jsawyer

You know, Randall Wallace wound up on my list of "sucky dudes" when he mangled the face of history in "Braveheart". I find it tragically ironic that oodles of people have now criticized Wallace for mangling a fictional work. God forbid he should screw with the plot of a film that's been, in one form or another, done about five times. *sigh* Filmgoers of the world, you never cease to amaze me...

Anyway, I thought this film was very well-done. I know very little about the actual history of the setting, but at least it's clear to all involved that this film was based on a work of _fiction_ by Dumas. The characters are archetypes, but they are, IMO, appropriate. Once again, I find it amazing that people would complain about the depth (or lack thereof) of the characters in tMitIM. This is the guy who made "Braveheart", people. Greatly exaggerated characters, anyone? Louis is pretty much unredeemably evil. D'Artagnan is endlessly loyal and hopeful. Phillipe is _all_ good. This is high adventure, and it was, IMO, well done.

My roommate told me that this was "the funniest movie ever". I felt that it had some extremely funny moments that popped up in a sea of mediocre half-jokes. The things I found funny about the movie are the same types of things I find funny about South Park -- unexpected humor.

"Got milk?"

Plus, I'm one of the rare people that think that Jenny McCarthy is attractive and generally humorous. So -- I didn't mind seeing her at random points throughout the film.

I enjoyed the film, but can easily see how others might not feel as I did. When I saw the preview, I was immediately interested in the movie -- despite the fact that the preview I saw revealed nothing about the film itself. The most I ever get to learn or hear about Wales is through reading Hollinshed's histories of the middle ages. It was interesting to see a film actually set in a modern Welsh town.

Besides, it was f'ing hilarious.