Brooke was itching to see a movie at The Tivoli last night, and “Marie Antoinette” was showing, the new Sofia Coppola film starring Kirsten Dunst. It essentially recounts the rise (and fall) of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI, from her marriage to him in her late-teens to their deaths during the French Revolution. Supposedly, the movie has some amount of historical accuracy, but I really have no idea what was true and what wasn’t. It’s actually kinda interesting to watch it in terms of the all-powerful “celebrity,” in that Marie Antoinette is made out as a sort of Paris Hilton of her time…partying all the time and oblivious to everything going on around her (or outside her palace, at least).
While I can appreciate the craftsmanship of the film, I can’t say I was a big fan. Sure, there were plenty of gorgeous landscapes actually filmed on the grounds of Versailles (prounounced in French, not in Missourian…), and unbelievable costumes and decorative detail… The music was more modern (a la “A Knight’s Tale“), which was pretty interesting and not terribly detracting… Unfortunately, it’s a 2+ hour movie with maybe 1 hour of dialogue. It really just felt like an extended music video…mostly with music I’ve never heard (I think I recognized one song out of, like, twenty…).
So yeah, this is one of those movies I can “appreciate,” and by that I mean that it’s a well-done movie that is very beautiful to watch…but so’s Niagra Falls…and who can really sit in a chair and watch Niagra Falls for 2+ hours?
I haven’t seen the movie, but let me just express utter shock that you hadn’t heard any of the music in it. Who would have thought that YOU would be in the dark about modern music. Wait, are you saying that neither Nickelback nor Dave Matthews made an appearance?
Dude…you know you love Crossfade and Switchfoot… 😉