Disappointed in the ending. No really.

Pretty rough rating. I saw this in my film class, but me and my friend kept riffing it so much that we pissed off the girl sitting next to us. Could've done with more references to Libra pads and MySpace.

parasitic nobility

"Coppola doesn't ask us to take Marie Antoinette as she thinks she was but as she probably was: a little girl who didn't know better." - Ed Gonzalez

Sofia Coppola's approach is brave and admirable. Being rather indifferent towards historical facts, she directs an original period piece which lets mood and athmosphere overshadow the historical narrative. It becomes a personal story of a person who, like Charlotte and Bob in LiT, is completely lost in a strange and alien environment. While I love the idea behind it, it doesn't work that well. It's disinterest in story makes it incoherent and some of the dreamy scenes feel a bit too tacky.

This movie was sooo boring - I fell asleep for the mass majority of it.

I only liked the way it looked, and the music, but the story line and the dialogue were both pretty rubbish.

Sometimes it seems like the long scenic shots take away from more informative dialog, but in the end, I think many people misunderstand the stylistic choices. It's a take-it-for-what-it-is style of story-telling. Instead of the characters telling us what's happening, we just see it unfold. Interesting and beautiful. Momentum slows down in second half and then quickly wraps it up.