That one was so Epic..

That one was okay if you didn't read the book, but it took way too many liberties for my taste. Hope this adaptation stays more faithful to the book.

Check out the 1975 version with Richard chamberlain. I believe it’s on you tube.

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I read the book and watched several adaptations. The Soviet adaptation with Viktor Avilov as the cunt is the best adaptation. And I say that the film with Jim Caviziel is a ridiculous film. Albert being the Count's son and suddenly becoming father and son. Even if he was his biological son, Albert was much more likely to become the Count's enemy than Brutus was to Julius Caesar, despite everything Caesar did for him.

The film with Jim Caviezel is the worst adaptation of the book. A typical cheap adventure film and not a complex story like Cleopatra with Liz Taylor.

@@johannesdesilentio6036 The worst adaption of the book? lol, so what!

@@johannesdesilentio6036 Worst adaption but hands down still the best imho. And I've read the book and saw the Richard Chamberlain versiontoo. Jim's will always be my favorite. Or will it... Dun dun DUUUUUNNNN...

They did not even bring in Pachanga to this one...hard pass

I suspect your "modern touches" were all in the original book. The disguises certainly were.

In the book, the Count is a drug user and Albert is engaged to a lesbian girl who runs away with another woman. And the count prefers a young odalisque over Mercedes. The book was written in 1846. The Count of Monte Cristo (1964) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mKxhjZqa18CwlI0.html . The Count of Monte Cristo (1979) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jqyensif3JiUkWw.html . The Prisoner of Château d'If (1988) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jbt6n7pm0be3hZs.html . kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oZx5lqWIv5aXgqc.html . kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rbKeZtedp7vFmH0.html . The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eLJ4nr2jxr_OqZ8.html . kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b5p1edJ6zNPVook.html . kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y6piZ5OirLilhqc.html . kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mL1xibiXxpmtoJs.html

It is a book

@@shazzthedon is that a question or statement?

absolutely

coincido, el mejor, hasta deja una moraleja

I totally agree. I picked it up on audiobook and had to get through it slowly I almost stopped, but I persevered and that book just blew me away. You can never forget about it and it forever changes the way you see things.

The 2002 version is a typical bad American movie. This film will be as bad as the terrible 2002 adaptation. That alliance scene is stupid. Do you think Mercedes presenting the ring to Edmond would have the same effect as Cleopatra, a young princess who was cultured, having to appear rolled up in a carpet to Julius Caesar? The count was a rich and powerful man, he would have a young lover just like Julius Caesar had Cleopatra. And the duels. How stupid. The trap that Edmond set for Dnglars and Fernand would never work, it would be more likely that he would go after him like Marcus Antonius after Julius Caesar's assassins. And they wouldn't be individual duels, there were possibly other people involved as well when Mark Antony went after Cassius and Brutus. That fanfic written by the stupid Jay Wolpert would never be the best adaptation of the book. The film only shows the low repertoire of the American screenwriters.

totally agree. I didn't like the Jim Caviezel version. didn't do it for me. This trailer looks pretty good though.

@@jartist I liked parts of that movie. I just LOVED/LOVE the 75 Version. And yes, I'm looking forward to another version.

If you thought the Caviezel movie was flawless, you really need to read the book. The story is an order of magnitude more awesome and epic than even that great movie. It really needs a whole TV miniseries to be portrayed well. The four villains (jealous colleague, drunkard friend of the family, jilted ex-boyfriend, and corrupt prosecutor) do more than just ruin Dantes life. They continue to be villains during all the time Dantes is in the Chateau D'If. When Dantes returns as the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo...he is on a mission to reward those who did good, restore those who had been victimized by the villains, and punish the guilty. The story arcs of Benedetto, Haidee, Albert, Eugenie and Louise, Valentine, Heloise, Maximilien, etc. etc. are astonishing in and of themselves...and their stories of evil or victimization and the interaction with Dantes revenge is tight and excellently paced. The revelations are epic and the evils done actually outstrip those done to Dantes. The first evil is basically just an hors d'oeuvres compared to what has been done to others. Plus, the overarching theme (what to do when evil is done to you) is really well fleshed out. You start the novel horrified at Dantes naivety and the ruthlessness of his 'friends'...by the time he escapes and finds out how deep the villainy has gone, you are all in on the 'revenge is good, everyone must pay' mentality. But by chapter 89 or so, you start to become sick and horrified yourself at just how far Dantes will go with his revenge. By the end, Dantes will pass through further stages of response on his path to finding a healthy place...both for himself, and the rest of the characters in the novel. I really, REALLY recommend reading the whole book.

The 2002 movie was funto watch but bears little resemblance to the book. How could it? The book is 1200 pages long.

The adaptation with Jim Caviziel is very bad. A rich and powerful man like the count would have a beautiful and beautiful lover like Julius Caesar had Cleopatra. The 1988 adaptation shows the love between the count and his new bride. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jLdkeaR9ms3Uc4E.html

Read the book for fucks sake. It’s entertaining, sure. But your boosting hard

I actually expected worse. It can be worse. Be glad Netflix or Disney didn't do it. Yet.

I read the book and watched several adaptations. The Soviet adaptation with Viktor Avilov as the cunt is the best adaptation. And I say that the film with Jim Caviziel is a ridiculous film. Albert being the Count's son and suddenly becoming father and son. Even if he was his biological son, Albert was much more likely to become the Count's enemy than Brutus was to Julius Caesar, despite everything Caesar did for him. .

1979 miniseries kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jqyensif3JiUkWw.html The father of one of the directors of this film was the director of the 1979 miniseries and there will still be a miniseries with Sam Claflin.

Gerard Depardieu + Ornella Muti

I see what you did there... 😀

Like cleaning your ears with silk...?

The 2002 version is an American parody of the book.

Ma avete mai visto un film?🤣🤣🤣🤣

Read the book. Better still the audiobook. It's something like 50 hours. It's in KZfaq for free

The 2002 adaptation omits the count's young bride who is inspired by Queen Cleopatra. Just as Caesar and Cleopatra join forces against Cleopatra's brother and his advisors, the count and his new bride unite against a common enemy, Fernand. A rich and powerful man like count could make you a young lover just like Caesar had Cleopatra. Why would he return to Mercedes?

@@GaiusJuliusCaesar-dx9nl I wouldn't know. Only ever read the OG version

Except for the parts where he got it wrong. The hole in his cell was in the floor. He didn’t escape through some pit, he was carried out in a body bag and thrown into the sea.

@@TRechs I'dont see how he escape in this trailer, not sure if the pit scene is the escape scene ,anyway last movie I watched was so unaccurate and ended with the count marrying mercedes

It's not just that. The film has two screenwriters who are also the directors, Alexandre de La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte. And Alexandre de La Patellière's father, Denys de La Patellière, was the director of the miniseries Le comte de Monte Criso (1979) with Jacques Weber. This is a faithful adaptation of the book, without any changes. And Alexandre de La Patellière is the best adaptation of the book. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mJeVgLWH19THmnU.html

The Soviet adaptation, The Prisoner of Château d'If (Узник замка Иф, romanized: Uznik zamka If) by Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pN51msJm09W1Zps.html It's also a faithful adaptation. There's even the end of the count with Haydee. The final scene is the two kissing.

Not sure how you get that from this trailer lol. Looks like a lot of style over substance.

The film with Jim Caviziel is the typical bad American film. American cinema is repelled by low-level and intellectual screenwriters. And this file seems to want to compete with the terrible film with Jim Caviziel to see which is the worst adaptation of the book. The lack of reading of classics and history among American writers leads them to write low-quality stories. Meidocre Jay Wolpert's stupid idea of ​​introducing duels into the story. When Mark Antony went to avenge Julius Caesar's death, he did not duel with Julius Caesar's killers, just as Julius Caesar did not duel with the pirates who kidnapped him when he sought revenge. Only in stupid films like the weak Gladiator have duels. In the relative story of Gladiator, Emperor Commodus did not die in a duel. And what nonsense making a rich and powerful man like Edmond go back to his ex-fiancée. When in real life he would have a young and beautiful lover like Julius Caesar had Cleopatra. The film with Jim Caviziel is so bad that it shows the low level of quality of American screenwriters who write rubbish like Pirates of the Caribbean, Troy.

And would a rich and powerful man like the Count return to his ex-fiancée? Only in an American film. He would have a young and beautiful lover like in the book. Scene from the Russian adaptation of The Prisoner of Château D'if (1988). The Count with his new fiancée. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e7FopsyKnt6pp3k.html The Count Going East with His New Bride kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pL-TiraFlZ_ak6c.html The Count Going to the East with His New Bride kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pL-TiraFlZ_ak6c.html A rich and powerful man with a young princess from the East, just like the Count of Monte Cristo in the book, and based on a true story. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gb9nidODnr61ooE.html Why do Hollywood romantic clichés never appear in movies based on true stories?

There will be changes, Haydee will fall in love with Albert. We have to wait for the series with sam clalfin. It has the 1964 series kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mKxhjZqa18CwlI0.html . 1978 French series kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jqyensif3JiUkWw.html

The 2002 version is a typical bad American movie. This film will be as bad as the terrible 2002 adaptation. That alliance scene is stupid. Do you think Mercedes presenting the ring to Edmond would have the same effect as Cleopatra, a young princess who was cultured, having to appear rolled up in a carpet to Julius Caesar? The count was a rich and powerful man, he would have a young lover just like Julius Caesar had Cleopatra. And the duels. How stupid. The trap that Edmond set for Dnglars and Fernand would never work, it would be more likely that he would go after him like Marcus Antonius after Julius Caesar's assassins. And they wouldn't be individual duels, there were possibly other people involved as well when Mark Antony went after Cassius and Brutus.

France has 7 adaptations and this is the eighth. And there will also be the miniseries with Sam Claflin.

I would suggest not watching it.

It isn't even a remake since they didn't based it from any previous adaptations but the book that is still in the public domain.

Never enough

I know of at least two Egyptian movies based on this story. People love revenge stories. I dont think a film about forgiveness will be very popular.

Yet we don't. The first one is perfect enough.

@@traveler7353 The first adaptation is from 1918. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q6mYZdme07C0YIU.html There was the 1979 French miniseries by the father of one of the directors of that film. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mJeVgLWH19THmnU.html The 2002 adaptation can only be perfect for those who haven't read the book. Because the 1979 miniseries is much better.

​​@@traveler7353The first one being the silent film from 1908?...

@@WSEDT-re6mn didn't know there was a 1908 one. I'm talking about the one dated 2002 staring Guy Pearce. That is the one I'm talking about.

The real story of revenge by François "Pierre" Picaud, who was one of the book's inspirations, he killed his enemies, he even killed his ex-fiancée's children to get revenge on her. Albert is not the Count's son in the book, just like François "Pierre" Picaud and Marguerite Vigoroux whose real story inspired Edmond and Mercedes also never had a child. And Picaud never forgave his ex-fiancée for having married one of his enemies and took revenge on her children too.

According to critics, Haydee and Albert will fall in love. If you want a faithful adaptation, there's the 1979 version kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jqyensif3JiUkWw.html

The 2002 adaptation is the worst adaptation of the book. The best adaptation is the prisoner of Château D'if (1988). The 2002 adaptation omits the count's young bride who is inspired by Queen Cleopatra. Just as Caesar and Cleopatra join forces against Cleopatra's brother and his advisors, the count and his new bride unite against a common enemy, Fernand. A rich and powerful man like count could make you a young lover just like Caesar had Cleopatra. Why would he return to Mercedes?

​@@GaiusJuliusCaesar-dx9nlI haven't watched the russian adaptation, how faithful is it to the book? Also, while I really didn't enjoy the 2002 movie, there's even a version with Gérard Depardieu from the late 90s, that feels like it's even worse in my eyes.

@@suppahfreak4084 The Soviet adaptation kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rbKeZtedp7vFmH0.html It is an adaptation divided into three parts.

@@suppahfreak4084 This is the eighth French adaptation. The first major adaptation is the French version from 1918. There is the French miniseries from 1979 by Denys de La Patelliere, who is the father of Alexandre de La Patelliere, who is one of the film's directors. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mJeVgLWH19THmnU.html This adaptation is a copy and paste of the book. The dialogues are all taken from the book. Roger Dumas, who played Captain Concles in the 1998 miniseries, he played Danglars in the 1979 miniseries.

@@GaiusJuliusCaesar-dx9nlMy god you’re trolling that same crap in these threads lol. Get a life

The original is the book and its first film adaptation was in 1908. And before the 2002 adaptation existed, France made the adaptations in 1918, 1929, 1943, 1954, 1961, 1979 and 1998. There are 7 adaptations before the 2002 adaptation existed. The 2002 adaptation was unnecessary after the 1998 adaptation. The count is not called Zatara in novel. The book is influenced by Arabian Nights and he loved the name Sinbad, the sailor.

@@roman1183 I know the history. Dumas also wrote 3 Musketeers. Read both unabridged versions. However Jim & Guy killed it. By far the best. I’ve seen many versions. I’m not in the minority….it was simply amazing, let’s not forget Henry & Harris. Comments speak to how well directed(Reynolds) and the storytelling was spot on!

This film looks like a French version of John Wik. The film is not worth watching. I could see the Count of Monte Cristo miniseries with Sam Claflin. There will be 8 episodes. The miniseries has already been filmed and is just waiting for its premiere.

Search KZfaq for the 1979 French miniseries and the film The Prisoner of Chãteau D'if (1988)

A rich and powerful man would have a young and beautiful lover like Julius Caesar had Cleopatra kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fbuegLWqsZyllHk.html Playlist with better adaptations kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jLdkeaR9ms3Uc4E.html

The 2002 film starring Jim Caviezel is the worst adaptation of the book. The American screenwriters are illiterate and cannot read. The best adaptation is the 1988 Russian film starring Viktor Avilov. The Russian screenwriters at least read the book and made an adaptation worthy of that masterpiece. To work in American cinema, it must be a prerequisite to be illiterate and never read books.

Kings to you, Fernand!

The Count of Monte Cristo (1964) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mKxhjZqa18CwlI0.html . The Count of Monte Cristo (1979) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jqyensif3JiUkWw.html . The Prisoner of Château d'If (1988) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jbt6n7pm0be3hZs.html . kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oZx5lqWIv5aXgqc.html . kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rbKeZtedp7vFmH0.html . The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eLJ4nr2jxr_OqZ8.html . kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b5p1edJ6zNPVook.html . kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y6piZ5OirLilhqc.html . kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mL1xibiXxpmtoJs.html

The adaptations from 1929, 1943, 1954, 1979 and 1988 have the ending of the book. playlist kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gqyjhKl7l5qteZ8.html

In the 1988 Soviet adaptation, Edmond and Haydee kiss.

@@GaiusJuliusCaesar-dx9nl Thank you Gaius, I was not aware of these foreign versions, thank you for sharing!!

@@dennisgannon The father of the director of this film was director of the 1979 French series which is a more faithful adpatation to the book. This movie goes to the end for what I read in criticism. Albert and Haydee fall in love.

This might actually be ok since it’s not Hollywoke 😂😂😂

Remake? This film is an adaptation of the book The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. And the 2002 adaptation is not even the first adaptation of the book. . The Count of Monte Cristo (1918) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q6mYZdme07C0YIU.html . And the father of one of the film's directors has already adapted the book. Denys de La Patelliere, father of Alexandre de La Patelliere who is one of the film's directors, was the director of the 1979 French miniseries. If the film were a remake, it would be of the 1979 French miniseries. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jqyensif3JiUkWw.html

The Russian adaptation of the book is infinitely better than the mediocre adaptation made by the Americans. At least the Russian screenwriters know how to read, unlike the American screenwriters who are illiterate and have not read the book and wrote that aberration.

I did not know Hollywood was in France and full of French actors. Interesting.

Remakes are always better when they put in blacks and Mexicans...

This film looks like a French version of John Wik. The film is not worth watching. I could see the Count of Monte Cristo miniseries with Sam Claflin. There will be 8 episodes. The miniseries has already been filmed and is just waiting for its premiere.

I think you lose more when you have voicover actors trying to convey what the on screen actors put forth. So much lost. I can never watch dubbed any more. All that to say that I don't see this being better than the Caveziel version. The cast was so strong and the sceeenplay amazing.

There will still be a miniseries with Sam Claflin in lnguage english Dumas inspired by the story of Caesar and Cleopatra, he wrote that Dantes falls in love with an Eastern princess who is younger than him. Just like Caesar despite being married, he has a romance with Cleopatra, Edmond, despite his former engagement with Mercedes, he supposedly has a romance with his beautiful princess from the East.

The Russian adaptation of the book is infinitely better than the mediocre adaptation made by the Americans. At least the Russian screenwriters know how to read, unlike the American screenwriters who are illiterate and have not read the book and wrote that aberration.

If you ask an American screenwriter where Paris is, they won't know. They are not qualified to write about other countries.

The Count of Monte Cristo was not written in English and is not part of American culture. It is a French book and is part of French culture. The Americans who appropriated the book. It's not a remake of the ridiculous 2002 adaptation, it's an adaptation of the book. France has been adapting the book for over 100 years. It has the 1918 adaptation. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q6mYZdme07C0YIU.html

@@Fernando-nz3rb I know its 100+ years old and from French culture.. I was just speaking Cinematically.. I'm not much for reading as I get older, but a new English adaptation would definitely get my attention.. I absolutely Loved that 'ridiculous 2002 adaptation'.. (Don't care for reading movies and a bit late to learn the languages.. lol) 🃏