Marie Antoinette

[NMAmy]

I was willing to give this movie the benefit of the doubt--I wasn't sure about the rock music played during it but wanted to check it out.

Oh, my gosh--save your money! This was a movie about a woman who had a very interesting life but this movie just dragged along. I realize that travel by coach was very slow at that time--but do we really need to spend five minutes focusing on what Marie Antoinette and company did to entertain themselves on the ride from Austria to France? For the record, they stared at Louis's picture, played cards, played with the dog, and slept. Not exactly edge of your seat movie making.

The slow spots just dragged the whole movie down. The rock music was jarring in a movie that was set up as a historical film. And the ending was just way too abrupt. DD (16) was annoyed because she felt that people who may not know the whole story would think that they escaped by coach instead of being beheaded.

DD and I both hated it--and we both really wanted to like this movie. Did anybody else see it this weekend? If so, what did you think?

 

[L107ANGEL]

DD and were thinking of going and say Man of the year instead. Glad we didn't waste our money. By the way, you may want to wait for the one I saw to come out on dvd as well

 

[NMAmy]

DD and were thinking of going and say Man of the year instead. Glad we didn't waste our money. By the way, you may want to wait for the one I saw to come out on dvd as well

Thanks for the advice. DD is fond of reading biographies so I thought this would be a good one for the two of us to see together. Unfortunately, NEITHER of us like it. It's getting harder and harder to find something that both of us enjoy at the movies.

 

[suzannen]

My DD (aged 12) and I both liked it. The costumes were fabulous and Versailles is just so gorgeous. DD came home, went on the Internet to learn even more about her, loaded several of the movie songs onto her Ipod and has decided she wants to be Marie Antoinette next Halloween. Anytime a movie get a kid interested in real history is a good thing to me.

I was surprised at the point where Coppola decided to end the story, though, but it was probably just as well since I think it would have upset DD even though she did know the real life ending.

 

[Maleficent13]

I knew I wasn't going to see this movie when I saw a commercial with her sobbing while handing her dog over to someone. It boded ill for the dog. Not my most thought-filled movie going decision, but there it is. Glad to know I didn't miss anything.

 

[sajetto]

Glad you posted. I was planning on seeing it, but I'm not going to waste my money.

 

[poppinspal]

I knew I wasn't going to see this movie when I saw a commercial with her sobbing while handing her dog over to someone. It boded ill for the dog. Not my most thought-filled movie going decision, but there it is. Glad to know I didn't miss anything.

If the movie is true to what I'm reading now the dog gets left behind but in the end it is brought to France for her. I believe that's probably the part you're seeing. (I haven't seen this ad yet.)

I want to see this. I will be honest I didn't realize that there was rock music in the movie though. When they put out Gladiator they used rock in the ad but it was all classical music in the movie. (And very good music at that.) So that puts me off a little. I picked up the book that I guess was used as the base for the movie. (Not sure how this book was picked.) It starts slow but that's because it sets up the history that she was born in. I would say to read this book if you want more information on Marie Antoinette. The book is Marie Antoinette The Journey by Antonia Fraser.

 

[CapeCodTenor]

I was planning on seeing this movie. I might have to think twice.

 

[suzannen]

If the movie is true to what I'm reading now the dog gets left behind but in the end it is brought to France for her. I believe that's probably the part you're seeing. (I haven't seen this ad yet.)

When she crosses over from Austria to France, they take everything away from her that was Austrian - all of her clothes, belongings and her maids. When she tries to step onto the French side of the pavillion, she is stopped and made to give over her little puppy. They would not even allow her to bring her Austrian puppy into France and so she starts to cry. It sets the scene to show you how she was really such a very young girl and she was literally leaving everything she had known behind. And, they never did let her have her puppy back, even though she asks. They simply keep giving her other French dogs. My DD actually did get a little teary-eyed at this scene.

 

[NMAmy]

If the movie is true to what I'm reading now the dog gets left behind but in the end it is brought to France for her. I believe that's probably the part you're seeing. (I haven't seen this ad yet.)

I want to see this. I will be honest I didn't realize that there was rock music in the movie though. When they put out Gladiator they used rock in the ad but it was all classical music in the movie. (And very good music at that.) So that puts me off a little. I picked up the book that I guess was used as the base for the movie. (Not sure how this book was picked.) It starts slow but that's because it sets up the history that she was born in. I would say to read this book if you want more information on Marie Antoinette. The book is Marie Antoinette The Journey by Antonia Fraser.

I've read this book,too, it's very good. I think Sofia Coppola read the book and decided she wanted to do the movie.

Actually, the rock music did not bother me as much as the fact that the movie just dragged in places. The poster who mentioned the costumes and Versailles is correct--it was very beautiful but just seemed to focus on really boring things to me. Oh, look, there's Kirsten Dunst running through the garden pretending to be a milkmaid, look--there she's gliding by on a boat. It was pretty but didn't have a whole lot of substance.

And suzannen is right--she keeps asking about the dog but they don't let her have it. She did have about 20 other ones, though.