1 Three Musketeers 1993 Stephen Herek
The three musketeers will always be a group of quirky heroes that will live on for generations to come. This version stars Kiefer Sutherland as Athos, Charlie Sheen as Aramis, Oliver Platt as Porthos, and Chris O’Donnell as the young side-kick D’Artagnan. The film takes place in France when a group of men are sworn to protect the King of France. D’Artagnan wants to become a musketeer so he follows them. This film represents a Victorian telling of the tale in a theatre: dauntless heroes, villains that can be freely disliked, and heroines that don’t mind taking up a sword to defend. There is lots of fast action, long rides on horseback, lots of sword fighting, and men in tights.
I am a fan of the 1974 version of the Three Musketeers but this version was satisfactory. The development of the characters was good and true to the book, as was the acting. This movie accurately portrayed the first half of the story. One thing I really liked about this film was how well researched it was. It almost felt as if you were really there with them on their adventure. The plot, the filming, the editing everything was perfect and well worth watching. Another thing I liked was how real the sword fights seemed, it was like they were a brutal game verse Hollywood’s normal fencing routines.
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