Marie Antoinette was the one movie that I have wanted to see all year long, and when I did, it did not disappoint. The film was absolutely gorgeous in every way. The cast was young, the music was fresh and the story was desirable. To live the life that Marie Antoinette lived would have been a joy and pleasure to any human being. The days were filled with romps around Versailles and shopping with friends, and the nights were filled with lovemaking, card games and dances. Who wouldn’t want this life of luxury?

The story is set in France during the 1800’s, and revolves around Marie Antoinette, the young queen who famously had her head chopped off by the people of France. The movie shows her as a young girl of 15 being taken from her home of Austria on a journey to France where she will be wed to Prince Louis XVI, the heir to the throne. Their complicated marital life is the talk of the entire Royal court. It took them several years to consummate their marriage, which produced 3 children, one that later died as an infant.

Her life might have been short, but it was full of intrigue. The Austrian-born Queen rebels against the Royal court, has an affair with a military man and becomes a very misunderstood Queen all while being in her late teens and early 20’s.

I don’t know where to begin on the beauty of this film. The scenery was so gorgeous, I actually cried. The film was shot at Versailles which really put the movie into perspective and with Sofia Coppola’s strange and wonderful directing it turned out to be the hit of the year, in minor circles around the world. I say minor circles because this film may get lots of publicity, but I can guarantee there won’t be a lot of men going to see this movie, nor do historical films ever make a huge splash at the box office. I give two thumbs up to Sofia Coppola for creating this movie and for all the time, effort and detail that went into it even though it might not rake in the kind of dough that say Spider Man 3 will next summer. It takes a certain kind of person to like Sofia Coppola films and this film is no exception.

There were special details in the movie that were greatly elaborated. The clothes and food had to be made from scratch. The food was a work of art. It was unbelievable how artistic the food was. There were towers of deserts, trays of meats, creams, fruits, a whole asparagus display right on the table, just for decoration. It was chef meets artist. You wanted to reach into the screen and pull something out just to try it. And as for the clothing in the movie, the costumes were stunning. There were scenes when Marie Antoinette and her friends would go through the fabric, shoes, hats, and jewelry that were brought to them from Paris. That alone, the unfinished products, were amazing. The gowns she wore on a day to day basis were incredible. There are no words good enough to describe the amount of detail and work that went into this movie and how much praise the designers should get for this.

Of course any period piece that is backed with some kind of money to make it will have good stuff in it, but this was over the top, in a good way. I wish that I had half of what Marie Antoinette had - of course without the terrible end she had and the responsibility of being Royalty. Just the stuff would be fun.

Well, as you can tell I really enjoyed this film and if you are into historical films with a twist of today, than this is for you. Oh! I forgot to mention the music in the film. Even though this movie is supposed to be set in the 1800’s where the music is supposed to be classical music, it is instead modern day music by groups such as New Order, The Strokes, Aphex Twin and more. It is a mellow sort of guitary type of music. But, even though it sounds weird to have modern music in a period piece, the music actually is really great with it, especially since the cast is so young. I really enjoyed the music immensely.

So, once more, I give this movie two thumbs up and in my opinion everyone should see it.