Recommend some more adventure or revenge movies below! ADVENTURE Playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLQHhQlj8i5drYBtc65qmMXSKGwYUeOT42.html 2000's Playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLQHhQlj8i5dqjI_CP3V3I6H1EfHBseZcW.html
Well spotted. Here's a couple more connections you may appreciate from Richard Chamberlain's 1975 version of The Count of Monte Cristo... Superman - Trevor Howard porttrayed the old prisoner Abbé Faria. Three years later he'd portray one of the Kryptonians who condemned General Zod to the Phantom Zone in Superman (1978) Jesus - Tony Curtis portrayed Mondego . He also portrayed Antonius in Spartacus where, at the end, he witnesses Christ's crucifixion,
"I like that he has his sidekick with him!" Luis Guzman crushes it as Jacopo! Dumas enjoys a comedic sidekick but Jacopo is one of his best. Guzman hits the right balance of humor, loyalty, and style for a wonderful Jacopo.
I'm a bit confused....His "sidekick" in the book is more Ali who is a mute...not so funny to me...or bertuccio who tried to avenge his brother by killing Villefort but didn't managed to do it...I love the movie but it is not the same story nor the same characters...
Yep, fantastic supporting cast member and considering he's a sort of replacement plot-wise to the Priest, it makes sense that a lot depends on the loyalty.
Edmond was so hard to recognize for a lot of reasons. Most of them thought he was long dead, to start. Add 16 years absence, completely different grooming, and most important, his style of speech and his mannerisms were radically different than when he was simply Edmond Dantes. His whole body language, apart from old, unconscious habits like toying with a lock of hair, was a huge departure from the man they’d known.
Wha? Hes been in a ton of films since 1977 and was in Snake Eyes, Carlito's Way, Boogie Nights, Out of Sight, The Bone Collector, Magnolia, and Oscar Winner Traffic, years before the awesome Count of Monte Cristo!
@@mikefox6172 I really like this one also but there is a new French one from 2024 which is also good though I missed the prison training with Faria from this one. There is also an old TV series from 1998 which is very good, you can find it on YT.
One of the most wonderful adaptations of a book into a movie ever. I remember after seeing this as a teenager, I read the book in full and that is no small feat for a movie to achieve upon the mind of a teenager that was hooked on the computer at the time this movie came out.
@@maxducoudray I was thankfully used to reading longer works, I guess you could put it. Just not of that genre and not well...old-fashioned books. I'm very glad this was one of the first of the longer ones though - it was a very good introduction.
It is unlikely that the count would keep the Mercedes. The count would have a young lover If Julius Caesar being married to Calpurnia had no problem having an affair with the young queen of Egypt, imagine a man who didn't even marry his bride. It is unlikely that Mercedes with the wedding ring will impress the count as the young Cleopatra impressed Julius Caesar when she left the rug. The fact that Albert is the count's son means that the count and Albert will be friends and the count would remain with the Mercedes. The film Alexander (2004) by Oliver Stone is a biopic of Alexander - The Great. Philip of Macedonia was married to Olimpia and they both had a son who is the protagonist. This did not prevent the conflictive relationship between father and son and Philip from marrying the young Eurydice. The film will show a very complex relationship between father and son..
I read the cliffnotes of this story...It was too long for me to read the book but from what I gathered, the book was better. Though good, this version was too Hollywood for me.
Having graduated HS, I bumped into former classmates who I haven't seen in like 20 years and I immediately recognized them, but they didn't know who I was. Familiar faces fade after certain amount of years.
One of the things people forget too is the simple fact that photographs don't exist yet and paintings was for more upper class and the rich. Think of a world where you can't log into facebook and see the latest photo of someone you know and can only go off your memory from 16 years ago.
Also, if we go by the book, Edmond had been hardened by his time in the Chateau d'If and is not recognizable except by maybe those who knew him best and held him near and dear like Mercedes. Fernand did not, Edmond was well and truly out of his mind, satisfied that his betrayal was successful and that he had been long dead.
The book is fantastic and this movie is so good, it has everything you could want. Twists and turns, epic soundtracks, amazing cinematography, great performances and an excellent revenge story.
The movie - on those very few occasions, e.g., The Count of Monte Cristo, Interview with the Vampire, Trainspotting - has a better ending than the book. Well, not so much ending with Cristo but what is learned. I think you know what I mean.
@@artdeco64 It was only in an American film that the count would return to the Mercedes. In real life, the count would have a young lover just like Julius Caesar had Cleopatra. I doubt that in that alliance scene Mercedes would have the same sense of seduction that Cleopatra had with Julius Caesar when she left the mat. In the 1988 Russian adaptation, The Prisoner of Chãteau D'if (1988), the film's director left his wife for the actress who plays Haydee. There is no parallel in history like the film. But there is a parallel of a man who, despite his relationship, falls in love with a beautiful girl from the East.
I ahcie the weak ending. I believe that Lvior's vocals were much more realistic. A rich and powerful man like the count would have a young lover just like Julius C'esra had Cleopatra. I don't believe that Mercedes in that alliance scene would have the power of seduction that Cleopatra had when she left the carpet for Julius Caesar. There will be a miniseries with Sam Claflin and Jeremy Irons.
I've always been a big fan of the life motto: "Do your worst, for I shall do mine." Too many people beg life for mercy and cower under its harshness. But if you laugh in the face of death, taunting it, you can truly find contentment in this raging storm.
It's not fat, the cinema that seeks to simplify history. Just watch Cleopatra with Liz Taylor and see conflicts, events and historical characters omitted in the film. The film omits Cleopatra's sister, Arsinoe, omits the conflict of Augustus and sextus Pompey for example.
Richard Harris was the actor who played the old man priest Abbé Faria. He was a great actor who played in many films and famously liked a drink. During his final years he lived in the Savoy Hotel in London and drank in a pub a couple of doors down called 'The Coal Hole'. I used to work nearby and we would go to The Coal Hole after work on a Friday. Richard Harris had a favourite seat in the pub and, while I was there he always drank alone, and people respected his privacy. When he passed away a brass plaque marked his favourite wooden seat in the pub and I think it just said 'Our Lord'. While I frequented the pub after his passing I never saw anyone sit in his seat.
43:31 - ADAPTATIONS? Written by the French author of 'The Three Musketeers', Alexandre Dumas, who's grandmother was an African slave, there are literally dozens of adaptations. My favourite adaptation is the 1975 movie starring Richard Chamberlain. REFERENCED? The Count of Monte Cristo is mentioned in 'The Shawshank Redemption' when, after a fellow prisoner pronounces the author's surname as ''Dumb ass', Andy Dufresne recommends the book as a story about a 'prison brreak'.. The story of the Count is also introduced to Evie iin 'V for Vendetta', another revenge movie.
You should watch other adaptations to say this. France adapted the book 7 times, Louir Jordan who played Villefort in the 1975 adaptation, he played Edmond Dantes in the 1961 adaptation. There are French adaptations from 1929, 1943, 1954, 1979 and 1998 that you can find on TH-cam with subtitles.
The BOOK is fantastic. Not hard to read except for the French names and stuff. So much deeper because most of the captivity story is told in his head. The lessons with the priest are life empowering. It's a good read but it's a big one!
The Count of Monte Cristo has been adapted so many times, and it’s never really been done justice - but this is one of the best. It’s just really, really long, and could absolutely be adapted into a big budget mini-series. The book itself is quite an easy read. Dumas primarily wrote in what was the equivalent of magazines at the time, and wrote most of his novels chapter by chapter, publishing a chapter in each edition of the “magazine”. That’s both why his novels tend to be so long ($$$) and why they are so suspenseful (every chapter needed to end on a cliffhanger to keep the audience coming back). But if you read the book without knowing that, you would think the entire story was planned out in advance with how intricate everything is. The problem with most adaptations is that they spend the majority of the time focusing on the first half, leading up to the prison break, and condense the revenge portion, which is really the bulk of the story, and makes up two thirds of the novel. This is way outside your wheelhouse on this channel, but whenever this film comes up in conversation, I always try to recommend another adaptation as a sort of companion piece/follow-up. It’s called, “Gankutsuou”, and is a one season anime that tells the story from the perspective of Albert. It’s kind of out there… I mean, it’s set in the future, and the Count is almost a sort of space vampire, but it’s honestly the most faithful adaptation of the revenge portion of the story ever done. What this movie lacks is the conflict between wanting to root for the underdog getting his revenge, and how much that desire for revenge has threatened to completely destroy his humanity. That’s the route taken by The Shawshank Redemption, and it’s good… but it’s a much less nuanced story when everything is so black and white, and told in your basic three part narrative.
Gankutsuou is one of my favorite adaptations of the book: The Prisoner of Château d'If (1988) with Viktor Avilov The Count of Monte Cristo (1979) with Jacques Weber The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) with Gerad Depardieu The adaptation with Depardieu, despite not having liked the change at the end, I really liked the revenge part against Dangalkrs and the development of Maixmilien and Valentine. I would imagine the Count as someone as manipulative as Octavian, who made alliances to avenge Julius Caesar's death and sought to eliminate political enemies. The Count is very smooth in the film, all the revenge is pure action, there is no planning or manipulation. The count has no allies that are useful for his revenge. And the film doesn't show his dark side. Everything is simple Manichaeism. The count lacks being fierce and ruthless, but also very calculating and carefully planning everything. I miss Haydee, Edmond's ally and lover. She helps the count in his revenge and there will be an attraction between him like Caesar and Cleopatra.
This is how the 3 Body Problem was originally written as well in 2006, released chapter by chapter each month in a Chinese magazine, and it's fascinating. So annoyed Netflix won't be finishing the English version, but I get it because they were spending way too much money per episode to do a season 2. But nice to know books still get written this way. The tradition lives on! :)
@@abeartheycallFozzy I once saw or read an interview with him where he said this is what I like and want to do. I don't want the leading role. Don't need it. Something like that.
Fencing, plots, and revenge - some of Alexandre Dumas' favorite things. I highly recommend pretty much any adaptation of The Three Musketeers (also by Dumas), but the 90s Disney adaptation is one of my faves. Amazing cast, good fun, and huge theme song by Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, and Sting
Jen: "No, you need to tell him!" Unfortunately no. That's a very recent and not universal right. It's why it's such a big deal in the US and UK & Commonwealth. People could be arrested and charged, sentenced, imprisoned or executed without actually ever knowing what the charges were, let alone have the means to defend themselves before a judge or jury. Jen: "I hope he kills him with that chess piece later!" And you win the internet for the day. I laughed so hard. 🤣
0:29 - "Idiots". 29 secs has got to be a record. The Count of Monte Cristo is one of my favourite stories of all time, and is definitely one of my 'Desert Island' movies. Richard Chamberlain's 1975 version is my favourite version which also stars... Donald Pleasance as Danglars (Dr Loomis in 'Halloween 1-5', Ernst Blofeld in 'You Only Live Twice', The President in 'Escape From New York, The Forger in 'The Great Escape'), Tony Curtis as Mondego (Antonius in Spartacus, Joe in 'Some Like It Hot', aka father of Jamie Lee Curtis also from Halloween 1-5) Louis Jourdan as Gérard de Villefort (Kamal Khan in 'Octopussy') and... Trevor Howard as Abbé Faria (Too many movies to list here although you may recall him as one of the Kryptonians who sentenced General Zod in Superman (1978)
"Checkmate a-hole." I love how much Jen loved this. Okay, since you enjoyed this costume drama, you might consider Dangerous Liaisons -- less swashbuckling, but a magnificent film with an incredible cast including Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Micelle Pfeiffer, and a young Uma Thurman and Keanu Reeves.
I highly recommend the book, it really is great and not a difficult read. Not only is it new enough (1844) for the language to be more or less modern, but as it was originally written and published as a newspaper serial the style of prose was aimed to be broadly enjoyed. The version I read was the American English translation from 1889 published by Little Brown and T.Y. Crowell and I had no problems with it at all, or there's a modern translation from Penguin Classics (1996) that's even more accessible to modern readers.
What I love the most is that the rainbow isn’t an effect… it happened to appear as they were setting up the final shot of Count Mondego getting stabbed… an ironic divine symbol.
Luv Guy Pierce movies, even when he's the Bad Guy. (Pun intended) Dumas wrote a great story and this movie adaptation is one of the best! Prison break, Sword fights, pirates, hidden treasures, stolen loves, and Revenge! What more could you ask for in a movie! Great reaction Jen I'm definitely watching this again!! Thanks for sharing Jen ❤️💛
One of my favorite movies ever! Maybe even for sure my number one. It is an epic story with everything you could ask for, swashbuckling, pirates, betrayal, plotting revenge, loyalty, true love, redemption, justice ... just everything you want in an epic story. And I think the actors in the movie did such a fantastic job! One of my favorite scenes is the confrontation between Mercedes and Edmund and his line about not taking the hate from him it was all he had. Such a powerful moment in my opinion. Great reaction!
This is one of my top ten. And the birthday speech got me through a really, really tough time in my life when I spent months lying down in a hospital bed. It might be stupid, but repeating that I must look into that storm and shout as you did in rome, 'Do your worst, for I will do mine' gave me the strength to prove to 'life' that I wasn't going to be giving up any time soon.
The 1934 version with Robert Donant is a classic, the book was written in French so all English versions are translations making Dumas in general very readable. He also wrote The Three Musketeers the 1948 version of which is one of the most swashbuckling films ever made with Gene Kelly in the lead.
This adaptation actual differs from the book in a number of major aspects, but I still quite enjoy this movie. Oddly enough, one of the most faithful adaptations is an anime series (Gankutsuou), despite the fact that it takes place in a neo-futuristic version of Paris, and they travel through space.
Dumas was masterful in breaking expectations in the book. The story of Napoleon - Josephine - Marie Louise served as inspiration for the story of the Count - Mercedes - Haydee, just as Reza Roustan, Napoleon's servant, served as an inspiration for Ali, the count's servant. Napoleon loved Josephine despite their turbulent relationship and divorced her to marry Princess Marie-Louise. The count, despite loving Mercedes, was hurt that she had married Fernand. He showed concern for her, as Napoleon did for Josephine. And he marries Princess Haydee. Just like Josephine and Napoleon, despite loving each other, never had a child, just like Edmond and Mercedes. This story inspired Dumas to write the ending. Dumas broke expectations in the book and shows us that not everything happens as we want. And that in life not everything has a happy ending. Instead of the tragic ending in the more theatrical style, he gives us a more realistic ending, with a bitter ending. The 1979 French miniseries with Jacques Weber shows the book's bittersweet ending.
With respect, I think I’m falling for you. I have fascinated by this film since I first saw it in theaters, and your reaction reignited my love for it. The way you name each instrument is magical. Thank you for this.
I read this book 40ish years ago. I was REALLY surprised how much I liked it. I never saw the movie. This is the first time I watched one of your reactions, because of reading the book
Thank you for reacting to this movie. This is one of my top 5 or 10 movies of all-time. This movie is epic in every way. Your reaction are epic as well. Thank you my fellow Canadian, I appreciate what you do. :)
My favorite adaptation of the book. His reveal scene is so epic! (the clothes!) I love the soundtrack and your appreciation of the instruments 🎶 The book was originally published in episodic format in a newspaper, can you imagine?
Awesome watching you get into this one, Jen. I love this flick and have seen the 1975 version with Richard Chamberlain as well (loved those almonds with the hard candy shells, lol). An all french version one is coming out at the end of this month. It had its premiere at Cannes in May and got an eleven-minute standing ovation; goosebumps. An eight-part tv version is also coming out later this year, with Jeremy Irons as Abbé Faria.
One of my favorites! The cast is stacked, and the story is incredible. 31:39 is so Jen, and why I come back to watch. She's right about them not making movies like this anymore. The 80s and 90s were peak for me. The past 15 years or so is mostly trash.
This film came out when I was 10 years old. I loved it immediately. went on to read the book in high school and still appreciate the movie as an adaptation. It’s one of my favorite movies ever!
This is a simplest version of a very complex novel. but that's not really a bad thing. This film works perfectly as an action adventure film. For me its Jim Caviezel best film but its Guy Pearce performance that steals the film. The guy deserves an Oscar for sneering..
It is unlikely that Edmond and Mercedes would work out because he had changed so much to the point of being unrecognizable to her, Mercedes says in the chapter. 112 of the book that the man she loved no longer exists. Alexandr Solzhenitsyn says that he spent years in a concentration camp: “The day of liberation? What can it give us after so many years? We will be changed beyond recognition, our relatives will be changed beyond recognition, our relatives will be changed. And once familiar places will seem stranger to us than strangers. “ - the Gulag Archipelago He was married to Natalia Alekseyevna Reshetovskaya, his high school sweetheart. The two were going through a period of intense pressure, Solzhenitsyn's arrest and the writer's imprisonment, coupled with divorce (Reshetovskaya had married another man while Solzhenitsyn was in the gulag). The couple returned to their union after Solzhenitsyn's return, but lived under constant disagreements. In a realistic situation, Edmond and Mercedes would never have a happy relationship because of their constant arguments, because everything had changed. Haydée is very similar to the Count and that is why the situation would work between them. She has emotional scars like him. The two are exactly the same. “Although separated by a twenty-year age difference, Natália and Solzhenitsyn had a lot in common: the gulag and the Second World War, which caused him a lot of suffering, and also marked her childhood with deep scars.” - The wives by Alexandra Popoff Natalia Dmitrievna Svetlova had spent a youth of great suffering due to Stalin's persecutions and the Second World War. At the age of 21, Natalia married Andrei Tiúrin, a talented mathematician a year younger, a companion on her ski journeys with the same interests as a student. Dmitri, the couple's son, was born a year later, but the marriage lasted a short time. When Natalia met Solzhenitsyn, a strong connection between them was born between them.
I saw the Richard Chamberlain version in the 70's first but I love this version. The Three Musketeers and The Man In The Iron Mask are great too. I've seen a few versions of each movie over the years.
This is a great film. I read this in French class back in the '70s - and saw this in the theater - surprised me how much I remembered, as the novel was intricately more twisted! It ends with the quote; "All human wisdom is contained in these two words - Wait and Hope." No Jen, it's written in classic French from 1840s, and today's 5th year French students can usually handle it, with teacher's help. Can't wait? Get the English translation. You will absolutely LOVE the Sean Connery film THE NAME OF THE ROSE (1986) based on the Umberto Eco novel, with Connery as William of Baskerville, a medieval Franciscan friar, and Christian Slater as his apprentice.
I have such a soft spot for this film. I saw it as the last show in the cinema while I was waiting for the traffic to subside on the roads. It has stuck with me ever since. Love the book as well. Even with the " Hollywood" ending, I always enjoy rewatching it. I hope you had fun as well!
One of my favorite books. We read it in high school literature class and I was hooked, constantly reading ahead. When they went around at the end to collect all the copies I opted to buy my copy.
I worked at a movie theater when this movie came out. One day, I was working box office selling tickets. An older man came up and spent considerable time looking at the listings of all the showtimes for all the movies. Finally he comes up and says, "I'll take one ticket for 'You Can Count on Monty'." I was very confused, we didn't have a movie named that. So I look up at the listings, trying to figure out what the hell he's talking about, and I see "The Count of Monte Cristo." I gave him a ticket for this movie. I have always wondered what he thought of it, and if it was at all what he was expecting. I love this movie, so I hope he enjoyed it as much as I do.
This is truly a fantastic movie. I love the well thought out revenge for each person, but still the change of heart for Mercedes when he learns the truth.
It did well in America, but it did poorly at the international box office, because the film changed the entire story of the book and Europeans hated it. The change at the end of the story was heavily criticized.
@@abeartheycallFozzy It would also have to be some insanely durable thread too, to last ~16 yrs. But that would probably be my biggest gripe about the movie.
In the book, the count preferred an 18-year-old girl like the Roman Consul Julius Caesar, despite being married, he had Cleopatra as a lover. A rich and powerful man like him would already have a young lover
Good Afternoon, Jen💝always a Pleasure to share another Premiere with You-All today!🥰I remember seeing this Movie once, but that was so long ago / when it first came out...and until now, I had NO idea that Henry Cavill was EVER even in it! Either way, I've been looking forward to re-experiencing this one⚔should be Fun and I "Thank" You, as always!👍
This is one of the last great adventure movies made. When I got out of the theaters after seeing this, I was immediately transported to my youth in the 80's where every Saturday I would marathon movies like Raiders, Treasure Island, Clash of the Titans, Swiss Family Robinson, etc. Pure Adventure!
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Recommend some more adventure or revenge movies below!
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For swashbuckling adventure, try "The Three Musketeers" (the 1970s version and also it's sequel) or the Errol Flynn "Adventures of Robin Hood"
The man in the iron mask is great also the three musketeers 1973 and the three musketeers 1993 are both a lot of fun
For revenge movies, albeit non-swashbuckling, try "Point Blank" with Lee Marvin (or its remake "Payback" with Mel Gibson)
Two revenge movies that come to mine are Darkman 1990 and Rob Roy 1995. A great adventure movie is Prince Of Persia 2010
I was "excellen....wait a minute, this is the remake. Not the classic black & white original. I'm out."
Superman, Jesus, AND Dumbledore in one movie!?
Well spotted. Here's a couple more connections you may appreciate from Richard Chamberlain's 1975 version of The Count of Monte Cristo...
Superman - Trevor Howard porttrayed the old prisoner Abbé Faria. Three years later he'd portray one of the Kryptonians who condemned General Zod to the Phantom Zone in Superman (1978)
Jesus - Tony Curtis portrayed Mondego . He also portrayed Antonius in Spartacus where, at the end, he witnesses Christ's crucifixion,
dumbledore/Ceasar
Don't forget the bad guy from Iron Man 3.
@@gersonribeiro374 I love how you think " The bad guy from iron Man 3" deserved to be mentioned amongst the other three... Hehe
@@TerminatorJuice especially since he's ALWAYS plays the bad guy, seriously I never seen a movie with this actor where he isn't the villain.
"I like that he has his sidekick with him!"
Luis Guzman crushes it as Jacopo! Dumas enjoys a comedic sidekick but Jacopo is one of his best. Guzman hits the right balance of humor, loyalty, and style for a wonderful Jacopo.
I'm a bit confused....His "sidekick" in the book is more Ali who is a mute...not so funny to me...or bertuccio who tried to avenge his brother by killing Villefort but didn't managed to do it...I love the movie but it is not the same story nor the same characters...
Hi Jen, have you watched KRULL?
Yep, fantastic supporting cast member and considering he's a sort of replacement plot-wise to the Priest, it makes sense that a lot depends on the loyalty.
My favorite line from Jacobo, "I ride to Paris. I kill them. I'll be back by Thursday."
@@jamespfp In what way is he a replacement for the priest?
Truly one of the best revenge stories ever told. Fantastic cast and performances.
The fencing ability of our traitorous friend is both impressive and frightening in it's effectiveness in debilitating the will of the loser.
true, dumas' story is the best in the genre. unfortunately, the movie doesn't stick to it. earlier film adaptations are much more subtle and mature.
Still was a great film@@igorbuckel8060
I am excited for the upcoming French release of this movie and I hope that they stick to the original storyline this time.
@@igorbuckel8060 it was made to keep the attention of modern audiences, it's an amazing movie.
Edmond was so hard to recognize for a lot of reasons. Most of them thought he was long dead, to start. Add 16 years absence, completely different grooming, and most important, his style of speech and his mannerisms were radically different than when he was simply Edmond Dantes. His whole body language, apart from old, unconscious habits like toying with a lock of hair, was a huge departure from the man they’d known.
Also, self-portraits is not widely available for the masses.
This story is the very embodiment of the phrase "Revenge is a dish best served cold."
Old Klingon proverb
Oh is it ever. Yes indeed.
Luis Guzman is such a great actor, loved that a studio took a chance on him for this role!
Wha? Hes been in a ton of films since 1977 and was in Snake Eyes, Carlito's Way, Boogie Nights, Out of Sight, The Bone Collector, Magnolia, and Oscar Winner Traffic, years before the awesome Count of Monte Cristo!
@@genghisgalahad8465 no totally, I just really like Luis. I didn’t see him in this role, it was just a nice choice is all.
All the comments have saved me from saying anything about this movie. Just want to say Jen’s reaction to Henry appearing was EPIC!!
From the same writer, The Three Musketeers, The Man In The Iron Mask, many versions of both these classic books.
Yes but this adaptation is, I think, the best....
@@mikefox6172 I really like this one also but there is a new French one from 2024 which is also good though I missed the prison training with Faria from this one. There is also an old TV series from 1998 which is very good, you can find it on YT.
This is a brilliant take on the novel. Absolutely phenomenal acting and the writing and directing were quite good as well.
One of the most wonderful adaptations of a book into a movie ever. I remember after seeing this as a teenager, I read the book in full and that is no small feat for a movie to achieve upon the mind of a teenager that was hooked on the computer at the time this movie came out.
And the book is long!
@@maxducoudray I was thankfully used to reading longer works, I guess you could put it. Just not of that genre and not well...old-fashioned books. I'm very glad this was one of the first of the longer ones though - it was a very good introduction.
It is unlikely that the count would keep the Mercedes.
The count would have a young lover
If Julius Caesar being married to Calpurnia had no problem having an affair with the young queen of Egypt, imagine a man who didn't even marry his bride.
It is unlikely that Mercedes with the wedding ring will impress the count as the young Cleopatra impressed Julius Caesar when she left the rug.
The fact that Albert is the count's son means that the count and Albert will be friends and the count would remain with the Mercedes.
The film Alexander (2004) by Oliver Stone is a biopic of Alexander - The Great. Philip of Macedonia was married to Olimpia and they both had a son who is the protagonist. This did not prevent the conflictive relationship between father and son and Philip from marrying the young Eurydice.
The film will show a very complex relationship between father and son..
I read the cliffnotes of this story...It was too long for me to read the book but from what I gathered, the book was better. Though good, this version was too Hollywood for me.
@@mikef2811 Too Hollywood 2002 or too Hollywood 2024 ? There is a difference, lol.
Having graduated HS, I bumped into former classmates who I haven't seen in like 20 years and I immediately recognized them, but they didn't know who I was. Familiar faces fade after certain amount of years.
it's called denial
One of the things people forget too is the simple fact that photographs don't exist yet and paintings was for more upper class and the rich. Think of a world where you can't log into facebook and see the latest photo of someone you know and can only go off your memory from 16 years ago.
@@aliquisvultteisus1012 Yes, good point. We tend to forget that technology was extremely different then, than what it is today.
Also, if we go by the book, Edmond had been hardened by his time in the Chateau d'If and is not recognizable except by maybe those who knew him best and held him near and dear like Mercedes. Fernand did not, Edmond was well and truly out of his mind, satisfied that his betrayal was successful and that he had been long dead.
If you haven’t seen it yet, Frequency is another fantastic movie with Jim Caviezel
Having Dumbledore as your tutor must have been pretty cool.
You mean Emperor Marcus Aurelius
When he first appeared my brain was confused because I recognized the voice instantly, but not the face XD I had no idea he was in this movie.
His own Dumbledore/yoda.
“Yer a wizard, Edmond”
Dumbledore tutors Jesus Christ
"Do your worst, for I shall do mine." - Best line ever!
“I’ll do it, bam bam bam. How is this a bad plan?”😂😂
I know this is about a prison break because Red told me in The Shawshank Redemption.😁
Look for it in "Educational Tool"
Right. It was originally a book written by Alexandrea Dumbass
It's listed under Educational.
Oh yeah,,, It's written by that Dumbass guy, right?
Alexandre . . . Dumb-ass
The book is fantastic and this movie is so good, it has everything you could want. Twists and turns, epic soundtracks, amazing cinematography, great performances and an excellent revenge story.
Enjoy the dark humor.
The movie - on those very few occasions, e.g., The Count of Monte Cristo, Interview with the Vampire, Trainspotting - has a better ending than the book.
Well, not so much ending with Cristo but what is learned. I think you know what I mean.
The book is a classic. Just like the 3 Musketeers and the Man in the Iron Mask.
@@artdeco64 It was only in an American film that the count would return to the Mercedes.
In real life, the count would have a young lover just like Julius Caesar had Cleopatra.
I doubt that in that alliance scene Mercedes would have the same sense of seduction that Cleopatra had with Julius Caesar when she left the mat.
In the 1988 Russian adaptation, The Prisoner of Chãteau D'if (1988), the film's director left his wife for the actress who plays Haydee.
There is no parallel in history like the film.
But there is a parallel of a man who, despite his relationship, falls in love with a beautiful girl from the East.
I ahcie the weak ending.
I believe that Lvior's vocals were much more realistic.
A rich and powerful man like the count would have a young lover just like Julius C'esra had Cleopatra.
I don't believe that Mercedes in that alliance scene would have the power of seduction that Cleopatra had when she left the carpet for Julius Caesar.
There will be a miniseries with Sam Claflin and Jeremy Irons.
Man, this movie came out of nowhere and instantly found a home in my top 5 favorite films of all time.
I've always been a big fan of the life motto: "Do your worst, for I shall do mine." Too many people beg life for mercy and cower under its harshness. But if you laugh in the face of death, taunting it, you can truly find contentment in this raging storm.
This is probably the best book to movie adaptation I can think of. Trims the fat. Nothing important is cut. Paced perfect. Acting was phenomenal.
It's not fat, the cinema that seeks to simplify history.
Just watch Cleopatra with Liz Taylor and see conflicts, events and historical characters omitted in the film.
The film omits Cleopatra's sister, Arsinoe, omits the conflict of Augustus and sextus Pompey for example.
11:02 Jen - "She's going to marry this chump, isn't she? I'm pissed."
Edmond Dantes - "Hold my beer"
Lol.
Richard Harris was the actor who played the old man priest Abbé Faria. He was a great actor who played in many films and famously liked a drink. During his final years he lived in the Savoy Hotel in London and drank in a pub a couple of doors down called 'The Coal Hole'. I used to work nearby and we would go to The Coal Hole after work on a Friday. Richard Harris had a favourite seat in the pub and, while I was there he always drank alone, and people respected his privacy. When he passed away a brass plaque marked his favourite wooden seat in the pub and I think it just said 'Our Lord'. While I frequented the pub after his passing I never saw anyone sit in his seat.
Such a great actor.
Awesome story! Thanks for sharing!
1 of my top 10 favorite movies! Caviezel is awesome. Guy pierce is great. Henry Cavil is young, Dagmara is hawt & Priest is FANTASTIC pre Harry Potter
This is a great epic revenge and redemption story!
Henry Cavill is in the movie.
He was 19 years old at the time.
43:31 - ADAPTATIONS?
Written by the French author of 'The Three Musketeers', Alexandre Dumas, who's grandmother was an African slave, there are literally dozens of adaptations. My favourite adaptation is the 1975 movie starring Richard Chamberlain.
REFERENCED? The Count of Monte Cristo is mentioned in 'The Shawshank Redemption' when, after a fellow prisoner pronounces the author's surname as ''Dumb ass', Andy Dufresne recommends the book as a story about a 'prison brreak'.. The story of the Count is also introduced to Evie iin 'V for Vendetta', another revenge movie.
Richard Chamberlain played the best Count of Monte Cristo in the 1975 movie Count of Monte Cristo.
yes!
You should watch other adaptations to say this.
France adapted the book 7 times, Louir Jordan who played Villefort in the 1975 adaptation, he played Edmond Dantes in the 1961 adaptation.
There are French adaptations from 1929, 1943, 1954, 1979 and 1998 that you can find on TH-cam with subtitles.
Chamberlain in Man in the Iron Mask!
@@FernandoSilva-cr6qodo you mean Louis Jordan?
@@toodlescae yes
He didn't want to be Captain, he just didn't want Edmond to be a Captain. Pure jealousy.
The BOOK is fantastic. Not hard to read except for the French names and stuff. So much deeper because most of the captivity story is told in his head. The lessons with the priest are life empowering. It's a good read but it's a big one!
It is a big read, but it's a surprisingly easy one. And it is absolutely fantastic.
One of my favorite books since I was a kid, and one of the most accurate and satisfying adaptations I've seen.
You must have seen abysmal adaptations then, because this is far from adapting the novel well
Everyone needs a friend like Yakapo also the fact that smugglers and thieves are more loyal and trustworthy than his childhood friend
The Count of Monte Cristo has been adapted so many times, and it’s never really been done justice - but this is one of the best. It’s just really, really long, and could absolutely be adapted into a big budget mini-series.
The book itself is quite an easy read. Dumas primarily wrote in what was the equivalent of magazines at the time, and wrote most of his novels chapter by chapter, publishing a chapter in each edition of the “magazine”. That’s both why his novels tend to be so long ($$$) and why they are so suspenseful (every chapter needed to end on a cliffhanger to keep the audience coming back). But if you read the book without knowing that, you would think the entire story was planned out in advance with how intricate everything is.
The problem with most adaptations is that they spend the majority of the time focusing on the first half, leading up to the prison break, and condense the revenge portion, which is really the bulk of the story, and makes up two thirds of the novel.
This is way outside your wheelhouse on this channel, but whenever this film comes up in conversation, I always try to recommend another adaptation as a sort of companion piece/follow-up. It’s called, “Gankutsuou”, and is a one season anime that tells the story from the perspective of Albert. It’s kind of out there… I mean, it’s set in the future, and the Count is almost a sort of space vampire, but it’s honestly the most faithful adaptation of the revenge portion of the story ever done.
What this movie lacks is the conflict between wanting to root for the underdog getting his revenge, and how much that desire for revenge has threatened to completely destroy his humanity. That’s the route taken by The Shawshank Redemption, and it’s good… but it’s a much less nuanced story when everything is so black and white, and told in your basic three part narrative.
Gankutsuou is one of my favorite adaptations of the book:
The Prisoner of Château d'If (1988) with Viktor Avilov
The Count of Monte Cristo (1979) with Jacques Weber
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) with Gerad Depardieu
The adaptation with Depardieu, despite not having liked the change at the end, I really liked the revenge part against Dangalkrs and the development of Maixmilien and Valentine.
I would imagine the Count as someone as manipulative as Octavian, who made alliances to avenge Julius Caesar's death and sought to eliminate political enemies.
The Count is very smooth in the film, all the revenge is pure action, there is no planning or manipulation. The count has no allies that are useful for his revenge.
And the film doesn't show his dark side. Everything is simple Manichaeism.
The count lacks being fierce and ruthless, but also very calculating and carefully planning everything.
I miss Haydee, Edmond's ally and lover. She helps the count in his revenge and there will be an attraction between him like Caesar and Cleopatra.
This is how the 3 Body Problem was originally written as well in 2006, released chapter by chapter each month in a Chinese magazine, and it's fascinating. So annoyed Netflix won't be finishing the English version, but I get it because they were spending way too much money per episode to do a season 2. But nice to know books still get written this way. The tradition lives on! :)
@@FernandoSilva-cr6qo There is another version coming this year from France, I believe. The trailer is on YT.
@@xzonia1Netflix just a couple of days ago announced they renewed 3 Body Problem for seasons 2 and 3 and they will cover all the books.
Luis Guzman is like the king of supporting actors. His list of movies is bottomless, all in the supporting role.
I just went to look him up. Over 100 films and I lost count of TV roles. He's worked with everyone in Hollywood.
Such a unique and recognizable voice, too
Luis' so funny and always rather charming. He's in a ton of movies I love
@@abeartheycallFozzy I once saw or read an interview with him where he said this is what I like and want to do. I don't want the leading role. Don't need it.
Something like that.
He’s one of those “that guy” actors.
Fencing, plots, and revenge - some of Alexandre Dumas' favorite things.
I highly recommend pretty much any adaptation of The Three Musketeers (also by Dumas), but the 90s Disney adaptation is one of my faves. Amazing cast, good fun, and huge theme song by Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, and Sting
loved that one too
Also Michael WIncott who plays the Warden of Chateau D'If in this movie plays an amped up villainous version of Rochefort in Three Musketeers.
I enjoy the 1973 version of D'Artagnan.
@@jayeisenhardt1337 played by Michael York? he was a favorite actor.
"All for one and one for all".
I love how much you brought up the music. It was so good. Great story from a great book with great acting, etc.
This movie rocks. I could see how immediately invested you were. It's so intense and satisfying. I, too, was on the edge of my seat the first time.
Jen: "No, you need to tell him!"
Unfortunately no. That's a very recent and not universal right. It's why it's such a big deal in the US and UK & Commonwealth. People could be arrested and charged, sentenced, imprisoned or executed without actually ever knowing what the charges were, let alone have the means to defend themselves before a judge or jury.
Jen: "I hope he kills him with that chess piece later!"
And you win the internet for the day. I laughed so hard. 🤣
0:29 - "Idiots". 29 secs has got to be a record.
The Count of Monte Cristo is one of my favourite stories of all time, and is definitely one of my 'Desert Island' movies.
Richard Chamberlain's 1975 version is my favourite version which also stars...
Donald Pleasance as Danglars (Dr Loomis in 'Halloween 1-5', Ernst Blofeld in 'You Only Live Twice', The President in 'Escape From New York, The Forger in 'The Great Escape'),
Tony Curtis as Mondego (Antonius in Spartacus, Joe in 'Some Like It Hot', aka father of Jamie Lee Curtis also from Halloween 1-5)
Louis Jourdan as Gérard de Villefort (Kamal Khan in 'Octopussy') and...
Trevor Howard as Abbé Faria (Too many movies to list here although you may recall him as one of the Kryptonians who sentenced General Zod in Superman (1978)
Right!! 😂😂👍
I agree completely, even with being a bit free as an adaptation it has everything, splendor and panache.
"Checkmate a-hole." I love how much Jen loved this.
Okay, since you enjoyed this costume drama, you might consider Dangerous Liaisons -- less swashbuckling, but a magnificent film with an incredible cast including Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Micelle Pfeiffer, and a young Uma Thurman and Keanu Reeves.
I highly recommend the book, it really is great and not a difficult read. Not only is it new enough (1844) for the language to be more or less modern, but as it was originally written and published as a newspaper serial the style of prose was aimed to be broadly enjoyed. The version I read was the American English translation from 1889 published by Little Brown and T.Y. Crowell and I had no problems with it at all, or there's a modern translation from Penguin Classics (1996) that's even more accessible to modern readers.
I tapped so fast when I saw this! I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What I love the most is that the rainbow isn’t an effect… it happened to appear as they were setting up the final shot of Count Mondego getting stabbed… an ironic divine symbol.
Nothing ironic about that. Just improbable.
It really is a great movie and i am always surprised at how underrated it is. Some parts of it were filmed in my country so that's cool.
This is my favorite movie of all. I watch it a million times, and still watch it repeatedly even today.❤❤
This is one of my all time favorite movies. I THOROUGHLY enjoyed this reaction. 2 thumbs up.
Luv Guy Pierce movies, even when he's the Bad Guy. (Pun intended) Dumas wrote a great story and this movie adaptation is one of the best! Prison break, Sword fights, pirates, hidden treasures, stolen loves, and Revenge! What more could you ask for in a movie! Great reaction Jen I'm definitely watching this again!! Thanks for sharing Jen ❤️💛
"Ravenous" is crazy underrated.
I loved the book, the 1975 movie adaptation of this story is really good as well.
This is still my all time favorite movie
One of my favorite movies ever! Maybe even for sure my number one. It is an epic story with everything you could ask for, swashbuckling, pirates, betrayal, plotting revenge, loyalty, true love, redemption, justice ... just everything you want in an epic story. And I think the actors in the movie did such a fantastic job! One of my favorite scenes is the confrontation between Mercedes and Edmund and his line about not taking the hate from him it was all he had. Such a powerful moment in my opinion. Great reaction!
The estate that Luis Guzman bought for the Count with a carriage full of treasure is a well-known estate in Ireland and a popular tourist attraction.
Jen: "Checkmate A-hole!" 😂
A good revenge movie is the Park Chan-Wook directed movie 'Oldboy' from 2003. Not to be confused with the 2013 remake.
lol “who’s treasure is this” you were so worried about them getting caught in the prison, you didn’t listen to the old man.
I listened but I assume it's not his originally
@@jenmurrayxo The extremely wealthy Count of Sparta.
One of my favorite movies.
One of the greatest swashbucklers ever made! A true masterpiece! Thanks for your fun reaction!
This is a movie to own on DVD.
It's gorgeous, fun, and full of great characters in a classic story.
Literally in my top 5 movies of all time.
This is one of the few movies that manages to be better than the book and it's already an incredible book. I love this film so much.
This is one of my top ten. And the birthday speech got me through a really, really tough time in my life when I spent months lying down in a hospital bed. It might be stupid, but repeating that I must look into that storm and shout as you did in rome, 'Do your worst, for I will do mine' gave me the strength to prove to 'life' that I wasn't going to be giving up any time soon.
The 1934 version with Robert Donant is a classic, the book was written in French so all English versions are translations making Dumas in general very readable. He also wrote The Three Musketeers the 1948 version of which is one of the most swashbuckling films ever made with Gene Kelly in the lead.
Richard Harris that is Jim Caviezel’s cell buddies. Richard plays Dumbledore in the first two movies before he past away
This adaptation actual differs from the book in a number of major aspects, but I still quite enjoy this movie. Oddly enough, one of the most faithful adaptations is an anime series (Gankutsuou), despite the fact that it takes place in a neo-futuristic version of Paris, and they travel through space.
Dumas was masterful in breaking expectations in the book.
The story of Napoleon - Josephine - Marie Louise served as inspiration for the story of the Count - Mercedes - Haydee, just as Reza Roustan, Napoleon's servant, served as an inspiration for Ali, the count's servant.
Napoleon loved Josephine despite their turbulent relationship and divorced her to marry Princess Marie-Louise.
The count, despite loving Mercedes, was hurt that she had married Fernand. He showed concern for her, as Napoleon did for Josephine. And he marries Princess Haydee.
Just like Josephine and Napoleon, despite loving each other, never had a child, just like Edmond and Mercedes.
This story inspired Dumas to write the ending.
Dumas broke expectations in the book and shows us that not everything happens as we want. And that in life not everything has a happy ending. Instead of the tragic ending in the more theatrical style, he gives us a more realistic ending, with a bitter ending.
The 1979 French miniseries with Jacques Weber shows the book's bittersweet ending.
Remember this the movie that V loved so much in V for Vendetta and he watched it with Evie. It was the old one but this one is so good
Yea you right.
Seen VFV so many times.
I forgotten that was of the older adaptations, a lot of them too.
Love when you get this immersed in a movie / story . You will love the book . Dumas (pere) wrote great novels that are pillars of western literature .
With respect, I think I’m falling for you. I have fascinated by this film since I first saw it in theaters, and your reaction reignited my love for it. The way you name each instrument is magical.
Thank you for this.
Richard Lester's The Three Musketeers is great, and The Man In The Iron Mask with Leonardo DiCaprio.
Jim Caviezel (Edmund) was in a great series called Person of Interest. Created by Jonathan Nolan who was a writer on the Christian Bale Batman movies.
I read this book 40ish years ago. I was REALLY surprised how much I liked it. I never saw the movie. This is the first time I watched one of your reactions, because of reading the book
It might be hard to find. But the 1973 and 1974 Three and Four Musketeers is absolutely brilliant.
Thank you for reacting to this movie. This is one of my top 5 or 10 movies of all-time. This movie is epic in every way. Your reaction are epic as well. Thank you my fellow Canadian, I appreciate what you do. :)
My favorite adaptation of the book. His reveal scene is so epic! (the clothes!)
I love the soundtrack and your appreciation of the instruments 🎶
The book was originally published in episodic format in a newspaper, can you imagine?
Awesome watching you get into this one, Jen. I love this flick and have seen the 1975 version with Richard Chamberlain as well (loved those almonds with the hard candy shells, lol). An all french version one is coming out at the end of this month. It had its premiere at Cannes in May and got an eleven-minute standing ovation; goosebumps. An eight-part tv version is also coming out later this year, with Jeremy Irons as Abbé Faria.
This is an underrated classic and one of my favourite movies
In "The Shawshank Redemption", they mention the book, "The Count of Monte Christo"
I read the book a long time ago. It's the ultimate slow burn revenge story.
One of my favorites! The cast is stacked, and the story is incredible. 31:39 is so Jen, and why I come back to watch. She's right about them not making movies like this anymore. The 80s and 90s were peak for me. The past 15 years or so is mostly trash.
This film came out when I was 10 years old. I loved it immediately. went on to read the book in high school and still appreciate the movie as an adaptation. It’s one of my favorite movies ever!
I always thought this was a criminally underrated performance from Guy Pearce. Such a good villain.
Instant like! My favourite adaptation (next to the anime) of an awesome book!
"Brotherhood Of The Wolf," I think you'll enjoy that movie!
This is a simplest version of a very complex novel. but that's not really a bad thing. This film works perfectly as an action adventure film. For me its Jim Caviezel best film but its Guy Pearce performance that steals the film. The guy deserves an Oscar for sneering..
It is unlikely that Edmond and Mercedes would work out because he had changed so much to the point of being unrecognizable to her, Mercedes says in the chapter. 112 of the book that the man she loved no longer exists.
Alexandr Solzhenitsyn says that he spent years in a concentration camp:
“The day of liberation? What can it give us after so many years? We will be changed beyond recognition, our relatives will be changed beyond recognition, our relatives will be changed. And once familiar places will seem stranger to us than strangers. “ - the Gulag Archipelago
He was married to Natalia Alekseyevna Reshetovskaya, his high school sweetheart. The two were going through a period of intense pressure, Solzhenitsyn's arrest and the writer's imprisonment, coupled with divorce (Reshetovskaya had married another man while Solzhenitsyn was in the gulag). The couple returned to their union after Solzhenitsyn's return, but lived under constant disagreements.
In a realistic situation, Edmond and Mercedes would never have a happy relationship because of their constant arguments, because everything had changed.
Haydée is very similar to the Count and that is why the situation would work between them. She has emotional scars like him. The two are exactly the same.
“Although separated by a twenty-year age difference, Natália and Solzhenitsyn had a lot in common: the gulag and the Second World War, which caused him a lot of suffering, and also marked her childhood with deep scars.” - The wives by Alexandra Popoff
Natalia Dmitrievna Svetlova had spent a youth of great suffering due to Stalin's persecutions and the Second World War.
At the age of 21, Natalia married Andrei Tiúrin, a talented mathematician a year younger, a companion on her ski journeys with the same interests as a student. Dmitri, the couple's son, was born a year later, but the marriage lasted a short time.
When Natalia met Solzhenitsyn, a strong connection between them was born between them.
I saw the Richard Chamberlain version in the 70's first but I love this version.
The Three Musketeers and The Man In The Iron Mask are great too. I've seen a few versions of each movie over the years.
This is a great film. I read this in French class back in the '70s - and saw this in the theater - surprised me how much I remembered, as the novel was intricately more twisted! It ends with the quote; "All human wisdom is contained in these two words - Wait and Hope." No Jen, it's written in classic French from 1840s, and today's 5th year French students can usually handle it, with teacher's help. Can't wait? Get the English translation. You will absolutely LOVE the Sean Connery film THE NAME OF THE ROSE (1986) based on the Umberto Eco novel, with Connery as William of Baskerville, a medieval Franciscan friar, and Christian Slater as his apprentice.
This was Richard Harrises last film before he passed away!
One of the greatest actors in film history!!!
I have such a soft spot for this film. I saw it as the last show in the cinema while I was waiting for the traffic to subside on the roads. It has stuck with me ever since. Love the book as well. Even with the " Hollywood" ending, I always enjoy rewatching it. I hope you had fun as well!
One of my favorite books. We read it in high school literature class and I was hooked, constantly reading ahead. When they went around at the end to collect all the copies I opted to buy my copy.
Such an amazing book. There is just no way a movie could do it justice.
I worked at a movie theater when this movie came out. One day, I was working box office selling tickets. An older man came up and spent considerable time looking at the listings of all the showtimes for all the movies. Finally he comes up and says, "I'll take one ticket for 'You Can Count on Monty'." I was very confused, we didn't have a movie named that. So I look up at the listings, trying to figure out what the hell he's talking about, and I see "The Count of Monte Cristo." I gave him a ticket for this movie. I have always wondered what he thought of it, and if it was at all what he was expecting.
I love this movie, so I hope he enjoyed it as much as I do.
"Will love be enough to quench his revenge?" Great line from Jen!
The betrayal in this is so outrageous that it’s comical. But it makes the revenge soooo satisfying.
This is truly a fantastic movie. I love the well thought out revenge for each person, but still the change of heart for Mercedes when he learns the truth.
I loved this movie when I saw it in the theater. Well written, well acted, and didn't get the box office love at the time that it deserved.
It did well in America, but it did poorly at the international box office, because the film changed the entire story of the book and Europeans hated it. The change at the end of the story was heavily criticized.
@@johannesdesilentio6036 I suppose that's always a possibility when something is adapted.
This is my favorite version of this story in film. The book is a great read.
The Richard Chamberlain version from the 1970's is excellent and a LOT more darker. I have grown to like both as much
36:04 She actually did take off her String Ring, if you look back to before this part. 😊
She wasn't wearing it in a few key moments.
Imagine how grubby a string ring would get over a dozen years. Yuck.
@@abeartheycallFozzy It would also have to be some insanely durable thread too, to last ~16 yrs. But that would probably be my biggest gripe about the movie.
In the book, the count preferred an 18-year-old girl like the Roman Consul Julius Caesar, despite being married, he had Cleopatra as a lover.
A rich and powerful man like him would already have a young lover
@@abeartheycallFozzy Not if she bathes regularly. A string ring gets clean with every bath.
Yep, I actually did that years ago see if she did took it off or not....
One of my favorite movies of all time.
Another in this veined is one of my period piece loves ,Shakespeare on love , its just awesome......
Do not commit the crime for which you now serve the sentence, God said vengeance is mine.
Good Afternoon, Jen💝always a Pleasure to share another Premiere with You-All today!🥰I remember seeing this Movie once, but that was so long ago / when it first came out...and until now, I had NO idea that Henry Cavill was EVER even in it! Either way, I've been looking forward to re-experiencing this one⚔should be Fun and I "Thank" You, as always!👍
SUPERMAN!
@@e.d.2096 Before they were Famous, they all had to Start somewhere...
This is one of the last great adventure movies made. When I got out of the theaters after seeing this, I was immediately transported to my youth in the 80's where every Saturday I would marathon movies like Raiders, Treasure Island, Clash of the Titans, Swiss Family Robinson, etc. Pure Adventure!
Fantastic reaction to this one Jen 👏 Another tunnel movie, I suggest 'The Great Escape' LOADED with stars! 😊
literally one of my all time favourite stories.