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Summary: More isn't better
Review: What's good about this movie:
Amazing sets and costumes
Nicole Kidman in a corset,
Some funny moments (esp."Like a Virgin).
A sustained sense of visual invention,
A few good performances,
The evocation(if somewhat hyperwrought) of Lautrec's Paris.
The illusion that Kidman and MacGregor can really sing.
Some arresting dance sequences.What's not good about this movie:
Maddenlingy fast editing in the first 30 minutes that make it absolutely impossible to focus on anything esp. the dance sequences.
An unbelievably trite and inept story; i.e. Kidman's character learns that she's dying and instead of going off to spend her final days with her lover, she tells him she doesn't love him and goes off with the Duke instead!?
The fact that modern studio technology cannot yet cover Kidman and MacGregor's glaring vocal flaws i.e. Kidman sings out of tune at times while MacGregor's high notes often sound forced and ugly.
The pervading sense of wretched excess-i.e. you feel sensorily assaulted at most times and instead of being stimulated, you ultimately just feel numb.
A disturbing aura of contrivance that pervades every production aspect. You feel that the director is trying to compensate the lack of real heart or originality with eye candy and overblown orchestrations.
MacGregor's accent that veers queasily between the US and Scotland.
One of the worst pieces of music ever to mar a closing credit sequence.
The inescapeable feeling that you just wasted two hours of your life to witness Baz Luhrmann's ego trip. Not really recommended.
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Summary: The BEST MOVIE EVER!!!!!
Review: Words cant explain how good this movie is... It's the most amazing movie I've ever seen.. Nicole Kidman gives the preformance of a lifetime. She should have won the OSCAR! Actually Moulin Rouge should have won EVERY OSCAR.. No matter what catagory... Animated, it should have won... It's that good..
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Summary: A Really DULL Film
Review: This movie obviously thinks it is doing something 'new' and 'special', and evidently it has managed to deceive many people. The trouble is, the film is entirely lacking in heart. The plot is thin and predictable, the characters are cliches, the dialogue is appaling. Even the editing and the direction appear heavy-handed. Every sequence goes on too long. Lengthy parts of the film are actually REPEATED later on, and sometimes more than once. As if they weren't dull enough the first time round, we have to see them again!
If you want to see a real work of art which revitalises the musical genre, check out 'Everyone says I love you'.
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Summary: Original images abundant
Review: Great film! Original images are rare in the movie-world, but were abundant in this film. The story is thin of course and plenty melodramatic, but you can't let that spoil your fun! I usually don't like musicals, but somehow that dislike did not apply here. I loved every minute of it.
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Summary: Slow start BUT Lovely Ending
Review: I thought Ms.Kiddman was spectacular, It was such a sad but true ending. She was excellent, and her voice...oh her voice was down right inspiring. I can oly dream of meating her on day. So I can tell her what an inspiration she has been. With all her frustrations in her life she can still pull off an extremly Beautiful Show!!! Thanks for the opertunity to say so.... Mary Horigan
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Summary: Bohemian Treat
Review: "Moulin Rouge" is a treat for Bohemians everywhere. Everything was so artistic: the music, the costumes, the set design. There was even quite a bit of comedy.
"Moulin Rouge" is the story of a young writer named Christian who goes to France to seek his fortune. One day, he stumbles upon a group of Bohemians who believe in "Beauty, Freedom, Truth, and, above all things Love". They take him to the Moulin Rouge (French for "Red Windmill") where he meets Satine, the star of the show. He falls in love with her instantly. But, unfortunately, so does "The Duke". Harold Zidler, owner of the Moulin Rouge, signs a contract binding Satine to the Duke only. Thus begins a very beautiful and tragic love story. The only bad part is that you have to stomach the really stupid first fifteen minutes to experience this colorful and entrancing film. Bohemians like me will love this movie instantly.
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Summary: It's not real. It's not supposed to be. Its just pure fun!
Review: Filmed in Australia, but set in Paris in 1899, this 2001 musical stars Nicole Kidman as Satine, a beautiful courtesan who is in love with a penniless writer played by Ewan McGreggor. However, a jealous duke wants Satine for his own. Complications follow in this extremely stylized musical extravaganza that combines original music with familiar songs from the seventies in an outlandish fantasy of color and sound. It reminded me a bit of The Rocky Horror Picture show and Can Can and La Boheme, all rolled into one. Parts of it play like a music video with extra quick cuts and the characters all larger than life and caricatures of themselves. At first I hated it. The story seemed silly, the acting overdone, and the special effects distracting. It all seemed discordant, the sets too full of glitz and glitter and the makeup too outrageous. At this point, I nearly shut off the video and went back to reading a book. However, as the film rolled on, I got into it. The acting was excellent and Nicole Kidman somehow emerged beyond her stereotype. I found myself rooting for the good guys and felt sympathy for the ill-fated lovers. I hummed the familiar tunes such as "The Hills are Alive with the Sound of Music," "Nature Boy," "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend," "Material Girl", "All You Need is Love," "Don't Leave Me This Way" and "Like a Virgin." And I enjoyed their staging in their new and fresh presentations. I sat there fascinated and just simply let myself enjoy. Then I realized that, as a whole, Moulin Rouge works. It's not real, and it's not supposed to be. It's just a big fun musical romp. I know I would have enjoyed it more on a big screen or even on a DVD however. Video just doesn't do it justice. But do see it if you can. It's pure entertainment. So just sit back and enjoy!
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Summary: Absolutely Spectacular!!
Review: This movie is one of the best I've ever seen. The film itself is a spectacular whir of color and fantastical images. Hilarious at some points and tear-jerking at others. Nicole Kidman and Ewan Mcgregor are a superb pair. Though it's themes may be a little crazy it's story and wisdom are not. Romantic, witty, and tragic, Moulin Rouge is a movie to remember!
I highly suggest that anyone who believes in love should hurry to get this movie. The music is wonderful also so I highly reccomend the soundtrack. Nicole Kidman and Ewan Mecregor can sing extremely well. You'll be enchanted.
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Summary: overwrought and silly
Review: Those who watched "Moulin Rouge" are divided into two camps: Love it or hate it. This reviewer considers it a complete waste of time, an overwrought and silly exercise, operatic without the redeeming quality of opera music, lurid and phantasmagoric without the redeeming lightness of camp. In a word, perfectly horrid. The hackneyed story is filled with cliched dialogue; freshness is completely lacking. The concept for this movie took a wrong turn somewhere early on in development, like an early prototype for an airplane that ended in disaster for all concerned.
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Summary: headache-inducing tripe
Review: bazzy has crafted yet another ideal film for the MTV, ADD generation. just five minutes into this movie, i found myself reaching for the excedrin bottle and tossing 'em back like tic tacs. i wouldn't inflict such raucous sensory abuse on my worst enemy. this is montage editing at its absolute harrowing worst. it is really quite startling how little substance there is beneath the layers and layers of exasperating visual flourishes. am i supposed to be moved by the shallow, surface-level lust that the two lead characters are entwined in and moronically mistaking for love throughout the entirety of this drivel? am i supposed to be charmed by the nonsensical, excruciatingly irritating verbal diarrhea spewing forth from the mouths of the supporting characters, each of whom seem to have been transposed directly from a Mad Max film? after stopping the DVD through the middle of this torture, i pulled it out of the tray and took a moment to examine the lovely colors of the disc. i glanced at it from various angles in admiration of the artistry and technical craftsmanship. and, suddenly, i came to an abrupt but utterly uplifting revelation: this DVD wanted to fly. and so i shoved aside the venetian blinds, swung open the window to the cool, smoggy Los Angeles air, and gleefully thrust my arm forward and watched baz luhrman's "masterpiece" cut through the brilliant evening skyline. and as i sat on the windowsill, my long hair fluttering in my eyes, my arms wrapped around my body for warmth, a wide smile stretched across my face...
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