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Run time: 55 min
Rating: 7.9
I have to admit I found the first episode OK it wasn't amazing, but the second episode the characters started to grow on my - love the casting on all the musketeers and well.... its Peter Caapaldi!!
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy a light hearted historical adaptation and have to admit my favourite thing about this series so far is the costumes and the sets - the lighting is fantastic. It really gives the show the right atmosphere. it i'm being fussy the one thing that I wholly dislike is the theme tune - I just don't think it fits.
Give it a chance we are only just getting to know them, its fun, its frolicy, its BBC 1 on a Saturday night!
I'm not one to squabble over mismatches between source material and movies - as long as the story is consistent within its own universe.
ReplyDeleteFrom this point of view, this series has managed to put all of the recent Hollywood adaptations to an absolute shame.
First of all, the adaptation is so good that sometimes it's difficult to say where the Dumas novels end and where the adaptation begins. Sure enough, the events from the books aren't borrowed entirely and sequentially but rather they are somewhat transformed and scattered.
The main plot points are there, but with extra background and extended events which strengthen character building.
This is definitely a necessary step especially because the original story (so very popular) has turned the characters, their demeanor, names and status into stereotypes ... and stereotypes can be boring especially when the original context is transformed.
The musketeers keep their names, general demeanor but their background stories are enriched (while keeping the main points).
Aramis is a former priest with a soft spot for the ladies ... but there's much more in the hold. Athos remains somewhat misanthropic with lots of mystery behind him (and with a history alongside Milady de Winter) Porthos gets more of an overhaul especially given the original largely straightforward character type. D'Artagnan in turn seems to be more of a bon-vivant type now and although he keeps his original motivation and history, he is portrayed here a lot more child-like. I'm not saying this is necessarily bad, but we'll have to wait and see what the writers will make of it.
Richelieu gets a great portrayal from the future Doctor Who actor, greatly improving upon the original character with more details and more political plots which are mostly well-thought out as opposed to the incredibly brainless plots of the Hollywood movies. Let's hope they'll keep up the kind of work that we've been shown in the first few episodes.
Obviously, nothing is perfect. There are inconsistencies here and there as well as questions left hanging. But we've got at least a season to see where they lead.
I am a big fan of all Musketeers related adaptations. However, it was refreshing to see the characters in the spirit of Dumas's novel, but with new story lines rather than the original story which in my opinion has been done to death!
ReplyDeleteHaving watched the first two episodes, I have been enthralled and entertained. The acting is good and each character is already forming with a ladies man gentleman Aramis, a slightly misanthropic Athos, Porthos, brave and strong and loyal, heroic D'Artagnan.
Also of note are Milady and the Cardinal, who is a character more loyal to his motivations in Dumas's novel, rather than just being an out and out villain.
Nice detail in sets and location and a modern twist on the swashbuckling. A lot better than some of the recent Hollywood adaption. (Which would not be difficult though!)
8/10.