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Summary: What IS this thing?
Review: Along with I Am Sam, this is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. The singing is horrid and the actors never seem to finish a song, but instead mix it with the title lyrics of other songs, mostly cheesy Elton John songs. Ewan McGregor can't sing. Neither can Nicole. The pudgy owner of the Moulin Rouge can't sing either. It's mostly a shout fest. The costumes are stupid. The dance numbers are rehash of Gene Kelly. There is a dance scene in which Kidman is in a negligee bouncing up and down like muppet -- so incredibly stupid in presentation, it made me feel sad that actors have to make a living this way. The sets are gaudy and inductive of vomit. And the worst thing: THIS MOVIE IS LOOOOONG. The plot is so predictable you know exactly what is going to happen next, and you hope the director doesn't drag it out, but he does. This movie is like the guy in the office who is so amused with his jokes he keeps going on and on while everyone leaves because they can't stand the hackneyed schtick eructating from his flatulent cheeks. If you're a masochist, be sure to rent this movie. If you're fool, make sure to purchase the DVD keepsake edition.
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Summary: Superficial, Sentimental, Sappy Swill
Review: I know it's been praised by fans and critics. It got the Oscars it deserved (Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design). It was totally undeserving of its Best Picture nod, as well as all the acting nods.Where does it fail? Oy vey...The story, for one thing. One cliche after another, to the point where it becomes boring and predictable. Within a half hour of the movie's beginning, you know everything that's going to happen and how it's going to end. Yawn. The acting? Kidman is good (but not Oscar-worthy...she was far superior in THE OTHERS) and her singing is not bad at all. But she shouldn't quit her day job. Ewan McGregor was OK, but as a couple, they failed miserably. Zero chemistry. Just not believable as a romantic pair. The rest of the cast just stood around and looked grotesque. The direction? What a mess! MR fans whine about Luhrmann not getting a Best Director nod. Guess what? He didn't deserve it!... The movie lurches drunkenly between comedy and tragedy, and never fully succeeds at either. The tragedy is too contrived and artificial, and is weakened by the attempts at comedy. The comedy doesn't work because it's very forced and cartoonish, and is undermined by the tragedy. The editing? Another mess! It looks like it was edited with a Cuisinart. I found out recently that this movie was heavily re-edited several times, and its general release delayed for almost a year, while they fine-tuned it. A lot of continuity was probably left on the cutting-room floor. The first 30 minutes is the most maddening film ever put on celluloid or DVD; when I saw it in the theater, half the audience walked out during the first half-hour. And what's the use of all those gorgeous sets if you can't focus on them for more than a nanosecond? This film also pretends to celebrate love, but never explores it more than on the most superficial level. Christian and Satine are never truly in love, only infatuated; we never get to see their love develop into any real maturity, and never get any sense of an intellectual or spiritual connection, just physical desire. And that gawdawful line..."The greatest thing you can ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return." BARF!... What a treacly, mawkish, manipulative piece of garbage!... Obviously a cynical attempt to appeal to the Lydia Languishes of the world. (For those who don't recognize the name, it's a character from the play THE RIVALS, a girl more interested in the glamor and intrigues of romance than in actually having a deep, mature, enduring love.) MOULIN ROUGE is horrendously smug and inordinately pleased with itself. Watching it is like having Baz Luhrmann sitting next to you, nudging you with his elbow and saying, "Look! Look at how I did that! Isn't that cool? Aren't I so hip and cool?" This movie pretends to celebrate its oversimplified version of Bohemian values: Love, Freedom, Truth, and Beauty. But it ends up making a mockery of them. There's so much grotesquerie...it wallows in artifice and contrivance....love is never realistically explored...and expressing your freedom comes at a horrible price. And how about that ending? I found the end of the film profoundly depressing. Not only was Satine dead, but I was personally left with the feeling that Christian was going to kill himself. The Moulin Rouge cabaret was closed because of him. His friends were now all unemployed because of him. He had ruined so many lives, just so he could pursue an adolescent crush. The final message MOULIN ROUGE gives is not that love is wonderful...the message is, "Don't fall in love. You'll just get hurt, and hurt people around you. You'll just end up abandoned and alone, ready to put a bullet in your brain." I'm amazed that this film's fans ignore that, or aren't able to pick up on that.
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Summary: Only one word - WOW!!!
Review: This movie is a stunning mixture of effects, acting, and music. The story is classic with a twist of reality. I never like Nicole Kidman until I saw this movie. I began watching it fully prepared to hate it but, by the end, I was floored with the passion the movie projects. The beginning was fast paced, choppy montague of the present and memories/writing of the past that can disorientate you but, in the end it all flows into a passionate masterpiece that wrenches the heart. If you want a powerful film that shows the true meaning of love, Moulin Rouge is for you.
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Summary: A Feast For The Eyes!!
Review: Moulin Rouge is probably one of the best movies i've ever seen. It incorporates music, fantasy and love into one movie. I thought that Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman were absoutly amazing and Baz Luhrman is pure genious. However, this film is love it or hate it. You either LOVE LOVE LOVE it or walk out in the middle of it. Even if you don't like it, I would see it for the cinemotography. Its a really good film for people who like a good love story or a musical....ENJOY!!
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Summary: Wow!
Review: Wow! That is one word that can be used the describe this movie, among a list of another synonomous adjectives. I haven't viewed the bonus material, but the movie itself is AMAZING and unlike ANYTHING you have ever seen before. After watching this movie the first time, the shock factor reached something along the lines of my first viewing of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." I was left thinking after each scene "Wow, what just happened? That went by so fast!" The soundtrack uses various songs from different movies and popular bands in a wild mix of musical fun. On top of that, Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman have very beautiful voices, and the song "Come What May" made chill-bumps run up and down my spine! If you enjoy musicals, this is a MUST-SEE!
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Summary: The musical sequences stink but the movie is funny
Review: Man, at the very get-go the movie fell flat--the Nirvana song at the beginning was so muffled and poorly done, just like most of the rest of the music in this film. Only the medley duet with Nicole and Ewan worked. But it was a pretty funny movie. And ya gotta admire the daring to make a musical without irony in this day and age.
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Summary: Totally overblown, but in the best possible way
Review: Moulin Rouge is a fantastic film. It is so ridiculous that it is brilliant. To begin with, I worried that it was simply going to be a 'let's make this silly and it'll be called good' kind of film, but it has plot, brains and emotion behind all its glitsy, loud fanfare (and let's face it, there's a lot of that). Good performances from both leads and lots of good individual characters guarenteed to raise a smile. Good singing, with the hilarity of Luhrmann seemingly trying to incorporate every song he ever enjoyed into just a few sequences. Several of these songs are re-interpreted originally and hilarious way (the version of the Police's 'Roxanne' springs to mind). This really is as everyone says a multimedia experience. It's a hilarious but also touching, overblown, clever film in classic Luhrmann style. Excellent.
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Summary: Suffers badly from ADD --- where's the riddelin!?
Review: One of the worst movies I've ever seen in any Genre, this "thing" flits around like a major mental project. The "writers" filch bits and pieces of well-known pop-culture tunes and shove them into scenes randomly, and then only a line or two every couple of seconds. It can't justifyably be called a "musical". I'm glad I didn't shell out any money for this video (it was a well-intentioned gift), however I feel cheated as I wasted over 2 hours of precious time watching this drivel. In short: the story was trite and cliched, the singing was amateur, the acting laughable, and the effects were wasted. The fact that the average rating is 4 stars (as of this review) alarms me and causes me to fear for the course of our culture.
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Summary: strange
Review: Very strange at the beggining, but for me it was addicting and you just kept wanting to watch more.
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Summary: Surprising
Review: This movie was nothing like I expected. That's good, because I really had no desire to see it and so didn't expect to like it. The first couple of minutes, I thought it was gong to live up to my shallow expectations. As it continued, I found it growing on me. By the end, I was hooked. I love the music, the costumes, and the story line. I realize this movie isn't for everyone (my boyfriend was unimpressed), but if you haven't seen it, I recommend that you give it a try. You may be pleasantly surprised.
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