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Summary: Could have been low key and beautiful... It's sad, really.
Review: I expected a haunting drama glowing with crimson lips and lit by dim light bulb filaments, set in Paris on a damp night circa 1890.
Instead, I was blasted by a melodramatic comedy that made no sense and was just all in all stupid. Buskers on speed bounce around in a cartoonish manner making jokes. A fat guy dressed like a ring leader rolls around singing Madonna's "Like a Virgin". In one dance scene a dwarf woman does the Charleston to an awful remix of "Lady Marmalade".
This movie lacked so much and yet there was enough good material in there to make a decent picture. The backbone romance worked well and some of the dance numbers could be slowed and set to period music. Maybe I'll buy it on DVD and edit together my own version. To remake Moulin Rouge would be my big project if I ever become a millionaire or decide to go to film school.
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Summary: Truth, Beauty, Freedom and Love
Review: Moulin Rouge is Baz Luhrmann's vision-it is raunchy, vibrant, explosive, tragic but most of all it embraces the four main principles of bohemian life--truth, beauty, freedom and love. This movie is just bursting off of the screen with colors, sound and visual ecstacy.I love not only the visuals, but also the story in itself. As tragic as it is starcrossed, it's just a fanstastic movie, overall. Highly recommended!
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Summary: The Horror, The Horror
Review: Oh..my...[word].. They blaspheme! Elton John's 'Your Song' smudged in the dirt. Bowie's 'Heroes' ground into dust. Nirvana mixed with 'Lady Marmalade', Marilyn Monroe mixed with Madonna,,, ... Marq
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Summary: On of the Best of 2001
Review: I went into Moulin Rouge skeptical. I am not a fan of Luhrmann's "Romeo + Juliet", and musicals aren't my thing. That being said, this film was an utterly intoxicating piece of filmmaking that had few equals in 2001. Director Luhrmann decided to reconstruct the classic Hollywood Musical in his own unique way, and succeeded briliiantly. The script is funny and heartfelt, and the characters unique. The two leads, Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, give two of the best performances of their careers, especially Kidman, who shines as star/courtesan Satine. McGregor also stretches his acting muscles, more so than in any film since "Trainspotting". Their performances achor the film, but the supporting cast is briliant as well. John Leguizamo goes aganist type and is exceedingly funny as Toulouse. Jim Broadbent epitimizes the master showman as nightclub owner Harry Zidler. And Richard Roxburgh, who I'd only seen in the awful "MI:2", oozes evil as the Duke, who wants to have Satine all too himself. The camera is constantly on the move in this film, but that is actually in it's favor. The opening half hour is so amazing that you have to watch the DVD to see how they pulled it off to really appreciate it. It's truly inspired. As for the music, the highlights include a hilarious version of "Like a Version", a pull-out-the-stops rendition of "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend", and a great love medly. All of these are filmed tounge in cheek, a challange to future filmmakers to top the extravagance without losing the substance. All in all, this film is a must own for a DVD enthusiast, as the Two-Disc set shows how the film got made, and includes great featurettes and a good commentary from Director Luhrmann and his cinematographer. Get this one on disc, it's worth it.
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Summary: Beautiful, creative, odd...
Review: I can understand why some reviewers hated this movie. It's loud, colorful, and trippy, with fast-paced and frenetic editing. It's different than most of the items on, say, Blockbuster's "Top 10 Video Rental" list. I don't recommend this movie to my "normal" friends, but I found it visually stunning, emotionally charged, and quite addictive. I've watched it three times in the past week. Yes, the songs are obviously modern, too modern to really have existed in an actual ninteenth century theater. But. The director used songs that we, as a post-twentieth century audience, would connect with. What song to better help us understand the agony of loving a prostitute than "Roxanne", even if it's been transformed into a sort of nightmarish tango? How more clear can Satine express her moral views than with a "Diamonds/Material Girl" medley? Nicole Kidman was an absolute goddess in this movie. I thought she and Ewan MacGregor took an extremely big risk by taking on an unconventional project like this. They had to be over-the-top-in-your-face-balls-to-the-wall theatrical to create the carnival-like madness of Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge. I feel that their efforts paid off nicely. If you're not a brave movie-goer, I would skip this one and get "The Scorpion King" or something. Yes, that was a jab.
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Summary: Wonderful movie
Review: I love this movie! The music is amazing, it really moves you. I recommend this movie to everyone.
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Summary: Dazzling, vivid musicial.
Review: "Moulin Rouge" is a personal favorite of last year. It takes place in the early 1900s in Paris, France. Satine (Nicole Kidman) is a beautiful actress who dreams of making it big and is getting her career started at the Moulin Rouge theatre. Christian (Ewan McGregor) is a poor, struggling writer who, when he first meets Satine, falls instantly in love with her. To become famous, Satine's boss will not allow her to fall in love...she must marry the Duke (Richard Roxburgh). But soon after Christian confesses his feelings for Satine, she falls in love with him, too. Now, Satine must hide her love affair from the Duke and her boss before they both find out. Baz Luthrrman has created a masterpiece. "Moulin Rouge" is funny, romantic, upbeat, and tragic. The music fits in well with the film, and the acting is just plain outstanding, especially the performances by Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor...they have amazing on-screen chemistry, as well. The DVD is amazing with tons of extras. There is a behind-the-scenes look at "Moulin Rouge", interviews, music videos, a documentary on the music, and so much more. The DVD comes in a wide screen package. Besides being brilliant, "Moulin Rouge" is also one of the most unique films I've seen in a long time. It definitely deserved all the praise it received. I highly recommend "Moulin Rouge". Score:
100/100
A+
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Summary: Wow
Review: Superficial, undeveloped characters sing absurdly arranged medlys of Air Supply, Elton John, Beatles, U2, Madonna, and Nirvana songs in turn of the 20th century Paris (no, I am not making this up). After "Like A Virgin" was performed, the tv was turned off. I found it weak in artistic sensibility and totally lacking in taste.
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Summary: The most daring movie in years.
Review: The rest of the reviews say it all. You will either love this film, or hate it. One thing all must admit, this film is the most daring and unique film that has come out of the studios in many, many years.
To those of you who thought the ending tragic, or if you are viewing the film for the first time, you should watch through the end credits. The story is barely told through the dialogue. It is told through emotion and music. And the music does not stop until the end. If you follow along with the rest of the Orpheun myth that is Moulin Rouge, it ends with the happiest of endings. It gives comfort to those who find their true love and then must say goodbye far too soon.
If you accept the contract and go for the ride, and if you believe in love, then you'll easily see why this film rises head and shoulders above the rest.
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Summary: How was this a blockbuster?
Review: Time is too short to waste on this. Where was the plot? Where was the development of the chararcters? It shows you with great marketing, the public will make almost anything a success. Don't waste your time on this movie!
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