France in the Early 17th century. D'Artagnan goes to Paris to become a Musketeer and finds adventure and romance.

Gosh, what a great flick. I was reading George MacDonald Fraser's latest book, which is autobiographical, and he was talking about how much fun it was to write this movie and The Four Musketeers and I just had to watch them both again.

There are many versions of Dumas' book around, but this is arguably the best. The director shot the whole book as one movie with an intermission, then it was decided to release it as two seperate pictures.

This one is more fun than the second...Funny, earthy, full of action and gorgeous sets/costumes, great lines, excellent cast, tons o' swordplay, just an all around stylish film. This first movie sticks pretty closely to the book as well, which is generally something I like to see in movies made from my favorite books.

One of the best movies ever.