The Count of Monte Cristo

Saw this film tonight and it was one of the best movies I've seen in years. It had drama, suspense, romance, and hundreds of other human emotions. I've never read the book, but admittedly got the movie base on the title and I'm glad it did. If you watch the Bonus Material interview with the screenwriter he is straightforward about how and why he changed the story from the book. He said his job was to "make a movie, not film a book" and he was right on.

I will hopefully go back and read the book to understand the differences and probably appreciate Dumas more, but on its own, this is a GREAT movie.

Forget the naysayers on Netflix who complain about it not being true to the book, this is the movie business, designed to tell a story and entertain. It does all of that and more on a great scale.

Very impressive.