Thanks for the memories!

Just perfect...

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

My best of all! Better than the book and the other movies. Just perfect, awesome, watched over 100 times no joke, memorised every word!

Always a good story and this cinema version is still pretty good today. Great sets, great acting, great views, great battles. This film aged well. It was the second time I saw it.

This film begins with the words "Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo" appearing from the black. This could not have been a more false statement. Jay Wolpert (the writer of the movie's screenplay) took this classic novel to the chopping block from the beginning, hacking the masterpiece to pieces, throwing two thirds of it away, and then attempting to rearrange the leftovers and make something better. The plot was changed at every turn, trading Dumas' magnum opus for some trashy paperback complete with shallow affairs, "whore" name calling and a stupidly sadistic jail keeper. The characters, their backstories, and their relationships to one another were butchered for no improvement, gain, or benefit whatsoever. This movie reduced a complex fascinating story of genius to simple uninteresting child's play. The writing of this slap-in-the-face "adaption" was its main flaw and ultimate ruin. It's not even worth the time to go into the film's other faults(which are numerous). The movie itself isn't worth anyone's time in watching it either.

The Count of Monte Cristo is a tale of deception and revenge which is carried out on the big screen and it was first released in 1934. After 68 years a director named Kevin Reynolds decided to do a remake which he released in 2002. It's a piece of old fashioned ambiguous entertainment. It is rated PG-13 because it has several violent scenes and a moment of implicit sexuality. This movie has its melodramatic aspect and sufficient humor that makes it hard to resist. A lot of universal and fundamental ideas of life such as personal growth, relationships, happiness, success, wealth, perspective, mysteries and finally freedom and liberty are also demonstrated in this gold-aged, adventurous movie. The movie stars Jim Caviezel as Edmond Dantes who is an honest man, very humble and blessed with good looks, good fortune and the love of the beautiful fiancé Mercedes played by Dagmara Dominczyk. Edmond's happiness and satisfaction infuriates his evil, well-bred friend Fernand DE Mondego (Guy Pearce), who is the main antagonist of the film. The conflict between these two characters leads Edmond in trouble, but later he gets himself out of it. The Count of Monte Cristo definitely has its pros and cons. Now starting off with the cons, it's one of those movies where it's going right at first but everything turns around in an instant to the point where one is not even expecting that to happen. Even though most movies have that instant turning around feature, to me it's a clique. Probably the biggest con would be how the time line of this movie is very unclear at times. For a number of scenes, it is hard to tell whether it has been days, months or years that had passed since the last time a given character had been on screen. The movie feels a bit drawn out at times but the graceful action scenes and the music in the background somewhat holds the audience's attention and keeps them on the edge of their seats which saves this movie from being too unfavorable. As for the pros, this movie is filled with amazing actors/actresses and serves as a great entertainment with its colorful cast, numerous plots, beautiful costumes, accessories and the music that truly makes up the movie. First, Richard Harris gives a legendary performance and is absolutely hilarious at times even though there is no spot for comedy here. Still, he manages to entertain us at these moments. Jim Caviezel who plays the male lead, gives off his usual and charming performance to make a stunning display in the movie. Finally, Guy Pearce who is probably the best-acting actor in the movie in terms really sinks into his role and character. His delivery of his dialogues and emotions throughout the film captures the audience's attention, even though he is playing a supporting role. The casting for this movie is truly perfect, and the actors do not disappoint whatsoever. The fast-paced nature of the film and the added romantic aspects truly makes this movie one of the great ones. Another thing it may do on a personal note for some of the audiences members, are bring back some old memories. Some joyful and nostalgic moments appear when you get to see those vintage telephones in the movie with the very exciting rotary dial feature. Since these no longer exist, it may bring back memories for the older viewers of the movie. All movies have their pros and cons and so does this one. I would say however, the pros outweigh the cons. As for watching the movie, this movie cannot be watched for a pick me up or in order to laugh hysterically but it's definitely a movie one should watch. Despite its minor shortcomings and fogginess, the count of Monte Cristo is still a great movie with excitement, creativity and is fun to watch.