This is a story written by Alexandre
Dumas and filmed in few visions. I have
seen the
1934 vision and 2002 vision; there are differences between them and I like
the old
one better.
The story is about a young, successful
sailor, Edmond Dantes who is trapped by
his best
friend Fernand Mondego. He has a lover, Mercedes de Rosas. But Mondego
also
loves her, he plans to make Dantes disappears. A letter (to Mondego’s father)
adds a
final touch; it’s from Dantes’ captain and has some political information
within. Mondego
companies the second officer of the ship, Danglars, and Raymond
de
Villefort Jr to imprison Dantes. He stays in jail for eight years; during that
time, he
meets an
aged prisoner, Abbe Faria, who teaches him knowledge and gives him a
map. If
Dantes gets out and follows the map, he would find treasure and become rich.
Then,
Faria dies because of an accident and his death helps Dantes escape; he is cast
into the
sea as dead. A ship picks him up. After that, he follows Faria’s direction and
finds
the treasure and goes back to French. Wealth and knowledge make him looks
noble. No
one knows who he really is excoept Mercedes. Mercedes has already
married
to Mondego who tells her that Dantes is died. They have a son, Albert. He
becomes
a friend of Dantes and also a tool of his revenge. Dantes plans to kill the
three
people who trapped him. Finally his enemies all destroyed and he reunites
with
Mercedes.
The 1934 vision is an American
movie directed by Rowland V. Lee. This is a
black
and white film. It’s a movie of Hollywood golden age and looks better than the
new one.
In this vision, the director tried to display the whole story by the movie, so
maybe it
goes too quickly. But there are no useless shot and looks very classical. It’s
more
like a real story in 19th century. I think the acting is not that
lively like the new
version,
and there’s no shot of kissing or something like this. Maybe it’s not only
because
of the environment (of that time) but also because the movie illustrates the
story
about revenge more than about love. Costumes and make up also look better
than the
new one. Mondego, Mercedes and The Count of M.C are all nobles; at least
they
have a position, so the costumes shouldn’t look untidy or cheap. They dress
opulently
and gracefully; costumes make them look a little delicate. But in the new
version,
the costumes are terrible. Perhaps it’s because this one is more about
showing
a romantic, beautiful love story. But I don’t think like it; nobles look like
pirates
in this movie.
how the costumes look like in the old version
Costumes in the new version
But in the new version, there are
some shots for showing the views. Like
Mondego and Dantes fights in the
countryside and views of the beach. I also don’t
like that; it’s useless and not
natural. In the old version, Mondego and Dantes fight in
Dantes’ house, it looks much
better than fight in the countryside and the movie is
not about National Graphic. Why
there are such useless things?
In general, these are my
compersions and feelings of the two movies.
Cast of the 1934 version (from google)
•
Douglas Walton as Albert Mondego
Cast of the 2002 version (from google)
•
Christopher Adamson as Maurice
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