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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shilsen" data-source="post: 1199528" data-attributes="member: 198">Ah, another opportunity to derail this thread in a literary direction <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I enjoyed the movie but definitely thought it would have been better sticking with the book. Throwing in unnecessary swordfights and having (IIRC) Mercedes jump back into bed with Edmond at the first opportunity just didn't work for me. Also, remember that the Count does grow quite consistently in the book and does not end as the "revenge-obsessed bad guy" that Joshua Dyal mentions. He learns that he can't just mete out punishment without there being repercussions, and even though the bad guys all get it in the end, at the conclusion of the book he is left alone. Remember his apologetic letter ending the book? Mercedes leaving (in the book) with her son makes so much more sense than the happy ending (of the movie), considering the portrayal of the character and the historical period. As for making the boy be his son, I saw it coming a mile away and have one word for it - blech!</blockquote>