http://piddleville.com/2007/02/10/all-about-norma-marie-antoinette-1938/ Musings about movies Thu, 03 May 2012 00:20:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://piddleville.com/2007/02/10/all-about-norma-marie-antoinette-1938/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Campaspe Thu, 15 Mar 2007 02:28:31 +0000 http://piddleville.com/2007/02/10/all-about-norma-marie-antoinette-1938/#comment-57 I wrote up this film a while back and I was kinder to it, although I certainly see your points here, all of them. It was the Louis-es (Louises?) who also grabbed me the most. Morley's final scene, fixing his son's toy soldier, was close to heartbreaking. The main reason it didn't bore me was the magnificent look of the thing, but as you point out, looks are not enough to carry a movie any more than they can carry an actor. I wrote up this film a while back and I was kinder to it, although I certainly see your points here, all of them. It was the Louis-es (Louises?) who also grabbed me the most. Morley’s final scene, fixing his son’s toy soldier, was close to heartbreaking. The main reason it didn’t bore me was the magnificent look of the thing, but as you point out, looks are not enough to carry a movie any more than they can carry an actor.

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