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Summary: The Count Of Monte Cristo
Review: I think this was one of the best movies of all time. It's portrait of deceit, love and revenge was absolutely astonishing! James Caviezel's performance was truly magical. It is a story of not only undying love, but great adventure. It will live on for years to come. I was entertained every second of this movie! Believable and very much worth seeing! Plus the location and scenery were beautiful.You walk away from this movie knowing that the villian got what he deserved, which made for a perfect ending! Surprises, twists and turns in this movie.
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Summary: One of the best films of 2002!
Review: "The Count of Monte Cristo" is a lavish adaptation of the 1845 Alexander Dumas novel. The film stars Jim Caviezel as Dantes, a sailor framed for treason by his supposed best friend, Fernand (Guy Pearce). But why would anyone frame his best friend for treason? Well, poverty stricken Dantes has something rich and powerful Fernand does not; love. Fernand wants Mercedes (Dagmara Dominczyk); Dantes true love, for himself. Thus, Fernand concocts an evil setup, framing Dantes for treason. Dantes is then imprisoned on the cruel island prison of Chateau D'lf for 13 years, where he transforms from a lighthearted sailor to a bitter and angry man. While at Chateau D'lf, he plots revenge against those who betrayed him.Richard Harris also puts forth a quality performance as Abbé Faria, another innocent prisoner. With the help of this strange old man, Dantes escapes the island and transforms himself into the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo after following an old treasure map to a load of treasure on the island of Monte Cristo (thus the "Count of Monte Cristo). Becoming rich and powerful is the first step in Dantes revenge. "The Count of Monte Cristo" is such an enjoyable film mainly because of the sweet satisfaction involved in watching Dantes execute his revenge on Fernand. Revenge is always an exciting thing to watch! The audience is able to identify with Dantes and sympathize with him. You may even find yourself becoming as obsessed over exacting revenge as Dantes! My point is; you are really drawn into the story, more so that any film in recent memory. "The Count of Monte Cristo" brings in some intriguing aspects of Dantes personality about midway through the film. When Dantes returns as The Count of Monte Cristo, he sees that he could have a perfect life if he wanted to. His love, Mercedes, still wants to be with him and he now has all the money he could ever need. Yet Dantes pushes it all away. He must complete his revenge. It has now become clear that Dantes has become obsessed and can no longer look at the world in a rational way. It's really quite painful to see what Dantes has become. "The Count of Monte Cristo" boasts an intelligent screenplay, lavish sets and costumes, breathtaking cinematography, superb action sequences, beautiful music, superb directing and stellar acting.
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Summary: Two hours of totally escapist entertainment!
Review: It won't trouble the Oscar voters, it won't stimulate intense discussion and debate, but by crikey, this adaptation of Dumas' classic novel will make you forget about the drudgery of life for a couple of hours. This, in my opinion, is Kevin Reynolds best film since Fandango...and it's been some time! He sticks to a formula of being fairly true to the book and keeping it simple - doing just enough to produce a piece of total entertainment. He is of course working with great source material, and yes, we all know the story, but it's still great fun and thoroughly enjoyable. Jim Caviezel is simply spot on as the hard-done-by-hero Edmund Dantes. As he showed in Angel Eyes, no-one does doe-eyed innocence like Jim, and he simply smoulders as the vengeful Count. He has the screen presence of a 1940s movie idol - tall, broad, quiet and dignified - and you thought they didn't make 'em like that anymore! And, as he demonstrated in The Thin Red Line and Frequency, he is a fine actor. If they have any sense, producers will be queuing up to give him the sort of meaty roles that will guarantee him leading man status. Guy Pearce has fun as the evil Count Mondego. Kudos to the hair-dressing department for creating a "do" worthy of Best Supporting Hair Piece status, but I think he thinks he is Alan Rickman in Robin Hood:Prince of Thieves, but he just doesn't quite cut it. The leading lady is suitably beautiful and Richard Harris again turns in a scene-stealing supporting performance. Yes, there are big old holes in the plot, but, if you're willing to check your brain at the door and be entertained, then buy a big bucket of popcorn, put your feet up and enjoy every minute of action and every frame of fabulous scenery in this movie. Yes, it is fluff...but marvellously escapist fluff at that. In a time of such horror and violence in the world, a film like this is surprisingly welcome.
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Summary: Not A Great Re-Make!
Review: This story is based on the classic Alexander Dumas book. The story is about friendship, jealousy, betrayal and then the best part the ultimate revenge and then love rediscovered. I believe this book has been adapted to the silver screen several times but I have only seen the version where Richard Chamberlain plays the count and despite Chamberlain's obvious acting limitations I much preferred that version to this updated one. The main reason for this is that the way the revenge comes together in that movie seemed to be more cunning, complicated and satisfying. The story is based around two friends who have sailed the world together. One grows jealous of the other as even though he(Guy Pearce)is a member of the aristocracy; the other (Jim Caviezel) is more popular respected and also has a love-life. The Pearce character plots a dastardly plan removing Caviezel from France and sending away to a life term in prison where he may just as well be dead. The prison scenes are quite awful with some pretty dire dialogue and lines coming from the prison warden and are only made interesting by the brief appearance of fellow prisoner Richard Harris. Harris tells Caviezel of the vast riches to be found on the Italian island of Monte Cristo. Caviezel who was quite a loving character has now understandably changed and is obsessed with getting revenge on the three characters who placed him in this predicament. This aspect of the film I found very dissappointing-in fact some of the scenes are very poorly done. The counts reappearance to public life is way over the top and looks more like a scene from Moulin Rouge. The revenge on the attorney which takes place in a steam room is utterly absurd. By the time he reveals himself I found I really didn't care less anymore and was quite looking forward to the closing credits! I had anticipated having scene the trailer that this would be a lavish period drama with no expense spared. This movie at times is quite the opposite-the scene set in Rome is a terrible recreation and in facts looks like just a small studio setting. The scenes set in Marseille and the final scene could also be described as being pretty lame. Still though the fact that this is such a marvellous story saves the movie and would make it worth watching if you are unfamiliar with this classic novel.
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Summary: The Count of Monte Cristo - Excellent Film!
Review: The Count of Monte Cristo, brings a new look to an old Classic. Edmund Dantes (Jim Caviezel) shines in a stunning portrayal of the wrongly accused Dantes. When his friend, Fernand Mondego (Guy Pearce) takes on an alterior motive to frame the innocent Dantes; the story heats up. After 13 years in the Chateau d'If; Dantes seeks revenge for his wrongful imprisonment. Revenge has never been sweeter for anyone than Dantes is able to execute without trouble. Anyone who enjoys Action-Adventure and Drama will enjoy The Count Of Monte Cristo. Excellent Cast -- All accurate in they're portrayal of each of the main charachters. Very good film!
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Summary: Finally a film worth seeing!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I was so happy to find a decent movie that includes the drama, romance, action, and spirituallity I crave. There is way too much junk out there that I am embarrassed to even see the commercials for. Thank you.
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Summary: The Count of Monte Cristo with James Caviezel
Review: This is one of the best movies I have ever seen and James Caviezel gives a fine performance and he is really a great and upcoming box office star. I am waiting to purchase this on its release date!
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Summary: Unexpected
Review: I have just come from seeing this movie in the theatre as a favor to my husband (who read the book). I have to say that it was much better than I had expected it to be. Most people who have seen other remakes and have read the book didn't enjoy it as much as I did. My husband read the book many years ago, and he liked the movie. If you watch the movie without expectations, I think you will really enjoy it. I know that as soon as it comes out on DVD our family will be buying it.
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Summary: The Count Deserves to go to Prison
Review: In this unbelievable movie distortion of a classic novel, our "hero," Edmond Dantes, visits the Island of Elba and meets
face-to-face with the most notorious and dangerous prisoner of his day: Napoleon Bonaparte. With full knowledge that he is, in effect, committing high treason against his native country of France, Edmond Dantes agrees to take a secret letter from Bonaparte and deliver it to one of his loyal conspirators on French soil. With this indisputable evidence, prosecutor Villefort would obviously be quite justified in sentencing Dantes to a lengthy prison term. So, other than the miserable prison conditions (suffered by all the convicts), why would the movie viewer have any sympathy for someone who has committed high treason?!
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Summary: An unexpected treat
Review: The Count of Monte Cristo was one of my most favorite novels during my teenage years. I was skeptical of its yet another remake but decided to give it a try. However, both my husband and I were pleasantly surprised to find a well-directed movie with superior acting by James Caviezel. He's done a splendid job by portraying first the innocence of happy youth and then becoming the embodiment of righteous, yet calculated revenge. I also really enjoyed the fact that the leading characters were not cast by the "bigger" names. Save your time and money -skip Moulin Rouge and see this great movie! In my opinion, it deserves more attention and praise from critics and the media than it has gotten so far.
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