Cinematographically Gluttonous part 2

In keeping with the subject of my previous post, I also thought it might be fun to point out some films that really quite bad, but look oh so pretty. Their storylines are terrible and their acting is usually pretty terrible (though not necessarily), but their art direction, production design, costuming, make-up, and cinematography are pretty darn great. Or in some cases, at least brief bursts of greatness can be found and you can feel glad that the tons of money poored into these movies was well-spent for at least that portion of the film.

Et maintenant:

Marie Antoinette

Lots of people hated this film, and to be sure it is not great. But Sophia Coppola sure has a great eye. It is definitely worth a quite watch for it's neon candied, girly fun, soft pastoral tones, and pop art take on late 1700s french fashion. The slightly punked, revisionist attitude that flows throughout the film is something fun to experience as well, and the film does feature some very well-executed, subtle scenes.



I also personally love love love the scene of M-A and her daughter in their country retreat (sorry that is in German). Skip ahead to 4:43 for the most beautiful part:



Twilight

This film, this whole phenomenon gives me considerable mental, emotional, artisitc, metaphoical, symbolic, and spiritual agony. However, some of the imagery in this film are quite stupendously enjoyable. I personally loved the baseball scene, especially when the evil vampires crash on the Cullen's family show-off time with their wind-blown hair and clothing. Also, love love love the slow-motion as Alice (?) hits the ball and Bella's hair gets plastered to her face. This video has rather blah quality unfortunately.



Van Helsing

This film is ridiculously bad. But Dracula and his vampire brides are pretty terrific and they look GREAT! (The greenish vampire spawn that explode into goo, not so much.) I wish I could find you a non-fanvid of the masquerade scene but I can't. Here is the trailer, bask in its terribleness.



Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

Ok, not that this film is anywhere near as bad as Twilight or Van Helsing, but it is pretty weak. I found myself severely dissappointed by this film, so much so that I cannot really make strong enough excuses for it. However, I was crying during Padme's funeral although this might be because she looks so bloody beautiful.