Novel/Movie

Critique
Project In English for Academics
and Professional Purposes
Submitted by: Kyle John Mark Cabangon
 Title : Three Musketeers

Author: Alexandre Dumas

Introduction

The Three Musketeers is about 4 heroes who save the day. They are successful in defeating the
evil because of the heroic deeds of d'Artagnan. The Three Musketeers focuses ond'Artagnan, who is the
hero of the book, and his three friends: the musketeers Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. D'Artagnan's great
ambition in life is to become a musketeer, a member of the elite group of King Louis XIIIs personal
bodyguards. His three friends embody the best qualities of the corps. A rivalry that exists between the
king's musketeers and Cardinal Richelieu's guards grows into the musketeers' active resistance to the
cardinal himself, and to his servants.

Body

The Three Musketeers is a historical movie, filled with adventure. Its brave and young boy heroes
are generous to those who need help, chivalrous to women, and above all loyal to each other as their
famous motto proclaims: All for one, one for all. Their adventures may sometimes appear far-fetched,
but the musketeers believe in their own abilities so strongly and carry off their deeds with such style that
the reader has little difficulty in believing them capable of all that they do. The society of the period in
the movie differs considerably from today's, and the novel provides an interesting look at 17th-century
social hierarchy, religion, and relationships between men and women. The Characters appear heroic and
larger than life, and the musketeers accomplish almost impossible deeds. At times the trappings are
almost Gothic: damsels need to be rescued and won, deep and mysterious strangers come and go
mysteriously, and the characters live under the threat of being arrested and locked in a dungeon.

Conclusion

The movie has a great theme and had great actor and actresses. Audiences are left to thier own
devices not only with a period piece but one that loaded with unconvincing dialouge and a ton of strange
ideas. The director has never made a film that's been met with good notices and he isn't the kind of
director who seems to care too much about the lines or script. But the movie is actually fun and I enjoy
watching it. The individual Characters are easily distinguishable, but they are not profoundly developed,
for fast-paced and suspenseful action is more important to Dumas's storytelling than is character. Dumas
clearly differentiates good and evil Characters, although the novel's treatment of good and evil is not as
straightforward as it might first appear.

**I only watched one movie out of hundreds of adaptation of this novel and I didnt really read the novel
version, but Ive done some research to make this as accurate as possible**