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Summary: Best movie of 2001!!!
Review: When I first saw this movie in the theatre I was blown away. Watching it is like going on a fantastic ride at Disneyland. The look and feel of the picture is like nothing you have ever seen. It's so ahead of its time. I don't know if it can even be truly appreciated for the masterpiece it is right now. I promise, in half a century it will be comparable to The Wizard of Oz.
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Summary: Can't Get Past The Music
Review: If you love music--and if you expect to be humming a new tune or two after seeing a musical--save yourself two hours and skip this film. I was so repulsed by the haphazard collage of contemporary music. If you closed your eyes, you'd swear you were listening to a B-grade (and very smarmy) lounge act. There is NOTHING original about the music, and aside from some extravagant visuals, NOTHING special about this movie. For a truly Oscar-worthy movie, try seeing 'Amelie'. And if you're looking for a ground-breaking, contemporary musical, check out 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch'.
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Summary: truely spectacular spectacular
Review: i really dont understand anyone who doesnt love this movie, i fell in love with it at the movies and enjoy it just as much at home! the songs r brilliant and i find myself singing them constantly, the costumes r gorgeous and im on the hunt for a red dress similar the satines. there isnt single actress or actor who doesnt fit their role perfectly, nicole and ewan make the perfect on screen couple
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Summary: An Okay Movie
Review: I did enjoy watching this movie, but it isn't one that I would recommend buying. If you've seen it once, you don't need to see it again.Nicole Kidman does a good job---I'm going to go out on a limb here, but I don't think she will win the Oscar over this one. Her singing voice is pleasant as is Ewan McGregor's (but I wouldn't recommend that they switch careers). About the direction: quite frankly, some of it made me a bit dizzy. I understand that the director wanted to make the scene seem more "fast-paced," etc., but when the audience feels a bit queezy, that is not such a good thing. Bottom line: rent it, but I wouldn't recommend buying it.
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Summary: the best movie ever!
Review: I've been waiting impatiently to see this since it came out and I'd have to say for all my expectations I was not disappointed at all. The cast is great, the music is great, and the story is amazing. It's definitely my favorite
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Summary: Ugh!
Review: Well, I guess I didn't "get it," since that's how everyone who loves this stinking movie explains away those of us who don't. Couldn't have anything to do with the ridiculous performances (who else wanted to see John Leguizamo take a long walk off a short pier, and who else but me felt embarrassed for poor Jim Broadbent, terrific in so many other things), Baz Luhrmann's irritating directorial style (his target audience would appear to be 14-year old girls with ADS), or the banal music ("Hedwig and the Angry Inch," a REAL muscical, made fun of "I Will Always Love You." "Moulin Rouge" pays homage to it). This film is vapid eye candy stretched out over an exhausting 2 hours. Congrats, Baz---you've succeeded in inventing a new genre---the feature-length MTV video. And for those of you who think we've all missed the point----Baz ain't exactly Ingmar Bergman.
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Summary: Sampling comes to the movies
Review: I hate sampling, which is the practice of taking a small cut of another hit, putting it in "your" song, and getting more mileage out of it. It seems to be popular, and even the original artist gets paid off in royalties. So in this world of sampling in recordings, and "live" performances that are lip-synched, we have now entered the era of the sampled movie. I seem to be in the minority with this one, but I was turned off by most of the movie, and the biggest issue is the sampling. I keep reading that this is a triumph for the Oscars in that the musical is now being recognized again. In my eyes, if you are going to make a musical, try writing some original songs that people like. Don't take other songs, and in many cases, just parts of popular songs to pander to the MTV-generation. Another problem is Nicole Kidman. Here she is, once again as a cold-as-ice man manipulator. I think she's a terrific actress, and the role certainly called for it, but I'm just getting sick of her cast this way. Is she capable of playing someone tender? I buy Ewan McGregor acting like a puppy dog around her, but I don't believe for a moment that she has a thing for him. Speaking of guys acting like puppy dogs, at least he has somewhat pure, if naive motives. The rest of the film treats sex in that leering, sniggering, teasing way that Hollywood loves to stretch the boundaries of. I know the movie is supposed to be creating the fantasy of what the place was marketing, but I don't need it thrown in my face. The final straw was the master of ceremonies sampling, er singing "Like a Virgin" to the Duke surrounded by mincing butlers. I threw in an extra star because the movie does have great sets, costumes, and a lot of work was done on the choreography. I liked the director's previous stuff ("Strictly Ballroom" and "Romeo and Juliet"). I'm sure the extremes they take this style to are intentional, and I admire the risk-taking, but once again, try writing some new songs if you want to call your movie a musical.
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Summary: What Happened To The Original????
Review: I absolutely LOVED this movie in the theater but this VHS edition is not nearly as good. The big screen version had me thinking that this would be my new favorite musical to watch again and again. The special effects-- the cutting in and out, flashing lights and images, etc... made it impossible to follow the story and feel the emotions of the characters. I was quite shocked when other renters of the video said that they didn't get into it. Now I know why. I am very disappointed with this version.
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Summary: The bravest film I've ever seen - beautiful!!!!!
Review: Best Picture - 2001 - Moulin Rouge I've seen a lot of reviews of Moulin Rouge over the last 9 months. It's definitely a love or hate film. I'm not a musical lover or much of a romantic as far as films go (I don't cry in movies often). All I know is I was a mess at the end of this film and I thought the story was true, honest and beautiful. Ewan and Nicole BOTH should get Oscars for their performances (Ewan got robbed for not at least getting nominated - the boy can SING and act - the last scene alone is amazing). The story - as simple as it was - was true and honest, which is a lot more than can be said for a lot of films these days. It was beautiful on levels I didn't know film was capable of. People who say they didn't empathize with Satine and Christian didn't "get it". Yes - the plot is predictable - Baz SPELLS OUT what will happen in the first 5 minutes. The beauty of it is that you still care about it by the end. It doesn't matter that you know what will happen. It's the journey that is entertaining and meaningful. The emotional roller coaster - starting so low - shooting high so quickly and slowly falling back to the deepest low is the point of the film in my opinion. On first viewing, I was skeptical for about the first 20 minutes, but I gave in and loved it. As an artist, I feel this film is an accomplishment of amazing proportion. The art direction, cinematography, editing, etc is just astounding. My first thought upon leaving the theater was "It's the bravest film I've ever seen" and I'll stand by that today having seen it about 8 times. For someone to have that vision and realize it so fully must have taken a lot of determination. It seems Baz definitely got his vision on film and hats off to him for it. It's the most beautiful film I've ever seen and redefines the medium of "filmmaking". See it. And give it a chance. Go in with an open mind and heart. It's worth it.
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Summary: Incredible!
Review: I loved this movie! The songs were great - it was a big mish-mosh - an organized mish-mosh, but definitely ingenious. How can you not enjoy them? And how can you not laugh at two men singing "Like a Virgin?" All of the scenes were lush and vivid and saturated with color. Nicole Kidman was outstanding, and Ewan McGregor was awesome as the starry-eyed writer. It was a great movie, a sad movie, but you don't want to miss it!
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