Am I the only one bothered by this?
I'll start out by saying I don't think this is a good movie. That's not because I think it's not historically correct but because it's a sad, dull movie. I don't like that the dialogue is often mumbled, I don't like how slowly paced it is, I don't like the overly subtle performances, and I don't like that the 80s soundtrack breaths no extra life into the movie making it simply out of place. But one thing that I think is the most "wrong" was the portrayal of Marie Antoinette and Louis VI's relationship. The movie does nothing to create any kind of emotional connection to them or even to Louis as a character on his own.
There's plenty of historical evidence that, while it distant at first, the two of them grew to have a deep love for each other. Louis stepped outside of rigid French ceremony for the sake of Marie and their family more than once. During the difficult birth of their first child, he torn off the tapes that sealed the windows to keep MA from fainting. The delivery room was full of courtiers, as was custom, but the pair of them stopped that for the births of their other children. Another big deal was that Marie wanted a say in educating their children, and Louis supported her, breaking with an important tradition. Plus he gave her Petit Trianon which became her refuge away from the court, a place that was very important to her. There's evidence that she loved Louis, too. My guess is that she evidently saw his allowances for her to have many freedoms as a sign of love and then returned it. Here's a quote from a French historian who witnessed MA's reaction after Louis went to Paris after storming of the Bastille:
"This princess, as virtuous as she was amiable, whom monsters later on accused of having never loved her husband, was absolutely in despair. As soon as she heard the King's carriage entering the Cour Royale she ran towards him holding the Dauphin in her arms, then breathless and almost fainting she fell into those of the King who was no less moved than she was. Holding out one hand to his children who covered it with kisses, with the other wiping the tears from the eyes of Marie-Antoinette and Madame Elisabeth, Louis XVI smiled again...he kept on repeating: 'Happily no blood was shed, and I swear that not a drop of French blood will ever be shed on my orders.'"
Plus, She absolutely refused to leave him when things went badly for them and refused to eat or do any exercise after he died. So yeah, the complete void that should have been filled by an actual relationship in the movie does really bother me.
Sell yourself just cash in -Jewel