This movie was so underrated. I love a good revenge story.

Talk about getting revenge. The count made him go through the same terror he himself had gone through 16 years prior. Classic movie.

'Because your son lacked the courage' Awesone writing

Villefort: My dear Count, it's far too hot in here and you're fully dressed.... Me: Spend 13 years in Chateau D'ff during the most hottest of seasons and you will have a tolerance for the most hottest climates any sauna can offer.....

Amazing scene, but cuts off before the best part when he realizes there is no bullet in the chamber, and Edmond's chilling line "You didn't think I'd make it that easy, did you?" And then that immensely satisfying, brooding orchestral queue as Dante strides after the carriage vanishing into the night.

" I have a question for you - why after 16 years as a corrupt prosecutor are you still only 35? "

This scene is brilliant. What better way to punish a corrupt prosecutor than to throw him in prison? Karma at its best.

My jaw dropped when the steam cleared to reveal the police standing there. Edmond, you are a genius.

2:40 Contracting an assassin to murder your father is still murdering your father as if it were you pulling the trigger. There is no distinction. Disgusting that such a man was in such a position of power and authority. He truly believed that he could escape damnation by passing the buck to somebody else. Hypocrisy of the worst kind and fueled by ambition

i think because of how cold it would have been in that kind of prison, he can now handle any heat imaginable

I love the end where he leaves the gun, but there are no bullets in it, brilliant.

I LOVE this scene. Jim played it so well...his attitude throughout the whole thing. Calm, collected, lethal. "You're right. He wouldn't. But you just have." Mic drop.

consider the impossibility though, of fitting an incredibly deep and well written story requiring upwards of 50 hours of concentration into a 2 1/2 hour movie. Of course things had to be changed, but I am more than happy with the very well made movie we got.

Villefort represents pure evil. Corrupt and greedy. Both actors played extremely well.

god, this movie is ART!!!!! Underrated? YES IT IS.

Hiding cops in the steam was a stroke of genius.

Mondego Says, "Be Lethal In Turn" When Villeforte says "With Bonaparte on the loose, what was once a thorn in my side is becoming potentially lethal.

Love the way he sais "I was just curious"

Such a power move--fully dressed in capes and furs while your guy is near naked and freaking out.

I always thought the count would feel uncomfortably hot being fully clothed in a sauna

Movie is incredibly underrated. I know it's not accurate from the book. But the art direction is incredibly beautiful

When the steam clears now you can see everyone that's following you..watching you.

oh god, that BEAUTIFUL scene when he realizes the gun is NOT loaded!

How does he wear all those heavy clothes and stand this hot room? I guess he’s just so consumed for revenge he doesn’t care?

I love this scene. Best movie EVER!!! If it was playing in theaters, I would pay extra to see it again.

Scenes from this movie continue to pop into my head word for word to this day chefs kiss

In the book, Mondego changed his last name to de Morcerf after he sold the Princess of Yanina in the name of Hiedee of Ali Pasia. The book detailed the brilliance of Dantes of how he planned his revenge in minute details 👍

A Plot only works until someone says no.

Epic scene after EPIC scene. When they say this is a classic, they are not kidding!

"You didn't think I'd make it that easy, did you?" *Godfather music starts playing* Ooops wrong movie..

“I’m about to tell you”

2:14 That transition is brilliant

how do you not include the best part of this scene. Edmond climbing on the outside of the carriage and telling Villefort he wouldn't make it that easy for him.

That transition at 2:14 is truly great

Something id like to add , the pose of Villefort resembles the pose of Le Genie Du Mal / Lucifer of liege , a sculpture made to depict lucifer , which was made twice.

RIP Freddie Jones (Monsieur Clarion)

2:14 I have always loved the transition sound effect here. The judge’s gavel indicating none too subtly that the Chief Prosecutor of France is now on trial.

The count is a sophisticated, very intelligent gentleman who uses his intelligence to avoid shameful situations like those in the film.

The novel was better, but the modifications are still clever, Jim Caviezel is the Count.

Watch it a few times every year...reminds me of so many elements of my own life.

"Dantes?!" 🤣🤣

I was forced to read this book for my Eng 1 class and was really disappointed that we chose to read a book for a project. But damn, my group loved it so much we convinced the teacher to let us watch the movie if we aced our project. 😂It’s a great story and I really recommend it😎

Wish I could deal revenge on my enemies like this.

The best part with no bullets is cut off lol great scene.

Edmund was innocent and turn the table against everyone

he went to jail for treason over an letter that Napolean never read.

Love this movie, but where did those solders dudes come from with the doors locked? That tug on the rope must have opened some kind of trap door... sick !

Henry Canvill was the son? wow! i never noticed!

When the smoke clears. Now he can see them all.

The Count of Monte Cristos look like Doctor Strange

my favourite scene!!!

I love this whole story. The book is amazing too. Check out the older versions of this movie. There is one from the 70's and 40's. Amazing movies

Ive seen 2 versions of what happened with the gun left as a courtesy for a gentleman. Both times he pulled the trigger, but i like the one where the gun wasn't loaded and Edmund said "Did you really think i would make it that easy?" Brutal. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

I have no idea what is provoking this perverse discussion 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I'm reading the book right now and it is a long book. I'm reading 100 pgs a day and it will take almost 3 months to finish.

Pay attention yall...

they ruined it by cutting out the best part when villefort pulls the trigger to nothing. Edmond: 'You didn't think i'd make it that easy, did you?'

This the scene that gives me most closure and satisfaction in terms of revenge, more than killing fernand.

Such a badass revenge story in every way! Ain't karma a bitch? 😎

Amazingly portrayed

They cut off the best part- “You didn’t think I’d make it that easy did you?” [plays dramatic music]. So powerful when he gives him that empty pistol for it to go off in his mouth and be empty. Like he proved to Vilfort that his life was essential over. So powerful.

I love it when he he hunt them one by one, he make sure that no one will escape from his wrath of revenge especially MONDEIGGO. 💪💪💪💗💚💖

I saw this film at the Movies when it came out hihi

Oh, that feeling when your worst mistakes come back and bite you in the ashtabula...

You cut off the best part!

This is awesome.

Dantès' revenge on the Proceurer is flawed in both book and film imo. Villefort remembers Édmond too easily, making him seem less unrepentant than in the book. Also, the Count is insatiable in the film, rather than calculating and idolising Providence like the book. In the book, I thought the end was rushed from this point onwards. The twist of Heloïse's last action was Dumas's last great decision in the book for me. Had Villefort's descent into madness been slower, he could've attempted to reason with the Count. One of Édmond's greatest drivers for revenge was the effect his imprisonment had on his father. Had Villefort explained that he'd arrested Dantès to protect his own father, there may have been a much deeper moment of reflection from the Count. However, I think the Magistrate's frantic descent into madness was so effective in showing how quickly the character was overcome by a long forgotten guilt. If he hadn't immediately gone insane, it would've seemed janky and messed with the pace of the story. The complexities, and near endless possibilities and depth, of Villefort's final emotions make him my favourite part of the story but not my favourite character. The Count is my favourite character because of how driven he is, but all the contributing factors in Dantès' immense change can be epitomised by Gerard de Villefort. He is my favourite aspect of the novel because he is no longer a character. He is a plague on the mind of a man so focused, who once mocked a woman's frailty, but then is completely undone by the collapse of a man he once loathed so completely. Most of all, though, unlike a literature essay writer, I don't think every little bit of this was a ploy by the author. The events in a story show how simple moments can highlight everything by themselves without our input. Even when we think we've done everything to shape a story, fate puts another twist in the tale. The door to a room filled with thoughts and fascinating hypotheticals had always been there. Alexandre Dumas was not the one to furnish the room. He merely created the key to open the door.

Anyone who read the book can explain this to me: Why Villefort further complicates thing by employing a count for the murder of his own father? Wouldn’t a professional assassin be more neat?

It is much more realistic that Edmond orders Villefort to be poisoned. Villefort would hardly confess to his crime and if Edmond dueled with the royal prosecutor, he would be arrested. He is a foreign nobleman and Villefort is the procurator of King Louis Philipe. Emperor Nero did this to Britanicus. "Nero, once aware of the feeling aroused, redoubled his hatred; and with Agrippina's threats becoming instant, as he had no grounds for a criminal charge against his brother and dared not openly order his execution, he tried secrecy and gave orders for poison to be prepared, his agent being Julius Pollio, tribune of a praetorian cohort, and responsible for the detention of the condemned poisoner Locusta,​ whose fame as a criminal stood high. For that no one about the person of Britannicus shoul cy or contained a dilution to prevent immediate action. Nero, however, impatient of so much leisure in crime, threatened the tribune and ordered the execution of the poisoner, on the ground that, with their apprehensions of scandal and their preparations for defence, they were delaying his release from anxiety. They now promised that death should be as abrupt as if it were the summary work of steel; and a potion - its rapidity guaranteed by a private test of the ingredients​ - was concocted hard by the Caesar's bedroom. It was the regular custom that the children of the emperors should take their meals in sight of their relatives,​ seated with other nobles of their age at a more frugal table of their own. There Britannicus dined; and, as his food, solid and liquid, was tried by a taster chosen from his attendants, the following expedient was discovered, to avoid either changing the rule or betraying the plot by killing both master and man. A drink, still harmless, very hot, and already tasted, was handed to Britannicus; then, when he declined it as too warm, cold water was poured in, and with it the poison; which ran so effectively through his whole system that he lost simultaneously both voice and breath. There was a startled movement in the company seated around, and the more obtuse began to disperse; those who could read more clearly sat motionless, their eyes riveted on Nero. He, without changing his recumbent attitude or his pose of unconsciousness, observed that this was a usual incident, due to the epilepsy with which Britannicus had been inflicted from his earliest infancy: sight and sensation would return by degrees."- Annals by Tacitus, book 13, chapters 15 and 16

Aw you cut the best part lol

This scene explains it all.

2:13 great transition

Amazing Movie , The Count of Monte Cristo !

My current situation...

Read the book

"A courtesy for a gentleman." Outtake: He does. Final take: He tries, but it's empty. Monte Cristo: "You didn't think I'd make it that easy, did you? "

This movie gives great motivation to study hard...Lol. Knowledge is power

What! No firing of an unloaded pistol!

I love this movie

The gun on the seat. Cold.

Cuts off at the best part. 😮‍💨😄

I love this scene too but I would have worded it a little different to really get into this guys head ..such as instead of saying why did u tell countess mondago; I would have said, MaybI pose a question, The other night Countess Mondago approached me and called me a name I have never heard of before, she said that I reminded her of a person named Edmond. I became curious and found that this was her fiancé and she said he was executed, so why would you tell her that this man was executed, but in reality I had heard he was imprisoned at the Chateau Dif. Now who gains from this lie?

Best scene in the movie!

They cut the clip too short

You dont think it would be that easy did you? Fu

villefort is my waifu

In the beginning of the movie why didn't Villefort execute Dantes and tie up a loose end???

Почему фильм снят не по книге, жаль

Ten fuckin years of Gaslighting !

Делясь своим мнением об американском варианте «Графа Монте Кристо», я тоже постараюсь не касаться литературного первоисточника, но сделать это будет сложнее, т.к. книга Дюма является моим любимым литературным произведением, не раз перечитанным, и поэтому хочется, чтобы хотя бы одна из экранизаций получилась достойной. Сразу скажу, что американский вариант с Кэвизелом мне не понравился, историю графа Монте Кристо очень трудно перенести на экран. Фильм 2002 г. слишком американский, это чувствуется в каждом кадре, каждом эпизоде, в каждом герое, в каждой ноте. Сюжет до безобразия упрощён, если бы просто изменили (в духе голливудских экранизаций), я бы понял, но тут форменное издевательство над первоисточником... Однако обо всём по порядку. Начало по-голливудски красочное и трагичное, фильм начинается с высадки Эдмона Дантеса и (первый сюрприз) Фернана Мондего на острове Эльба, и (второй сюрприз) довольно-таки продолжительное экранное время, полученное Наполеоном Бонапартом (возможно, авторы фильма надеялись, что американский зритель узнает хотя бы одного из героев фильма). Сразу же (третий сюрприз) перестрелка в начале фильма, что для голливудских фильмов типично. Но всё-таки первая неожиданность меня удивила сильнее, чем всё остальное вместе взятое (даже употребление в некоторых эпизодах слова «сэр» вместо «месье»). Авторы американской версии фильма решили построить главное противостояние между Монте Кристо и де Морсером, с начала фильма показав их... друзьями детства. Ладно, чёрт с этим всем, уже после такого начала фильма решил, что не буду проводить параллели с книгой, а просто буду наслаждаться одной из самых интересных историй мести, которая, как надеялся, хоть немного оправдает надежды. Не тут-то было. Прекрасный актёрский состав стал заложником сильно упрощённого сценария и неловкого режиссёра, что не позволило показать им ничего не то чтобы сверхъестественного, а даже своего полузвёздного уровня. Кэвизел не тянет на графа Монте Кристо, он даже не тянет на Эдмона Дантеса, пусть в «Страстях Христовых» выглядел неплохо, но здесь он явно не попал в роль, не похож ни на моряка, ни на французского аристократа. По воле сценария у Гая Пирса была возможность изобразить из себя злодея, гадкого и бесчестного, чем он почти воспользовался, но казалось, что он не играл, а просто говорил несложный заученный текст, не пытаясь даже попотеть. Как сюда занесло Харриса, совсем непонятно. Другим актёрам и персонажам авторы фильма не предоставили времени раскрыться даже наполовину, чем те, к сожалению, и воспользовались. Возвращаясь к сюжету, признаюсь, что мне было больно смотреть на такие безвкусные партии мести, преподнесенные графом Монте Кристо своим врагам. Если в экранизации 1953 г. с Жаном Марэ мести было уделено самое важное место в картине, то здесь же все изощренные планы мести Монте Кристо вмещаются в 10 минут, притом не представляя из себя ничего интересного, являясь бесформенным клипом. Уж слишком много времени в фильме уделено началу истории, когда в истории графа Монте Кристо весь перец в конце. С одной стороны, когда смотришь экранизацию любого фильма и видишь, что режиссёр взял из оригинала только название и главных героев, радуешься, что увидишь некие неожиданные режиссёрские ходы и новый вариант развития сюжета, с другой - больно переживаешь, когда твои ожидания не сбылись, а от твоих ощущений от книги ничего не остается, потому что экранизация бездарна. В случае с американским «Графом Монте Кристо» однозначно случилось второе: бездарная экранизация и растоптанные надежды. Находясь в поисках чего-нибудь интересного в этом фильме, захожу в тупик, такое впечатление, что никто из авторов фильма не думал о зрителях, снимая фильм неровно, где лучший эпизод относится к началу фильма и тоже не выдерживает никакой критики. Дальше, должно быть, поменяли режиссёра, наняв такого, что уступает первому во всем. Если в начале ещё теплится надежда на классный финал, то к середине фильма не остается никаких надежд, уже ясно, что всё произойдёт по-голливудски и решится на последних минутах. И финал, к слову, голливудский, очень предсказуемый и малоинтересный. Слишком затянув с рассказом о начале пути Дантеса, задержавшись в замке Иф (кстати, за такое время можно было сделать более тонкое зрелище, затронув душевное состояние узников, а не пересказывать, что они там делали столько лет), к кульминации фильм подходит, как запутавшийся клубок, где авторы от безысходности всё собирают в одно место и уделяют всему два с половиной коротких эпизода. Плеваться хотелось от такого поворота событий. Мало того, что вырезали многих интересных героев, не говоря о событиях, так и из того, что осталось не получилось ничего, при этом изменив оставшихся

Vengeance comes at them in black wings.

Edmond criou oposição entre o Villeford e o Mondego, quando o chamou ao aniversário do Albert. O Villeford sabia que o Mondego também estava interessado no dinheiro e achou que ele tivesse passado a informação pro Dante. Ali ele já estava caindo na armadilha...

this movie and shawshank redemption....

You didnt think ld make it so easy did you ?....

The best part comes about two seconds later!

Ah this movie is so satisfying

Villefort is one pasty-faced Englishman.

The perfect place to make a man sweat, a sauna

The best part got cut off

compared to movies today...this should win best picture.