So the Movie…

Yes, as I mentioned at the end of my post yesterday, I watched The Man in the Iron Mask (movie version) last night.  Here are a few things I uttered while watching it:

“For real?”  ”O come on…”  ”Now that’s just plain ridiculous.”  “No, just no.”  “Seriously…that didn’t just happen.”  “What were they thinking?”  “Athos is actually the exact opposite of the guy Malkovich is playing.”

Or in responding to Erin’s question:  “Did this happen in the book?”  I had to simply reply:  “This isn’t based upon the book.  It’s just an entirely new story with new characters that just happen to share the same names as Dumas’.”

Or when I paused the movie and said to Erin, “I’ll tell you what, after this buster movie ends, I will tell you what happens in the book and then we can decide what the movie-makers could have done to actually make this good.”

That being said, you can imagine how I feel about the movie.  Although it did have a happy ending…sort of.  Actually, they threw something in there at the end that was just so ridiculous and not smart that the ending wasn’t so happy at all.  At least to me.

So again I was left longing for the true and final happy ending.  And again, it’s not a bad place to be. But still, with the amount of money and energy that was poured into the film I saw last night, they could have done so much better.  In my opinion, the best movie based upon one of Dumas’ books is The Count of Monte Cristo.  I loved the book, though I desired a little different ending, which the movie thankfully gave me (more or less).  Seriously, that one is money.

And so was the one we viewed with the kids tonight, The Tale of Despereaux. (Yea, we are on a rare movie roll around here.)  It was great, and it certainly served its purpose of making up for the poor showing of the Iron Mask.  That’s one of my movie habits, I confess.  When I see a bad one (at least to me), I often am compelled to follow it up quickly when one I know is legit.

But enough of all this nonsense.  Maybe I will post something highly significant tomorrow, like how the plug for my Macbook went out.  No.  I’ll spare you that…at least for now.

One quick lesson from all this rambling:  Whether you like the ending or not, be sure to let it lead you to a greater longing for the true and final ending that is soon to come.  That way, both the good and bad movies (or books) serve you well.