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Bring The Pretty
Feb. 9th, 2007 07:21 pmAfter waiting for nigh on 4 months, since it was cruelly and prematurely pulled from UK cinemas, I FINALLY got to see Marie Antoinette last night. I knew it had had mixed reviews, to say the least (I was on the side of the believers), but having seen the trailer, seen the plethora of prettypretty icons, bought the Antonia Fraser book and repeatedly listened to the soundtrack, I was not disappointed.
I'm a huge Sofia Coppola fan anyway (Virgin Suicides is hazy love), so I knew she could be relied on to bring the pretty. I'm also pretty used to her dreamlike pacing and was thus well prepped (Dirty!) for this. Anyway, the pretty was duly brought (I spent half the time mentally screencapping the DVD I now have to buy on the day it comes out), there was cake!porn a-plenty, a completely kick-arse soundtrack, and cameos from all sorts of righteous people. Marriane Faithful? Present and correct, sans Mars Bar. Tom Hardy, one my lovely obscure boys since The Virgin Queen? Deliciously sombre. Rose Byrne? Made of awesome.
Kirsten Dunst is undeniably radiant, and she didn't actually piss me off in this, which is an achievement. I think it can probably be attributed to her relatively limited number of lines. Still.
Also, the merits of the big screen. I've spent 4 months thinking the black stripe across her face at the costume ball was Adam & The Ants style face paint. I now know it's voile tpe stuff. Woop.
Okay, so if I had more time I'd write a witty rewiew, but I don't, so I won't. I really liked it.
I have to go and eat some cake now.
I'm a huge Sofia Coppola fan anyway (Virgin Suicides is hazy love), so I knew she could be relied on to bring the pretty. I'm also pretty used to her dreamlike pacing and was thus well prepped (Dirty!) for this. Anyway, the pretty was duly brought (I spent half the time mentally screencapping the DVD I now have to buy on the day it comes out), there was cake!porn a-plenty, a completely kick-arse soundtrack, and cameos from all sorts of righteous people. Marriane Faithful? Present and correct, sans Mars Bar. Tom Hardy, one my lovely obscure boys since The Virgin Queen? Deliciously sombre. Rose Byrne? Made of awesome.
Kirsten Dunst is undeniably radiant, and she didn't actually piss me off in this, which is an achievement. I think it can probably be attributed to her relatively limited number of lines. Still.
Also, the merits of the big screen. I've spent 4 months thinking the black stripe across her face at the costume ball was Adam & The Ants style face paint. I now know it's voile tpe stuff. Woop.
Okay, so if I had more time I'd write a witty rewiew, but I don't, so I won't. I really liked it.
I have to go and eat some cake now.
