History YMMV / TheThreeMusketeers2011

* WhatTheHellCastingAgency: Creator/OrlandoBloom is in this, but he's ''not'' playing D'Artagnan as many think it would be natural for him. However, being 34 at the time of making this film, he would have likely appeared too old for a character who was 18 in the original novel (Creator/LoganLerman, who plays D'Artagnan, was 19 and looking it), though even then, d'Artagnan has never been a stranger to DawsonCasting and at 34, Bloom was the perfect age to play George Villiers, who died at 35.

* WhatTheHellCastingAgency: Creator/OrlandoBloom is in this, but he's ''not'' playing D'Artagnan as many think it would be natural for him. However, being 34 at the time of making this film, he would have likely appeared too old for a character who was 18 in the original (Creator/LoganLerman, who plays D'Artagnan, was 19 and looking it), though even then, d'Artagnan has never been a stranger to DawsonCasting and at 34, Bloom was the perfect age to play George Villiers, who died at 35.

* WhatTheHellCastingAgency: Creator/OrlandoBloom is in this, but he's ''not'' playing D'Artagnan as many think it would be natural for him. However, being 34 at the time of making this film, he would have likely appeared too old for a character who was 18 in the original (Creator/LoganLerman, who plays D'Artagnan, was 19 and looking it), though even then, d'Artagnan has never been a stranger to DawsonCasting.

* WhatTheHellCastingAgency: Creator/OrlandoBloom is in this, but he's ''not'' playing D'Artagnan as many think it would be natural for him. However, being 34 at the time of making this film, he would have likely appeared too old for a character who is supposed to be a newbie in the force (Creator/LoganLerman, who plays D'Artagnan, was 19 and looking it).

* EvilIsSexy: When your villains are played by the likes of Creator/MillaJovovich (Milady de Winter), Creator/OrlandoBloom (The Duke of Buckingham) and Creator/MadsMikkelsen (Captain Rochert), this is bound to apply.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The sole, outlandish premise of the Three Musketeers [[RecycledINSPACE WITH AIRSHIPS!]] (and especially with Creator/PaulWSAnderson helming it) was enough to turn away many people, making the film bomb in the States.

%% * EvilIsSexy: Milady de Winter.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Future ''Series/CallTheMidwife'' star Creator/HelenGeorge makes an early appearance as a blonde partygoer.

* OlderThanTheyThink: Although the airships take it UpToEleven, this was actually far from being the first film adaptation of ''The Three Musketeers'' to showcase martial arts and outrageous gadgets. For instance, the [[Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993 1993 version]] already featured unusual weapons, a lot of ImprovFu and a Japanese ninja with a multi-use katana, while the [[Film/TheMusketeer 2001 homologue]] was entirely choreographed in the style of Creator/JackieChan and included a GunNut character with a hidden cannon.

* CriticalBacklash: Most critics hated it, while audience marks were usually not above meh, but there are still many people who believe the film deserved more love thanks to his stunning visual style and quirky presentation. Creator/QuentinTarantino of all people rated it among his favorite 2011 movies.

* GeniusBonus: One for the readers. Creator/LukeEvans (Aramis) bears a resemblance to Creator/OrlandoBloom (the Duke of Buckingham). In the book, when D'Artagnan first sees the Duke, he notes his resemblance to Aramis.

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Paut4zNx-3c The Musketeers fighting]] forty soldiers is easily the high point of the movie. The choreography is terrific (Porthos using anything at hand, Athos slamming through ten guys without breaking stride) and the fantastic musical score just makes it all the better.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The movie was a flop in the US but quite successful overseas, even managing to be among the year's biggest films in Germany and Japan. The latter case happened probably because the film is basically a live action version of how Creator/HayaoMiyazaki would have adapted the novel.

%% * SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Whatever else about the film, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXlOHKVFWi0&list=RD1odL9XoN7qQ&index=5 Paul Haslinger's score]] is a thing of beauty.

* GeniusBonus: Or rather Reader Bonus. Creator/LukeEvans (Aramis) bears a resemblance to Creator/OrlandoBloom (the Duke of Buckingham). In the book, when D'Artagnan first sees the Duke he notes his resemblance to Aramis.

* {{Misblamed}}: Many reviews apparently decided that because it was made by Creator/PaulWSAnderson and there are airships on it, any trace of the original Dumas story would be gone, so most of them acted as if the story bore no resemblance to the novel at all. While of course several things were changed, including turning Milady into an ActionGirl and adding ClockPunk tones, the overall plot is pretty much exactly what Dumas wrote, to the point it almost goes scene by scene in the parts that don't interfere with the new elements. All in all, it probably took fewer liberties than ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993'', the most famous modern adaptation of the novel. (In fact, it may be the dissimilarity to the 1993 version that caused people to think Anderson's film wasn't faithful, because it wasn't faithful to the ''significantly altered version'' [[PopCulturalOsmosis they were more familiar with.]])

* TaintedByThePreview: People were sceptical if this film was going to be any good with the previews, especially with the airships.

* WhatTheHellCastingAgency: Creator/OrlandoBloom is in this, but he's ''not'' playing D'Artagnan as it would be natural for him.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Whatever else about the film, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXlOHKVFWi0&list=RD1odL9XoN7qQ&index=5 Paul Haslinger's score]] is a thing of beauty.

* EvilIsSexy: Milady de Winter.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The film can be difficult to rate objectively as an adaptation, because it clearly tries to be as faithful to the novel as possible in some elements and just as crazy and embellished in others. This ultimately played against the movie, as gimmicks like the airships and cool weapons repelled purist fans of the novel and period film enthusiasts, while conventional action flick fans were likely uninterested due to the film being an adaptation of a swashbuckling novel (which wouldn't probably cater to a wide audience either). The fact that an infamous pop-corn director like Creator/PaulWSAnderson was in charge of the film didn't help either.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The airship crash into Notre-Dame de Paris, complete with impalement on the spire, is a bit harder to watch after the 2019 fire that destroyed said spire and gutted the interior.

* SoOkayItsAverage: The splendid visuals and some solid performances and action scenes were praised by some critics, though they also criticized the direction and writing (and especially the premise).

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The movie was a flop in the US but quite successful overseas, even managing to be among the year's biggest films in Germany and Japan. The latter case was probably because the film is basically a live action version of how Creator/HayaoMiyazaki would have adapted the novel.

* NarmCharm: Airships, kung fu choreography and further anachronisms are not what one would expect to find in an adaptation of Dumas's novel (although, truth be told, two of those three things had been already done in the [[Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993 1993]] and [[Film/TheMusketeer 2001 versions]]), but they are clearly what the film aimed to do, and it does them pretty well.
* SoOkayItsAverage: The splendid visuals and some solid performances and action scenes were praised by some critics, though they also criticized the direction and writing.

* WhatTheHellCastingAgency: Creator/OrlandoBloom is in this, but he's ''not'' playing D'Artagnan as it would be natural for him. To be fair, he's rather too old now to accurately play D'Artagnan in an adaptation of the first novel (when the character is very young) and as mentioned above he does get to [[PlayingAgainstType play against type]] as the evil Buckingham, and seems to have had a ball doing so.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The film can be difficult to rate objectively as an adaptation, because it clearly tries to be as faithful to the novel as possible in some elements and just as creative and embellished in others. This ultimately played against the movie, as gimmicks like the airships and cool weapons repelled purist fans of the novel and period film enthusiasts, while conventional action flick fans were likely uninterested due to the film being an adaptation of a swashbuckling novel that wouldn't probably cater to a wide audience. The fact that a famously pop-corn director like Creator/PaulWSAnderson was in charge of the film didn't help either.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Whatever else about the film, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXlOHKVFWi0&list=RD1odL9XoN7qQ&index=5 Paul Haslinger's score]] is a thing of beauty.

* {{Misblamed}}: Many reviews apparently decided that because it was made by Creator/PaulWSAnderson and there are airships on it, any trace of the original Dumas story would be gone, so most of them acted as if the story bore no resemblance to the novel at all. While of course some things were changed, including turning Milady into an ActionGirl and adding ClockPunk tones, the overall plot is pretty much exactly what Dumas wrote, to the point it almost goes scene by scene in the parts that don't interfere with the new elements. All in all, it probably took fewer liberties than ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993'', the most famous modern adaptation of the novel. (In fact, it may be the dissimilarity to the 1993 version that caused people to think Anderson's film wasn't faithful, because it wasn't faithful to the ''significantly altered version'' [[PopCulturalOsmosis they were more familiar with.]])

* NarmCharm: Airships, kung fu choreography and further anachronisms are not what one would expect to find in an adaptation of Dumas's novel (although, truth be told, the latter two of those three things had been already done in the [[Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993 1993]] and [[Film/TheMusketeer 2001 versions]]), but they are clearly what the film aimed to do, and it does them pretty well.
* SoOkayItsAverage: The splendid visuals and some solid performances and action scenes were praised by the critics, though they also criticized the direction and writing.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Although the film as it is (that is, sheer RuleOfCool) has its own charm, it can be also argued that, with its alright cast and high production values, it would have made for a excellent straightforward adaptation without the airships and stuff, especially considering that the last Musketeer movie to hit theaters while including the stolen jewels subplot was the [[Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973 Richard Lester version from 1973-74]].
* WhatTheHellCastingAgency: Creator/OrlandoBloom is in this, but he's ''not'' playing D'Artagnan as it would be natural for him. To be fair, he's rather too old to play D'Artagnan in an adaption of the first novel (when the character is very young) and as mentioned above he does get to do a PlayingAgainstType as the evil Buckingham.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The movie was a flop in the US but has been quite successful overseas, even managing to be of the year's biggest films in Germany and Japan. The latter was probably because the film is basically a live action version of how Creator/HayaoMiyazaki would have adapted the novel.

* NarmCharm: Airships, kung fu choreography and further anachronisms are not what one would expect to find in an adaptation of Dumas's novel (although, truth be told, two of those three things had been already done in the 1993 and [[Film/TheMusketeer 2001 versions]] respectively), but they are clearly what the film aimed to do best.

* TaintedByThePreview: People were sceptical if this film was going to be any good with the previews... especially with the airships.

* {{Misblamed}}: Many reviews apparently decided that because it was Creator/PaulWSAnderson and there are airships, any trace of the original Dumas story would be gone, so most of them acted as if the story bore no resemblance to the novel at all. While of course some things were changed, including turning Milady into an ActionGirl and the addition of ClockPunk, but honestly, the overall plot is pretty much exactly what Dumas wrote. All in all, it probably took fewer liberties than ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993''. (Indeed, it may be the dissimilarity to the 1993 version that caused people to think Anderson's film wasn't faithful, because it wasn't faithful to the ''significantly altered version'' they were more familiar with.)
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Paut4zNx-3c The Musketeers fighting]] forty soldiers is easily the high point of the movie. The elements are terrific (Porthos using anything at hand, Athos slamming through ten guys without breaking stride) and the fantastic musical score just makes it all the better.
* NarmCharm: Airships, kung fu choreography and further anachronisms are not what one would expect to find in an adaptation of Dumas's novel (though two of the three things had been already done in the 1993 and [[Film/TheMusketeer 2001 versions]], truth be told), but they are clearly what the film aimed to do best.

* TaintedByThePreview: People were sceptical if this film was going to be any good with the previews... especially with the airship.

* WhatTheHellCastingAgency: Creator/OrlandoBloom is in this, but he's ''not'' playing D'Artagnan as it would be pretty natural for him. To be fair, he's rather too old to play D'Artagnan in an adaption of the first novel (when the character is very young) and as mentioned above he does get to do a PlayingAgainstType as the evil Buckingham.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The movie was a flop in the US but has been quite successful overseas (even managing to be of the year's biggest films in Germany and Japan).
* {{Misblamed}}: Many reviews apparently decided that because it was Creator/PaulWSAnderson, any trace of the original Dumas story would be gone, so most of them acted as if the story bore no resemblance to the novel at all. Well, of course some things were changed, including turning Milady into an ActionGirl and the addition of airships, but honestly, the overall plot is pretty much exactly what Dumas wrote. All in all, it probably took fewer liberties than ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993''. (Indeed, it may be the dissimilarity to the 1993 version that caused people to think Anderson's film wasn't faithful, because it wasn't faithful to the ''significantly altered version'' they were more familiar with.)
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Paut4zNx-3c The Musketeers fighting]] forty soldiers is easily the high point of the movie. The elements are terrific (Porthos using anything at hand, Athos slamming through ten guys without breaking stride) and the fantastic musical score just makes it all the better.
* SoOkayItsAverage: The splendid visuals and some solid performances and action scenes are undercut by the rest of the film.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Yet, with its alright cast and production values, the film might have been better as a straightforward adaptation, with no airships -- considering that the last Musketeer movie to hit theaters while including the stolen jewels subplot was the [[Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973 Richard Lester version from 1973-74]]. On the other hand, RuleOfCool.
* WhatTheHellCastingAgency: Creator/OrlandoBloom is in this, but he's ''not'' playing D'Artagnan. To be fair he's rather too old to play D'Artagnan in an adaption of the first novel (when the character is very young) and as mentioned above he does get to do a PlayingAgainstType as the evil Buckingham.

* {{Misblamed}}: Many reviews apparently decided that because it was Creator/PaulWSAnderson, any trace of the original Dumas story would be gone. Many of the reviews acted as if the story bore no resemblance to the novel at all. Well, of course some things were changed, including turning Milady into an ActionGirl and the addition of airships, but honestly, the overall plot is pretty much exactly what Dumas wrote. All in all, it probably took fewer liberties than ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993''. Indeed, it may be the dissimilarity to the 1993 version that caused people to think Anderson's film wasn't faithful; because it wasn't faithful to the ''significantly altered version'' they were more familiar with.

* AwesomeMusic: Whatever else about the film, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXlOHKVFWi0&list=RD1odL9XoN7qQ&index=5 Paul Haslinger's score]] is a thing of beauty.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Paut4zNx-3c The Musketeers fighting]] forty soldiers is easily the high point of the movie. The elements are terrific (Porthos using anything at hand, Athos slamming through ten guys without breaking stride) and the fantastic musical score just makes it all the better.