June 13, 2008
This movie had so much to offer. The message is powerful. One of the all time favourites.
User Comments for The Count of Monte Cristo
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October 5, 2007This movie is totaly amazing!!! its got great story and lesson in it...i ador it...^_^ iz juz reall coolieo. =P
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September 7, 2007I gotta be honest. This movie sucked. "The Count of Monte Cristo" is one of my favorite books and I must say that this move butchered it. There were so many inconsistencies and so many things that were just wrong with it. Alexandre Dumas is turning in his grave after this piece of junk. The fact that Dantes ends up with Mercedes in the end is horrific. That totally screws up the story altogether. The Count found love again with Haydee. Mercedes' chance was lost the minute she married Fernand who, by the way, was NOT DANTES' FRIEND FROM THE VERY BEGINNING! And all the count pretty much does after he escapes prison is just kill everyone. What happened to the carefully wrought revenge? What happened to death not being the most severe punishment? What happened to the amazing and perfect way in which the Count traps his betrayers within their own lives? Without these elements the movie is just a horrid soap opera about sloppy revenge. Not the beautiful creation readers know it to be.
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August 10, 2007I completely LOVE this movie! The characters are made great as the persons who makes them come real! Especially Jim Caviezel as Dantes and Richard Harris as the Abbé. But everyone is fantastic! I just have wachted it over and over and over again, and I just never get sick of the plot! Amazing movie!!
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June 19, 2007The beauty of this movie is that their is a very deep and powerful message. This movie extends further then exacting revenge. God said "Veangeance is mine" and the priest tells Edmund this, but he chooses revenge. In the end he recognizes the error of his ways and he makes a promise that "all that was used for vengeance will now be used for good!"
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June 17, 2007One of my favourite movies! The acting is great, and the story is very well put together. Of course, the book is better, but books are almost always better than their movies anyways.
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April 8, 2007truly inspiring! amazing! i love this movie! one of my all-time fave. What touched me most was that when Dantes struggles deeply with his belief in God yet he moved and experienced mature faith. The priest confesses..."when they asked me about the treasure in Sparta, i lied". "you lied?" Dantes asks. "I'm a priest, not a saint". Then he told him how to use the map to find the treasure. "When you escape," the priest continues, "use the treasure for good. Only for good." "No," Dantes says angrily. I will surely use it for my revenge." The priest says, "This is your final lesson. Do not commit the crime-(the priest struggles for a breath)for which you now serve the sentence. God said, "Vengeance is mine". Dantes says, " But I don't believe in God." "It doesn't matter," the priest responds with a smile. "He believes in you." WOW! I love that!!! "KINGS TO YOU, ALL!!!
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January 2, 2007The film is excellent, so much better than the 70's one I think it is, now that was crap.
But the book was so fantastic and so easy following, depending on which translation you read.
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December 4, 2006The book was so different though from the movie. My brother had to do his thesis statement on the difference between the book and movie but he kept falling asleep reading the book so I borrowed it and read it myself. I was amazed at the difference between the two. The movie was awesome though, five stars!
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October 31, 2006hey! how are you??
if you like Monte Cristo you should read the book....it´s really great!
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June 8, 2006My favorite version of this story is the French 2 disc series with Gerard Depardieu in the title role. It has subtitles and I think may have been a mini series but definately worth watching and more detailed information is revealed. This version is also very good though.
