Comments on: The Ninth Gate (1999) http://www.blacklagoon.info/movies/occult/the-ninth-gate-1999/ Weird movies for sane people Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:40:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: E http://www.blacklagoon.info/movies/occult/the-ninth-gate-1999/comment-page-1/#comment-19 E Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.blacklagoon.info/?p=34#comment-19 One of the things that killed this movie for me was the fact that they altered the plot from the book so much. I'd read Perez-Reverte's book, <I>La Club Dumas</I>, on which this movie is based, and was somewhat shocked to see that they'd removed a rather critical subplot.<BR/><BR/>In the book, the goons of the Lena Olin character are chasing the Depp character because he is carrying, along with the <I>Nine Gates</I> book, a chapter of the original manuscript of <I>The Three Musketeers</I>. We're led to believe throughout the book that they want the <I>Nine Gates</I>, when, in actuallity, they want the <I>Musketeers</I> pages. A nice little red herring.<BR/><BR/>In the movie, they actually <I>are</I> after the <I>Nine Gates</I>, a fact that's rendered somewhat irrelevant by the fact that everyone who wants it intends to use the book for the same purpose; it's just a matter of who ends up with it first.<BR/><BR/>Somewhat disappointed that Polanski chose to excise that part of the book, but oh well. It's his movie. One of the things that killed this movie for me was the fact that they altered the plot from the book so much. I’d read Perez-Reverte’s book, La Club Dumas, on which this movie is based, and was somewhat shocked to see that they’d removed a rather critical subplot.

In the book, the goons of the Lena Olin character are chasing the Depp character because he is carrying, along with the Nine Gates book, a chapter of the original manuscript of The Three Musketeers. We’re led to believe throughout the book that they want the Nine Gates, when, in actuallity, they want the Musketeers pages. A nice little red herring.

In the movie, they actually are after the Nine Gates, a fact that’s rendered somewhat irrelevant by the fact that everyone who wants it intends to use the book for the same purpose; it’s just a matter of who ends up with it first.

Somewhat disappointed that Polanski chose to excise that part of the book, but oh well. It’s his movie.

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