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Summary: "The Hills Are Alive With The Sound of Muuusssic!"
Review: Wow! This ain't no remake of "Grease" that's for sure! If you ask me personally, I enjoyed this film because of the wonderfully costuming and music. The set design is unbelievable. Yeah sure, some of the siging and dances is corny, but so what? It's made to be that way. Man, can Nicole Kidman sing or what? Her voice is like an angel. This musical is filling with a bit of drama and comedy mixed in. I believe Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor really brightened the screen with their enchanting voices. The most funniest dance numbers in this musical, I think, would be "Like a Virgin." It's hilarious! The reason I was interested in this film, was because I heard Nicole Kidman was in it, and I knew she was a great actress. And when I saw it for the first time, I feel in love it. For it's charm and funny comic moments. The wonderful costumes and make-up effects are superb. Baz Luhrmann directed such a spectacular musical for anyone who enjoys musicals. And this dvd is packed with extras! I'd highly recommend Moulin Rouge!
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Summary: Wonderfully Creative!!!
Review: I must admit at first I did not like this film at all. The camera views were extremely bizare! I was thinking oh my gosh I hope this gets better and thankfully it did! It really did! The love story is absoulutlely beautiful!It's passionate and touching. You can feel all of the emotion in the songs whether it makes you wanna dance(Sparkling Dimonds), sing along(Elephant Love Medley), or cry(Come What May). After watching this movie you feel like true love really does exist! But in order to enjoy it you just have to leave your brain at the door and just enjoy! This is a spectacular mix of romance, music, and passion! It should definately win the Oscar for BEST PICTURE!
Rating: 
Summary: Oh Please!
Review: Golden Globes? Oscar nominations? Are we speaking of the same movie? This movie was bad. The "love story" was horrible. Was the director attempting a satire of the stereotypical movie romance? Was he playing it straight? It was impossible to tell. It was best when it was at its most ridiculous because it seemed to be cleaverly making fun of itself, but most of the time the movie pushed you to take it as a serious emotional love story. I give it 3 stars for originality though. I admire the nerve of any movie that trys to break the Hollywood mold, even if it is unsuccessful.
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Summary: I love this movie, great action and emotion!!!!Amazing!1!
Review: Moulin rouge has to be my favorite movie ever. Nicole kidman is amzing! She actually sings all the songs in the movie, and her voice is amazing! Her costar also has an amazing voice. I though this movie was going to be totally teenny bopper, like chic flick but omg I was crying when the movie ended. The movie makes you wish you were there, makes you wish you could be them. I dunno, you just gotta give Moulin Rouge the movie and the soundtrack. Come what May, is breathtaking. I can't tell you how many people I know have said, I am surprised its as good as it is. Omg I could go on and on about this movie, but basicly I love it.
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Summary: A MUST-SEE!!!
Review: I am extremely shocked! I felt the need to bash all these negative reviews in here from their existence. Moulin Rouge! is definitely one of the best movies of 2001. Ewan and Nicole blew me away with their performances in this movie. Everything was perfect in this movie. The songs were one of the best I've heard all around. I am so happy that this movie got 6 GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS. Without a doubt it is definitely going to win BEST PICTURE and BEST ACTRESS. Nicole Kidman shines in this movie. I strongly recommend this movie. Don't hesitate. BUY IT NOW! [...]
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Summary: Great DVD!
Review: Moulin Rouge is probably my favorite film of last year. Having seen it a whole bunch of times now, some of its excesses do seem a bit silly. It's not a perfect film - but a damn good one. If more films follow this example, the movie-musical can make a come back.This DVD is about as good as we could've hoped. BE WARNED - there are a lot of cookies hidden on the menus. If you go to the "deleted scenes" menu, go left. A Windmill will appear and take you to a nice outtake from the "Your Song" bit where Nicole and Ewen completely lose it. As for the rest, you'll have to find them yourself.
Rating:
Summary: wild ride
Review: kind of like a train wreck, you can't help but watch. If you take it in small increments it is incredible, piece by piece it is really good... trying to watch the entire movie is a bit overwhelming, but all in all is one incredible movie!
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Summary: I put off seeing this movie on the wide screen. Too bad.
Review: I rented the video. A stunning riot of bits of songs, color, costumes & dancing, for the first half. The Sound of Music, the Beatles, Elton John (so many I lost count) come fast & furious in this circa 1890's Paris nightclub of the title. The "can-can" number was the highlight. Oh, the plot: just a tired old love triangle to justify the whole thing. Nicole Kidman enters my personal "top two" most beautiful movie heroines. Hookers just aren"t what they used to be.
Rating:
Summary: Breathtaking!
Review: When the movie began, the frenetic pace and bizzare atmosphere was a shock to the senses, but when the love story came into full flower, this movie transformed into a tragic, yet beautiful piece of art. Ewan McGregor and Nichole Kidman put their all into this movie. The power they lack in their voices is made up for in the power of the emotions they portray. Absolutely stunning!
Rating: 
Summary: Somewhat a disappointment-Somewhat not...
Review: Hear me out first--I would rather give this movie 2 and 1/2 stars instead of 2, but sadly I didn't think it was worth 3... I started out believing I would love this movie--it would become maybe my favorite movie of all time! When I saw the previews, the
ads, all of it looked promising...I respect movies like these--
they are original and creative and bright. I suppose I spoke too soon. Many, many people walked out of this movie--left disappointed like I wanted to. The minute I saw this movie it let me down.
Just the movement of the camera work--the movie of the movie--
the way it went--it made you feel like your head was in a blender. (I believe I wrote that somewhere else.) Not only that--
a blender with every color of the universe in it to make you even more confused and at times disgusted and thinking to yourself you'd rather actually be IN a blender than watching this movie. Ewan's and Nicole's vocal talents can be impressive
at times but not even that can save this "film?" "Moulin Rouge" was TOO unique. I tend to believe Baz saw this as an opportunity to make a movie out of the ordinary. It came out being two movies. "Unique" doesn't always mean "good". At first the music never ceases or slows in "Moulin Rouge". There
is a constant flow of it--from a swirling display of can-can dancers twirling to Fat Boy Slim to a sudden jerk of Ewan McGregor screaming out "The Sound of Music Lyrics" to another sudden jerk (of it I mean the camera) to Kidman in diamonds onto of a swing--then to the Duke with an excessive half hour of bopping and hopping and jumping here and there (in an overly ornate elephant?) with tunes from Elton John to Madonna to--ERR--
just about everything and not once do they calm down--lighten up--or let us catch our breathes. Sometimes I ask myself-and I find myself doing it particually with this movie-doesn't the director every see their terrible flaws? Then we get into it. The "Love Story" that is. Boy meets girl-
girl is a singing prositute threathened by an evil duke to be taken away from boy-boy is so madly in love that something with the strength and vigor of "El Tango De Roxanne" plays through the speakers. The end is so predicable and the story proves to be so UN-original. They tried to create a such a deepness and concentration on this silly plot line at times stupid story that it comes out laugable. I think what a waste on film and sets and costumes and actors! "Rouge" could have been infinitely better--they could have kept the same music somewhat (perhaps somemore origial songs to straighten it out) and sets and costumes ect. It is really wonderful when films set in the 19th century or such use modern pop songs with a twist and beat to bring a sense of fantasy to it. It is brillant when the sets and costumes reflect this-when they show that none of this is possibly-when it all appears like it's a dream. Please don't think I am saying that the music is awful-in fact I was dying for the soundtrack afterwards except for pieces like the remake of Madonna's "Like a Virgin". "Moulin Rouge" just did not handle the music right. They cramed it all together at one point. Then they never stopped. At times it went to fast. At times it went to slow. They used the music inproperly. It might have been one of the best shows ever if they balanced it out.
First they could have had an up-beat music fest in the beginning
(with a few moments of peace in between for us relax and grasp what is going on)-then slowed it down, build with mellow tunes to a the end and alas bring in the weight of the songs like
"Hindu Sad Diamonds" and "Roxanne". And why not play the whole song for once instead of skipping around to piece after piece? "Roxanne" is such an overpowering and beautiful piece (whether it be from Sting or not) that it should have been saved--saved for something with more of a story line. The singers sound like they are overwhelmed with the growth of the Nazi power instead of--what was it again?--love?--the distructing of the night club?--still not big enough. (This is why I think the whole gist of "Moulin Rouge" would have worked so much preferable with something like "Cabaret"). The reason this movie is like two short films instead of one is it's immedate cut to what seems like an SNL skit to the battlefields of WW2. I would not like to be inside Baz's head when he was thinking of bringing this movie to life. Well, he
got noticed, I'll give him that. "Moulin Rouge" should not have been called "Moulin Rouge". It was barely about the club. This happens with many movies (Pearl Harbor, Titanic) than intertwine a love story that at all does not connect to reflect the main purpose for evening making the film! It may sound like I am gravely disappointed. "Moulin Rouge" did fall flat on it's own windmill. I gave this movie 2 stars for the fact that I liked the general idea of what thet where trying to create--but they didn't succeed. I really cannot comprehend why people LOVE this movie with 5 stars. Can't they see it's flaws? How can they understand it? Yet some people that gave it 1 stars seem to do this for the simple fact that they have no imagination and think the people that made this movie actually though France was like that at the time. Whether you gave it 5 stars or 1 I really don't think you're a
psychoneurotic deranged oaf--if that's what you like so be it.
Young or old people seem to either hate or love this film. I'll
look at it as maybe a step to further improving musicals into masterpieces--something "Moulin Rouge" failed to be.
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