I just saw TMITIM! I thought it was fantastic! Read my review below!
Wow, it was EXCELLENT (excuse my Bill and Ted's expression)! I was so surprised at the movie as I thought it was going to be sort of corny as Leonardo DiCaprio as the "sun king" and Gerard Depardieu, Jeremy Irons and John Malcovich as the Three Musketeers (and I should say AGING Musketeers). Gabriel Bryne was amazing and he was so believeable in his role! Perfect casting for the whole crew!
The strength of the movie is its story. Alexander Dumas wrote a swashbuckling sequel to TTM (The Three Musketeers) and Randall Wallace, who wrote Braveheart, adapted the novel to a story that fit the silver screen majestically. At the end, so many times I thought it was the going to end...but Dumas tricks you..and you are sitting at the edge of your seat wondering what is going to happen to the predicament of the King and the Musketeers.
Well, many of you only want to hear about the performance of the SEXIEST MAN ALIVE (1998--please PEOPLE). I found myself giggling at the lines and actions of his role on screen. For example, he dropped a little glass and its contents poured out onto his lap. DiCaprio was believable as characters who were on the oposite end of the spectrum of life as one was a rich spendthrift king while the other was locked in jail with an iron mask covering his face. From BBD and Titanic to TMITIM, DiCaprio has shown his well-rounded acting abilities.
Gerard Depardieu was the comic relief during the movie. Depardieu played the wanton Porthos, who was afixated on women's breasts.
sorry--I didn't finish it!
News
April 5, 1998
In AUSTRALIA: "Behind the mask" - the making of the Man in the Iron Mask is on
Sunday (THIS SUNDAY!), channel 7, 10:55pm.
---Anon
April 3, 1998
I found my tape of Leo on Entertainment tonight from March something 1997 and
they are interviewing him about his role in Man in The Iron Mask. I remembered thinking how scary it was, he had longer hair than I did, and he
was still CUTE. Unbelievable!! I thought the movie was okay, no where near
romeo and juliet, better than this boy's life, worse than Titanic. Christine
was in no way beautiful, and boy, are those musketeers getting old! My
favorite quote from Leo from that ET interview was "Yeah, its hard, i mean,
I"m not used to dealing with all this damn hair!"
Here in Italy this movie it's a big success, only second to Titanic - the
unsinkable in the real sense of the world!
I've seen MITIM thrice until now; I've found the script and the lines almost
absurd... But, hey, Leonardo is Leonardo as ever and more than ever. He is
simply great and his perfomance is splendid - and I'm litterally ipnotized by
the scenes when Louis and Philippe are together. I haven't understand where
the trick is...:) I love in a particular way the scene, during the escape
from the castle, where Louis is gaged and under the menace of John Malkovich,
and Leonardo's eyes are full of rage, perfid and shining like diamonds.
---Cyn
Well...The Man In the Iron Mask opened in Australia yesterday and I saw
it!
I am compleatley crazilly uncontrollebly obsessed when it comes to
loving Leo.D, but after seeing TMITIM, I was more in love with him...and
more shocked with him!
I think Leo played a great King Louis, he had some pretty cool lines in
that role...and his mean side really did show which is good. I also
adored him as Phillipe, We all know he's cute...but in that role he was
the cutest he can be, I mean acting wise, not look wise. The cast in the
movie was brilliant, The only cast member I was dissapointed in was John
Malcovich...he kinda stood out from the rest of them, the accent, his
style...I think he could of put more into his role. I think Judith
Godreche played Christine very well, I felt sorry for her. All the cast
members in this film did quite well, but I am pretty sure Leo flew
through this role. As good as TMITIM and Titanic are, My fave Leo movie
will always be Romeo & Juliet- call me boring but its the truth!!!
My rating for The Man in the Iron mask is 4 stars out of 5. HAIL KING
LEO!
---Emily Damon DiCaprio
April 2, 1998
Just to start off, I would like to say I AM a huge fan of Leonardo DiCaprio,
and I think he's a phenominal actor. I love his movies, and he deserves all
the attention he's getting right now...BUT...I'm beginning to think I was the
only fan who really didn't like his newest film, "The Man in the Iron Mask." I
saw the movie last night, and was completely disappointed. Leo's performances
as King Louis XIV and his fictional twin brother, Phillipe were equally
terrific, and nothing less than what we would expect from someone such as
himself, but the movie itself...well that was another story. Through the
entire first half of the film, it was just ridiculous. Questions such as "Why
would such great actors do a film like this?" and "What was Randall Wallace
(the director) thinking?" kept going through my head. The story itself is a
classic of course, and wonderful, but the way it was played out just seemed to
play out as one big joke until about an hour into the movie. The lead actors
were all amazing as usual (With the exception of Judith Godreche who played
Christine...another question that went through my mind was why in the world
she was cast), but it wasn't enough to bring the movie to an excellent, or
really even a great level. Just my opinions, but looking back, the movie was
interesting, and I suppose that's all the purpose of it really was.
Did you ever in a million years think that you would go and see a movie about
the three mustketeers? Well, I didn't. So when I walked into the movie theatre
I was not expecting anything great, except for Leo times two. Boy was I wrong.
It was actually a good movie. I loved it! It had everything. Some parts mad me
laugh , some made me cry , and some made me angry. I thought that all of the
cast did an outstanding job and that this is going to be a big suprise to a
lot of people. So if right now you are thinking no way , just go and I will
bet that you will love it as much as I did! Please remember just because Leo
is in it does not mean that is anywhere close to the Titanic. So do not go in
trying to compare the two films becuase you could never do that. Titanic is
the best movie ever made!
I went to see TMITIM on the 13th and thought it was wonderful. It was much
better than I expected. At first, I thought it would be just a boring
history film and I only went to see if because of Leo. I was pleasantly
surprised. This was not another Leo hunkfest. There was a lot going on. The
storyline was great and it was action-packed and excitment-filled all
through. I really enjoyed the musketeers' performances. They were
fantastic. They each had their own character.I thought Gabriel Byrne was
exceptionally good and Gerard Depardieu was hilarious. I agree that the
critics shouldn't have slam it so quickly. I caught Siskel and Ebert on TV
talking about TMITIM after I came back from watching the movie and they
made it sound so terrible. They gave it 2 thumbs down. Finally, I think
TMITIM is a great movie and everyone should go see it.
That movie ruled. I will diffently see it again. I cryed three
times at the end! (I know, Im a wuss!) Anyways, I loved how it was so
powerful, and sad and funny at the same time. the movie contineully
had surprises that no one could have ever expected. I just wanted
to tell that that movie was THA BOMB.
I read the book by Mr . Dumas and went to the movie very excited. Let me
first say the movie is nothing like the book, but that isnt neccisaly bad.
The thing about the book that i didnt like was the ending, the movie had a
much better ending. In the book Christine was La Valliree , she wasnt very
likeable. In the movie i felt deeply sorry for her and the fate that she
meant. Leonardo did a good job with his two roles. I really hated him (King
Loui) , i wanted to kick his butt. My favorite scence with philpee was when
the guards were grabbing at Christine and he told them to leave her alone.
Then he told her he would make up for whatever wrong he had done to her( even
though he hadnt done anything.) Even though Leo gave fine perfomances in this
film i can help but feel his supporting actors outshined him.
The supporting
cast in this movie were great. The muskateers were awsome! The other
supporting charecters like the queen mother , Christine, and even Raul were
great. The casting director should give themselves a pat on the back.
The only thing wrong with the movie was at some points it was very
predictable. I firgued out the father thing in like the first half hour.
My fav parts------- When Christine confronts loui(or should i say
philpee). When Porthos tried to hang himself(that cracked me up). The charge
at the end. I felt like haveing a good sword fight at the end of this movie.
My score 3 stars out of 4!
I thought the movie was great! I didn't think the time period would interest
me and I had no clue what it was going to be about-(the story line) but I
wanted to see it bc. of Leo.. but I'm glad I went bc. not only did Leo do a
really good job but the whole cast did!! I thought it might be somewhat
boring- but I didn;t lose interest or get bored at all!!!! It is really a
remarkable movie that was well done and worth seeing!!!!! So everyone see
it!!
BOXOFFICE CHART "When will the Titanic tank!"
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Weekend of March 13-15, Source: Exhibitor Relations Co.
1/ 1 TITANIC $17.5/$460.9
1/New THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK $17.5
That movie ruled!!!! I will diffently see it again. I cry
I saw Leo's new film and loved it. I am so mad at the critics for
slamming this movie. The story was wonderful and the actors were
brilliant. Although I read Dumas' book and the movie does not follow
the book at all. It is much better than Dumas' interpretation. So, I
guess the credit goes to whoever wrote the screenplay. I hope this
movie doesn't become a Leo-lover movie. He was very good, but there is
so much more to this movie. You don't have to love Leonardo to enjoy
it. Let's all voice our enjoyment of this film, so the critics can't
throw their weight around and convince everyone not to see this film.
People are already not seeing it due to early reviews that the film is a
dud. Did they see the same movie we saw?
DiCaprio on the TODAY SHOW Friday March 13th to promote TMITIM.
Leo didn't wear a wig in the movie, he had hair extensions put in, that
what I heard anyway. C-ya!
---Emily DiCaprio
Note from B---
just look towards the top of his hair..it is not his hair...wig
his hair is tooo course....in the movie it is lighter and brighter and
has a nice wave to it.
Leo is on Growing Pains on the Disney channel every Monday thru Saturday at
6:30 and 7:00 Mountain time.
I went to TMITIM premiere last nite-- the best night of my life!!!! I saw
hmmm... CLAIRE DANES, John Malcavick, Val kilmer, Susan Sarandan, Sharon Stone
(and her new husband- she was really pretty!!) Gerard De pardue (sp), Jeremy
Irons, and bunches of other stars someone from the "View" & "7th Heaven" and
last but not least LEO!!!!! He jetted right in but i got to see him for maybe
2 mins!! Just as great looking as in person!! It was GREAT!!! I got tons of
pics... (he wore a pale yellow shirt and suit) and i was interviewed for some
shows, channel 7 news and access hollywood filmed my friend and i flipping out
after he went in!!! WEll thought i'd let u all know.. plus we went to the
library (the after party was held there) and they were setting up.. we took
some pics in there too!
The March edition of the British mag EMPIRE has a review on TMITIM and a
6 page article including cool pics and brief interviews with Jeremy
Irons, John Malkovitch and of course the Sun King himself!
The Man in the Iron Mask soundtrack will be available on March 10 according to Hollywood
Online.
---Lulu
February 18, 1998
What rating is the movie? PG13 or R?
Leonardo DiCaprio wears a wig in the movie! No, he could not grow his hair that long in only a few months!
February 16, 1998
The Man In The Iron Mask Official Website is going to open on February
20. There is already some stuff there for you to look at.
---Isabel
Does anyone know when and where the L.A. premiere of "The Man in the Iron
Mask" will take place? Some friends and I want to go to it, but we don't have
any idea where it would be.
While I was watching the Titanic special last night, I saw a commercial for
The Man In The Iron Mask! It just basically summarized the whole plot of
the movie, like how the Three Musketeers are going to switch the king with
his imprisoned twin, and how the king wants them dead, and how he loves
that French girl. The king that Leo plays is supposed to be a real jerk,
so I think we're going to have to learn to hate him. I don't know about
the rest of you, but I don't think I can do that.
---Kristina
The Cast
Directed by
Randall Wallace
Cast (in alphabetical order)
Gabriel Byrne....D'Artagnan
Gérard Depardieu....Porthos
Leonardo DiCaprio....King Louis/Man in the
Jeremy Irons....Aramis
John Malkovich....Athos
Written by
Alexandre Dumas père (novel L'homme au masque de fer)
TMITIM book by Alexander Dumas is available at local book stores. The cover of the book is the same pictures as theadvanced poster, which is pictures above.
1998 Blockbuster video calendar, the November image is TIMTIM.
March edition of the British mag EMPIRE has a 6 page TMITIM article.
