thcrozier, you cannot select Direct Law just like that on the A330. Alternate Laws 1 & 2, and Direct Law are reversion modes... which means that they come in only after a higher law cannot be maintained (usually because of flight control computer(s) failures).
Theoretically in Normal Law, the FBW A330 cannot stall, but as we all know now, did so on AF447. Whether the aircraft reverted to Alternate Law or not I do not know, but even if it did (to help recover from the stall), pushing the side stick forward could very well have caused the pitch trim to go backwards because of the false low speed sensed (outside of the flight envelope), thus causing aggravation to the stall situation.