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Summary: The drama of the century
Review: If you sit there and look at this movie as an average run of the mill movie it will completely bore you. Instead it is a drama with a million different hidden messages in each of the songs and the costumes and lyrics.
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Summary: One of the Best
Review: Once in a while, a movie will come along that stays with you long after you watch it. It'll take you and send you through a thrilling emotional roller coaster ride. You become deeply attached with the characters and care about them as if they were your own family, and you remain highly anticipated of what's next all the way through. Moulin Rouge, starring the elegant and graceful Nicole Kidman along with the fresh and vibrant Ewan McGregor, highly impacted me in so many positive and surprising ways. From the trailers, this movie didn't strike me as anything worthwhile, but after renting the DVD, I loved it and decided to purchase it immediately. It was indeed one of the best purchases for a DVD that I have ever made. I was satisfied and beyond in so many ways.The story is quite simple. Satine, played by Nicole Kidman, is a courtesan at the Moulin Rouge. She's an entertainer and an aspiring actress. Through a fortunate incident, she meets Christian, played by Ewan McGregor, who is an apsiring writer. These two immediately recognize and can't deny their feelings for one another, but things become complicated. Satine realizes that she can't allow herself to fall in love because it could deeply affect her work. Despite this, Christian manages to convince her that their love can overcome any of life's barriers. Christian's powerful quote, "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return," basically sums up the whole concept of the movie. Moulin Rouge tells a story of two doomed and star-crossed lovers who find their way to one another and showcases their trials and tribulations surrounding their forbidden love. Another interesting fact about this film, is that the story is told amazingly through song. The DVD is one of the best releases of all time, in my honest opinion. The first disc includes the feature film, along with commentary and a few other goodies. The second disc, however, contains most of the juicy extras. There are music videos, behind the scenes featurettes, trailers, multimedia galleries, etc. There are hours of enteratining extras on this DVD. It informs you of the long process of making this movie, and how everything came into its right place to produce one of the best movies of all time. If you haven't seen Moulin Rouge, I strongly request that you do so now, and if you have seen it but don't yet own the DVD, you're missing out on a fantastic treat.
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Summary: Very moving and magnificent musical.
Review: Baz Luhrman's Moulin Rouge is one of the most beautifully shot and written musical ever. Not one moment is wasted. There is one such moment that is wonderful. The scene involves a song, a magnificently choreagraphed dance sequence, and is intercut with scenes from the interlocking stories. The love between Satine and Christian is believable and you end up cheering for their love. Nicole Kidman plays Satine so well it ends up being one of her best performances ever. Not to mention the fact that she looks incredible. Ewan McGregor as Christian seems like a good way to go. He also does a great job. Richard Roxburgh plays the evil Duke, and will do anything for the love of Satine even murder. The movies ending is touching and sad. This is a great movie.
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Summary: The greatest !
Review: I received this DVD as a gift before I had ever even seen it before. The DVD is definately the only way, unless you have a home theater, to watch Moulin Rouge. When I had seen this film advertised I honestly believed that, although it looked interesting, it would be just another mushy, corny love story. For all you people who find musicals too "girly" just give this one a try. My husband can't stand watching my musicals with me, but he loves Moulin Rouge and he's watched it over and over again.
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Summary: sensory overload
Review: I did not enjoy this movie at all. There was sensory overload from the beginning of the film - with gaudy costumes, overacting, loud music, and no central theme. I did not find myself attached to the film - rather I wanted to fast forward through many of the scenes, particularly the singing ones (which practically encompass the whole movie). This movie was disconcerting on all levels. I would have rather watched the movie in mute than listen to the singing dialogue.
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Summary: Dazzling! Spectacular! Great fun!
Review: I reluctantly agreed to see this movie with a friend last summer when it came out in theatres. I didn't think I'd really like this kind of film; but much to my surprise, I really enjoyed it! Set in the rough side of Paris around the turn of the century, Moulin Rouge! is about a penniless yet charming writer portrayed by Ewan McGregor who falls for the beautiful courtisan, played by Nicole Kidman, of the Moulin Rouge nightclub. Kidman and McGregor sparkle on screen; there is definite chemistry between them. Their romance is threatened by a rich Duke who desires but does not love Kidman's character, Setine. When the Duke learns that Setine loves McGregor's character, he becomes insanely jealous. What follows is a wildy colorful and entertaining story that leaves you laughing. What really makes it funny are the songs in this film: they're from the 70's and 80's. Kidman and McGregor have pretty good voices and pull it off well. The supporting cast is marvelous and their characters come alive. The singing, the dancing, and the acting electrically explode on screen. The costumes, make-up, props, and the artwork and design make a spectacular film worth seeing. I highly recommend it!
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Summary: Unbelievable amazing
Review: I have to say that at the first, i was not really interested in see this movie, but in the moment that i rented it, i realized that is one of my favorite movies ever, is so great, the songs in it are just awesome, a great musical, fun, interesting, with an amazing performances, wow, in addition to this, the format in DVD has a lot of stuff, with videos, photo gallery, behind the scenes and many more things that are just waiting for you to come to see them.
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Summary: Give Verdi a chance, he is not that bad.
Review: I thought this kind of junk could be found only on progressive opera houses. Forget about the plot. If you have seen La Traviata or Camille you've got it (including the spitting blood and the throwing of money to the courtesan in public, not to forget the recriminating old father). The formal originality consists on mixing a Ken Russell inflated musical with unrestrained bits from a Franco Zefirelli production. In the added material Nicole Kidman enlightens us about the moving force of this enterprise: love can be expressed in music better than in any other genre. The only advantage over La Traviata is that we are spared listening to 'Di Provenza il mare il sol', an aria I hate more than any other. Thanks to that I can honestly say that yes, I liked the music.
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Summary: Spectacular, Spectacular!
Review: This is a film that you will either love or hate. I loved it, watched it more times than I will admit to in the cinema, and have since bought the special edition DVD, with a host of extras, such as interviews with the stars and extended dance sequences, as well as deleted scenes from the original film release. The film iteself is different to any musical you will ever have seen before, but obviously the director has a love of musicals, beacuse he had the knack of knowing exactly which pop song would go with each scene. There is even an original song, "Come What May" which really makes the movie for me. It has everything, romance, adventure, a villain that you love to hate, humour, pathos and tragedy. Watch it and you will never look at films in the same way again. No film since has matched up to Moulin Rouge. Reeviewed by Annette Gisby, author of Shadows of the Rose.
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Summary: The Best Movie I've Seen In Years!
Review: This movie pulled you in from the start with a strange song and a green fairy. Not to mention Ewan McGregor singing at the top of his lungs "The hills are alive, with the sound of music!" It has you laughing, crying, and gasping from start to finish. Those who hate need to think outside of the box, not every movie has to completely follow history. Most movies are actually more exciting when they don't because it allows the directors/writers creative imaginations to go wild collaborating funky songs with bright glittery showy scenery and smooth sensational voices that ring as clear as bells. In the end what do you get? Moulin Rouge. This story plot brings out the true meaning of love, the deception, and loyalty that create ups and downs in a relationship. I would definetely rent this with a bunch of my gal pals or a sweetheart and laugh, cry and cuddle until the film reaches its end. Have Fun and Enjoy! Hopefully you will.
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