Saturday, October 21, 2006
A French Disaster
I'm disappointed, whole heartedly dissapointed. Last night, I saw Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette, starring Kirsten Dunst and Jason Schwartzman. I was expecting so much more from the creator of Lost in Translation and The Virgin Suicides. Big mistake.
The movie barely scratch the surface of the story of the naive 14-year-old Austrian who married Louis XVI, and was unfit to be Queen of France. It was more of a slumber party, littered with pink, toy dogs, fancy sweets, and elaborate clothing. The only redeeming quality in the film was that Schwartzman had a few funny one-liners. Maybe Molly Shannon should have had more lines?
I wish they would have shown her beheading. Unfortunately, that didn't come until she was 37. Meh.
Standing alone, the soundtrack is noteworthy. However, it certainly did not go along with the movie, or help it in any way whatsoever. A slew of "underground" songs don't do jack for this movie.
Disc: 1
1. "Hong Kong Garden" - Siouxsie & The Banshees
2. "Aphrodisiac" - Bow Wow Wow
3. "What Ever Happened" - The Strokes
4. "Pulling Our Weight" - The Radio Dept.
5. "Ceremony" - New Order
6. "Natural's Not In It" - Gang Of Four
7. "I Want Candy (Kevin Shields Remix)" - Bow Wow Wow
8. "Kings Of The Wild Frontier" - Adam & The Ants
9. "Concerto in G" * - Antonio Vivaldi / Reitzell
10. "The Melody Of A Fallen Tree" - Windsor For The Derby
11. "I Don't Like It Like This" - The Radio Dept.
12. "Plainsong" - The Cure
Disc: 2
1. "Intro Versailles"* - Reitzell / Beggs
2. "Jynweythek Ylow" - Aphex Twin
3. "Opus 17" - Dustin O'Halloran
4. "Il Secondo Giorno (Instrumental)" - Air
5. "Keen On Boys" - The Radio Dept.
6. "Opus 23" *- Dustin O'Halloran
7. "Les Baricades Misterieuses"* - Francois Couperin / Reitzell
8. "Fools Rush In (Kevin Shields Remix) - Bow Wow Wow
9. "Avril 14th" - Aphex Twin
10. "K. 213" * - Domenico Scarlatti / Reitzell
11. "Tommib Help Buss" - Squarepusher
12. "Tristes Apprets.." - Jean Philippe Rameau /W. Christie
13. "Opus 36" *- Dustin O'Halloran
14. "All Cat's Are Grey" - The Cure
The movie barely scratch the surface of the story of the naive 14-year-old Austrian who married Louis XVI, and was unfit to be Queen of France. It was more of a slumber party, littered with pink, toy dogs, fancy sweets, and elaborate clothing. The only redeeming quality in the film was that Schwartzman had a few funny one-liners. Maybe Molly Shannon should have had more lines?
I wish they would have shown her beheading. Unfortunately, that didn't come until she was 37. Meh.
Standing alone, the soundtrack is noteworthy. However, it certainly did not go along with the movie, or help it in any way whatsoever. A slew of "underground" songs don't do jack for this movie.
Disc: 1
1. "Hong Kong Garden" - Siouxsie & The Banshees
2. "Aphrodisiac" - Bow Wow Wow
3. "What Ever Happened" - The Strokes
4. "Pulling Our Weight" - The Radio Dept.
5. "Ceremony" - New Order
6. "Natural's Not In It" - Gang Of Four
7. "I Want Candy (Kevin Shields Remix)" - Bow Wow Wow
8. "Kings Of The Wild Frontier" - Adam & The Ants
9. "Concerto in G" * - Antonio Vivaldi / Reitzell
10. "The Melody Of A Fallen Tree" - Windsor For The Derby
11. "I Don't Like It Like This" - The Radio Dept.
12. "Plainsong" - The Cure
Disc: 2
1. "Intro Versailles"* - Reitzell / Beggs
2. "Jynweythek Ylow" - Aphex Twin
3. "Opus 17" - Dustin O'Halloran
4. "Il Secondo Giorno (Instrumental)" - Air
5. "Keen On Boys" - The Radio Dept.
6. "Opus 23" *- Dustin O'Halloran
7. "Les Baricades Misterieuses"* - Francois Couperin / Reitzell
8. "Fools Rush In (Kevin Shields Remix) - Bow Wow Wow
9. "Avril 14th" - Aphex Twin
10. "K. 213" * - Domenico Scarlatti / Reitzell
11. "Tommib Help Buss" - Squarepusher
12. "Tristes Apprets.." - Jean Philippe Rameau /W. Christie
13. "Opus 36" *- Dustin O'Halloran
14. "All Cat's Are Grey" - The Cure
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I couldn't disagree with your opinion of the movie Marie Antoinette any more. I thought the movie was brilliant and one of the most creative and interesting movies of the year so far. Sofia Coppola is one of the only mainstream directors that isn't afraid to take chances. The world doesn't need another high school level history class documentary on Marie Antoinette. We've all seen enough of those stale movies when we had to. The music fit perfectly with the movie by showing the youthful side of Marie Antoinette and making her character much easier for younger people to connect with. Because most of the new wave bands of the 80s flirted with 17th century fashion and themes, it made perfect sense for these bands to soundtrack this movie. Furthermore, I don't see how you can refer to these bands as "underground" when all but two of the bands on the soundtrack are on major labels. Most of the songs from these bands that are featured in the movie, were huge hits when they were released in the late 70s and early 80s. Had you started listening to music before 1991 you may have been aware of that. By the way, there were bands around before Nirvana, Radiohead or Coldplay. Sofia Coppola was able to find a way to utilize all the important factors which help backup the Marie Antoinette story. Such as filming at Versailles using the same fashion but updating it with modern vibrant colors by cutting edge designers of today, and making the main language properly spoken english which helps make the movie more universal. These factors also help a wider audience relate with Marie Atoinette's character and we are able to see her as a very young girl who is thrown into a life changing situation and how she reacts to that. Sofia Coppola perfectly executes this as opposed to that pile of crap excuse for a movie that Baz Luhrman's Romeo and Juliet was. The only comment I can agree with is that The Virgin Suicides and Lost in Translation were fantastic movies and in my opinion this movie is no different. Having the movie end with her being beheaded would have ruined the flow of a great movie. We all know how she died. Meh.
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