schmimic
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Starring: Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt, Tim Curry Anybody remember a more civilized time when people fought with swords instead of guns? Well, more accurately, swords and guns, but mainly swords? This movie attempts to recapture that, a time back in France when to be a musketeer in the service of the king was one of the greatest honours you could possibly have.
D'artagnan (O'Donnell) is a young man who has dreamed his whole life of becoming a musketeer, just like his father before him. He is on his way to Paris to join the musketeers, only to get there and find out that they have just been disbanded. He gets this information from Athos (Sutherland) when he stops by musketeer headquarters, and he manages to get himself penciled in for a duel at twelve o'clock with Athos. Later in the day he meets Porthos (Platt), offends him as well, and gets a duel scheduled for one o'clock. Shortly after that, he encounters Aramis (Sheen) and arranges a duel with him too, for two o'clock. Sounds like a busy day. Too bad he didn't know ahead of time that these three men were the last musketeers.
When D'artagnan gets ready to have his first duel, the Cardinal's guards show up to interrupt the party and arrest the musketeers. D'artagnan fights with the musketeers, then they ride off, leaving him alone. It's about then that a few more of the Cardinal's guards show up, along with Captain Rochefort. D'artagnan is arrested and taken to the dungeons below the castle. He then escapes and eavesdrops on a conversation between the Cardinal (Curry) and the Countess D'Winter. In this conversation he learns about the Cardinal's secret plans to make an alliance with the Duke of Buckingham in an effort to overthrow the king and take the throne for himself. D'artagnan is caught eavesdropping and brought before the Cardinal, and then the order is given for him to be beheaded.
Our three friends who were scheduled to duel with D'artagnan and seemed to have just disappeared show up to help D'artagnan out of his little jam. He tells them about the Cardinal's plans, they get the heck out of there, and go to find the spy that is heading over to the Duke of Buckingham in order to find out in more detail what the Cardinal's plans are.
So, I think that's enough of the general gist of the story. It's a Disney movie, so it comes complete with a happy ending, but I won't give it all away. It's amusing enough, and I'd deem it worth watching.
Bottom Line: 3.5 out of 4 (definitely worth watching)
D'artagnan (O'Donnell) is a young man who has dreamed his whole life of becoming a musketeer, just like his father before him. He is on his way to Paris to join the musketeers, only to get there and find out that they have just been disbanded. He gets this information from Athos (Sutherland) when he stops by musketeer headquarters, and he manages to get himself penciled in for a duel at twelve o'clock with Athos. Later in the day he meets Porthos (Platt), offends him as well, and gets a duel scheduled for one o'clock. Shortly after that, he encounters Aramis (Sheen) and arranges a duel with him too, for two o'clock. Sounds like a busy day. Too bad he didn't know ahead of time that these three men were the last musketeers.
When D'artagnan gets ready to have his first duel, the Cardinal's guards show up to interrupt the party and arrest the musketeers. D'artagnan fights with the musketeers, then they ride off, leaving him alone. It's about then that a few more of the Cardinal's guards show up, along with Captain Rochefort. D'artagnan is arrested and taken to the dungeons below the castle. He then escapes and eavesdrops on a conversation between the Cardinal (Curry) and the Countess D'Winter. In this conversation he learns about the Cardinal's secret plans to make an alliance with the Duke of Buckingham in an effort to overthrow the king and take the throne for himself. D'artagnan is caught eavesdropping and brought before the Cardinal, and then the order is given for him to be beheaded.
Our three friends who were scheduled to duel with D'artagnan and seemed to have just disappeared show up to help D'artagnan out of his little jam. He tells them about the Cardinal's plans, they get the heck out of there, and go to find the spy that is heading over to the Duke of Buckingham in order to find out in more detail what the Cardinal's plans are.
So, I think that's enough of the general gist of the story. It's a Disney movie, so it comes complete with a happy ending, but I won't give it all away. It's amusing enough, and I'd deem it worth watching.
Bottom Line: 3.5 out of 4 (definitely worth watching)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner Ah, the old west. Personally, I'm not big into western movies, which would probably explain why I like this movie. It isn't a western. It just happens to take place in the old west. Maverick is the story of a poker player (Gibson) who is going against all odds to get into a championship poker tournament to find out once and for all just how good he really is.
The movie starts with Bret Maverick at the end of a noose, sitting on a horse, out in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by the men who put the noose around his neck in the first place. Then the movie goes into a flashback that tells about the week leading up to this point. A very large chunk of the movie takes place in the flashback.
Bret hasn't had the best of luck over the last week. His horse was stolen and he had to replace it with a donkey, his friends double cross him when it comes to issues of money that they owe him, he nearly gets his butt kicked after a game of poker goes sour, his lucky shirt gets shrunk, and all sorts of other misfortunes. While playing poker he meets Mrs. Annabelle Bransford (Foster), a thief who is also trying to get into the poker tournament. They get stuck riding on the same stagecoach together, along with Marshal Zane Cooper (Garner). True to Bret's luck, the driver has a heart attack and the coach goes out of control. He plays the hero and stops it of course, since he is the hero of the movie, and they continue along on their way to the tournament.
They encounter a group of settlers that have been robbed by Indians, or at least who believe they have been robbed by Indians, and Bret agrees to help them get back their stuff for a cut of the money he'd be recovering for them. He finds the group of whites who were masquerading as Indians and gets the goods from them, and then when they return the goods, real Indians show up, ones that are actually friends with Bret. The encounter between the Indians and the settlers is one of the more hilarious parts of the movie.
After Bret goes along with the Indians and has some interesting encounters with them, we finally catch up to the present, where Bret is dangling from that noose again. He gets out of it and makes his way to the poker tournament.
I'm not going to say whether he wins or loses the tournament, but I'm sure you can guess. But if you haven't seen this movie before, there are probably quite a few things you won't be able to guess, as this movie has many different plot twists and turns along the way. It's absolutely hilarious and in my opinion, a classic.
Bottom Line: 4 out of 4 (own this movie)
The movie starts with Bret Maverick at the end of a noose, sitting on a horse, out in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by the men who put the noose around his neck in the first place. Then the movie goes into a flashback that tells about the week leading up to this point. A very large chunk of the movie takes place in the flashback.
Bret hasn't had the best of luck over the last week. His horse was stolen and he had to replace it with a donkey, his friends double cross him when it comes to issues of money that they owe him, he nearly gets his butt kicked after a game of poker goes sour, his lucky shirt gets shrunk, and all sorts of other misfortunes. While playing poker he meets Mrs. Annabelle Bransford (Foster), a thief who is also trying to get into the poker tournament. They get stuck riding on the same stagecoach together, along with Marshal Zane Cooper (Garner). True to Bret's luck, the driver has a heart attack and the coach goes out of control. He plays the hero and stops it of course, since he is the hero of the movie, and they continue along on their way to the tournament.
They encounter a group of settlers that have been robbed by Indians, or at least who believe they have been robbed by Indians, and Bret agrees to help them get back their stuff for a cut of the money he'd be recovering for them. He finds the group of whites who were masquerading as Indians and gets the goods from them, and then when they return the goods, real Indians show up, ones that are actually friends with Bret. The encounter between the Indians and the settlers is one of the more hilarious parts of the movie.
After Bret goes along with the Indians and has some interesting encounters with them, we finally catch up to the present, where Bret is dangling from that noose again. He gets out of it and makes his way to the poker tournament.
I'm not going to say whether he wins or loses the tournament, but I'm sure you can guess. But if you haven't seen this movie before, there are probably quite a few things you won't be able to guess, as this movie has many different plot twists and turns along the way. It's absolutely hilarious and in my opinion, a classic.
Bottom Line: 4 out of 4 (own this movie)