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Summary: One of the best movies I've ever seen
Review: I have usually shyed away from musicals thinking them boring, but this movie changed everything. I absolutley loved it. Ewan MacGregor and Nicole Kidman are incredible together as actors and singers. The sets, costumes, make-up, music, acting, dancing, everything was incredible.
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Summary: Visually Stunning
Review: Yes, the story is cheesy and Ewan and Nicole aren't the best singers in the world, but if that's what you're looking for in this film, you're missing the point. I don't think the film makes any pretensions about what it is, you need to just sit back and be absorbed into this is a tragic and amusing story. Visually, the film is stunning and you can't help feeling part of it. The attention to detail is fabulous, and the 'behind the scenes' stuff on the DVD enhances the enjoyment.While the film works best on the big screen, it does transfer pretty well in widescreen format. You're going to get the most out of the film with a decent sound system.
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Summary: For those who love "Love"
Review: This movie is not for everyone, but if you truly are a romantic at heart, no greater love story has ever been told. I thought the music was tremendous, I loved Ewan McGregor's voice, as well as Nicoles. Some of the camera movement was too much, but the scenery, story line, movement of the movie and the music were great. I watched this movie 3 times in 2 days because of the music and the touching love story. I'm not a critic, but it was much more fulfilling to me as a movie goer than the crash and burn movies like Swordfish. Nor was there any full nudity, or even risque nudity, no cursing, no drugs, warlords, or fighting. Just the age old story of love, being love, and being touched by love. Bohemia is "out there" and this movie is not mainstream movie making. It's not for everyone, but it is for anyone who loves a love story. I think this truly is one of the most entertaining and touching movies I've ever enjoyed.
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Summary: One of the best movies I have seen...
Review: This movie was simply great. A tragic love story. A movie set in 1900 with music from 2000. I thought that is was ingenious much like Baz Luhrmann's "Romeo and Juliet." Bottom line... If you liked Romeo and Juliet see this movie. It has the same creative flair.
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Summary: For Those who've ever fallen in love. And enjoyed it.
Review: The movie: Amazing pace, mixing our emotions faster than you can handle it, with a beautiful photography, very good acting, positive direction and excellent use of music. It's a fin-de-siècle love story pushed forward 100 years on the atmosphere, not the scenery. It reminded me my youth at Rio and Buzios, when I went out to night clubs with my "bohemian" friends to experience new emotions, conquers and many of the good things life and love have to teach us. The DVD: THX video, DTS sound. Nothing else to say about the transfer. The extras are very interesting. I only missed the Toulouse interviews available on the site. BUT they put the nice "Come What May" dance version there. Many interviews, a making-of, dance specials, full featured extras for those who enjoyed the movie. If you used to go to night clubs when young, enjoyed life, has fallen in love many times, like to dance, well, why haven't you bought this DVD made some space on your living room and taken your partner for a dance? Enjoy. Have fun. Love.
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Summary: the best movie ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: this movie was awesome!!! i could watch it like, a billion times and never ever get sick of it! each scene was so cool, they were all a kaleidoscope of color and sound. the cinematography was breathtaking, and so were the performances of Ewan mcgregor and nicole kidman. everything was so fast paced, and when it was over my sister and i kept watching the "elephant love medley", scene over and over just so we could fully appreciate it. "I really hope this movie wins best movie at the oscars this year, because this is really one of the best movies i've ever seen. go buy it now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! please!
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Summary: Most Original Movie I've seen in Years
Review: All I can say is Wow! While I have to admit, Moulin Rouge is NOT a movie everyone would enjoy, I was totally blown away. The costumes, the camerawork, the sets, the musical numbers. I think this is the most original movie to hit the theaters in 25 years. Ewan McGregor is stunning as the writer, Nicole Kidman has never been better, all the supporting cast is top-notch. I could go on and on, but if you love a good romance and great music, do NOT miss this one!
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Summary: this movie is dope!
Review: I love this movie SO much! I saw this movie with a friend, really late at night at the movie threatre the first week it came out, and I loved. I guess I liked it because I love musical theatre, and I think that nicole kidman is a wonderful actress. she plays a marvelous role in this film. the story is great, the affects are great, the theatricals are great, EVERYTHING's great. I adored the movie, and I suggest that all of you go out and get it!
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Summary: A Spectacular Spectacular Surprise
Review: It takes a genius to take an ancient story, combine it with modern music, and produce something new, fresh, and absolutely incredible like this. Surrealistic scenery is melded with very real emotion very much like "Lady Marmalade" is spiced with "Smells Like Teen Spirit." It sounds strange to talk about it, but it works in wonderous ways. Pay special attention to the "Roxanne" tango, too. . . it's mind-blowing. I'm always reluctant to see anything that is heavily lauded to me because it never lives up to my expectations. Moulin Rouge surpassed them. Love it or hate it, you should see it if only to appreciate what Luhrman has done to the art of filmmaking. Even if you don't appreciate his innovation, even if you don't like the incredible melding of McGregor and Kidman's voices, even if you don't like the blatently silly sense of humor that permeates even the darkest moments. . . you at least have to love the costumes.
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Summary: A dissenting view
Review: This movie is an overdose on eye candy and pop hedonism. The plot is vapid to non-existent, and if what you are looking for is a two hour excursion into hell, this is it. The performances are truly outstanding, the set design and cinematography is stunning, and Jim Broadbent turns in his usual staggering great performance. But hearing Ewan McGregor butcher Elton John and Rogers and Hammerstein, and dwarves running around with lisps over and over again is more than the average person can take. Taken separately, many of the elements of this film are an achievement - colorful to be sure -and very, very red. But it failed to hook, primarily because it failed to make me care or hold my attention. If this is the best Hollywood can do with the musical as an art form, then I hope it stays dead a little while longer. I'll take Cabaret or the Sound of Music over this any day. If you want to see Nicole Kidman in a great performance, see the Others. I bought this after seeing the Golden Globe nominations. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. If there were a sequel to Dante's Inferno, the director of Moulin Rouge would be chained to a rock for all eternity and made to listen Ewan McGregor sing "Your Song" non-stop for all eternity ...with Kidman just out of reach.
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