The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre de La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte, Dec 2024)

[Nitroes]

The Count of Monte-Cristo : Official Trailer in 4K - YouTube

That's this 2024 version https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26446278/reference/

178mins. I maybe have a look.


Entertainment in Video's crazy stars and banners are looking a little more subtle nowadays. A lot of missed opportunity too with that big black space at the bottom. Not even a mention of the actors.

4K in France https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=377415

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DKTL52Y5/

Blu-ray.com reference page


Poster in France:

[Magyalmar]

The film was a true disappointment for me. Maybe the ratings set my hopes too high (French people are not used to give their cinema good ratings). In the end it's just pure entertainment, the story goes way too fast for its own good. There is a handful of good direction ideas here and there but they're all ruined within a few seconds.

However it's not a disaster, and if you're not looking for something intellectually challenging or aesthetically mind-blowing, then you'll probably have a good time. Don't expect seeing anything that hasn't been done before in better movies, though.

[blueman_Richie]

Anyone got this yet? Gagging to know what the presentation is like seeing as we're unlikely to get an English friendly 4K anytime soon.

[infiniteCR]

Got mine. Watched it. Loved the adaptation and the visuals are always stunning.


Great buy

Region free.

[Aunt Peg]

Got mine yesterday and watched it last night.

Great blind buy - immensely entertaining with gorgeous production design, cinematography and costume design. All around great performances.

The film at a near three hour running time flies by. Highly recommended.

[Moonlight Shadow]

Yes, it's one of the best movies of this year.
Wish there was an english- (or german-) friendly 4K disc.

[The Hornets]

Originally Posted by Moonlight Shadow

Yes, it's one of the best movies of this year.
Wish there was an english- (or german-) friendly 4K disc.

None with English subtitles. Same as for the two part Three Musketeers which was from IIRC the same producers and Pathe. Pity EiV got the UK rights as they really are the lowest common denominator for BD. No extras and locked on / burnt in English subtitles to stop you getting a clean picture.

[jamoweed]

Originally Posted by Aunt Peg

Got mine yesterday and watched it last night.

Great blind buy - immensely entertaining with gorgeous production design, cinematography and costume design. All around great performances.

The film at a near three hour running time flies by. Highly recommended.

Looks like we'll be getting a cinema showing next year.

https://www.palacefilms.com.au/the-c...f-monte-cristo

[Aunt Peg]

Originally Posted by jamoweed

Looks like we'll be getting a cinema showing next year.

https://www.palacefilms.com.au/the-c...f-monte-cristo

Yeah, I suspect it will be the centrepiece of the annual French Film Festival where there will be multiple screenings and then go into general release.

I might go and see it again on the big screen.

[Nitroes]

Watched that today and loved it.

Cast was excellent and not really knowing any of them helped.

I never had time to watch it all ws intending first 20mins but got hooked and watched it right through.

8/10

[Toscaclarinet]

Was going to get the 4k version from amazon.fr but went up in price so am waiting to drop down again. As long as there are subs online that I can drop into the player I should be OK. Didn't like the steelbook for this one, the design of the standard 4k is much better (complete opposite of the steelbooks for 3 musketeers).

[PlanetNine]

The French 4k Bluray has a Dolby Atmos track. Unexpected, but firsts few minutes has cool spacial audio of the bit I have watched so far. Only descriptive french audio track. Works well when translated to english with SubtitleEdit.

File size : 82.8 GiB
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[Nitroes]

This is in HMV's 2 for £22: https://hmv.com/store/promotions/2for_22blu-ray







eBay

[Nitroes]

US Blu-ray news: https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=35856

[Nocheduro]

Originally Posted by PlanetNine

Only descriptive french audio track. Works well when translated to english with SubtitleEdit.

How do you do that?

[Nitroes]

Suit you, sir.


https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...5#post22829685

[PlanetNine]

Originally Posted by Nocheduro

How do you do that?

Slightly technical.
I use https://makemkv.com/ and then use "https://www.nikse.dk/subtitleedit" to extract, converts and translate subtitles. I also use it to generate subtitles with audio to text.
If you want you could write back to a new Blu-ray disc. The film. I put mine on Plex.

[sperezmore]

The Count of Monte Cristo - 2-Disc Limited Collector's Edition in Mediabook (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray)

Marseille 1815. The big dreams of the young Edmond Dantès (Pierre Niney) are about to come true: he is promoted to ship captain and can finally marry Mercédès, the love of his life. But success fuels envy and Dantès is accused by rivals of being a member of a Bonapartist conspiracy. He is sentenced to imprisonment in the island prison Château dIf without a trial and imprisoned. Only after fourteen years does Dantès manage an adventurous escape in which he not only regains his freedom, but also comes into possession of the legendary treasure of Monte Cristo. Now an unusual plan is supposed to help him quench his thirst for revenge on the traitors ...

Film info:
Original title: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
Country of production: France, Belgium 2024
Director: Alexandre de La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte
Actors: Pierre Niney, Anaïs Demoustier, Anamaria Vartolomei, Laurent Lafitte, Patrick Mille, Julien De Saint Jean, Vassili Schneider

FSK: approved for ages 12 and up
Descriptors: threat, violence, injury

Technical specifications:
Language / sound: German DTS-HD MA 5.1, French DTS-HD MA 7.1
Image format: 2.35:1 (4K, Dolby Vision, HDR10), 2.35:1 (1080p)
Subtitles: German, English
Running time: 178 minutes

Bonus material:
Limited media book with the film on UHD Blu-ray (in 4K Ultra HD with Dolby Vision and HDR10), on Blu-ray and a 60-page booklet with text as well as illustrations and storyboards for the film

Bonus: Featurettes, Making-of (German subtitles)

Release date: 5/2/2025

https://shop.capelight.de/Der-Graf-v...Code=brdsc2020

https://www.amazon.de/-/en/gp/produc...?ie=UTF8&psc=1


Regards,

[Toscaclarinet]

Just got round to watching my french 4k avec English subtitles. Film looks beautiful, some really nice cinematography, and costume design was decent although sadly lacking on the ridiculous hair and clothing of the 1830s that I was hoping for. Changes were not too bad overall (really do not like Edmond/Haydee so alternative Haydee pairing not too bad) but I feel that some of the major omissions on the Villefort storyline removed the turning point for Edmond's redemption and therefore weakened his character arc, and the sword fight at the end is always one of my pet peeves in all the adaptations it appears in.

I wish I could find a Monte Cristo that hits all the right notes but sadly am still looking. This made it a bit further than some and it's the first one I remember where Eugenie Danglars gets to be her canonical lesbian self, so bonus points for that. However, if your experience is only with the English language versions then this is a significant step up from most of those.

[C.C. 95]

Originally Posted by PlanetNine

Slightly technical.
I use https://makemkv.com/ and then use "https://www.nikse.dk/subtitleedit" to extract, converts and translate subtitles. I also use it to generate subtitles with audio to text.
If you want you could write back to a new Blu-ray disc. The film. I put mine on Plex.

You could also go to subscene, and see if they have the english sub there.
If the timing is correct with the video, you could mux those together and burn a new disc. Luckily, I have an Oppo, where you can play a disc and get your subs from a usb stick.