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Summary: Not what I expected
Review: It wasn't what I expected at all, I didn't want to see this movie, but now that I have I'm still kicking myself for not seeing it on the big screen.
Basically, you'll love it or you'll hate it. I loved it. But I do understand if some people don't like it, but honestly people, if you don't like it, at least come up with a plausible reason for it. Most of the negative reviews I've read from this sight were so baseless I was wondering if they were even watching the same movie.
As for me, it's the most addicting movie I've ever seen in my life. The music is awesome and the acting superb. Ewan and Nicole totally blew me away with their amazing singing abilities. But aside from all the technical break-downs of this movie, it is just simply wonderful.
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Summary: more than i expected
Review: wow!!
except one little thing, everything about this movie was perfect!
even though Ewan was playng gay type of guy, he broke my heart.
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Summary: A Mixed Bag
Review: The most risky film of the year is sensational, gutsy, shamelessly self-indulgent, and nearly too big for its own good--it practically pulls itself off. Moulin Rouge has its roots in silent melodrama, flashy musicals, rock videos, and vaudeville theater, but Luhrmann synthesizes them into his own child. It's a film that scarily defiant in its assurance. The film is in bold, vibrant colors, but it's black and white: you either gobble it down or you spit it out. Unlike a movie like A Beautiful Mind, which is tailor-made for an audience greedy for noble, meaningful pap, Moulin Rouge realizes how silly it is and flaunts its own ridiculousness. It's glorious trash and it knows it; it's a proud [specimen] of a movie, eager to service everyone and try anything, but determined to keep its dignity in the process. And yet, Moulin Rouge never seems to really kick as hard as it promises to. It's a furious stunt, all right, and the first time around it hits you good. Even when it fails, though, it's more accomplished and provocative than most anything else out there at the moment. It's the kind of film, however, that I can respect, but never really love.
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Summary: This movie kicks bootah.
Review: This is a wonderful movie. The lights, sounds, everything, is just... well.. Spectacular Spectacular. :) I highly recommend this! The second disk is also wonderful, with extended dance scenes, rehearsals, interviews with the stars... This has everything. If you never buy another movie, get this!
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Summary: The Moulin Rouge! Gets 2 Thumbs Up.....
Review: Baz Luhrman and Guy Pearce co-write a masterful script about truth, beauty, freedom, love, about the Moulin Rouge! Christian, a young poet, played by Ewan McGregor, writes abut love, but yet never once has experienced it himself. A group of Bohemian actors plead with him to become their new writer and director. They show him that his words are words of love. In order to put the play, Spectacular! Spectacular!, into production they need to convince Harold Zidler, the impresario of the Moulin Rouge, that it will be a hit. That night they take the young poet to the underworld of the Moulin Rouge where he meets the courtesan, the Sparkling Diamond, Satine, played by Nicole Kidman. When Zidler organizes a private meeting for Satine and Christian that is when they fall in love. A jealous duke provides the budget for the play but only if he is promised Satine as his own. A true love story made into a musical with wonderful song and dance truly deserves a category of it's own. With nineteenth century Paris as it's backdrop and familiar twentieth century music, Baz Luhrman finds a way of adding his own special touch as he did in Romeo and Juliet.
Co-starring along side Nicole Kidman (The Others, Eyes Wide Shut, Far and Away) Ewan McGregor (Black Hawk Down, Trainspotting, Shallow Grave) shows his sensitive side in the greatest love story of the year. Luhrman (Rent, Stritcly Ballroom) and Pearce (The Seventh Floor, Mad Bomber in Love, Vicious!) made a comfortable environment for Kidman and McGregor in one of their first singing roles.
Moulin Rouge took time to develop characters but at the same time kept the movie going with a constant rhythm. Using a collage of modern music made this anything but an ordinary musical. Turning simple phrases into beautiful lyrics is how the actors made their on-screen love seem so real. Endless amounts of dance sequences and wonderfully detailed sets and props make this movie a feast for the eyes alone.
Moulin Rouge can make your emotions reach a level they have never been and could touch anyone's soul. For adults and teens looking for an epic love story and just a good movie to watch this would be the one for you.
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Summary: The Moulin Rouge! Get's 2 Thumbs Up.......
Review: Baz Luhrman and Craig Pearce co-write a masterful script about truth, beauty, freedom, love, about the Moulin Rouge! Christian, a young poet, played by Ewan McGregor, writes about love, but yet never once has experienced it himself. A group of Bohemian actors plead with him to become their new writer and director. They show him that his words are words of love. In order to put the play, Spectacular! Spectacular!, into production they need to convince Harold Zidler, the impresario of the Moulin Rouge, that it will a hit. That night they take Christian to the underworld of the Moulin Rouge where he meets the courtesan, the Sparkling Diamond, Satine, played by Nicole Kidman. When Zidler organizes a private meeting for Satine and the young poet that is when they fall in love. A jealous duke provides the budget for the play but only if he is promised Satine as his own. A true love story made into a musical with wonderful song and dance truly deserves a category of it's own. With nineteenth century Paris as it's backdrop and familiar twentieth century music, Baz Luhrman finds a way of adding his own special touch as he did in Romeo and Juliet.
Co-starring along side Nicole Kidman (The Others, Eyes Wide Shut, Far and Away) Ewan McGregor (Black Hawk Down, Trainspotting, Shallow Grave) shows his sensitive side in the greatest love story of the year. Luhrman (Rent, Strictly Ballroom) and Pearce (The Seventh Floor, Mad Bomber in Love, Vicious!) make it a comfortable environment for Kidman and McGregor to show there stuff in one of their first singing roles.
Moulin Rouge took time to develop characters but at the same time kept the movie going with a constant rhythm. Using a collage of modern music made this anything but an ordinary musical. Turning simple phrases into beautiful lyrics is how the actors made their on-screen love seem so real. Endless amounts of dance sequences and wonderfully detailed sets and props make this movie a feast for the eyes alone.
Moulin Rouge can make your emotions reach a level they have never been and could touch anyone's soul. For adult and teens looking for an epic love story and just a good movie to watch this would be the one for you.
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Summary: I just LOVED it
Review: I think that there is a while I haven't seen a movie as good as this one. Though there are some things that bugs me in this movie, i really liked it! In two weeks, i have seen it like 6 times!
What bugs me in this movie is that they often repeat their words... Like, the one who sing "The Show Must Go On" must have had said like 5 times this sentence before he sings it and 3 times after he sang it... But otherweise it was great! I like the medleys in this movie! there are so great! they used the good songs!
Just buy it! It's the best movie for those who like music and love.
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Summary: A Work of Art
Review: Make no mistake, not everyone will love this movie. In fact there seems to be only two responses to this movie - love it or hate it. I personally loved it. Ewan McGregor and Nichole Kidman have such a chemistry that they carry this whirlwind of a story along with their side-long love-struck glances alone. Sure, the plot was predictable, so what? Believe it or not the point of this spectacular movie was something beyond the plot, beyond the actors, beyond the dazzling set. This is a movie that is truely more than the sum of all its parts. It is beautiful, wonderful movie and I would reccomend it highly.
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Summary: A musical of a different color
Review: It was one of those movies that at first I was unsure about. I rented it, watched it, and was amazed. The movie itself is beautiful... the acadamy awards that it won for costume design was worth it. The art of the movie is also interesting... the sets of the nightclub and surrounding area is eyecatching. Plus, Satine's room is inside an elephant!!! The music for this particular musical is something completely different from other musicals. Instead of original songs (although, I guess you could call the way they use each and every song original), they use a myriad of other songs. THe soundtrack includes "Your Song" by Elton John, "All You Need is Love" by The Beatles, "I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton, "Like a Virgin" by Madonna, the theme from "The Sound of Music," the French can-can, and, to my amusement, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana, and countless others. Each of these songs is used in a way completely different than what is expected... and even though this movie is set in 1899-1900, the music works. It goes from strange to reassuring to hear songs that you are already familiar with being sung by all the characters. Finally, the actors are wonderful. I never knew that Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor could sing! If you haven't seen this movie, definately check it out, and try to stay with the movie until the tragic end. I've known a few people turned off by the strangeness of it, but I've known more to enjoy it.
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Summary: Awesome Movie
Review: This is definitely a love or hate movie. After renting the movie, I was sure I would never watch it again, but I was drawn back to it by the soundtrack, which is hands down the best part of the movie. I ended up first buying the soundtrack and then the movie, which I watched over and over and over again. Moulin Rouge is the third in Baz Luhrmann's Red Curtain trilogy, where he has told stories through three mediums: through dance in Strictly Ballroom, through Shakespearean poetry in Romeo and Juliet, and through music in Moulin Rouge. And this story is definitely told through the music. The most important moments in the movie occur during musical numbers. And at first I was turned off by the fact that there is only one original song in the soundtrack, "Come What May," I finally realized that they were trying to show the genius of Ewan MacGregor's character, the young writer, by having him pen some of the greatest songs of the 20th century. Everything else about this movie is fantastic as well. The story takes place in late 19th century Paris, where a young Engish writer (MacGregor) just moved to "live a penniless existence" and write about freedom, beauty, truth and love. He is discovered by a group of Bohemian actors and asked to write a play for the Moulin Rouge. He falls in love with the star of his play (Nicole Kidman), but they are forced to have a secret affair because she is the "property" of the play's investor. Kidman and MacGregor do an awesome job. I was especially impressed that they used their own vocals. If I had not known they were singing, I would have thought their voices had been dubbed. You should definitely rent this movie and give it a try. And try not to write it off after you see it once. I think this is the type of movie that enjoy more every time you watch it. And the DVD is packed with extras. Make sure you find all the hidden easter eggs, too.
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