Movie Talk

SS Lau

March 15,1998

"The man in the iron mask"---With Leo in the title role, how can you lose,right ?

This movie is really fun to watch. If you missed sword fights, good guys vs. bad guys, old fashion forbidden love, three musketeers and d'artangnan, and the feeling of being young again ( to be discussed later), I believe you'll like this movie.

All parts seemed to have written for the individual main actors in the movie, which is another way of saying that the actors played their parts well.

When we were kids, I remember seeing a movie with a similar title. I do not remember who was in it or if the three musketeers were in it, I do remember being young, care-free,and totally without any responsibilities. Seeing this current movie seems to bring me back to those days of my youth, and I enjoyed the moment, however brief.

This movie was made purely for your entertainment. Let us ignore if it was indeed the twin brother of the King who got fitted with an iron mask, if d'artangnan was indeed the lover of the Queen mother, if the three musketeers had indeed become god-like, the viewer of this movie can and will achieve" grand escape".