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Directed by | |||
| Paul W.S. Anderson | |||
Writing credits(WGA) | ||
| Alex Litvak | (screenplay) and | |
| Andrew Davies | (screenplay) | |
| Alexandre Dumas père | (novel "Les Trois Mousquetaires") (as Alexandre Dumas) | |
Produced by | |||
| Paul W.S. Anderson | .... | producer | |
| Jeremy Bolt | .... | producer | |
| Christoph Fisser | .... | co-producer | |
| Rory Gilmartin | .... | co-producer | |
| Robert Kulzer | .... | producer | |
| Martin Moszkowicz | .... | executive producer | |
| Christine Rothe | .... | executive producer in charge of production | |
| Silvia Tollmann | .... | line producer | |
| Charlie Woebcken | .... | co-producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Paul Haslinger | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Glen MacPherson | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Alexander Berner | |||
| Claus Wehlisch | (co-editor) | ||
Casting by | |||
| Suzanne Smith | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Paul D. Austerberry | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Nigel Churcher | (supervising art director) | ||
| Hucky Hornberger | |||
| David Scheunemann | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Philippe Turlure | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Pierre-Yves Gayraud | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Francesco Alberico | .... | hair stylist | |
| Birger Laube | .... | makeup supervisor | |
| Constanze Madlindl | .... | makeup artist: crowd | |
| Christina Mara | .... | makeup intern | |
| Björn Rehbein | .... | makeup artist: Orlando Bloom | |
| Björn Rehbein | .... | makeup designer: men | |
| Petra Schaumann | .... | makeup artist | |
| Valeska Schitthelm | .... | hair stylist | |
| Valeska Schitthelm | .... | makeup artist | |
| Loulia Sheppard | .... | hair designer | |
| Loulia Sheppard | .... | personal hair stylist: ms. Jovovich | |
| Daniela Skala | .... | hair supervisor: crowd | |
| Daniela Skala | .... | makeup supervisor: crowd | |
Production Management | |||
| Christopher Berg | .... | post-production supervisor | |
| Miki Emmrich | .... | unit production manager | |
| Jens Enderling | .... | unit manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Jamie Christopher | .... | first assistant director | |
| Simon Downes | .... | second assistant director: second unit | |
| Stewart Hamilton | .... | first assistant director: second unit | |
| Stewart Hamilton | .... | second assistant director: floor | |
| Katharina Hofmann | .... | second assistant director: crowd | |
| Tommy Kreiselmaier | .... | assistant director: crowd, Bavaria | |
| Kaspar Felix Lerch | .... | third assistant director | |
| Robert Morávek | .... | third assistant director: crowd | |
| Nick Powell | .... | second unit director | |
| Rickie-Lee Roberts | .... | trainee assistant director | |
| Ronny Schröder | .... | crowd second second assistant director | |
| Ronny Schröder | .... | third assistant director: second unit | |
| Matthew Sharp | .... | key second assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Friederike Beckert | .... | store manager | |
| Brent Boates | .... | storyboard artist | |
| Michael Bortz | .... | prop shopper | |
| Henning Brehm | .... | graphic designer | |
| Klaus Eckmann | .... | set dresser | |
| Sabine Engelberg | .... | assistant art director | |
| Enzo Enzel | .... | standby painter | |
| Leon Fechner | .... | art department trainee | |
| Jens Gaube | .... | set dresser | |
| Ulrike Gojowczyk | .... | stand-by props | |
| Dierk Grahlow | .... | construction manager | |
| Marcus Haendgen | .... | property master | |
| Katharina Hafermaas | .... | propmaker: paintress | |
| Patrick Herzberg | .... | assistant art director | |
| Cathleen Hoffmann | .... | set decoration coordinator | |
| Brita Hofmann | .... | supervising plasterer studio | |
| Susanna Jerger | .... | modelmaker | |
| Jan Jericho | .... | graphic artist/illustrator | |
| Stefan Kolbe | .... | propmaker | |
| Roxy Konrad | .... | art department coordinator | |
| Jens Löckmann | .... | construction supervisor: Burghausen | |
| Jens Löckmann | .... | standby art director | |
| Christelle Maisonneuve | .... | assistant set decorator | |
| Robert Makolies | .... | supervising plasterer studio | |
| Angel Pedro Martinez | .... | construction foreman | |
| Wolfgang Metschan | .... | digital set designer | |
| Nadin Meyer | .... | construction coordinator | |
| Marc Murawski | .... | hod carpenter | |
| Diana Neidhardt | .... | assistant art department coordinator | |
| Benjamin Palmer | .... | senior propmaker | |
| Peter Popken | .... | concept artist | |
| Stephanie Rass | .... | draftsperson | |
| Judith Rosskoth | .... | assistant set decorator | |
| Peter Mitchell Rubin | .... | storyboard artist | |
| Cindy Schnitter | .... | propmaker | |
| Tobias Schroeter | .... | propmaker | |
| Martina Seidl | .... | props | |
| Stefan Speth | .... | assistant art director | |
| Alwara Thaler | .... | set decoration buyer | |
| Katja Trambow | .... | prop trainee | |
| Jacob von Dohnanyi | .... | propmaker | |
| Joey Weber | .... | set decoration buyer | |
| Simon Weisse | .... | propmaker supervisor | |
| Robert Wiesner | .... | propmaker | |
| Carsten Woithe | .... | digital set designer | |
| Carsten Woithe | .... | stand-by art director: second unit | |
| Gabriele Wolters | .... | art department coordinator | |
| Ulrich Zeidler | .... | concept artist | |
| Rene Zeunert | .... | assistant property master | |
| Tobias Herrmann | .... | intern art department (uncredited) | |
Sound Department | |||
| David Arnold | .... | german version | |
| Wade Barnett | .... | adr recordist | |
| Rodney Berling | .... | dialogue editor | |
| Peter Brückelmayer | .... | first boom operator | |
| Stefan Busch | .... | supervising sound editor | |
| Lisa Geffcken-Reinhard | .... | sound editor | |
| Peter Gleaves | .... | adr mixer | |
| Adam Horley | .... | adr recordist | |
| Jörg Klinkenberg | .... | foley artist | |
| Michael Kranz | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Frank Kruse | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Steve Little | .... | adr editor | |
| Travis MacKay | .... | adr mixer | |
| Michael Miller | .... | adr mixer | |
| Roland Platz | .... | foley artist | |
| Simon Price | .... | supervising dialogue & adr editor | |
| Chris Rebay | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Carsten Richter | .... | foley artist | |
| Benjamin A. Rosenkind | .... | sound re-recording mixer (as Benjamin Rosenkind) | |
| Andrew Stirk | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Henning Thölert | .... | sound | |
| Thomas Wallis | .... | second boom operator | |
| Hanse Warns | .... | supervising foley mixer | |
| Roland Winke | .... | sound | |
| Mathias Maydl | .... | adr recordist (uncredited) | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Keith Acheson | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Pedro Pozo Acosta | .... | digital compositor | |
| Martin Andersson | .... | digital artist | |
| Alfredo Octavio Arango | .... | modeler & texture artist: Mr. X | |
| Mathieu Archambault | .... | digital compositor | |
| Engin Arslan | .... | lighting artist | |
| Greg Astles | .... | senior digital compositor: Mr. X Inc | |
| Sarah Barber | .... | visual effects coordinator: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Nestor Benito | .... | digital compositor: Rodeo FX | |
| Dennis Berardi | .... | visual effects supervisor | |
| Jeremy Boissinot | .... | matte painter td: Rodeo FX | |
| Yashwant Bombe | .... | digital compositor: Anibrain | |
| Mathew Borrett | .... | matte painter | |
| Marie-Pierre Boucher | .... | visual effects production assistant: Rodeo FX | |
| Wayne Brinton | .... | lead compositor | |
| Andrew Brooks | .... | digital compositor | |
| Ayo Burgess | .... | lighting lead: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Mark Carlevaris | .... | CG artist: Rodeo FX | |
| Dan Carnegie | .... | visual effects animator: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Kris Carson | .... | lead compositor: Mr. X, Inc | |
| Atilla Ceylan | .... | digital artist | |
| Christophe Chabot-Blanchet | .... | digital compositor: Rodeo FX | |
| Andrew Kin Fun Chan | .... | digital artist | |
| Andy Chan | .... | visual effects compositor: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Joseph Cheng Chen | .... | tracking / layout artist | |
| Ovidiu Cinazan | .... | compositor | |
| James Cooper | .... | senior vfx artist | |
| James Cooper | .... | title sequence director | |
| Patrick David | .... | digital compositor: Rodeo FX | |
| Devin Dawkins | .... | digital artist | |
| Devin Dawkins | .... | visual effects | |
| Julio Del Hierro | .... | texture artist | |
| Simon Devault | .... | digital compositor: Rodeo FX | |
| Ashish Dewan | .... | stereoscopic compositor: Mr.X | |
| Nicolas Deziel | .... | digital compositor | |
| Ujwal W. Dhankute | .... | digital compositor | |
| Jeremy Dineen | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Thai Son Doan | .... | digital compositor | |
| Becca Donohoe | .... | visual effects coordinator | |
| Anand Dorairaj | .... | digital compositor | |
| Sean Dsouza | .... | lighting artist | |
| Maxime Ducharme | .... | senior matchmover | |
| Ep.Shaiju | .... | digital compositor | |
| Can Etiskol | .... | modeler and texture artist: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Andrew J. Farrell | .... | generalist | |
| David Fix | .... | senior systems administrator: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Marilyne Fleury | .... | matte painter: Rodeo FX | |
| Naomi Foakes | .... | visual effects coordinator | |
| Sebastien Francoeur | .... | CG artist: Rodeo FX | |
| Alex Friedrich | .... | model maker | |
| Jean-Francois Gagne | .... | digital compositor: Rodeo FX | |
| Shaun Galinak | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Jean-Francois Gallant | .... | CG artist: Rodeo FX | |
| Yaron Galula | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Todd Gill | .... | CG artist: Rodeo FX | |
| Matt Glover | .... | visual effects coordinator lead | |
| Annie Godin | .... | digital effects producer: Rodeo FX | |
| Vinay Goenka | .... | digital compositor | |
| Jason Gougeon | .... | digital artist: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Edward Grad | .... | matte painter | |
| Robert Greb | .... | compositing supervisor | |
| Clifford Otomi Green | .... | lighter | |
| Trey Harrell | .... | lighting supervisor: Mr. X | |
| Emile Harvey | .... | visual effects production assistant: Rodeo FX | |
| Geoffrey Harvey | .... | lighting technical director (as Geoff Harvey) | |
| Leann Harvey | .... | visual effects on set supervisor | |
| Oliver Hearsey | .... | tracking supervisor: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Allan Henderson | .... | modeller | |
| Martin Hesselink | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Nick Hiatt | .... | matte painter: Rodeo FX | |
| Joanne Hughes | .... | visual effects production manager (as Jo Hughes) | |
| Paul Hurwitz | .... | cloth technical director | |
| Prashant Jadhav | .... | visual effects | |
| Anna Joukova | .... | senior compositor: Mr.X Inc | |
| Vikram Kale | .... | digital compositor | |
| Vivek Karmarkar | .... | compositor | |
| Stéphane Keller | .... | matte painter: Rodeo FX | |
| Ara Khanikian | .... | lead compositor: Rodeo FX | |
| Lorne Kwechansky | .... | lighting artist | |
| Jasmine Labelle | .... | visual effects accountant: Rodeo FX | |
| Eric Lacroix | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Barry Lam | .... | digital effects artist | |
| Isabelle Langlois | .... | digital effects producer: Mr. X Inc | |
| Ethan Lee | .... | rigging lead | |
| Mai-Ling Lee | .... | digital artist | |
| Winston Lee | .... | digital compositor | |
| Woohyuck Eric Lee | .... | cg modeler | |
| Raphaël Letertre | .... | CG artist: Rodeo FX | |
| Curtis Linstead | .... | system administrator: Rodeo FX | |
| Zehai Liu | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Derick Loo | .... | digital artist: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Mickaël Léger | .... | digital compositor | |
| Chris MacLean | .... | asset lead | |
| Ken McCuen | .... | matte painter | |
| Tracey McLean | .... | matte painter | |
| Hernan Melzi | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Hernan Melzi | .... | texture artist: Mr. X | |
| Govind Mohan | .... | digital compositor | |
| Thomas Montminy Brodeur | .... | digital compositor: Rodeo FX (as Thomas Brodeur) | |
| Sébastien Moreau | .... | digital effects/compositing supervisor: Rodeo FX | |
| Sébastien Moreau | .... | senior staff: Rodeo FX | |
| Rene Morel | .... | matte painter: Rodeo FX | |
| Christian Morin | .... | digital compositor | |
| Geneviève Morin | .... | visual effects coordinator: Rodeo FX | |
| Benjamin Mossman | .... | visual effects coordinator: Mr. X | |
| Venkat Mummidi | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Jesh Murthy | .... | visual effects | |
| Martial Ndeko | .... | system administrator: Rodeo FX | |
| Yuhay-Ray Ng | .... | modeler and texture artist: Mr. X | |
| Kelly Noordermeer | .... | visual effects editor: Mr. X Inc | |
| Josiane O'Rourke | .... | visual effects coordinator: Rodeo FX | |
| Anna Pacchioni | .... | roto artist | |
| Alessandro Pantanella | .... | digital compositor | |
| Alessandro Pantanella | .... | sequence lead | |
| Christian Paradis | .... | cg supervisor | |
| Hojin Park | .... | digital compositor | |
| Tetu Pawan | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Britton Plewes | .... | digital lighting artist: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Vincent Poitras | .... | digital compositor: Rodeo FX | |
| Etienne Poulin St-Laurent | .... | matchmover: Rodeo FX | |
| Jadhav Prashant | .... | visual effects | |
| Sebastien Proulx | .... | digital compositor | |
| Matt Ralph | .... | tracking / layout supervisor | |
| Saurabh Raut | .... | digital compositor: Anibrain | |
| Tyagi Reetuj | .... | digital compositor | |
| Scott Riopelle | .... | senior compositor | |
| Philippe Roberge | .... | digital compositor: Rodeo FX | |
| D. Eric Robinson | .... | digital effects supervisor | |
| Matthew Rouleau | .... | lead CG artist: Rodeo FX | |
| Moika Sabourin | .... | matte painter: Rodeo FX | |
| Paul Saint-Hilaire | .... | digital compositor: Nuke | |
| Avi Salem | .... | compositor | |
| Mag Sarnowska | .... | digital compositor | |
| Sachin Satpute | .... | visual effects | |
| Milan Schere | .... | matte painter: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Jerry Seguin | .... | digital compositor | |
| Laetitia Seguin | .... | visual effects coordinator | |
| Rajiv Sharma | .... | visual effects team leader | |
| Joao Sita | .... | digital compositor: Rodeo FX | |
| Gavin Soares | .... | animator | |
| Gavin Soares | .... | tracker | |
| Jordan Soles | .... | senior staff: Rodeo FX | |
| Laurent Spillemaecker | .... | digital compositor: Rodeo FX | |
| Ian Spriggs | .... | senior character modeler | |
| Frederic St-Arnaud | .... | lead matte painter: Rodeo FX | |
| Sven Steinbauer | .... | senior software engineer | |
| Jim Su | .... | rigging supervisor | |
| Ghate Sushant | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Kelvin Wing Chung Tam | .... | digital artist | |
| Ronen Tanchum | .... | digital effects artist | |
| Mark Joey Tang | .... | digital compositor (as Joey Tang) | |
| Edward Taylor IV | .... | digital effects supervisor | |
| Brendan Taylor | .... | previz supervisor | |
| Furio Tedeschi | .... | senior character modeler | |
| Kamal Kumar Tiwari | .... | compositor | |
| Kar Hung Tom | .... | system administrator: Rodeo FX | |
| Benoit Touchette | .... | senior staff: Rodeo FX | |
| Marjolaine Tremblay | .... | senior staff: Rodeo FX | |
| Robin Tremblay | .... | matte painter: Rodeo FX | |
| Gabriel Tremblay-Beauvais | .... | CG artist: Rodeo FX | |
| Adam Trowse | .... | digital compositor | |
| Mathieu Veilette | .... | matte painter: Rodeo FX | |
| Fabrice Vienne | .... | CG artist: Rodeo FX | |
| Stephen Wagner | .... | visual effects artist: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Aaron Weintraub | .... | pipeline supervisor | |
| Matt 'Readyman' Whelan | .... | digital lighter: Mr X | |
| Remo Wieland | .... | modeler and texture artist: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Tobias Wiesner | .... | senior digital compositor: ARRI | |
| Paul Wishart | .... | digital artist | |
| Donmill Yip | .... | digital artist | |
| Hubert Zapalowicz | .... | matte painter td: Rodeo FX | |
Animation Department | |||
| Mehta Apul | .... | animator | |
| Martin Hesselink | .... | animator | |
| Hanung Lee | .... | animator | |
| Jonathan J. McCallum | .... | character rigger | |
| Lee McNair | .... | animator | |
| Frankie Stellato | .... | vfx artist | |
Casting Department | |||
| Daniel Edwards | .... | casting assistant | |
| Louis Elman | .... | adr voice casting | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Markus Baburske | .... | on-line editor: video mastering | |
| Constantin Brodt | .... | first assistant editor | |
| Ana de Mier y Ortuño | .... | post 3d assistant stereographer | |
| Ana de Mier y Ortuño | .... | set assistant editor | |
| Simon Duschl | .... | digital intermediate assistant | |
| Lara Keszler | .... | editorial trainee | |
| Traudl Nicholson | .... | lead colorist | |
| Natalia Pleshivtseva | .... | post-production assistant | |
| Constantin Seiler | .... | post stereographer | |
| Brianne Wells | .... | previs editor | |
| Adam Jurkovich | .... | dailies operator (uncredited) | |
| Harry Muller | .... | color timer (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Christoph Bauschinger | .... | additional music editor | |
| Al Clay | .... | additional score mixer | |
| Matt Dunkley | .... | additional orchestrator | |
| Michael Higham | .... | music editor | |
| Michael Higham | .... | score co-produced by | |
| Pia Hoffmann | .... | music supervisor | |
| Stefan Karrer | .... | soundtrack album producer | |
| Tom Russbueldt | .... | pro tools operator | |
| Noah Sorota | .... | featured soloist: violin | |
| Florian Tessloff | .... | scoring supervisor | |
| Daniel Waldman | .... | score programming assistant | |
Transportation Department | |||
| Marcel Ahrens | .... | driver | |
| Darin Damjanow | .... | production driver | |
| Roland Fritze | .... | driver | |
| Florian Haeger | .... | transportation captain | |
| Daniel Huhn | .... | driver | |
| Tobias Joosten | .... | driver: cast | |
| Martin Kuschan | .... | transportation manager | |
| Jan Luo | .... | personal driver (to Christoph Waltz) | |
| Chris Morse | .... | hair/make-up driver | |
| Markus Ritter | .... | driver | |
| Andreas Schumacher | .... | driver | |
| Laszlo Somogyi | .... | personal driver | |
| Knuth Sorgers | .... | assistant transportation coordinator | |
| Thomas Suess | .... | transport facilities manager | |
| Steve Wilks | .... | driver: cast & crew | |
Other crew | |||
| Kilian Bold | .... | set production assistant (as Kilian Hebold) | |
| Josef Brandmaier | .... | funding | |
| Matthew Brown | .... | caretaker: extras | |
| Volkhard Buff | .... | horse rider (as Volkhart Buff) | |
| Manfred Burger | .... | funding | |
| Catherine Charlton | .... | dialogue coach: pre-production | |
| Cathrin Croenlein | .... | soundstage manager: Munich | |
| Sarah Crompton | .... | Tannhauser executive associate | |
| Volkmar Croyé | .... | assistant set manager | |
| Volkmar Croyé | .... | set manager: second unit | |
| Krisztián Czirják | .... | riding double: Aramis (as Kristian Czirjak) | |
| Brian Danner | .... | sword trainer/fencing trainer to Logan Lerman | |
| Beatrice Degenhart | .... | production assistant | |
| Wayne Docksey | .... | animal consultant | |
| Silke Dunker | .... | script supervisor: second unit | |
| Imke Duplitzer | .... | fencing instructor | |
| Katrin Ewerlin | .... | production assistant | |
| Moritz Fischer | .... | horse rider | |
| Susanne Fischer | .... | production coordinator | |
| Marc Flint | .... | military advisor | |
| Susanne Frei | .... | caretaker: extras | |
| Sabina Friedland | .... | assistant: Christine Rothe | |
| Jan Gallasch | .... | production assistant | |
| Jens Geibel | .... | location manager | |
| Stephanie Guttenberger | .... | caretaker: extras | |
| Leo Haidar | .... | legal counsel | |
| John B. Harper | .... | stereographer (as John Harper) | |
| Andrea Held | .... | production coordinator | |
| Betty Hellwig | .... | set medic | |
| Sven Jenuwein | .... | set manager | |
| Jürgen Jerschl | .... | funding | |
| Alexander Junginger | .... | horse rider | |
| Fritz Junginger | .... | horse rider | |
| Max Jördens | .... | riding double: D'Artagnan | |
| Irene Kainz | .... | production coordinator | |
| Ellie Kemps | .... | assistant production coordinator | |
| Silke Krüger | .... | location manager | |
| Quirin Kuchler | .... | location assistant: Castle Herrenchiemsee | |
| Don Lee | .... | personal trainer to Logan Lerman (as Don L. Lee) | |
| Fernando Lopez | .... | horse rider | |
| Michael Luckau | .... | horse rider | |
| Katherine McCormack | .... | unit publicist | |
| Frantisek Mekota | .... | horse rider | |
| Steffen Meyer | .... | horse rider | |
| Willi Meyer | .... | horse rider (as Willy Meyer) | |
| Peter Neumeyer | .... | riding double: Porthos | |
| Jenifère Nieschmidt | .... | production runner | |
| Friederich Oetker | .... | creative assistant | |
| Dug Rotstein | .... | script supervisor | |
| Peter H. Rutkat | .... | funding | |
| Alexander Schimkus | .... | assistant location manager | |
| Bernhard Schirmer | .... | horse rider (as Bernie Schirmer) | |
| Andreas Schmidbauer | .... | location assistant: Castle Herrenchiemsee | |
| Lena Schmigalla | .... | assistant accountant | |
| Oliver Schropp | .... | riding double: Jussac | |
| Constanze Schwarz | .... | riding double: Constance | |
| Michael Schweuneke | .... | animal wrangler | |
| Zsolt Sera | .... | riding double: Rochefort | |
| Grit Simbeck | .... | location manager: Munich | |
| Roman Spacil | .... | horse rider | |
| Roman Spacil | .... | sword master: second unit | |
| Viktoria Steudemann | .... | set production assistant | |
| Suzanne Struben | .... | animal trainer | |
| Vasilescu Valentin | .... | riding double: Athos (as Valentin Vasilescu) | |
| Silke Werner | .... | accomodation coordinator: Berlin | |
| Julian Witt | .... | set production assistant | |
| Alana Zalambra | .... | riding double: Constance | |
| Jacob Bartel | .... | assistant: Mr. Bloom (uncredited) | |
Thanks | |||
| Bernd Eichinger | .... | dedicatee (as Bernd) | |
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Yet another adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas classic Three Muskateers, however this tale came with way too much modernization for my taste. Flying battle ships, automatic cannon launchers, and tricked out vaults were just a few of the technological feats that were only a necessity because the story needed something more to make anyone care long enough to stay in their seat the full running time. I felt that from the trailer there was a desire to make this a larger than life visual extravaganza, with the wide and aerial views of the French and English landscapes, along with the huge explosions the viewer was supposed to be amazed. The only amazing thing that I found was that the only way to remember that we were experiencing a story in Paris, France is that the characters kept mentioning it, otherwise with all the varying accents it was easy to forget where the story was taking place, I don't recall one person speaking with a French accent or even interjecting a bit of French for some authenticity, not once. And don't even get me started on the ridiculously constructed chance meeting of D'artangnan (Logan Lerman) and the Muskateers. I have to admit that I found The Duke of Buckingham (Orlando Bloom) to be delightful, he was a balanced mix of charm and cunning. But what the heck was going on with King Louis the XIII (Freddie Fox), a fashionisto? No one seemed to be immune to the whiles of MiLady de Winter (Milla Jovavich) and you just get the feeling that she is the only woman in the world with an adventurous side, she was everywhere. All I could think of while watching this film was, this is the stupidest Three Muskateers story ever. I love movies, I love action in movies, I love classic tales, and I love fashion in any context, but I did not love this film dare say I did not much like it, it should have stuck with a character driven tale of heroism, side stepping the over the top presentation and preoccupation with fashion. My preference is the classic take on the story, the cleverness and quick wit of the Muskateers, their exceptional fencing ability and their keen sense of loyalty to the thrown as they work to mentor D'artangnan has always been enough. Don't bastardize a classic, make your film and call it Swashbuckling or something else. The story did not require 3-D, and it did not require my presence in the movie theater. I give it a red light.