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THE THREE MUSKETEERS - REVIEW

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Ok people. Brace yourselves. You might want to be sitting down for this. Here goes. *exhales* Paul W.S. Anderson's The Three Musketeers is nothing like Alexandre Dumas' original novel. THERE. I said it. Oh sure you've got the main plot points intact: Milady rock-sliding under an Indiana Jones booby trap, The Duke Of Buckingham's evil flying boats, razor beams... Wait... Here's the deal: I have nothing against an over-the-top version of the musketeers, I still have my Gene Kelly 1948 version and I'm happy with that one. Steampunk Three Musketeers? Why the fuck not? Everything else exists. BUT... (and this is a big BUT) Make it good. I'll admit a lot of this Three Musketeers made me laugh. The film bears that special kind of stupidity that's just about silly enough to be funny. Take the very last shot of the film (which opens the path for a sequel btw): CUT TO: Boats. (Tilt up to the sky to reveal...) Boats. CUT TO: BLACK Wow. Something