As a parent, it really irks me when movies are peppered with just enough, but unnecessary, bad language to warrant a PG-13 rating. But not this time. Those parents who will not yet let their children see PG-13, you should be saying a prayer of thanks.....seriously.
I had very low expectations of this movie when I went and as it turns out, I was quite the optimist. The acting was silly, but to be fair, they didn't have anything to work with that could possibly have been salvageable. The movie gave silly nods to Assassin's Creed, Raider's of the Lost Ark, anything with Jackie Chan, Mission Impossible, The Matrix and Pirates of the Caribbean, just to name a few.
The airship. They built it in a week...amazing! Incredibly, these Musketeers not only intuitively knew how to fly this brand spanking new invention, they also learned how to pick up a carriage in mid-flight! Just when I swallowed this stupidity of the airship...OMG....there's another one and it's cannonball proof....they bounce right off!! And just when you think you've safely landed after plummeting off Mount Absurd, you are shoved face first into the Abyss of Ludicrous......here comes a whole armada of airships...probably cannonball proof....may as well be.
Obviously, I hated this movie. They had a great opportunity to have it a little campy while telling a good story.
All that being said, the kids are doing to love it. So if you take your kids with the expectation that your pleasure will be derived solely from enjoying your kids enjoying this movie....then this will be money well spent.
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