Marie Antoinette

[rm]

I know it's largely been panned, but I saw a commercial for Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette last night and am more excited than I could possibly say about it. While I suspect it may well be like AI or Moulin Rouge is for many -- an excessively ambitious and iredemeably flawed film that provides some measure of reluctant interest -- I have a strong, fundamental suspicion that it's going to manage to say something or other really important to me, whether it's because I just like costume dramas or that such things speak to the same interests that provoke the existence of Descensus or what, I really have no idea.

But I'm madly excited for it.

Comments

[alterjess.livejournal.com]

Marie Antoinette is wonderful -- I saw it in France. It's probably SC's weakest film, and takes a disappointing turn towards the end, but the first 2/3rds or so are just stunning. Nobody does POV quite like Sofia Coppola.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Oh cool. I'm glad to hear you say this. I think the last time I was this floored by a preview was Vanity Fair and the preview, of course, disappointingly turned out to be the best thing about it.

Does the music thing work? I think the Cure stuff in the commercial worked surprisingly well, and from seeing what's on the soundtrack, it all looks like it will be less jarring than what I had been hearing people say.

[alterjess.livejournal.com]

The music works brilliantly, as does the stylized acting. (I had a longer response to this, but LJ ate it. Bad LJ! No biscuit!)