Weirdest trailer ever: ------>
I guess Marie Antoinette is partly responsible for a New Order, but it seems odd. Does contemporary music work in period pieces? Sometimes. A Knight's Tale? Yes, but that was essentially a comedy and the music was fun, no matter how bad the movie was(or how much I love it). Buch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid? Sure. The "raindrops" scene was one of the best in the movie, and it was only used that once. But then there's Orlando. DID NOT WORK. The scene at the end of a floating cherub singing Euro-synth pop just ruined what could have been a great adaptation of a Virginia Wolfe book. I guess it depends on the director. In the case of Marie Antoinette, it is Sophia Coppola, and I have to say that I like her as a Director. Lost in Translation and The Virgin Suicides were surprisingly well made. She has a great sense of pacing, taking her time getting to the point, and not beating you over the head like her father does. She's also great with awkward silences, making the viewer just as uncomfortable as the characters. But those two were small indy films, and more often than not, when you hand a really good indy director a big-budget Hollywood movie, they can get a little lost (Dune, anyone?). Sometimes they pull it off, like Robert Rodriguez and Quinten Tarantino did, although it took each of them a few tires. Jackie Brown was just plain horrible, and Soderburg did a much better job with the same Author's source material with Out of Sight, just a year later.
And I have to say that I am on the fence about Dunst. Mostly she's cardboard, but then Bring It On comes around and you have to give her props. (You know you love that movie, so shut up) But for every Bring It On, there is a The Cat's Meow, which got horrible performances out of the entire cast(Eddie Izzard as Charlie Chaplin: great casting, bad performance), so it might not be her fault. Spider-Man if fine because all she has to do is look mopey and scream. Who knows. Sophia got good work out of her before, so maybe she can do it again. Schwartzman is in it so it can't be all bad. I love that guy. How he snuck into Hitchhiker's guide is beyond me.
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2 comments:
Ok, that _IS_ the weirdest trailer ever. At first, I think, "OH! Is this Hildalgo II?" cause of the poppy country sounding music. But then there're people in stuffy period clothing at fancy parties with that whole champange tree thing.
I'll give Sophia Coppola this: her films always have good music. The sndtrk to Virgin Suicides is eerie, but good--(kudos to Air!!!). You don't expect that kind of music with those kinds of films. We're usually presented with a dreadful orchestral number with violins...it's so common in conjunction with those sorts of 16-17th century period films that I just sort of tune it out right away. The music here is such a surprise that it immediately draws you in. And it's a good song, too!
Anyway, the music, along with the 80's punk rock website, make me want to see this movie. I have two expectations now that it must, absolutely MUST live up to:
1) If this is a musical..is it? It must a good story, decent acting completely devoid of the awful, awful cheesiness, characteristic in pop culture musicals the likes of Moulin Rouge (that movie makes me vomit, in truth--and MR adds insult to injury because not only does the movie-from the trailers-promise to be excellent, but then it turns out not only to be horribly edited but heinously acted and filmed as well)
2) Must not tease in the preview with cool music and then revert back to terrible, boring period music in film. Film MUST have good music. Doesn't have to be modern, just please not flowery and pretentious.
Jason Schwartzman? Wow.
OK.
I have a sudden, overwhemling urge for a lemon cookie. Must go to find one.
Im dying to see this movie. Although I don't think that Kirsten can pull it out as Marie Antoinette; I mean, I like her but I don't think she's the best to play her.
And of course it's not a musical!
Take care!
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