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hey-scully-itsme · 9 days ago

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still thinking about the count of monte cristo movie. some of it felt half-baked on a technical level (score choices, some weird edits, etc) BUT also it hasn't left my head since i watched it and i WILL be seeing it again on wednesday. enraptured by the count's sad brown eyes and long eyelashes. and his dumbass leather coat.

it's a situation where i wish the movie had more of the book but i also wish the book had a little more of the movie in it.

#i think the problem with any modern adaptation of the book is that you can't keep the original ending because uh. gross. unfortunately.#but also how the hell do you replace that #and then how do you replace it while also streamlining enough that it's not a 12-hour epic a la lord of the rings #(which is what it deserves! in my opinion! not a miniseries. a trilogy like lord of the rings)#i also want to say that the movie gets distracted by its younger characters when the real interesting person there is the count. but uh.#so does the book #however the book had more to say with its younger characters – the movie does not #i think the best temporary solution is to always double feature count of monte cristo with The Diving Bell and the Butterfly #i think that's the perfect fix for sure. no noirtier? watch a movie that references him several times! that's the solution!#sorry im just a sap who loves maxemillian and valentine #also like. the movie didn't completely lose the 'filial piety' thing but it didn't have enough of it tragically #it's very muddied and thus looses a lot of the central points of the book #if you lose the 'filial piety' thing you also lose most of the very christian take on why what the count is doing is bad #we're god's children so we have to trust him and wait and hope (i think? i frankly hadn't considered it much until now)#all that to say i'd normally strongly condemn it as an adaptation #but i adored it anyway. literally i had so much fun #i need to watch it over and over until i figure out how it bypassed my snob tendencies so effectively #maybe it was including both of the best scenes with the count and mercedes?#PLUS the bit where he beats the shit out of some guys with his walking stick that was hot #idk this needs further research #chatterbox tag

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