Louis XVI

Louis XVI is the 16th installment in the popular series of Louis pictures. The film follows the adventures of the titular character as he ascends the throne of France, finds love with an Austrian princess and destroys his nation's social system.
The production was the most expensive Louis film to date, with large battle scenes filmed in America, India and on the Atlantic Ocean. Critics, however, were disappointed by the weakness of the main character and unimpressed by a surprise plot turn at the end. LouisXVI disappointed at the box office, and while two more Louis films would follow, the production is seen as the beginning of the end for the franchise.
==Background==
The Louis series had been popular for nearly seven hundred years when production began. LouisIX had been hailed as a classic upon its release, and LouisXIVfeaturing a lengthy war on the Rhinethrilled audiences throughout the 17th century. But LouisX, with its hard-to-follow political plotline, had confused critics and audiences, while LouisXIII failed to impress either. Though LouisXV did decent business, it was criticized for its 59year running time and emphasis on secondary characters.
Producers decided on a "back-to-basics" approach for LouisXVI, cutting out the mistress subplots that had marred LouisXV and placing renewed emphasis on the franchise's trademark action sequences. Voltaire, who had done some last-minute script doctoring on the previous film, was brought in again; Jacques Necker, an experienced Parisian producer, was charged with keeping costs under control.
Casting proved difficult. Louis (being the biggest fucktard in the whole wide world), fearing that he would be typecast, agreed to return for a sequel if his character was killed off at the end. Necker searched Europe for a suitable actress to play Louis' love interest and eventually settled on Marie Antoinette, a relatively unknown 19-year-old from Vienna. Joseph Ducreux played himself, the ever-present time traveling pimp. Director Bryan Singer, praised for his work on XMen, was hired to bring a "new take" on the popular central character.
Filming took place for most of the 1770s; the Battle of Yorktown sequence took over a month to finish and left Singer's nerves shot. While Louis and Antoinette worked well together, Louis was increasingly jealous of the Marquis de Lafayette, an up-and-coming noble whom Louis accused of stealing camera time. The two eventually patched up their differences, and Louis later said he had enjoyed the filming so much that he wanted to reprise the role.
==Plot==
Louis is fretting over choosing a wife to be his queen. He seeks to marry Marie Antoinette, Princess of Austria. In order for this to happen, Louis hires Joseph Ducreux to paint her portrait, as is European custom. Ducreux goes to Vienna and ends up taking Marie's virginity without the King's knowledge. Being such a pimp, Ducreux is able to paint her portrait at the same time. The King loves the painting, the two are married, and Louis is crowned King of France. No sooner does he take the throne than a revolution erupts in North America. The Marquis de Lafayette, a Han Solo-type character, reluctantly agrees to join the rebellion which Louis commits the nation to fight. Midway through the film Lafayette leads an attack on the British Death Star, killing George III and bringing victory to the ragtag band of rebels.
To pay for the war, Louis had ordered his subjects to stop eating. His popularity ensures that no one eats for eight years but a few malcontents, arguing that their "families" are "dying", seize control of the government and arrest him.
Spoilers end here.
In the last scene, Louis is led to the guillotine and beballed (when they rip your balls off and feed them to hungry rebels)but not before he transfers his to Lafayette through a mindmeld.
Ha – got ya good. In the butt.
==Reception==
Writing in the Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert said:
The New York Times' A.O. Scott wrote:
Louis XVI grossed about $40 million at the box office worldwidea disappointing return on investment. The production has done better on DVD, and both Louis and Singer have vocally defended it.
In an Entertainment Weekly interview in 1994, Singer said:
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