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I recently watched this version of tCoMC. I have already previously seen these other versions:
1974 with Richard Chamberlain
1998 with Gerard Depardieu
2002 with Jim Caveziel
(Apologies if I misspelled any names)
I have also read the book by A. Dumas.
Robert Donat was a good actor, but his delivery in this role seems like he felt obligated to essentially break down the ' Fourth Wall ", & explain everything to the audience, almost like we were in Kindergarten.
In addition, the finale involving the public trial of Dantes has NOTHING to do with the original story (Nor does the saccharin happy ending, although other versions have also succumbed to this too)!
So despite its good points, this version nevertheless departs SO much from the novel, that I cannot recommend it.
The 1974 version with Chamberlain may not be perfect, but it's is still the truest to Dumas that I have yet seen.
M
I recently watched this version of tCoMC. I have already previously seen these other versions:
1974 with Richard Chamberlain
1998 with Gerard Depardieu
2002 with Jim Caveziel
(Apologies if I misspelled any names)
I have also read the book by A. Dumas.
Robert Donat was a good actor, but his delivery in this role seems like he felt obligated to essentially break down the ' Fourth Wall ", & explain everything to the audience, almost like we were in Kindergarten.
In addition, the finale involving the public trial of Dantes has NOTHING to do with the original story (Nor does the saccharin happy ending, although other versions have also succumbed to this too)!
So despite its good points, this version nevertheless departs SO much from the novel, that I cannot recommend it.
The 1974 version with Chamberlain may not be perfect, but it's is still the truest to Dumas that I have yet seen.
M