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Summary: What was Amazon thinking when they reviewed this?!
Review: I admit, not everyone appreciates a song and dance. But Moulin Rouge was an amazing movie none the less. I did find the ending kinda similar to Titanic, and while I did enjoy poking a little fun at their misfortune, at no point was I not in tears at how heart wrenching it was! This movie states a very valuable lesson within the first five minutes! "The greatest thing is to love and be loved in return." Call me a romantic (cause I am) but it's very poignant. My only criticism, and this was not important enough to detract from the rating I gave it; was that the songs were indeed, not original. But, pop culture or not, this movie is very thought provoking and will teach the open of mind a few important things to know. ...
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Summary: Reviews by FreaK
Review: Well, what can I say, it isn't very good. The music was great, and I liked the costume design, but the story *cringes* is different...it didn't make much sense at all. I would expect better with Nicole Kidman, but it isn't good, that is all I have to say I guess. It was up for best picture, but isn't nearly as good as A Beautiful Mind or Lord of the Rings.
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Summary: Enthralled
Review: Baz Luhrmann has enthrallemed me again in this offbeat, fast paced musical. The tone of the movie was both exciting and devestating at the same time. Nicole Kidman and Ewan Mcgregor astounded me with their vocal performance through the whole movie and their harmony was amazing on " come what may." There is no other director who has quite captured my attention in quite the same way. In short I was both impressed and left longing for the next film this man might make.
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Summary: A Great Movie!
Review: Moulin Rouge is one of the best movies of 2001!! I love it!!!
Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor light up the screen with pure movie magic!!! They both really sang their songs and have great voices!! Moulin Rouge is an unexpected surprise!! I really didn't know what to expect when I watched it... but I soon fell in love!!! It is a great movie to add to your collection!
Moulin Rouge is about Satine and Christian and the love they share. Their love is put through many struggles, as Satine is a courtesan and Christian is a poor writer...
If you believe in Truth, Freedom, Beauty, and above all things Love.... then this is your movie!!
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Summary: Horrid!
Review: I really looked forward to seeing this -- and boy was I disappointed. A visual treat -- and the idea of quoting pop songs is cute. But it doesn't work. It's too sappy, trite, arch -- whatever. I couldn't sit still, it made me fidgety. Fact is, I got BORED! Next day, we saw Cabaret, with Joel Grey and Liza. Night and day! WOW!
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Summary: Delightful movie, excellent DVD presentation
Review: I first saw this movie knowing nothing about it except that Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman were in it. I was completely blown away and am sad that I only got to see it three times in a movie theatre. I have since seen it countless times on my DVD player. :DThere are so many things I love about this movie that it's difficult to put into a string of coherent sentences. The colors, oh, the colors! Luhrmann uses color effectively to try and emphasize the atmosphere. He fades them out when things are bleak and brings them in to an almost life-like vibrancy when emotions swell. It's as if he taps into your imagination and makes the world a brighter (or darker) place like you were right there with the characters. Then there was the music. In using established works, Luhrmann drew some criticism from those who love traditional opera/musicals, but I thought it worked. It's the words he's after. By using popular songs, I didn't have to spend too much time trying to figure out the lyrics. Instead, I focused on how the words fit the scene. The effect was even better when the actors sang and I was delighted to find that they had singing talent. I was surprised that Kidman had such a strong, almost old-fashioned type of voice. McGregor melts hearts with his crooning voice; you feel it when he's in pain and feel warm when he sings of love. For lovers of the movie, the DVDs will delight. The bonus disc is filled with all sorts of goodies including many easter eggs, production and design notes, behind the scenes looks at the dancing and music, and a plethora of other things. An over the top movie? Maybe. Silly? Definitely. But isn't that how it goes when you're in love?
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Summary: Beautifully Made
Review: While watching this movie, I realized how much time and effort it must have took to organize all the extravagant sets and dances. The actors were magnificent in their roles(I believe Ewan McGregor was especially good in his role) and brought me kicking and screaming and to the plot. My only complaint is the fact that I hated to plot, but maybe that's just because I don't like love-triangles and what not. However, just because this magnificent production didn't please me that much, all my friends loved it and that is why I gave it 4 stars.
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Summary: this is thie most incredible film ever
Review: i do agree that there is a 50-50 chance that you will hate this movie, because you either love it or hate it. beautiful colour, a huge theatrical display, fast editing, and incredible (often times corny, yes) renditions of classic songs make this a must see for any lover of musicals.
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Summary: Baz, you are a genius!!!!!!!
Review: This was the best movie I ever saw! It was beautiful, enticing, uplifting, and sad. I won't bore you by saying what the movie is about because others have done it for me. Nicole Kidman was gorgeous and sang beautifully. Ewan was awesome and he too sang beautifully! They couldn't have chosen anyone better for the part of Christian (I'm a bit biased because I adore Ewan McGregor).
The costumes were spectacular, spectacular! My compliments to the designers.
John Leguizamo did an awesome job as Toulouse. It certainly gave me a laugh to see Johnny Legs with barely any legs at all! I love his accent too.
My favorite director is now Baz Luhrmann. He is truly the visionary director of the 21st century and that Academy Award should've gone to him. He tells stories not in just plain words but through dance (Strictly Ballroom), the language of Shakespeare (Romeo+Juliet), and music (Moulin Rouge).
The other actors were awesome too. Jim Broadbent as Zidler was miraculous, Richard Roxburgh did a fine job playing the ruthless Duke, Jacek Koman (the Argentinean), Garry MacDonald (the Doctor), and Matthew Whittet (Satie), along with John Leguizamo were amusing and dazzling as the Bohemians!
I close with the promise to uphold the Bohemian ideals of Truth, Beauty, Freedom, but above all things, LOVE!!!!
"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return..."
-Ewan McGregor as Christian in "Moulin Rouge"
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Summary: Good & Bad!
Review: hmmmm, what to say about this movie. Well first of all, as you can see, instead of giving it five stars like everyone else did, I only gave it three stars. I don't have the dvd, so I don't know much about the dvd; this is purely a review for the film itself. I just saw the film recently. When the film opened I instantly thought this to be a good movie; which it is. We open with the character of John Leguizamo singing a very beautiful tune, and after we see him hanging from some sort of balcony we are taken along with the camera as it moves across Paris and into the streets below, passing several interesting individuals along the way. This whole opening was in black & white by the way, and deffinitely stole my breath away. My only flaw with this part, is that they didn't extend it and use it to it's full advantage. We then follow the camera into an apartment room where Ewen McGreggor is standing and we quickly switch to full color. There Ewen McGreggor's character is narrating our story while he is typing it at his typewriter. This part was okay, but I didn't care for it too much. After he meets the Bohemians and becomes partners with them, in the same apartment building, we see glimpses of the man who owns the Moulin Rouge and his "Diamond Dogs" (Ladies), and after that we are suddenly right smack into a song and dance number outside and beyond the doors to the Moulin Rouge. This is where I had the biggest problem. I think it would've been interesting to introduce the Moulin Rouge and it's inhabitants via a Wizard of Oz effect, instead of introducing it all too sudden. I believe they even showed the image splash of the owner and "Diamond Dogs" before the introduction of the Bohemians. Well anyway, we quickly see Ewen McGreggor and his Bohemian friends in tuxes and with the other gent-folk outside the Moulin Rouge doors, as the others are engaging in a strange song and dance act. Now, the music in Moulin Rouge is anything but original; except for maybe a couple of songs, but I'm not sure. In this "introducing Moulin Rouge" song they splosh together parts of Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' and another song that I'm not certain of the name; its an R&B song that is played quite frequently, even today. I didn't mind this sploshing together of modern day hits. The only problem I had was the way in which they tied them together and the pieces that they selected. I liked there selection of 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' for the tuxedoed men as they sing "Here we are now, entertain us" as they march down the street towards the Moulin Rouge. I liked this, and wish they would've played on it a little more, but they didn't. I didn't like the selection for the women; I can't remember what the name of the song is, but believe me, when you hear it you'll hate that they used it too, its a song that is quite over used today. Besides the selections of modern day music through out the movie, I also don't think that who ever put the pieces together, did a very good job of doing it; at one point you felt like dancing, but at another point the sploshing was so awful that you dreaded the sound. Some other awful musical selections through out the movie are Madonna's "Like a Virgin", sung by the Duke and the owner of the Moulin Rouge, and another Madonna song, "Material Girl", that rudely interrupts Nicole Kidman's opening song "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend". There were some songs that I did enjoy, one being the Argentinian's version of Sting's "Roxanne", as well as the recurring lyrics of "The hills are alive with the sound of music", and also Ewen McGreggor's love song that incorporates many other popular love songs of today. Also during the introduction of the Moulin Rouge, the girls were rather ugly! Some of them were over weight, and some of them looked so made-over that they resembled 90's super models, rather than early 19th century 'brothel-broads'. Another thing that I didn't like was the clothing. Now, I know this movie isn't supposed to be authentic in period styles, but the clothes that the characters wore almost looked like paper. I mean, the clothes litterally looked like something that could be bought at a Mardi Gras shop. One more thing I'll argue about is the love theme of this movie. I saw no love between our two main characters; ones played by Ewen McGreggor and Nicole Kidman. Instead of this looking like a love story between a poor poet and a celebrated female performer, it looked more like a movie about Nicole Kidman and Ewen McGreggor. I felt like the director was actually saying "Hey everyone, here's Nicole Kidman and Ewen McGreggor!". And I felt like they were actually making love to the theatre audience than to each other. Other than these, this movie is actually pretty good. Three Stars!
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