“Marie Antoinette” is a movie based on a biography written by Antonia Fraser. Marie Antoinette is a young girl; she has married Luis XVI but she doesn’t feel uncomfortable because she is alone and lost in France. She is a very young queen and has many responsibilities and the country is concerned about how she rules.
I think that “Marie Antoinette” is a breath of fresh air because Sofia Coppola could mix modern elements with elements of that time, however, the movie doesn´t lose its’ essence. For example, the songs that appear in the movie are new wave or post-punk. With these types of music the movie has a different atmosphere. It is much more interesting and attractive. Also the costumes are extravagant. There is everything from big dresses and wonderful shoes to amazing make up. The setting is up to date with the real story because many of the scenes were filmed in Vienna at the Belvedere Palace.
In the movie we can feel what the protagonist is feeling in every moment. Marie Antoinette was too young and had a lot of responsibilities and sometimes she was alone. The only thing that she wanted to do was to run away. For example, when the monarchy said the Marie Antoinette was to blame because she did not have a “real” marriage . She did many things to have a “real” marriage but nothing worked and her husband did not do anything to help her so Marie Antoinette felt very frustrated.
Some critics say that the movie didn´t achieve the expectations that it had. For example, Leah Rozen in People Magazine “The absence of political context, however, upset most critics of Marie Antoinette, director Sofia Coppola's featherweight follow-up to Lost in Translation. Her historical biopic plays like a pop video, with Kirsten Dunst as the doomed 18th century French queen acting like a teenage flibbertigibbet intent on being the leader of the cool kids' club.” Roger Ebert, another critic from Chicago Sun-Times wrote in the newspaper and in his own web page “every criticism I have read of this film would alter its fragile magic and reduce its romantic and tragic poignancy to the level of an instructional film. This is Sofia Coppola's third film centering on the loneliness of being female and surrounded by a world that knows how to use you but not how to value and understand you.” There are different opinions about this movie but I think that to see Marie Antoinette is a good option because it is a modern version of an old story with amazing setting, costumes, make up and wonderful soundtracks.
I think that “Marie Antoinette” is a breath of fresh air because Sofia Coppola could mix modern elements with elements of that time, however, the movie doesn´t lose its’ essence. For example, the songs that appear in the movie are new wave or post-punk. With these types of music the movie has a different atmosphere. It is much more interesting and attractive. Also the costumes are extravagant. There is everything from big dresses and wonderful shoes to amazing make up. The setting is up to date with the real story because many of the scenes were filmed in Vienna at the Belvedere Palace.
In the movie we can feel what the protagonist is feeling in every moment. Marie Antoinette was too young and had a lot of responsibilities and sometimes she was alone. The only thing that she wanted to do was to run away. For example, when the monarchy said the Marie Antoinette was to blame because she did not have a “real” marriage . She did many things to have a “real” marriage but nothing worked and her husband did not do anything to help her so Marie Antoinette felt very frustrated.
Some critics say that the movie didn´t achieve the expectations that it had. For example, Leah Rozen in People Magazine “The absence of political context, however, upset most critics of Marie Antoinette, director Sofia Coppola's featherweight follow-up to Lost in Translation. Her historical biopic plays like a pop video, with Kirsten Dunst as the doomed 18th century French queen acting like a teenage flibbertigibbet intent on being the leader of the cool kids' club.” Roger Ebert, another critic from Chicago Sun-Times wrote in the newspaper and in his own web page “every criticism I have read of this film would alter its fragile magic and reduce its romantic and tragic poignancy to the level of an instructional film. This is Sofia Coppola's third film centering on the loneliness of being female and surrounded by a world that knows how to use you but not how to value and understand you.” There are different opinions about this movie but I think that to see Marie Antoinette is a good option because it is a modern version of an old story with amazing setting, costumes, make up and wonderful soundtracks.
