Marie Antoinette Movie Review

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THE WEST AND THE WORLD
FILM REVIEW # 1: MARIE ANTOINETTE

The film that we will be taking a look at today is Marie Antoinette. We will be focusing mainly on the accuracy of this movie to the real incidents that took place. We'll analyze the movie in order to give it a rating. The movie was released in 1938. Some of the major areas or topics that we will be looking at would be on government structure, marriage, costumes and finally, characters. We will be referring a lot back to the actual time and what really happened comparing the accuracy of the film to the events in history.

To start off with, we will get to know what the movie was about for the people who are unaware. In this movie, a teenager who is Austrian lives in France is isolated. She marries Louis XVI who would like to be a locksmith. After getting married she figures out high society with the help of her brothers-in-law. She is at most in her highest level of foolishness when she meets a Swedish nobleman, Alex de Fersen. He falls in love with her as well helps her see her carelessness and her irresponsibility. The second half of the movie had a twist. She becomes a responsible for the main part, becomes a ruler, has children, etc. She is blamed for a missing necklace, and both Marie Antoinette and Louis are more worried about the necklace rather than they are for the country. It finally ends off with them dying.

Firstly, let us analyze the government structure during the French Revolution and its accuracy to the movie. During the French Revolution, the government laws were quite harsh. They would call it the capital punishment and would result in a very devastating death. They had a very cruel punishment if it came to breaking the law. The device that was used fo...

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...as them being friends. The actor has over done a good job in identifying the characters and represented them as accurate as possible in the movie.

To end off with, this movie was good as it showed the life led during the French Revolution. This movie focusing in Marie Antoinette shows what all they went through and was historically accurate. This could be said as in textbooks it has been written the same. The acting was good, through this we could compare it to how they were in actual and their characteristics. The director did a good job in not including colour and made it more historically accurate. For people who are not fond of black and white pictures, this movie probably would have quickly lost interest. To end off with, this movie should be ranked approximately 7.4 out of 10. The historical accuracy of this movie is probably what gave it such high ranking.

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