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Summary: best movie ever
Review: This is the best movie I have ever seen. This is all I will say for fear of starting to spill and going over the 1000 word limit.
Yep, simply the best.
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Summary: Boredom
Review: Most boring movie I have ever seen. I would like to sue the movie company for my time back, they can keep my money, but I'd love for them to take back the suffering.
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Summary: A feast for the eyes
Review: It isn't often that a film makes full use of the medium. MR does just that. It's a wild, thought-provoking, kalidoscopic tour de force that leaves you utterly exhausted and completely satisfied by the end. You get the double whammy of a great story (with great music and choreography) and a mavel of technology in the how'd-they-do-that vein... without being overwhelmed with cheesy special effects. I think you'll find this film to be highly polarizing. You'll either love it (i.e., "get it") or not. This is a film that, for some, is an acquired taste and I strongly recommend that you give it that second or third chance -- as it WILL enchant you ultimately. Great "extras" on the second disk, by the way. Worth wading thru. Enjoy this E ticket ride.
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Summary: and away we go!
Review: This movie is a real ride!!! It's a combination carnival, opera, Broadway musical and a little MTV thrown in. It's a clever and imaginative film that uses the camera to move constantly. Zooming in and out and sweeping around circa 1900 Paris cityscapes. It presents itself in ever moving visuals. The ever familiar songs and lavish production numbers seem to be perfectly sequenced, much like some of the old MGM musicals. This, of course, attributed to the filmaking genius of Australian director Baz Luhrmann. This is not a dialogue driven film. In fact, the plot is familiar and not overdone, and deliberately meant to be that way. It's enough to keep you apprised of the story going on in the background while it spins and creates a fantasy land presented in glitz, frenzied energy, glamour, and classic popular songs. Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman and the rest of the cast are no slouches, either. This couple really throw sparks as the hopeless romantics in the film. All the actors sing their own songs and are quite talented at it in a not so perfect Broadway kind of way.... This is by no means an adequate or ordinary film. It's unique and yes, familiar. It's meant to be a crowd pleaser. Even though the pace of the movie is frenetic, it is also comforting, for most people anyway. Kind of like a ride at Disneyland!
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Summary: Moulin Rouge is.....
Review: ....a chick flick in the most negative sense of the term. It uses a shallow plot (that's baby-pool-shallow, folks) as the infrastructure to carry out the murder of an array of classic rock and roll songs, songs which clash jarringly with the prewar-Paris setting of this musical. The film appears to be intended as a sensory feast, both visually and aurally. For me, the musical aspect simply does not work, although I know many people who really enjoyed the soundtrack. The visual bombardment is technically well-done, and if you like frenetic and gawdy light and color superimposed on a Paris cabaret movie set which NEVER attempts to convince you that it is anything more real than a set on a sound stage, then you may well find the movie an exciting and stimulating experience. Fans of maudlin filmmaking will enjoy the climactic tragedy of the affair between the poor young musical poet and the courtesan whose armored heart is finally breached by love, an affair that is doomed to end amidst a flood of tears gushing out from beneath the pancake makeup of the cabaret cast of the Moulin Rouge. Heck, I don't know, maybe this movie is really somewhat faithful to the Bohemian pseudo-life of Paris nightclubs back in the day. I sure did not like it much, though.
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Summary: A bizarre but rewarding collage of sight and sound
Review: Ten minutes into viewing "Moulon Rouge," I understood exactly why this is a movie that people either love or hate. The strange juxtaposition of contemporary music with Paris of the 1890's, of garish sets and wild characters with a love story, can rattle even the most jaded viewer. To like this movie, you have to enjoy the bizarre and be prepared for one of the most dizzying, sensory-assaulting films ever. Ewan McGregor is convincing as the poverty-stricken writer who by accident lands a job writing a "Spectacular Spectacular" for the Moulin Rouge. When he falls in love with the sultry performer Satine (Nicole Kidman, in a fantastic performance), he must hide it from the manager of the Moulin Rouge, who has other plans for Satine. In the meantime, Satine has her own secrets. The plot explodes into a collage of slapstick, musical numbers, comedy of manners, neon lights, circus acts, and a Fellini-like surrealism. The result can be mind-numbing but enormously rewarding for those who can stand it. Obviously, this film is not for the conventionally-minded. If you don't feel like having your senses assaulted, pick another DVD. However, if you are looking for a truly outrageous film, or if your tastes are off-beat and unpredictable, you may have found your movie.
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Summary: Romantic Tragedy: Perfect Musical Valentine Gift
Review: Baz Luhrman is an exceptional avant-garde director and artist. His "Red Curtain Trilogy" is composesd of Strictly Ballroom, Romeo and Juliet and concludes with Moulin Rouge. The "Red Curtain" refers to the opening curtain rise at the opening of the films. Moulin Rouge is a beautiful film, cinematically lush and romantic to watch. The songs and dancing, the meat of the musical genre, are connected in a sublime fashion, accessible to audiences of all ages, but almost specifically, the MTV and pop generation. Baz Luhrman attempted to revive the musical format on film again, a lost art in Hollywood since the 30's, 40's 50's and 60's. Although a non-musical film in the 60's has been made about the decadent nightclub of 19th century Paris (starring Zsa Zsa Gabor), Luhrman assembled fine actors and singers to tell a tragic story tinged with human emotion, from comedy to heartaching tragedy. Nicole Kidman sizzles as the vibrant, elegant, sexy courtesan Satine, who stirs inspiration and love in the heart of the young writer, Christian (played by Ewan Mcgregor). But there is rivalry for the fair lady's hand. A villainous, pompous and wealthy Duke also falls for Satine and will stop at nothing to have her. The love triangle becomes complicated when Satine must make love with the Duke in order to save the popular nightclub. But when her love for Christian proves stronger than the domineering Duke's powers, the real tragedy unfolds. Art begins to imitate life as the musical the bohemian actors in Paris put on is a mirror projection of Christian and Satine's love, nearly foiled by a jealous and dark Duke. The songs come from the 80's (Madonna's aterial Girl, Like A Virgin, We Can Be Heroes, Nature Boy, Love Lift Us Up Where We Belong), with the exception of a few selections from the Sound of Music (The Hills Are Alive) and the song popularized by Marilyn Munroe in the late 50's, "Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend". Added songs for the musical itself are key moments, such as Satine singing about her hope to rise to stardom and to escape from the dissolute life of a courtesan (One Day I'll Fly Away) and the love duet with Ewan Mcgregor (Come What May) which becomes their signature love theme. Another fine moment is when Satine must convince in false act that she no longer loves Christian and will remain in the Moulin Rouge while the cast prepares for the musical that night (The Show Must Go On). Superb performances by Nicole Kidman and Ewan Mcgregor as the star-crossed lovers. The costumes and scenery are highly provocative and true to late 19th century Paris. Shots of Montmatre and the Eiffel Tower, touched by fantasy (such as an opera-singing tenor moon sung by Placido Domingo and a Gothic castle for the Duke). Providing the most comic relief is John Leguizamo's performance as the drunk bohemian artist Toulouse Lautrec. This film on DVD is a fine gift for romantics, a great collection on the shelf not only as a musical, but a great romantic story that has not come in a long while.
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Summary: Spectacular, Spectacular
Review: Ah, the Moulin Rouge what a breath of fresh air. Finally someone made a new movie musical that doesn't ....isn't terrible. It's colorful, fast moving and perfect for those with short attention spans. The musical score is creative, the costumes brilliant and the acting superb. You've got to give them credit for being able to incorporate a Nirvana tune into it. If you missed "The Making of the Moulin Rouge" on cable, spend the extra few bucks and get the DVD copy with the extras. It's great mushy love story. I can even get over the fact she dies in the end.
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Summary: Cacophonous Calamity.
Review: This film was so unbelievably annoying, I only made it half way through it before I had to restrain myself from smashing the television...followed by lots of aspirin. If this is the "Musical For The New Millenium", forget it! I'd rather watch "Singing In The Rain", "Cabaret", "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (how DARE Nicole Kidman sing that song!), "A Star Is Born", "Top Hat", "On The Town", "West Side Story", etc..etc...I would only recommend enduring this film if you're having company you don't really like and you want to get rid of them early, just pop it in. A visual feast that will leave you not only hungry, but wretching. HATED it!
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Summary: Confusion
Review: I didn't like the set, didn't like the costumes, and could not get completely through the movie. TOO MUCH singing! I don't like musicals and didn't know that this was a musical. I hated this movie so much that I gave it away! I only purchased it because the entertainment world fooled me into believing that it was a great movie. HA! I would have had a better time watching paint dry on the front porch in the dark! There was too many things going on at the same time to make sense of the movie. If I were Nicole Kidman, I'd seriously think about suing the director, my agent, the producer, the actors and all of their spouses for putting me in such a horrible predicament!
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