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Summary: I'm gutted.
Review: Here are a few of my favourite things: Paris, Pigalle, bordellos, nightclubs, the Belle Epoque, Offenbach, Toulouse-Lautrec; musicals, dancing, over-emotional crooning, intricate choreography; glitter, glamour, dazzle, flowers, theatre, the colour red, dressing up, melodrama, opera; Ewan McGregor's wide-eyed grin; T-Rex and David Bowie; Jim Broadbent; the mythology of Orpheus and the Underworld; aristocrats (preferably dastardly), bohemians, love; films that move like a complex musical score rather than by conventional narrative.'Moulin Rouge!' should be my dream film, it has all the above in exuberant abundance. It is directed by Baz Luhrmann, the director who had taken over the mantle of Powell and Pressburger, Douglas Sirk, Stanley Donen and Vincente Minnelli, and restored magic, music, colour, romance and rapture to film. It is the biggest disappointment I've had in years. 'Moulin' is closer to later Fellini than any of the above - a racket full of visual clutter and noise. The choreography is hamfisted, the ambitious musical scoring clumsy, the set-pieces pitched all wrong. Like Michael Cimino in 'Heaven's Gate', Luhrman forgot that his previous films anchored spectacle in character - floating loose here, it merely pummels your sensibilities. It's not even necessary to have interesting characters - in 'The Red Shoes' and 'Tales of Hoffman' (to which Luhrmann clearly aspires), the Archers were able to give visual breath to complex emotion through colour, music and movement alone. But those films were precisely choreographed - here every element is fragmented and never gells to achieve the expected crescendo. It seems a shame to spend so much on astonishing sets and then not give us the space to appreciate them. The use of pop songs to recreate for us the original pull of the Moulin Rouge, to mark the temporal crossroads in which the film is set (1900: between Victorian opulence and the dawn of modernity signalled by cinema (nice nod to Melies!)), would have been inspired if Luhrmann HAD used pop songs, instead of the middle-brow, middle-aged likes of Queen, Elton John and Sting. Too often, 'Moulin' plays like a rehearsal for the film, rather than the real thing. It's not all bad - the bedroom farce between Christian, Satine and the Duke is funny; Zidler's bamboozling the Duke with 'Like A Virgin' is unexpected and subversive - Jim Broadbent and Richard Roxburgh are amiable throughout. Luhrman manages to evoke somehting of the transience and terror revealed in Toulouse-Lautrec's famous posters and paintings of the Moulin Rouge. The cross-cutting between the tango and Satine's sacrificing herself to the Duke is brilliant, overpowering cinema, using (relatively) minimal means to shattering emotional effect, a method that could have been more profitably used throughout. 'Moulin' is easily the best blockbuster of a wretched summer; with Luhrmann, it should have been so, so much more.
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: Absolutely wonderful movie. One of my top 10. The music alone is worth the purchase...
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Summary: THE MOST BREATH TAKING MOVIE OF THE SUMMER!
Review: I THOUGHT IT HAD SUCH GOOD MOVIE QUALITIES, SPECIAL AFFECTS, AND BEAUTIFUL CLOTHING. IT IS LIKE SUCH A DREAM! BUT TO GUYS IT'S A CHICK FLICK. BUT THEN AGAIN IT'S SAD. BUT I LIKE THIS MOVIE!
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Summary: BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR!!
Review: This was the best movie I have seen this year. Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidmen are spectacular, spectacular. If you love musicals and love beautiful people this is for you!
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Summary: The Best Movie in the World
Review: I think that the best movie I ever saw was Moulin Rouge. I don't think that I have ever witnessed such an awesome movie. Everything was great! There are no complaints! I think that Ewan McGregor was so great in this film. He really put a lot of emotion into his role and it showed. He plays the part of a romantic writer very well. He is a great singer! Nicole Kidman is a good singer too and played her role well. I think all in all it was an awesome movie!
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Summary: Moulin Rouge - Art on the Big Screen
Review: Finally someone has made a big buget film with hope, heart, joy, sorrow, love, and singing in it! There is no "sex," but the chemistry between the leads honestly rekindled my long lost faith in true love! Plus - a MUSICAL? WHAT GUTS! BRILLIANT! I LOVE YOU FOR IT!!!!!!!
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Summary: A Love Affair to Enjoy Over and Over
Review: I must be honest and say that I entered the theatre wanting to hate Moulin Rouge. I heard so many bad things about it, but I wanted to see it all for myself. It starts dark and creepy, becomes fast and energetic and ends like a roller coaster. You are sorry it ended because it was so exciting, you want to get back on and do it again, but you know the ending and wish you could do it again for the first time, and be innocent of the ending. The soundtrack was lovely (except for that non-explainable Top 40 single) but it becomes even more poignant and touching after you watch the movie. A previous review stated this is a movie to see with a date, which is true, but I think you should pay full attention to the colors, sounds and dialogue. Wrap yourself up in them. Ignore the person sitting next to you. Forget all the crazy things happening in the world today. I recommend this movie to anyone who believes that every movie is copied from another. (one exception: The music might not be original but it sounds like it is)
Forgive the cliche, "Sit back and enjoy the show".
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Summary: Amazing.
Review: "Moulin Rouge" is an amazing film, in all aspects of production. The story is mezmerizing, the music is brilliantly arranged. The acting is superb. Kidman and MacGregor have incredible chemistry together. The direction and art design are visionary. This is the best movie I have seen in a long time. It deserves MANY awards. GO SEE IT AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT IT!!
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Summary: A Spectacular Musical Movie
Review: As a frequent cinema go-er and a media studies student I am rarely dazzled by a film, but this one left me speechless and desperate to see it again. Still transfixed by the fantastic music, energetic and original dances and touching storyline i rushed out to by the soundtrack so that i could keep a piece of the movie with me until i can buy it on video. If your dubious of the film because of mixed reviews there really is nothing to lose. Go and see it just to feel the excitement and energy that has been put into this film but dont forget to take your tissues!!
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Summary: Amazing!
Review: I loved this film soooo much. I recomend it to everyone. It's newer songs used in an older time period is brilliant. Kidman and McGregor are both fantastic.
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