The Count Of Monte Cristo [DVD] [2002]

Great dvd

I love this movie. Always been a big fan of The Count of Monte Cristo. I have read the Count of Monte Cristo book as a teen I was hooked with his story. Now the book is a lot different to the movie. The story is about the same person but the events have changed at times completely different.But do not judge this movie based on the book as its a movie and I have not yet seen a movie to be exact to the book, always changed. Judge it on how the story is told, the directing,the actors and and if it is better than the other Count of Monte Cristomovies you have seen.He suffered a lot for something he didn't do. Betrayed by his best friend and the corrupt officials he gets imprisoned into on of the infamous prisons in Napoleon times. The movie portrays the story very well and the actors do a great job. The role of Count of Monte Cristo role suits Jim Caviezel really well. He does a great job. Planning his revenge after escaping from prison its something that follows him throughout the movie. Getting rich by finding the gold and pretending to be someone else in front of the woman he loves is not easy not only that his past best friend who betrayed him is married to her. Thats not all he has a son too. Thats all I will say as you have to watch the rest but the movie is great. The story is very interesting and anyone will enjoy it. I have both the dvd and blu ray version which I can confirm it works on the UK as well.the picture quality is fantastic on blu ray. A must own Pls check photos.If you haven't got it yet just get it. Dont let this movie past by as it is that good. Great seller as always fast delivery. Thank You.

First saw this film many years ago on a tiny screen on a flight to New York and I really enjoyed it. It then popped up on the TV and I recorded it and kept it for ages but decided in the end to buy the DVD as I watched it so often and was tired of shooting through the ads.I have read the book by Dumas but will admit to finding it hard going though I am fascinated by this story. Years ago in the days of black and white TV I remember a Sunday night serial, thirteen episodes long, of this story with Alan Badel as the Count. I also remember the marvellous one with Gerard Depardieu. This is a great swashbuckler and full of adventure and fun as well as being the story of a man bent on revenge for all the wrongs done him. Lovely to look at, it takes some liberties with the characters but nothing too outrageous and I loved every single minute of it. One has to suspend disbelief as Armand looks exactly the same as when he was arrested and he would be recognised straight away, but hey it is a movie.Also great fun to see the young Superman featuring!One of my favourite films, love it

i saw the last hour of this on tv and was caught up in the plot almost instantly. i decided i had to buy this on dvd. seeing the film as a whole was great.the story is excellent. revenge, fighting, suffering, joy. also, an aura of cleverness seems to surround this film (everything draws together in the end).the fight scenes are well done (quite realistic). the acting is top notch. some scenes are fantasticly done with elaborate sets. a lot of effort has clearly gone into the making of this picture. there are a few wow thats cool moments and then theres the wow thats sad ones to counter them.i had never encountered this tale before so i decided it was good purely on the merit of the film itself. id say most people would enjoy this.quite simply it is a very well made and thouroughly entertaining film.i now have the novel of monte cristo in my basket for future enjoyment.

A somewhat fanciful version of a famous old literary classic, best approached as a film-orientatedadaptation and enjoyed for its own various pleasures, which include the excellent leading actors andthe bits of action along the way. Just adjust the imagination at certain places, that's all.

Timeless story , excellent cast.A must for anyone's collection.👍

Every one in the main cast was quite exceptional, but special reference has to be made to Jim Caviezel, who played the cruelly imprisoned Edmond Dantes. Guy Pearce was also terrific, as the corrupt Mondego, with a performance laced with gusto and menace.Attention to detail to life in the times of the Napoleonic Wars, was impressive. Though the story was quite different to the way Alexandre Dumas wrote it, entertainment level I found to be pretty high, so much so that I have already watched it thrice.Then, for me, the icing on the cake was the locations in Malta, and on the nearby island of Comino, where St Mary's Tower, built by the Knights of St John, stood in for the forbidding prison, the Chateau D'If. I was born in Malta and lived there for some years.

great!