GamerTab That was an excellent one.

BlazeLime Strong and Moving!

Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

GeneralUrsus This is the quintessential telling of this rollicking, adventure tale. Director Richard Lester does a marvelous job of capturing the hilarity and thrills of this swashbuckling story. George MacDonald Fraser's screenplay delivers the essence of Dumas' story and retains many of the key characters and pertinent situations. The production values are top notch with gorgeous scenery and sparkling costumes. The casting is superb with Richard Chamberlain, Oliver Reed and Frank Finlay as the three musketeers. Michael York with his matinée idol good looks does a bang up job as the bumbling country boy D'artagnan who is equal parts daring and chivalrous. The heavy's here are delectable with Christoper Lee at his dastardly best as Rochefort the evil henchman of the equally wicked and cunning Cardinal Richilieu played to the hilt by Charlton Heston. Roy Kinnear is delightfully droll as D'artagnan's servant planchet. Raquel Welch the iconic 70's pin up is both gorgeous and absurdly humorous to boot. This is by far one of the hallmark performances in Ms. Welche's cannon of work. There are numerous beautifully staged sword fighting sequences. There are also many authentic looking scenes of 17th century France both among the peasant class and the nobility that give this films a rousing, full bodied atmosphere and bristle. This is a superb entertainment, with high comedy, deft thrills and top drawer talent, this Three Musketeers is the One for All!

beresfordjd A wonderful film, as was the sequel. I believe that they were actually one movie edited to make two but I could be wrong. The opening credit sequence still never fails to give me goosebumps whenever I see it. Combined with the marvellous music it remains as fresh as when it was first released Oliver Reed is awesome in it, as is the rest of the cast. I truly believe he was worthy of an Oscar for his performance as Athos.Faye Dunaway is gorgeous and sexy and to my delight and surprise Raquel Welch shows a comic sensibility too. Christopher Lee makes a great villain and Richard Lester's idiosyncratic way of overdubbing comic asides from the peripheral characters make the whole thing a joy. The fight sequences have an authenticity which was never achieved before these movies. The costumes, locations and scenery are sumptuous and absorbing (Oscars should have been awarded) and I only hope for a Blu-ray high quality release with proper full sound to make my enjoyment complete. A great pity that Oliver Reed is only remembered for his drinking rather than the kind of performance he gives here.

JasparLamarCrabb Richard Lester turns the Dumas classic into a rollicking swashbuckler full of adventure, thrills and A LOT of humor. Casting actors not necessarily known for comedy was probably his smartest move as they all take the proceedings quite seriously thereby NOT turning the film into an out-and-out spoof. Michael York is perfect as the hyper helpful (albiet mostly incompetent) D'Artagnan as are Oliver Reed, Frank Finley, and Richard Chamberlain as respectively, Athos, Porthos and Aramis. Charlton Heston make a great villain as Richelieu, pulling the sinister strings of Faye Dunaway (as Milady) and Christopher Lee (as the cycloptic Rochefort). Both Dunaway and Lee are excellent. However, they're all nearly outshone by Raquel Welch as a very klutzy Constance. This is surely her best film role. Lester assembled an unusually strong production crew, including cinematography by David Watkin, a very rousing music score by Michel Legrand and exquisite costumes by Yvonne Blake. The large cast also includes comic Spike Milligan & Lester regular Roy Kinnear. Jean-Pierre Cassel makes for a very funny Louis XIII and Geraldine Chaplin is very fetching as Queen Anne. So good is this film, the producers smartly broke it into two...following this with the equally successful THE FOUR MUSKETEERS.

Framescourer An opulent farce constructed with a long roster of super Hollywood heavyweights. Filmed on the loveliest of locations the character of the film, peculiarly, comes from it being almost entirely overdubbed. This gives it a surreal feeling, with inserted jokes, in cultured English asides.This doesn't detract from the performances. Raquel Welch and Faye Dunaway are both lovely, the former scatty, the latter catty. Michael Yorke is the green adventure-seeker, the d'Artangnan torn between the two. Richard Chamberlain and Frank Finlay are wonderful amigos but cannot compete with the blasting, hell-for-leather presence of Oliver Reed, so charm their way through their roles. Charlton Heston and Christopher Lee are united as elegant baddies, and Roy Kinnear makes something more than toilet humour of the peasant end of the fun.And then there's the music... ah, the music. Michel Legrand's score might not be the greatest score in cinema but it just happens to be my favourite. 8/10