Film Synopsis
The young hero D'Artagnan (Logan Lerman) and three of France's most elite warriors battle their way across Europe to save king and country from a conspiracy led by deadly assassin Milady (Milla Jovovich) & the Duke of Buckingham (Orlando Bloom). A modern update to Alexander Dumas' classic story, The Three Musketeers is an explosive action adventure Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of Ebert Presents: At the Movies calls, "Over-the-top entertainment."
OUR REVIEW
When The Three Musketeers DVD arrived at our house I was actually surprised at how excited my boys were to watch it... I didn't realize they even knew the movie existed! Apparently they had seen commercials for it on TV but more than that several of their friends had seen the movie in the theatre and loved it.
The thing is the movie is rated PG-13 and I actually had not intended to let them watch it.
I know I know, most people let their kids watch all sorts of movies but we are pretty careful about what we let them watch because Aiden has Autism and he tends to replay things over and over and over in his mind and you never really know exactly what will hit him hard. Plus the boys are only 8 & 9.
I read a bunch of reviews though and it seemed that lots of parents were ok with it so we figured since (according to my sons) "EVERYONE" had already seen it we would watch the movie together as a family.
As it turns out the kids LOVED it. There were a few things we needed to talk about with them- a few sexual innuendoes that they didn't understand (thankfully they still don't), a few swear words that we confirmed are still swear words and are not ok to say but yes, sometimes grown-ups say stupid things, and a few violent scenes that mostly my boys just thought were cool.
I can't say that this was a totally "family friendly" movie but it really wasn't too bad either. There were no sex scenes and the swear words were few and the violence was part of the plot and made sense. If you have particularly sensitive kids though you should probably give it a pre-screening before showing it to them.
All that aside? We enjoyed the movie. It was entertaining and pretty funny at times. Personally I found the original 3 musketeers especially entertaining and Milady was an excellent villain.
I enjoyed "Achieving the Look" in the Special Features. The costumes were especially cool in my opinion! I love seeing behind-the-scenes stuff like that.
Check out this clip from the movie to see for yourself it The Three Musketeers is for you:
*I was sent a promotional copy of this DVD to review*
The thing is the movie is rated PG-13 and I actually had not intended to let them watch it.
I know I know, most people let their kids watch all sorts of movies but we are pretty careful about what we let them watch because Aiden has Autism and he tends to replay things over and over and over in his mind and you never really know exactly what will hit him hard. Plus the boys are only 8 & 9.
I read a bunch of reviews though and it seemed that lots of parents were ok with it so we figured since (according to my sons) "EVERYONE" had already seen it we would watch the movie together as a family.
As it turns out the kids LOVED it. There were a few things we needed to talk about with them- a few sexual innuendoes that they didn't understand (thankfully they still don't), a few swear words that we confirmed are still swear words and are not ok to say but yes, sometimes grown-ups say stupid things, and a few violent scenes that mostly my boys just thought were cool.
I can't say that this was a totally "family friendly" movie but it really wasn't too bad either. There were no sex scenes and the swear words were few and the violence was part of the plot and made sense. If you have particularly sensitive kids though you should probably give it a pre-screening before showing it to them.
All that aside? We enjoyed the movie. It was entertaining and pretty funny at times. Personally I found the original 3 musketeers especially entertaining and Milady was an excellent villain.
I enjoyed "Achieving the Look" in the Special Features. The costumes were especially cool in my opinion! I love seeing behind-the-scenes stuff like that.
Check out this clip from the movie to see for yourself it The Three Musketeers is for you:
*I was sent a promotional copy of this DVD to review*
