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The Popkorn Junkie :: The Count of Monte Cristo The Popkorn Junkie :: The Count of Monte Cristo I would recommend this film to anyone who enjoys a good action/adventure film and I would go so far as to say that this is the best action/adventure film I have seen in the last year, at least. The performances are what make this film so wonderful to watch--the chemistry between Caviezel and Pearce onscreen is kinetic and, as I said before, Luis Guzman is delightful. popkornjunkie.com /reviews/countofmontecristo.html   (665 words)

At-A-Glance Film Reviews: The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) Monte Cristo (1912) (aka: "The Count of Monte Cristo") Monte Cristo (1922) (aka: "The Count of Monte Cristo") The Count of Monte Cristo (1913) (aka: "Monte Cristo") www.rinkworks.com /movies/m/the.count.of.monte.cristo.2002.shtml   (285 words)

The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) The Count of Monte Cristo is just like the deli sandwich that bears its name: lots of ham, lots of cheese, and covered with a sickly sweet coating to disguise its excess and excrescence until just after (or during consumption of its second half). The film, an attractive swashbuckling spectacle, is pleasantly campy for its first hour and a plodding endurance test for its final eighty minutes, an initially agreeable, if ridiculous, escapist (literally) flick that bloats to the dimensions of standard Hollywood offal. The Count of Monte Cristo is so worried about earning back its budget that it has erased all semblance of controversy and character ambiguity: the good guys are lily white and the bad guys are grotesquely stained. www.filmfreakcentral.net /screenreviews/countofmontecristo.htm   (671 words)

Review:The Count of Monte Cristo The situations that turn Edmund into the Count of Monte Cristo provide a grand lesson in learning to accept a God that is always present and that has a divine plan in which all is working for the greatest good, despite appearances to the contrary. As wrongs are righted and injustices are corrected or exposed during the film, there are occasions of cruelty and even murder, but there is also a sense that the human sufferings are part of a bigger unfoldment that have meaning beyond human perception. The count's loyal assistant, Jacobo (Luis Guzman) tells Edmund, "I will protect you, even if it means I must protect you from yourself." It is sometimes good to have friends and family around who will do that for us. www.edgenews.com /teague/mont_cristo.html   (898 words)

Foster on Film - The Count of Monte Cristo Foster on Film - The Count of Monte Cristo The exception is the 1934 The Count of Monte Cristo. When Dantes escapes, he finds the treasure, and christens himself the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo in order to destroy his three enemies in ways most fitting to their personalities and flaws. home.comcast.net /~fosteronfilm/count.htm   (600 words)

filmcritic.com Movie Review: The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) The 2002 incarnation of The Count of Monte Cristo is a remarkably similar experience, full of pleasing flavors yet probably too rich for everyday consumption -- but, as with all things, I figure you'll eat it if you're hungry enough. The story (remade as a film for at least the 30th time -- really) is a classic revenge thriller told as a traditional high adventure. The classic Monte Cristo sandwich is a rich confection -- almost inedibly so -- composed of layered ham, turkey, swiss cheese, mayonnaise, mustard, and crusty bread, all battered in egg and fried in hot grease. www.filmcritic.com /misc/emporium.nsf/84dbbfa4d710144986256c290016f76e/805372e615be4cef88256b4a006672ed?OpenDocument   (668 words)

Review: The Count of Monte Cristo (film) The Count of Monte Cristo is Alexandre Dumas' timeless story of betrayal and revenge. Nonetheless it is an excellent film, and Jim Caviezel is an actor to watch for in the future. I also felt that the change in Dantes to an embittered, cynical man corrupted by a desire for revenge was left understated. www.altculture.org /ccult/ccult73.html   (246 words)

The Count of Monte Cristo - cMusicWeb.com Cheering over victories won and sobbing over cruelties inflicted, The Count of Monte Cristo is a film of rare caliber. A poetic film, it takes the audience through the mind and emotions of a man betrayed, and what is required for him to move on. This tale has had many film renditions, and today, one hundred and fifty seven years after the book was written, Touchstone Pictures has rendered another movie from this book. cmusicweb.com /movies/c/countofmontecristo.shtml   (342 words)

The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) Given the fact that the film is going to spend a good deal of its first half inside the Chateau D'If, perhaps the filmmakers thought that they needed to open with an action sequence to whet the audience's appetite. He uses his good fortune to re-enter society as the mysterious "Count of Monte Cristo." With his wealth, he enters the lives of the enemies who consigned him to oblivion and, one by one, exacts his revenge.... Because the novel provides an embarrasment of riches from which to chose grand gestures, embellishments, and styling, the films based on the story are greatly varied and generally don't resemble one another in the details. www.tranquility.net /~benedict/montecristo2002.html   (1021 words)

The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) The film is an epic squeezed into two hours, an unchallenging but nevertheless thrilling throwback to the Golden Age, not necessarily of Hollywood, but of storytelling, where adventure, unbelievable as it may be, still manages to captivate and astound. So Edmond escapes, finds the treasure, and resurrects himself as the Count of Monte Cristo, well-read and filled, after 13 years in prison, with a lust for revenge so metallic and deep that his entire new life is centered on exacting this vengeance. The first, a crash-course intro to the work of Monte Cristo scribe Alexander Dumas basically paints the prolific author as something of a hack, who was in the writing biz as much for the money and fame as for the love of the written word. www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=132227&buy=open&PID=10102015&Tab=reviews&CID=18   (869 words)

MovieCritic.ca - Review - The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) - Who knew revenge could be so enjoyable? She chose The Count of Monte Cristo, and although it wouldn't have been my first choice, I was still eager to see it, since Guy Pearce was part of the cast. The Count of Monte Cristo tells Alexandre Dumas' classic tale of a man imprisoned by one of his jealous friends for a crime he didn't commit. Count Fernand Mondego, Dantes' traitor friend, is played with equal talent by Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential; Memento; The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert). www.moviecritic.ca /reviews/2002/count_of_monte_cristo   (932 words)

The Count of Monte Cristo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Marvel Comics character Luke Cage is considered to be a modern-day Count of Monte Cristo, at least in terms of origin. Le comte de Monte Cristo (The Count of Monte Cristo) is a classic adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. Following his escape, Dantès, after three months among smugglers, retrieves the treasure and re-invents himself as the enigmatic Count of Monte Cristo. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo   (1812 words)

Count of Monte Cristo Review From the Count’s hot-air balloon entrance to Parisian high society to the floating candles lighting the steam room scene, the attention to historical detail in all of it is remarkable. The Count of Monte Cristo is the sort of movie studio execs generally don’t expect to do well and therefore care little if it's done well. For years now, I’ve been begging for an action film that goes the relatively easy extra mile of developing the characters a bit more, of seeking a script with a little depth and some attention paid to the beauty of the spoken word. www.angelfire.com /ca3/graybrook/count.htm   (937 words)

The Count of Monte Cristo review The Count of Monte Cristo James Caviezel The Count of Monte Cristo film Kevin Reynolds film The Count of Monte Cristo dvd review The Count of Monte Cristo James Caviezel The Count of Monte Cristo film Kevin Reynolds film The Count of Monte Cristo dvd review It is certainly regrettable that the screenwriter didn't keep the original bittersweet finale, but this is after all an old style and charming swashbuckling film and at least, contrary to the supposedly faithful French adaptation with Gerard Depardieu, it does not sink into unexpected ridicule. Returning to France under the name of the lavish Count Monte Cristo, he uses his fortune to get back at those who sent him to jail and meets again with his former fiancee Mercedès (Dagmara Dominczyk), now married to Mondego. www.plume-noire.com /movies/reviews/thecountofmontecristo.html   (619 words)

The Count of Monte Cristo For such a grand historical drama "The Count of Monte Cristo" has a stinginess about it that keeps the story and the action surrounding it from opening up. While watching Reynolds's "The Count the Monte Cristo" I could not get the 1974 version, starring Richard Chamberlain in the title role, out of my head, making me want to see that interesting telling of the tale again. Kevin Reynolds' ("Waterworld") umpteenth film version of the Alexandre Dumas tale (adapted by Jay Wolpert) features stunning Maltese locations and attractive leads, but the unfortunate decision to make Fernand a childhood friend of Edmond's without making that friendship believable detracts from, rather than adds tension to, the tale. www.reelingreviews.com /thecountofmontecristo.htm   (1562 words)

Alexandre Dumas: The Count of Monte Cristo Looking at the number of film and TV adaptations, one thing is sure: The Count of Monte Cristo is a classic that doesn't age. After a spectacular escape, Dantès recovers the treasure, and returns to France under the guise of the super rich Count of Monte Cristo with the purpose of quenching his thirst for revenge. Written in 1844-45, The Count of Monte Cristo is without any doubt the most famous work of Alexandre Dumas after The Three Musketeers. www.plume-noire.com /culture/books/thecountofmontecristo.html   (399 words)

THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO "The Count of Monte Cristo" is one of the most faithful renditions of a Dumas work in years, a celebration of great storytelling and old fashioned filmmaking. Using the fortune and education left to him by Faria, Dantes becomes the Count of Monte Cristo, a mysterious stranger who seduces the locals with his extreme wealth and extravagance. The middle of the film benefits immensely from Harris' participation, and his quasi-Yoda role is one of his best. www.lightviews.com /countofmontecristo.htm   (1073 words)

The Count of Monte Cristo - Review It is a stylish film with a beautiful set and costume design, and critics note, Dante's Count makes one hell of an entrance later on in the film. But as soon as the film gets closer to the end, the story sloppily drifts into needless TV Soap opera territory, the most needless of which is the subplot of Mercedes' son Albert. Mondego is the son of a rich count, yet can't stand that Dantes has been showered with a higher ranking job and a lovely fiancée. www.moviefreak.com /reviews/c/countofmonte.htm   (717 words)

The Count Of Monte Cristo film movie trailer review at The Z Review The Count Of Monte Cristo has been adapted into a film no less than nine times, the first back in 1908. This page has no intention to infringe on the rights of the film and intellectual copyright holders of The Count Of Monte Cristo and hold copyright over the movie, characters, merchandise and storyline. The Count Of Monte Cristo is an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic novel about a sailor who escapes from a prison fortress, after falsly being accused of treason, to look for treasure on the island of Monte Cristo while taking revenge on his enemies. www.thezreview.co.uk /comingsoon/c/countofmontecristo.htm   (262 words)

Count of Monte Cristo, The (2002) In the film the boys are tormented by Kevin Bacon and his entourage of prison guards and one of the things that keeps them going is the book, The Count of Monte Cristo. Plot outline: 'The Count of Monte Cristo' is a remake of the Alexander Dumas tale by the same name. You know that sometime in the film Edmund is going to escape the prison that he is in and that he is going to find Richard Harris' treasure and extract revenge on the monsters that put him in prison. www.physics.brown.edu /physics/userpages/students/Luiz_DeViveiros/moviedb/info/4.htm   (1274 words)

The Count of Monte Cristo Dumas is the author behind The Three Musketeers (including the bad recent adaptation The Musketeer), The Man in the Iron Mask, and The Count of Monte Cristo, which has close to ten adaptations combined from film and television. The Count of Monte Cristo is a classic revenge fantasy, and this adaptation is junk, but it's fun junk to watch. He puts the film on autopilot and lets the source material do most of the work. www.haro-online.com /movies/count_of_monte_cristo.html   (594 words)

The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) Jim Caviezel as the count, Guy Pearce as his betrayer and especially Richard Harris as the older man in prison. Basically this is the story, with some sub-plots involving Napoleon, some kind of pirates, a magistrate and his father, a new friend and a girl who once was the fiancé of the count, and now is the wife of his former best friend. We see the sheriff of Nottingham from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves in a same kind of role he has there, perfect for him, and Luis Guzmán as the new friend. us.imdb.com /Title?0245844   (530 words)

The Count of Monte Cristo (2001) The fight early in the film between the future count and Guy Pierce's Fernando Mondego is the most artful part of the film. The Count of Monte Cristo is a good time and a fine date movie but is not a classic. Guy Pierce was born to play the petulant, conniving and lethal nemesis of the Count of MC, Count Fernando Mondego. www.moviepie.com /rent/count_of_monte_cristo.htm   (516 words)

THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO film review In Film Australia Cristo’s dialogue is always sub-standard and frequently unintentionally hilarious – the film’s only sword fighting scene of reasonable length (let me repeat that – this film has ONE sword fighting scene) ends with the Count’s opponent lying in the grass, impaled by the long blade of his sword. This failure to change the protagonist from lame nice guy to swashbuckling super hero resonates all through the film, and Caviezel’s Count is an uninteresting lead without any distinct personality or charisma, and his character in the film is supposed to be choc-full of both. Occasionally the film is lifted (or lowered) by the hilarity of its dramatic elements, which frequently fall flat. www.infilm.com.au /reviews/cristo.htm   (673 words)

Count of Monte Cristo The film follows Edmond's life over a sixteen year period as he evolves from an innocent to an avenger. If you do not mind a film that clearly defines good versus evil and presents a moral to its story, then you will not find this story corny or dated. Instead, I enjoyed a film that was indeed very clear on right versus wrong, but in a manner that modern movie-going audiences could appreciate. www.nureel.com /reviews/countmc.html   (493 words)

Count of Monte Cristo, The --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia A novel by French writer Alexandre Dumas (1802–70), The Count of Monte Cristo tells the story of Edmond Dantès, a sailor who is imprisoned on false charges, escapes from prison, gains buried treasure, and returns as the mysterious count of Monte Cristo to dazzle Paris. It was made famous by French writer Alexandre Dumas in his novel The Count of Monte Cristo (1845), the hero of which, Edmund Dantès, is unjustly imprisoned in... The hero Edmond Dantès of Alexandre Dumas's 1844 romance The Count of Monte Cristo is a sailor about to become the captain of his own ship when he is condemned to life imprisonment on false political charges. www.britannica.com /ebi/article?tocId=9320484   (825 words)

The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) During his interview, screenwriter Wolpert comments of the novel that "while everyone in The Count Of Monte Cristo carries a sword, almost no-one actually draws it", and to a large extent that is true for the movie as well. A side note to this is that while the main production finished shooting in November of 2000, the film's release was delayed for almost a year waiting for the opportunity to re-shoot the final fight scene, leading to the eventual early 2002 release. Using his new-found - and unimaginably vast - wealth, the self-made Count of Monte Cristo seeks revenge on the friends that sent him to the Chateau d'If 14 years before. www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/Reviews.asp?ReviewID=2404   (2279 words)

The Mediadrome - Film - Reviews: The Count Of Monte Cristo Between feature films, TV movies, and various mini-series, there are 18 versions of The Count of Monte Cristo listed on the Internet Movie Database. The elements that made that film such a commercial hit—the charismatic main character, the bad guy you love to hate, the beautiful damsel in distress, and the edge-of-your-seat action—are all here, and you simply can't help but get caught up in the epic feel of the action and adventure. Thanks to picturesque scenery, top-notch action, strong performances, and even a dash of humor, The Count of Monte Cristo is a swashbuckling adventure that easily qualifies as the first great movie of the new year. www.themediadrome.com /content/reviews/count_of_monte_cristo.shtml   (837 words)

The Count of Monte Cristo Mercedes (Dagmara Dominczyk) besides being visually pleasant has a fine moment in recognizing the Count as Edmund, another in telling her husband that she knows of his infidelity, and still another in telling her husband that she is not escaping with him. In the Chamberlain film, each revenge is a climax, and the finale is emotionally surprising. Sadly for the filmmakers, it is Napoleon who is the most interesting character, and on second look one wishes the film was about him. www.greenmanreview.com /the.count.htm   (662 words)

COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, THE/ *** But "The Count of Monte Cristo" lacks a certain gusto -- the music doesn't try hard enough to manipulate us, many of the camera angles come across as flat or off-key, and the editing seems to grant each plot section equal time, regardless of importance. "The Count of Monte Cristo" is strong entertainment, but it misses its chance to be the masterful epic into which this tale cries out to be adapted. Jim Caviezel stars as poor sailor Edmond Dontes, whose rich best friend Count Mondego turns him over to the authorities for a treasonous act that was never committed. www.ukcritic.com /count_monte_cristo_2002.html   (376 words)

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