Finally, a film to show me exactly what it would have been like in the 17th century if balloon ships flew around and blew shit up!
To be fair, Paul W. Anderson’s Three Musketeers seems to possess a… well… a pep that the fourth Pirates film lacked. If you’re going to make this kind of movie, by god it better be super-charged stupidity. And that’s what we have here, a Pirates film by way of Sherlock Holmes, with all of the cheesy slow-motion, swashbuckling and anachronistic disregard that you would expect. Nothing about the filmmaking indicates that PWA has suddenly upped his pay-grade, but the film looks big and bright. Most importantly, it looks like there may be a decent rapport between the musketeers and their younger companion. Then you’ve got Christoph Waltz to chew scenery, and Orland Bloom’s hair/make-up to chew scenery as well. Some of those things will probably work.
So does The Three Musketeers may have enough moving parts to eek out the kind of ultimately-cinema-damaging “eh, that wasn’t as bad as I expected” that has plagued much of the summer (at least from where I sit)? Maybe, if the aggressive disregard for Anderson doesn’t drag too much baggage into the mix.
Now kids, remember that you can’t spell “Paul W.S. Anderson” without “Anal Wounds!”
The film happens October 14th, 2011 in oh-so-dead-and-buried 3D
(via /Film)
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Looks promising. Paul W.S. Anderson is one of those ‘go-to’ directors for me. The guy doesn’t seek to change the universe he just makes fun and exciting genre movies. Heck, even his ‘bad’ movies are pretty worthwhile.
It really does look like the definition of “eh, I’ve seen way better, but this was fun!”. Not bad.
“So does The Three Musketeers may have enough moving parts”
– I LITERALLY cannot decipher this. What the heck does this even mean?
Renn Brown, I am glad the…Good Paul Anderson is directing, The Three Musketeers! It will be a good fit with…Mortal Kombat and all those films about…EEEEEEEEEvil Residents, some that were shot in 3D! The Trailer to The Three Musketeers is…Awe-Inspiring and All Kinds Of Awesome! Flying Ships, Heroes that put the…Musk, in Musketeers, and…EEEEEEEEEEEEEEvil Villains!
Just remove the word ‘may’ and the rest makes sense.
“Now remember kids, you can’t spell Paul W.S. Anderson without ‘Anal Wounds.'” Excellent analogy about how you feel walking out of one of his movies.
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