I would actually reccomend you to watch it from the beggining. The plot and writing is actually really great imho and i love it so much, its just that the second half of season 3 starts to decline a little.
The Three Musketeers is in the pantheon of French literature (if not literature, period), Alexandre Dumas a legendary author.
Athos, Porthos and Aramis are almost mythological: the stoic leader with a troubled past; the strong, brash and blunt with indomitable will; and the charming, debonair flirt torn between religion and women. Add into the mix the greener D'Artagnan, ambitious to join them but always being the odd man out, with the colorful cast of Richelieu, Grimaud, Constance, Rochefort, Louis XIII, Treville, De Winter, and countless others, truly a delight.
This adaptation, I really enjoyed, even the silly/cheesy/contrived parts, kind of played into the charm of this seminal "swashbuckling" genre-definer. It's mean to be more of an easygoing watch than a epic tale awash with depth and lore. One important plot point that you missed out on, having only watched the finale, is the significance of Aramis becoming the Queen's new Minister. They accidentally fell in a love throughout the whole series, and have been fostering a secret affair, which, she being Queen, has grave implications -- amongst which the fact that her son Louis XIV, the King she is Queen-Regent for, is in reality Aramis' son, not Louis XIII's trueborn heir!
I would actually reccomend you to watch it from the beggining. The plot and writing is actually really great imho and i love it so much, its just that the second half of season 3 starts to decline a little.
lovely review.
The Three Musketeers is in the pantheon of French literature (if not literature, period), Alexandre Dumas a legendary author.
Athos, Porthos and Aramis are almost mythological: the stoic leader with a troubled past; the strong, brash and blunt with indomitable will; and the charming, debonair flirt torn between religion and women. Add into the mix the greener D'Artagnan, ambitious to join them but always being the odd man out, with the colorful cast of Richelieu, Grimaud, Constance, Rochefort, Louis XIII, Treville, De Winter, and countless others, truly a delight.
This adaptation, I really enjoyed, even the silly/cheesy/contrived parts, kind of played into the charm of this seminal "swashbuckling" genre-definer. It's mean to be more of an easygoing watch than a epic tale awash with depth and lore. One important plot point that you missed out on, having only watched the finale, is the significance of Aramis becoming the Queen's new Minister. They accidentally fell in a love throughout the whole series, and have been fostering a secret affair, which, she being Queen, has grave implications -- amongst which the fact that her son Louis XIV, the King she is Queen-Regent for, is in reality Aramis' son, not Louis XIII's trueborn heir!
Aha! So I got that last bit right! I knew there was something going on.