Marie-Antoinette - a new film by Sofia Coppola

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Just a bit pissed as I thought it was coming out this Friday and have everything all rolled up and ready for the big event.

[grady]

Well this was sure a disappointment.

I'd recommend watching that first teaser trailer that came out last December that used the New Order track Age of Consent a few times instead of seeing this film.

The film started out ok for about the first reel and a half and then spiraled into the depths of disinterested nothing.

[mmm skyscraper]

It still has a great soundtrack

http://www.amazon.com/Marie-Antoinet...e=UTF8&s=music

[koisk]

SPOILERS BELOW


I think the music was a gimmick. The other previous 2 sophia movies I've seen, the music was part of the experience and was inseperable from the movie - the music was part of the whole that made up the film. I felt that here it was at opposite ends, and instead of really complementing the film, it felt like it was just a 'hey, isn't this cool?' thing. I don't really understand what it said about Marie Antoinette. However, perhaps I'm missing the point here and that was the idea all along?

Some of the scenes were cool and interesting, but overall I felt it was too slow and subtle without enough reward for the viewer. Honestly I would have been happy walking out. I enjoyed it but wasn't motivated or interested enough to sit through all of it and see how it played out.

That said, the more I think about it, the more I love the final scene where her and her husband are having a final dinner in a darkened room with the constant roar of revolution as the only key soundtrack element. It sends chills up my spine, so good!

I'm curious what other people thought. In the group that I saw it with, we were pretty much divided. A few of my friends adored it and were ready to buy the DVD.