sofia coppola: we are going to clear up that marie antoinette did not say "let them eat cake"
set designer: that's cool and all, but shouldn't we take these converse shoes out of the shot
sofia: what is this, a documentary?

if you disagreed with the alt rock soundtrack because it's anachronistic you're probably a boring person to be around

“I’m saying goodbye.”

Sofia Coppola has always known what the fuck she’s doing. She knew what she was doing whenever she wrote this movie, she knew what she was doing when she decided the soundtrack. And by God, she knew exactly what she was doing whenever she directed the fuck out of this. 

And on paper, this movie sounds like it would be a royal mess. A period piece about “The Bad Queen” herself with an alt-rock soundtrack? But, by luck, you add Sofia Coppola’s name to it, and out comes one of the most brutally honest, funny, and surprisingly relatable films I’ve ever seen. It’s been exactly one year since my first viewing of this, but now I can confidently say this is Sofia Coppola’s best film, and one of the best films ever made.

marie antoinette: i have done nothing wrong, ever, in my life.
me: i know this, and i love you.

I was thrilled to learn that Marie Antoinette was a fan of The Strokes

jamie dornan has more sex appeal in this than in all of the fifty shades movies

kirsten dunst could murder everyone in my family and I still wouldn't behead her

movie studio execs: okay so what we’re looking for is a historically accurate biopic about the rise and fall of marie antoinette 

sofia coppola: ok but hear me out...... the color pink

movie studio execs: shit u rite here’s 40 million dollars

when you give teenagers complex regal expectations (including foreign policy and battle command), but no real instruction beyond superficial customs things are gonna go bad, man. people have criticized her for it time and time again but i think there's something deeply fascinating about the way coppola indulges in, and then meditates on, the frivolity of the (french monarch) trust fund kids here--between the systemic artifice of the monarch and how well (and naturally) she wears it, this is a compelling painting of antoinette's superficiality as a tragedy not of her own making... entirely, at least.

this movie is so lovely & sweet & good that it actually made me feel sad for the rich people

red-haired red-lipped Rose Byrne sipping champagne and eating exquisite desserts to the sweet melodic tune of I Want Candy ??? 

C I N E M Á

i didn’t actually finish this film. i had like 15 minutes left but i just couldn’t take it anymore. i know sofia coppola’s whole directing style is capturing subtlety and unspoken, delicate moments but if my monkey googoo caca brain doesn’t get stimulation every 5 minutes i will disintegrate on the spot and become a pile of ash. outside of that the costume design is gorgeous and i love the pastel colour palette of the film but i wish they leaned harder into extravagance and exuberant wealth — this is the rococo period, after all

I loved this post modernistic bubblegum punkesque movie a lot more than I thought I would. I loved the costumes, the aesthetic, the performances, the directing, everything. The way Coppala captures the loneliness of Marie's life as well as the lavish lifestyle of Verssliies is stunning. This movie doesn't perfectly capture the political landscape of the time but it makes sense since this is a movie about Marie Antoinette and her life at the French court which is far detached from reality. I enjoyed this movie thoroughly.

the shot of kirsten dunst sobbing in the secret room with the camera inches from her face is really what i needed today

This movie bored me in that it was completely fucking boring but also that Sophia Coppolla didn’t have the balls to make it completely anachronistic. At least that would have been…something interesting and not this boring crap.

i will judge anyone who doesn't enjoy this movie, it is simply divine

Gorgeous. Beginning to end.

This movie is freakin’ fantastic. Music, acting, production design. It has it all.

pretty colors!!! french revolution!!!

never forget this soundtrack

me: i don’t like period pieces
marie antoinette: *has a the cure song*
me: hiiiiiiiiiiiii

literally who cares about historical accuracy when you have kirsten dunst in a role that she was born to play watching the sunrise as ceremony by new order plays in the background. i wanna hang every frame of this film in my home, sofia coppola is the smartest person alive.

The strokes…. Really?