Paris is starving, but the King of France is more interested in money and bedding women. When a young soldier dies for the sake of a shag, Aramis, Athos and Porthos band together with a plan to replace the king. Unknown to many, there is a 2nd king, a twin, hidden at birth, then imprisoned for 6 years behind an iron mask. All that remains now is D'Artagnan, will he stand against his long time friends, or do what is best for his country?
this film is beautiful, fine, and superb. The Four Musketeers, then to the Three Musketeers. Such Valor, Such Honor, Such noble, brave, and loving sentiments. A true masterpiece.
The first castle we see is NOT Versailles, it is Vaux le Vicomte, located south-east of Paris, built for Fouquet, finance minister of Louis the XIV. The king never lived there although he confiscated it after he found out that Fouquet was stealing a part of the kingdom money. Fouquet died in jail, but not at the Bastille. Vaux le Vicomte inspired the king by its magnificent gardens. It took 35 years to Louis to make Versailles a palace from a small castle, originally the hunting pavilion of his father Louis the XIII. The palace was almost achieved when Louis the XIV was 60 years old. He was king of France for 72 years. I supposed they couldn't afford renting the real Versailles for the movie... Entertaining movie anyway!
He doesn’t say, “when I drink I speak my mind”. He says, “in wine, there is truth”
Beautiful but also, terribly sad movie. Happy ending, although that was terribly sad because that’s the way it had to end. Lots of different twists and turns to make the movie interesting.
OMG did you hear that? ...silence.... ...occasional silence.... Characters understanding they dont have to fill every second of the movie with banter and when a young person has spent six years in an iron mask it's a serious enough moment to keep quiet when he finally gets it off. Yay! Whatever happened to movies like this???
Athos: THAT IS YOUR PLAN? IT'S LUDICROUS!! Aramis: I assure you, it's brilliant.
"If you can name me one thing, one single thing that is more sublime then the feel of a plump pink nipple between my lips, I will build you a new cathedral." - Porthos - this is hard logic to argue against.
Good cinematic storytelling at 12:05. Just as Raul is about to propose, they bring out the pig. Raul goes to chase after the pig and the couple is separated by the water fountain wall.
at time mark: 1:56:37 "Magnificent Valor" Such an epic moment
I think Randall Wallace wrote screenplays for terrific movies. Here is how I rank those films:
5. "Heaven is for Real" (2014)
4. "The Man in the Iron Mask" (1998)
3. "We Were Soldiers" (2002)
2. "Braveheart" (1995)
1. "Pearl Harbor" (2001) "Pearl Harbor" is one of my favorite films.
I like the reference for Phantom of the Opera with Raoul and Christine!
7:00 The king sounds like Canadian PM Trudeau in 2022. Kings advisors: Your majesty, as you advisors we feel it is our duty to inform you that there are riots in Paris! King: Riots? But Paris is the most beautiful city in the world. Why shouldn't my people feel anything, but pride and contentment? Kings advisors: Of course, your majesty. I'm sure they are content, and proud, but they are also starving.
Christine didn't even try to stop the king when he tried to kiss her. This is how most women are and you shouldn't waste your time trying to save them. This is a horrible movie, they think it's a good idea to have this man die out in the battlefield when he should have went to kill the king instead of listening to his orders to go fight. I hate DiCaprio's role
I wonder why the late '90's saw such a textured revival ,of such Period pieces as this ; " The Mark(? Mask) of Zorro"1998 ; Catherine Zeta Jones , Antonio Banderas,( and excellent performance of Anthony Hopkins - I enjoyed re - watching Tyrone Power's version both before and after ; in a double feature); " Sense And Sensibility" ( exquisite in every detail : Sony classics1996) ; and of course : "The Age
