As usual, I'm showing my ignorance, and I'll admit up front I haven't seen a newly released movie for a few years, but, now that we have people on site with a true intrest in such things I will ask: Why were the Three Musketeers called the Three Musketeers?
At least in all of the movies I have seen about them I have never seen one of them even touch a gun of any kind. In fact, I don't recall ever seeing a gun of any kind in their movies. They never wear the clothes I would associate with a real musketeer. All they seem to do is party, fight with swords, ride horses etc.
It's almost like they should have been called "The Three Swordsmen" but perhaps that name was taken when the book was written.
Other equally descriptive titles could have been:
The Three Lancers!
The Three Bowman!
The Three Stablemen?
Any comments to enlighten this old brain?
At least in all of the movies I have seen about them I have never seen one of them even touch a gun of any kind. In fact, I don't recall ever seeing a gun of any kind in their movies. They never wear the clothes I would associate with a real musketeer. All they seem to do is party, fight with swords, ride horses etc.
It's almost like they should have been called "The Three Swordsmen" but perhaps that name was taken when the book was written.
Other equally descriptive titles could have been:
The Three Lancers!
The Three Bowman!
The Three Stablemen?
Any comments to enlighten this old brain?