corinzotica The show is well made, the sets are beautiful but I see that political correctness has had its hand in the production of the show. It goes far from the books plot and the show makes an obvious attempt at placing race mixing on a pedestal even though that is not goal it should aim for. It does not respect the timeline that the show was put in. Having slaves was not appalling in those day and ages as the musketeers themselves had 'indentured servants'. The action is good but because of the aspects described above it only merits a 5/10. If not for political correctness it would have been a 9/10

christopherspeck So there are a number of reviews which outline stuff about the musketeers here, sexy men with swords, muskets, and a woman on each arm... Very nice, sure, but really the villains rule the day here. Season 1: The Cardinal. Peter Capaldi sets the villain bar very high. He is a deceptive, duplicitous, deceiving, and a lot of other nasty things that start with the letter 'D'. Man this guy is creepy. If I was ever powerful enough to warrant a nemesis, I would want it to be this guy. Seriously, Mr. Capaldi manages to make The Cardinal such a 3D character that you don't question it at all when he moves between "burn the world" and "make nice with your neighbors." The Cardinal's Dinner Party Rating: 5/10: Good conversation at the start of the night, loves a good debate, but will excuse himself prematurely to avoid uncomfortable conversations when the ladies are getting randy.Season 2: Rochefort. Marc Warren (whom I loved in Hu$tle) shows a good bit more malice here than he has in most of his previous endeavors... And Kudos! I'll admit that I was a little worried that he couldn't pull off quite the menace required for Rochefort, but his handling of Rochefort's growing obsession with Queen Anne settled that. Rochefort's Dinner Party Rating: 8/10: What a charmer! Jail stories, spy stories, and fighting-with-everyone stories... Smother all that in an obsession with the Queen, and he becomes the life of the party. Even I want to cuddle him, and I'm a married guy.Season 3: This time there's a trifecta of malcontents pushing back against the Musketeers. Rupert Everett, Matthew McNulty, and Matt Stokoe all deserve gold stars for their roles here. Everett as the Governor Feron is superb, both vulnerable and dangerously covetous. Stokeo plays the role of the ambitious yet somewhat circumspect muscle Captain Marcheaux, entirely believable through it all. McNulty lurks in the shadows as Grimaud, unpredictable and scheming above even the Governor, emerging only to strike like a snake at opportune moments. I was initially skeptical of this division of labor, but after a couple episodes of season 3, I wondered why it hadn't always been like this. Governor Feron's Diner Party Rating: 2/10: This guy has the charm of a dead tuna. This guy seems a stand-out case for why you don't invite junkies to parties.Captain Marcheaux's Diner Parting Rating: 7/10: He has the charm, when he chooses to use it. I would write more but my wife is calling me up to help with the baby.Grimaud's Diner Party Rating: 9/10: You wouldn't even know this guy is at your party and eating your BBQ until he was walking off with the prettiest lady in the room, even if she was your wife. Seriously, don't invite him because it can only lead to suffering. Your suffering.TLDR: The bad guys make this show. Sure the Musketeers are great and all, but really its worth watching just to see the baddies. Don't miss it.

nicholls_les Love this series mainly because the characters are so well cast. Tom Burke as Athos, (He looks so much like Stacy Keech if they ever remake Mike Hammer)Howard Charles as Porthos, Santiago Cabrera as Aramis and Luke Pasqualino as D'Artagnan are all pretty much perfect. The other characters are all good especially Ryan Cage as King Louis and Alexandra Dowling as Queen Ann. Tamla Kari is brilliant as Constance and Maimie McCoy brilliant as the slightly schizophrenic villain. Hugo Spear makes a great Treville. Peter Capaldi as Cardinal Richelieu really stands out as the perfect villain and most of the stories are well written and directed.However the early series were the best and the later ones are sometimes silly. Marc Warren was like a cartoon character as Rochefort but at least he tried an accent unlike many in the latest series who have Yorkshire or Manchester accents. Oh for the days when actors could actually act. Rupert Everett makes a go of it but he also comes across as a caricature of every evil period character and is more Dickens than Dumas.Suppoting actors are like a who's who from British TV and they vary in being able to pull off being period characters.But over all this is a very enjoyable piece of escapist TV.

Demi Imming "The musketeers" is the TV-show I'm currently most excited for the new season to start for. It is a great show because of the dynamics between the characters, which seems so much stronger than with any of the other adaptations of the book.Of course, the books have many adaptations, so there are some things that may irk those who've watched several of them. However, it is a TV series which allows for much more room to explore the characters than the movies do, which is great, because it is really lovely to find out more about them. I greatly advise anyone interested to check it out!