Phillipe's facial hair


Why doesn't he push the strands of hair off his face after the Musketeers break him free of the mask? He just keeps the hair hanging over his face when he's talking to Athos until the two servants come to clean him up. That just sounds uncomfortable to let hair cover your face and lazy to just let it sit there and wait for someone else to clear it off for you.

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He was still in shock, and they did this in the film for suspense as to who he was.

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I agree with whitespirit. Besides that, he was used to feeling his hair plastered to his face, so he was in no hurry to move it, anyways. Gotta say though.. A nice bath after that would have been the best feeling ever.

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I wasn't bothered by the strands of hair covering his face as much as I was bothered by the fact that he had no beard growth.

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Actually, I'm sure he did have a beard, it was just hard to tell. He was obviously shaved.

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Yes and Leo finely grew some chin pubes when he was 30

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One thing that bothered me was there wasn't enough mystique that surrounded who he was behind the mask once they got it off.... not ENOUGH.

The scene where he says to Athos "why was this done to me" was far too well lit. It should have been darker and he should have had some facial sores that the camera doesn't show close ups of. There could have been much more intrigue surrounding this whole ordeal.

I think the gist of this was the movie was billed as a dual role by Leo so there was not much of a mystery who was behind the mask.

Also the reveal of d'Artagnan as the birth father was a little too easy to figure out. This was most clear when he finds out that Phillippe was Louie's twin brother. He asks Queen Ann "there were two? Not one, but two?"

Outside of a few quibbles this is really a great movie. I for one am not a fan of DiCrappio but after seeing this film (and later 'Catch Me If You Can') he won me over as admitting that he's a great actor, like him or not.

KK

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