Much ado about nothing.. The soft porn of french history

Rating: 4/10 (29 October 2006)

I happened to be in Paris, and I was in Versilles on the same day I saw the movie. It was full of French poured into my mind. Also a friend I was in the cinema together was a french intellectual who very much in love with his own cultural majestic standards. So I went to see the movie with full of enthusiasm.
I never seen any of Sofia's film before, I haven't seen the 'Lost in translation' as I was little skeptical about her portrayal of Japanese culture from European oriented view. no objection, also I assume that she is very much into the crash between two culture, so the theme is a continuum from her previous movies.
It has the same elements, Marie is came from Austria to France, her provocative characters are crashed into the very cold and cynical French tradition, the isolated being as shown in the 'Lost in translation'. She was hatred and chewed by public in a very wrongful matter. So here comes justice from Sofia, she set Marie as an eccentric, artistic frontier who as an obviously misunderstood individual.
The movie follow the style of Baz Luhmna's Romio and Juliette, modern adaptation of old history, there were modern soundtrack rather than classics, also the dialogs are quite modern,humorous, cheeky and fierce.
It is soft porn, nothing really a new in the movie, colors are vibrant, music is funky, camera rolls fast but what's new in the movie is what's lack in the movie. More like a teenage movie version of French history.
Remember, how 'Queen Margot' was a magnificent movie with full of emotional and inter-wined turmoil of the history and individual? The film might be 'enjoyable' as pop song, but you won't be listening again in years later. Its not a must see movie, but if you are light-hearted, and sick of watching serious history channel, then go for it. Also a bonus, they not speak French, they speak English. If That's what you after, go for the French porn with a touch of American soda pop.