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I just saw #TheCountOfMonteCristo.

I've never read the novel. The #movie is 3 hours long, and it is by far the messiest version of the story that I've seen. I was basically waiting for the duel that I knew would show up at the finale, but for the most part the drama of the performances and story kept me entertained.

I think this is the first version I've seen where Dantes uses #MissionImpossible style masks, so that was... different. 🤷‍♂️
#CountOfMonteCristo

So. The new #CountOfMonteCristo remake. Is it any good?

I enjoyed the Dumas novel immensely, but few of the screen adaptations, large or small, tickle my fancy.

What's your opinion of this 2024 remake/adaptation?

What if "The Princess Bride" took itself absolutely seriously?

"The Count of Monte Cristo" is an absolutely ridiculous story and I love it. It's a swashbuckling Ocean's Eleven meets Mission Impossible, where the heist takes 20 years to execute.

The story has been around for 180 years, but I am fortunate enough to never have read or watched it before, so now when I watched the 2024 version, I could experience the joy of being led around every twist and turn. I laughed, I was moved and I thoroughly enjoyed the competence porn of it all.

5 out of 5 flintlocks

#TheCountOfMonteCristo
#CountOfMonteCristo #MonteCristo

Ok, this should have been a series, but I still dig it:

https://youtu.be/8Q6y1waxlTY?si=ZEzMKroyueMBakto

#CountOfMonteCristo

Mediawan Boss Talks “Smart” Commissioners, Turning Doc IP Into Drama & How Her ‘Count Of Monte Cristo’ Seller Is Being “Agile” – MIPTV
#Festivals #News #Banijay #Canneseries #CountOfMonteCristo #ElisabethD039Arvieu #Mediawan #MIPTV

https://deadline.com/2024/04/mediawan-elisabeth-darvieu-miptv-1235878193/

I’m finally have less than 3-hours of reading time left in my book, which I’ve been reading for a year. I’m excited to reach the end soon.

#Bookstodon #CountOfMonteCristo

Jeremy Irons Joins Sam Claflin in Bille August’s ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ Series for Mediawan (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #News #BilleAugust #CountofMonteCristo #JeremyIrons #Mediawan

https://variety.com/2023/tv/global/jeremy-irons-count-of-monte-cristo-series-bille-august-sam-claflin-mediawan-1235801624/

#Awwww - that's #Sweet... #AndrewTate #FindsTheTime away from his #CountOfMonteCristo-style #Musings to #Acknowledge that #BenShapiro's #LifeCoach is #OnHisCase...

#DefinitelyNotNews...

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Watch #Gankutsuou #countofmontecristo

#MysteriousLotusCasebook has strong #CountOfMonteCristo vibes and I think that's why I like it. The hero realizes the pain and destruction his antics have caused, and so he walks away from his old life to try and be a better person. I love when characters face consequences.

Here is the relevant chapter should anyone like to judge the context for themselves.

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1184/old/2012-10-26-1184-h.htm#linkC2HCH0097

#Dumas #CountOfMonteCristo #Trans #Lbgtq #Sappho #Literature

“Monsieur Danglars had a daughter no longer.”

— Dumas, Count of Monte Cristo

It can also be read that Monsieur Léon d’Armilly is a trans man, escaping to his freedom. He does seem more comfortable once he changes out of feminine dress.

#Dumas #CountOfMonteCristo #Transmasc #Transmen #LGBQT #TransLiterature

“Then, with a rapidity that showed this was surely not the first time that she had, for fun, put on the clothes of the other sex, Eugenie pulled on the boots, slipped into the trousers, rumpled her cravat, buttoned a high-necked waistcoat up to the top and got into a frock-coat that outlined her slender, well-turned waist.”

— Dumas, Count of Monte Cristo

My favorite subplot is the lesbian couple who run away to Italy to join the opera.

#Dumas #CountOfMonteCristo #FrenchLiterature #Sappho

The count of Monte Cristo is one of those heartwarming tales which shows that with dedication, hard work, cunning, and a windfall of a hundred million dollars, dreams can come through.

Even if that dream might be revenge.

#Dumas #Literature #IfIHadAMillionDollars #Windfall #Motivation #CountOfMonteCristo

Dumas expects us to believe after 14 years in prison, and no food for 24 hours, the Count of Monte Cristo can swim 7 kilometers in a storm at night.

Seem legit.

#Literature #Dumas #CountOfMonteCristo #swimming #Drama #JustHeroicThings

How to become a polymath in two years, Count of Monte Cristo style.

All you need is free room and board and a dedicated private tutor, and no responsibilities to distract you with.

#Literature #Dumas #Polymath #CountOfMonteCristo

Dumas seems skeptical about Italy’s chances of unification, just four years before the unification wars begin. Of course, it was also twenty seven years before they unified.

#History #Dumas #CountOfMonteCristo #Italy #ItalianUnification #Literature #PoliticalPhilosophy

The “mad abbé” of Count of Monte Cristo provides an interesting reading list:

Thucydides
Xenophon
Plutarch
Livy
Tacitus
Strada
Jornadès
Dante
Montaigne
Shakespeare
Spinoza
Machiavelli
Bossuet

I have read half of those, which makes me want to read the rest.

#Literature #Dumas #Classics #CountOfMonteCristo #ToRead