Antoinette movie

[montagnarde1793]

This movie is really going to suck. Muchly.

http://www.liberation.fr/page.php?Article=384772

Apparently the People are reduced to the stereotypical "angry mob" so if the average viewer does not like barbie-pink!Antoinette, they'll have little choice in sympathies, because she and the rest of the Court will be the only human characters.

It's a lot easier for most people to sympathize with one person, even if she is the most annoying bimbo they have ever seen, than a "mob" with a good reason to be angry!

That said, from what I can tell, Liberation is treating this with irony, and seems to be pointing out that the subject matter is somewhat....irrelevant: big surprise there!
...at any rate, it's not a positive review, and I like the publication overall, so...

Comments

[josiana.livejournal.com]

Oh good. You are a credit to the republic. I was planning to go see it because of the costumes, but from what I can tell, they're pretty bad.

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

*grins* I thank you, citoyenne. I must say, I wasn't aware that Converse existed in the 18th century;)

[josiana.livejournal.com]

Ack. Somebody wasn't doing their research, or is desperately trying to make a statement and failing miserably.

I keep desperately hoping it all turns out to be a parody at the last minute. ;_____;

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

Worse than the "trying to make a statement" cases of inaccuracy, are the ones where they don't seem to realize they're being historically inaccurate; Rameau is Baroque. Please people, I know you know your modern musique is incorrect, but did you know that this is supposed to take place in the 1770-80s???

...That would be nice.

[josiana.livejournal.com]

I think they just assume the American audiences won't know the difference. Or perhaps they really don't know. Or they don't care.

Um. Maybe all the copies of the film will spontaneously combust? *pats comfortingly on the shoulder*

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

I bet they don't know. That's what makes it worse.

That would be good... *sniffs*

[josiana.livejournal.com]

Probably not. They do not appear to be overly concerned with accuracy. Just OMG PREETY CLOTHEZ and SHINY MUSIKS.

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

Yup. That seems to be pretty much it.

[josiana.livejournal.com]

And there's not even any guillotining. ;____;

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

...Which, of course, is quite possibly the worst thing about it.

[josiana.livejournal.com]

I know. They seem to be determined to focus on the fuzzy, happy, fairytale marketable aspects of her life, or something.

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

It would be a good theory, except for the fact that the guillotine is infinitely marketable. No, Sofia Coppola's only doing this for her own vanity. Many people think up Mary Sues; she has the wealth and influence to be able to make a movie about hers. I just wish she wouldn't inflict it on the rest of us!

[josiana.livejournal.com]

It is? I always assumed people would prefer not to that sort of thing. Or found it depressing, or something.
That makes a lot more sense...
I know. It's horrible. *sobs quietly*

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

Well considering all the hype around the bicentenial....Not that I know personally of course, but from what I hear there was a large market for toy guillotines and the like. *shrugs*
*weeps for the future of humanity* Why, Sofia, WHY?

[josiana.livejournal.com]

*giggles* Awww. I want one. XD

I have no idea. *sobs* Why couldn't she just be dangerously obsessed with Marat instead? At least that would be original.

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

I think you can still get them....somewhere.

And hilarious! OMSB, that would make such a funny movie! Especially if Marat wears a fluffy dress.

[josiana.livejournal.com]

I'll look for them. Muahahahaha. X3

I know. They could have angry punk rock music, too. A pink one. He might ooze all over it, though.

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

I saw a guillotine paperweight once...

XD That would be beyond awesome. Ewww....then again, it is Marat. It can always be washed, I suppose.

[josiana.livejournal.com]

*giggles*

Punk!Marat is an amusing mental image. Oooh, that gives me an idea. It can be a tacky romantic comedy. He could fall in love with Simone Evrard based solely on her ability to clean his frilly dresses. Of course that would mess up the timeline a bit, but no one will know the difference.

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

And my sister says she had a History teacher who had a miniature working model. It decapitated pencils.

And about as accurate as Barbie!Antoinette. ...That would be rather amusing, in a somewhat sick way.

[josiana.livejournal.com]

Were they counter-revolutionary pencils? That seems like something one wouldn't want to have around children...

Probably. And no one will scream at us for it, because Marat has no rabid fangirls or fanboys. At least, I don't think so.

I am vaguely tempted to try and draw a poster for it now. With sickening pink font. XD

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

Naturally. Probably, but he was a High School teacher, so it was....not as bad, I guess.

Well that one historian, Massin tried to do the same rehabilitation for Marat as was (and is being) done for Robespierre, so presumably he has some fans...

You so should; it would be hysterical! ...Please?

[josiana.livejournal.com]

Oh. That's good. It might be awkward if lots of small children suddenly lost fingers. O.o

Really? I didn't know that.

I'll try. I doubt it will look good, since I can't draw Marat at all. Oh well. I can blame my artistic shortcomings on the desire to be trendy and connect with modern audiences.

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

Really. I don't think they teach small children about the Revolution though, do they?

*nods* I haven't read his biography of Marat, but he makes allusions to it in his Robespierre biography.

Why not? That's what Sofia Coppola did.

[josiana.livejournal.com]

Um. I vaguely remember being taught something about it when I was 11, but I guess it varies from school to school.

Oooh, cool. :D

Do I have to make Marat a thinly veiled representation of myself, though? Because I don't think that will work so well.