Talk:The Count of Monte Cristo (2002 film)

Driftwood

At one point Edmond is called "Zatarra", which is said to mean "driftwood", but... in what language? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.172.102.86 (talk) 23:28, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

"The name that Vampa gives Dantes, Zatarra, means driftwood in Burmese/Myanmar." from the IMDB page [page] Amitku53 3/24/2014

IMDb is not a reliable source. DonIago (talk) 12:46, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

I asked about this at Wiktionary (Wikt:Wiktionary:Tea room/2019/July#zatarra). It would appear to have been a made up story. So it's a fictitious story in an unreliable source about a fictional word in a fictional film which itself is already an inaccurate portrayal of the original work of fiction. Can't get much further from a usable citation than that.SpinningSpark 13:48, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

"Zatarra" means "Ugly" in euskara, language spoken in the Basque Country, a region that straddles the westernmost Pyrenees in adjacent parts of northern Spain and southwestern France. By Filipp T. 00:04, 25 April 2020 (UTC), just after googling for 5 minutes.

Synopsis Section

The detailed synopsis for this article appears to stop abruptly halfway through the film. Can someone with a detailed knowledge of the film please complete it? 87.112.78.11 13:23, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Good. I was afraid I was forgetting how the movie went, remembering much more than what was listed. JPG-GR 03:58, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Alterations from the text

The synopses don't mention the major alterations from the original text. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.51.72.144 (talk) 06:57, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

I rewrote

Mondego and Dantès begin a sword fight after Dantès learns that Albert is actually his own, and Mondego cheats by pulling a gun and pointing it at Dantès. Just as he fires, Jacopo throws a knife as his hand, causing his aim to go off; it misses Dantès, but hits Mercédès on the shoulder.

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Mondego and Dantès begin a sword fight after Dantès learns that Albert is actually his own. Mondego pulls a gun and points it at Mercédès, saying "I better put it (the bullet) where it will do the most damage". Just as he fires, Jacopo throws a knife at his hand, causing his aim to go off slightly, and just wounding Mercédès' shoulder.

since that's what happened. Mondego was aiming at Mercedes, not Dantes, as killing Mercedes would "do the most damage" to Dantes. - King Ivan 12:25, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

I suggest changing Before he dies, Faria gives Dantès a piece of cloth that is a map of Monte Cristo which, through a series of clues, leads to the treasure that Faria had stolen and which led him to be imprisoned in Château d'If. Dantès is startled at this knowledge and Faria tells him, "I'm a priest, not a saint".

This should be changed as Faria did not steal it, his employer (after deserting the army) Count Sparda (I think thats his name) had a fabulous treasure and Napoleon wanted it, Sparda had hidden the treasure and told the priest where to find it. At least this how I understood it, the "I'm a priest not a saint" line is in relation to Faria lieing about whether or not he knew where it was (to Napoleon). It could be that Faria did steal but it seems like alot of treasure to be stealthily sneaking off with.--220.240.186.136 04:30, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Time discrepancy?

When I watched this movie, it seemed to me that Dantès had only been in prison for 14 years, and Albert was 16 years old when Dantès returned, meaning that he would have had to have already been born by the time Dantès was imprisoned. If this is correct, then maybe something about it should be added to the Trivia section. Of course, I'm no movie expert and I may have just not heard everything properly or somehow missed something important, in which case feel free to ignore this. - green_meklar 22:02, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Though Edmond only spent about 13 years in prison, he also spent a long time planning his revenge. According to the book, he spent years. Emperor001 00:42, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm much more puzzled by Mercedes' youthful appearance. That was quite poorly handled. --Peter Knutsen 21:18, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

I do not recall if her exact age is mentioned in the book (it was not mentioned in the movie), but considering she was younger than Edmond, and Edmond was 19 when he went to d'If, she would have been somewhere between 27 and 34 when she meets up with Edmond again (when Edmond is 35 or 36, and his son is 16). — al-Shimoni (talk) 03:05, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

Albert wasn't 16 when Edmond returned. He was 15 (when he asks permission to go to Rome, Mercedes mentions that he isn't yet 16). Since Mercedes and Fernand missed the first extravaganza of the Count of Monte Cristo, she didn't see Edmond until Albert's 16 birthday party. It is mentioned that Edmond was in d'If for 13 years several times and he mentioned his length of stay to both Mercedes and Jacopo. Mercedes married Fernand a month after Edmond was imprisoned yet she knew she was pregnant and passed him off as his by claiming Albert was premature. Women know by the absence of their period that they are most likely pregnant but unmistakably by 3-4 months, even back then. A pregnancy lasts 9 months, so by the time Edmond arrived in Marseille as the Count, Albert was in in Rome before his birthday and still 15, which adds up to 16 years. After Edmond's escape, time with Vampa, finding the gold and enacting his revenge plan took about 3 years after the 13 in d'If making 16 altogether. Mercedes could only be by the story she told about the whistle and the pony 1-2 years behind Edmond and Fernand. So she was about 17 then making her roughly 33 later. As far as her appearance goes, she was a Countess and had access to the best of everything. She had one child, wasn't out in the sun nor did she have a hard physical job as the mistress of the house. Besides that, 33 isn't old. 2605:E000:248B:3600:44FC:F8EB:AEA:8041 (talk) 02:12, 27 September 2019 (UTC)Tiffany

"Characters Omitted"

To what, exactly, does this section refer? It can't be "characters from the book omitted from the movie," as some of those characters (such as Valentina Villefort) are in fact in the film. They are even mentioned in the synopsis. Blackened (talk) 07:06, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

My mistake. I suppose their names stayed the same, but their capacities changed. :) Blackened (talk) 07:16, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

You have the right idea, i always felt there should always be a section for film adaptations of famous books which state the major character or plot differences from the original text. Perhaps you could rename the section to discuss this. --68.51.72.144 (talk) 07:07, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Restored important plot point

User DonIago removed a minor edit that mentions a significant plot point concerning the fate of Danglers. I have restored it. --KJRehberg (talk) 21:24, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Please review WP:FILMPLOT. The plot should be shorter, not longer. You are welcome to incorporate your edit while cleaning up the plot in other ways. DonIago (talk) 22:23, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

I'm rejecting this edit war with you. Forget it. You can keep the incorrect plot summary and I'll leave this note here for the record. --KJRehberg (talk) 03:07, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

Abbe Faria's period of imprisonment

The article says: "Six years later, Edmond is startled in his cell by an eruption in the ground revealing another prisoner, Abbé Faria, who has been imprisoned for 11 years after refusing to tell Bonaparte the whereabouts of the treasure of the Spada family." This conveys the wrong perception that Faria was sentenced to 11 years in prison. It could be reworded as follows: "Six years later, Edmond is startled in his cell by an eruption in the ground revealing another prisoner, Abbé Faria, who has been incarcerated for the past 11 years after refusing to tell Bonaparte the whereabouts of the treasure of the Spada family." Moitraanak (talk) 15:01, 24 April 2023 (UTC)