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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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Summary: Loved it!
Review: My experience with people and "Moulin Rouge!" is this; you'll either hate it or love it- there seems to be no in between. As for me, I loved it. Baz Luhrmann (of "Romeo + Juliet" and "Strictly Ballroom" fame) has given us a feast for our starving senses. Based on the actual nightclub, "Moulin Rouge" brings penniless writer Christian (Ewan McGregor)to Paris. There, he befriends the "Bohemians", one of which is vertically challenged painter Toulouse-Lautrec (an impressive turn by John Leguizamo). The Bohemians desperately want their play "Spectacular, Spectacular!" to be famous, so they enlist Christian to pitch the idea to the lovely courtesean Satine (Nicole Kidman),the "Sparkling Diamond" and star of the Moulin Rouge. Satine and the Moulin Rouge's owner Harold Zidler (2002 Best Supporting Actor Jim Broadbent)desperately want to turn their famous dance hall into a legitimate theatre, but need a snide Duke (Richard Roxburgh) to invest his loads of money to do so. It is arranged that Satine will seduce the Duke to snag the funds, but Toulouse's interference for Christian throws the whole plan topsy-turvy. Upon meeting Christian, Satine falls in love with him and his poetry. But, the Duke catches them together and they invent a crazy plan that, of all things, ends up getting "Spectacular, Spectacular!" done in the Moulin Rouge after all! There's so much more that goes on during this film, and the overall theme is: "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return". Can love overcome poverty, deceit and greedy jealousy? "Moulin Rouge!" is the return of the musical in Baz Luhrmann fashion. Modern music (such as Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", Madonna's "Like a Virgin", the Police's "Roxanne", and of course "Lady Marmalade", originally done by Patti LaBelle)is used, as well as some fabulous original scores ("Come What May" and "Someday I'll Fly Away" are gorgeous). If you're not a big fan of musicals, this may not be your scene. You may be interested, though, to see Kidman and McGregor sing their own lyrics and put their hearts and souls into their respective performances. The DVD includes two discs: disc 1 is the movie itself (with or without the director's commentary). Disc 2 includes all kinds of goodies: Vingettes with the 5 leading actors, "The Making of Moulin Rouge", as well as a "Dance your Can-Can off" and many other extras. Worth every penny.
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Summary: Fantastic Musical I have ever seen!
Review: I will strongly recommend to all people to watch this fantastic musical. I love it not because of the cast or the director but the songs and the way she was expressed. the first 30 to 45 mins were energetic, almost noisy, but it didn't detory the original melodies.
I have a friend said that the photography is worse in Tango, he wanted to watch the whole figure of the dancers but not their heads. Hullo! The film is from a "VISIONARY" director, you shoud know that it must not filmed regulary, as a musical on the stage. If you didn't like it, don't watch it then.
All of all it is the most marvelous musical I have ever watch! Get it !
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