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Summary: I made a mistake.
Review: I hold totally to my review of this film but I made (at least) one small factual error. In the original version of this story (at least in Verdi's operatic version of it) the hero believes the heroine does not love him for a month not several years. I apologize for thiis. However, I feel that my point about changing the time the two spend apart to only a few hours still holds essentially true. Sorry again!
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Summary: 'Moulin Rouge' beautiful love story
Review: "How Wonderful life is, now Nicole Kidman is in the world..."
True is that statement. Nicole Kidman brilliantly lights up the screen in the oscar-winning production 'Moulin Rouge' From the very beginning with"Nature Boy" and through with Ewan Mcgregor's "not his" voice, (even though it is beautiful)the musical touch is a great adittion to the great plot. This movie also features compilations of touching love songs, like Your Song, by Elton John. I also have the soundtrack, which is great despite the overplayed "Lady Marmalade" This is a story of lust and love, passion and romance, and a love that nothing can break. The villain, 'Count', has a awesome voice and a plays an excellent bad-guy role. The great part is how Christian (Mcgregor) persuades Satine (Kidman)to break the rules and love him like she wants too. Harold Sidler is the director of the Moulin Rouge (Jim Broadbent), and he plays a magnificent role, displayed with his Oscar Nomination. A great film for all ages, you will laugh cry, and want to have the love that Christian and Satine share in this epic film.
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Summary: Very good.
Review: In this movie, Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGreger play a courtesan and a writer. In the Moulin Rouge dance scene Satine (Nicole Kidman) mistakes Christian (Ewan McGreger) and the Duke. Now both the real Duke and Christian have appointments to see Satine after her number (Sparkling Diamonds) in an elephant (not a real elephant, by the way). But as fate may have it, Christian gets there first, while Satine still thinks that Charistian is the Duke. So she tries to suduce him (you see, in order for Moulin Rouge not to shut down, Satine must sleep with the Duke). I won't tell you more of the story but the movie is wonderful, those who have not seen it must go out and see the movie.
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Summary: Brilliant!
Review: When I first saw Moulin Rouge, I thought I would hate it, and I ended up loving it. It is the best movie ever made. Ewan McGregor does a fantastic job! He is absolutely gorgeous.
Moulin Rouge is full of dazzling lights, scantily clad can-can dancers, and on a softer note, romance. I love how the movie is wild, yet romantic and girlie. Don't get me wrong, this is not a movie made for women only. There are many points in the movie, men would find more than amusing. It's a wonderful movie that everyone should see at least once!
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Summary: Somebody wake me up!
Review: People say all the time the words, "This is the worst movie I've ever seen!" Well I can honestly say that about this movie. I must have missed something because it made no sence. Its like the director had alot of creative ideas and instead of trying to create a plot, he just crammed all of these ideas and creative scenes into a movie! I was bored out of my mind sitting through this thing. Did you ever have a bad dream in which alot of things crazy things happened that didnt make any sence? Thats exactly what this movie was like, a bad dream.
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Summary: Let go and get swept away
Review: I'll admit, I wasn't sure what to think of the movie after the first viewing. However, the second time I saw it, it was wonderful.
The plot's a good old-fashioned love story. Some might call it tired or cliched, but that only applies when it's not done well. When I saw the story unfold, I felt like I was watching the love story for the first time. When the first few words are spoken, you know that this is going to be a tragedy, yet the whole way through, there's plenty of laughter, plenty of high, giddy emotion. Just like the character of Zidler, everything in this movie's so over-the-top, you can't help but crack a smile and laugh. The best thing about this movie that I can say is that it made me feel. Usually when I watch a movie, I get all analytical and wonder about motivations and reasons for the characters' actions and all that garbage. For this, I just let go and let things come. I can't name too many movies that manage to do that.
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Summary: I have two words for this movie....
Review: HATED IT!!!!!!!!!!
I give it one star only because you can't give half a star. I can't imagine why Nicole Kidman was up for an Oscar for this trash.
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Summary: A MUSICAL WHERE NO ONE CAN SING
Review: A musical where no one can sing is about as good as a comedy which is not funny. Every time Ewan or Nicole opend thire mouths to sing a cold shiver went down my spine and i clenched my fists hopeing they wouldn't kill another classic song - but they allways did.The story is weak - and the play within a play idea has been clearly ripped off of mid summers night dream which Baz Lurman directed on stage. The charicters where flat and at times annoying as the script was weak at best. Admitadly Baz Lurmans Directing was flashy, using CGI, modles, fast editting and vivid photography - but a turd is still a turd no matter how much glitter is on it
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Summary: Spectacular! Spectacular!
Review: Moulin Rouge is truly the first musical of this era. It proves that the genre can in fact be adapted to the silver-screen. One of the characteristics of this film that makes it so unique is the hilariously cartoonish way of providing comic relief. This DVD is a must-own. I especially enjoyed the special features that take you "behind the red curtain" to see the great lengths the film-makers had to go to to see their dreams realized.
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Summary: Epicurean-Existentialist-Humanistic Decadent Garbage
Review: I did not want to see this movie to begin with. I was not inspired by the story, the setting, the concept, the message, and Nicole Kidman. But my brother rebuked me, saying that I was being to uptight about it, and that a friend of his had recommended it to him. So we watched it. After an hour, we looked at each other and agreed that the movie was really bad, boring, and meaningless; so, we stopped the vcr and that was the end of it. The movie was even worse than I expected. Let me put it this way. I hate the Bohemian Paris of those times. I hate the immoral and decadent way of life celebrated in this movie. I hate the very idea of a place like the Moulin Rouge. I hate that mixture of Epicurean, Materialist, Humanistic, and Existentialist approach to life that the European devotees of Bacchus and Eros had and still have. So, this flick already started on the wrong foot. Then, the plot was super clichéd. I know, I'm the first one who says that all movies are clichéd, but that does not bother me at all if the plot is well constructed and the actors make their characters believable and interesting. In this movie, I could not care less of the fate of the characters. Ewan McGregor would chew out the same old trite concept of love being this ecstatic feeling that consumes you and bla bla... and Nicole Kidman was supposed to fall for this guy based on the aforementioned bright discovery of the meaning and nature of love. Please, spare me. I mean, talk about a plot drowning in total idiocy and misunderstanding of the concept of love. Also, the soundtrack was a patchwork of mainstream pop and rock songs that would appeal to my deaf father and few other people with auditory disabilities. And don't even get me started on the direction. The way Lurhmann edited the whole thing wanted to appear sophisticated; well, it did not impress me at all. It was kind of like the direction of "Strictly Ballroom," which, in fact,, was the only aspect in that movie that bothered me. In conclusion, some said this is a Love It or Hate It movie. I respect everybody's taste, but, as for me, I hated this movie with a passion.
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