I am a history buff when it comes to Marie Antionette, and in fact her story is extraordinarily relevant to today and how lying and manipulative the press can be. I love the setting and the costumes, those are fantastic, but Coppola takes too many liberties and modernizes it and makes her story a fantasy, there is just so much here that did not or likely did not happen. I guarantee you that Marie was not just like a modern teenage girl going clothes shopping, but that's kind of what this film turns her into, and it's weird to say the least. It is well-directed and photographed, but for me, that's about it. The music is really jarring and annoying, and just follows the trend set y "A Knights Tale", only that film was just a silly movie, and it was not about a historical figure, but a fictional one. Some of what's in this film is quite true, but much is not I will never understand, why when reality is so entertaining, we think we must change it? Makes no sense honestly.
So much we think we know about her is false, and I really despise several things they do with her moral character in this film because if you know anything about her she was considered a woman of good character and pure. Yes, the Louise and her had a hard time consummating their marriage, but once they figured it out, they had many children. There were many rumors around this woman and her character, she was indeed a very opulent sort and she did revel in her wealth with extravagant clothes, but she was not heartless woman either.
At the end of the day, if this interest you in Marie, please do your own research, her life was very interesting, and no she did not say "Let them eat cake", as we often say she did, it was quite taken out of context by the press, imagine that. Look into the affair of the necklace, and what led up to the French revolution, it's very interesting, to which this movie was not care to explore.
So much we think we know about her is false, and I really despise several things they do with her moral character in this film because if you know anything about her she was considered a woman of good character and pure. Yes, the Louise and her had a hard time consummating their marriage, but once they figured it out, they had many children. There were many rumors around this woman and her character, she was indeed a very opulent sort and she did revel in her wealth with extravagant clothes, but she was not heartless woman either.
At the end of the day, if this interest you in Marie, please do your own research, her life was very interesting, and no she did not say "Let them eat cake", as we often say she did, it was quite taken out of context by the press, imagine that. Look into the affair of the necklace, and what led up to the French revolution, it's very interesting, to which this movie was not care to explore.