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Summary: Gimmicky, but entertaining
Review: It's a very gimmicky, but entertaining movie. The main point is being entertaining. My 85 (yes, eighty five) year-old mother enjoyed the movie.It has a format which I think is trying for cult status. But with the tons of extas, the DVD is well worth the price. There is something that will keep you wanting to view the package.
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Summary: Skip this one
Review: I was very excited to finally rent this movie. I had wanted to see it in the theater, but it wasn't a movie my husband was interested in watching. I should have followed his instincts. I just finished watching this movie, and I can sum up my feelings in one word- ugh. After the first 13 minutes, I almost turned it off, but I managed to hang through until the end. I had a hard time putting some of the names with the characters- I still can't tell you what the owner's name was. That led to confusion when I kept hearing names but didn't know how to link them up with anyone. I also didn't like the number of fantasy scenes- I don't mind the ocassional "daydream" type sequence, but an elephant house in front of the Moulin Rouge that the dancers use to entice their men? It was just too much for me. Additionally, I didn't like that you know what happens to Satine as soon as the movie starts. A little mystery can be nice. All my feelings aside, I did like the costumes. Visually, the movie was beautiful, and that's where the 2 stars come from. I also liked how modern music was worked into the film. There are also some parts which are funny and cute, like the scene in the elephant where the gang improvises a number in order to sell the Duke on the idea of Spectacular Spectacular. Also, Nicole Kidman is a surprisingly good singer- she does her own lyrics in the movie's numerous vocal events. I like movies that go out on the edge, but I guess I'm just not artsy enough to like this one.
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Summary: What was this?
Review: All I could say was "Huh?"
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Summary: WOW!
Review: Eight words, This is the best movie I've ever seen! Nicole Kidman and Ewan Mcgregor can sing a lot better than Britney Spears, and Nsync, and better then people who are supposed to be singers!
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Summary: The Best Movie I Have Ever Seen
Review: As a big fan of Baz Luhrman, I had high hopes for this movie and hoped it would live up to the standard he set in "Romeo and Juliet," but he set a new standard. Though the first twenty minutes of the movie are a little fact-paced, it's a great movie. The casting was excellent (I was amazed at the vocal talents of both Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman), the song choice was amazing (the soundtrack has everything from Madonna to David Bowie to Fatboy Slim), the story was moving, and the scenery was beautiful. What more can you ask for in a movie?
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Summary: What a load of [junk]!
Review: This is one of the WORST of "good" movies of all time! Just the sight of Nicole Kidman lipcynching to "Like A Virgin" and poor, brilliant old Jim Broadbent lipsynching his way through some 90s dance tune was enough to turn my stomach. WHat were people thinking??!! How did the creators succeed in pitching this movie to the studio? As far as "good" movies go (meaning, well made and big budget with lots of support from the critics), this ranks right up there "A Clockwork Orange" and "Eyes Wide Shut"! It is truly horrible. Painful to sit through. If you want a movie musical, pick almost anything else in the whole wide world. Definitely pass on this one.
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Summary: The Perfect Film
Review: It is a rare event to watch a movie that has virtually no flaws. In other words, at no point do you, as the viewer, say, "I would have done that differently" or "That just doesn't make sense". I think, to qualify as perfect, a movie has to have a simple plot, a lot of visual stimulation, a great soundtrack, and clean editing. It has to be the kind of movie that you don't need to think a lot about, you just need to enjoy it. I have seen only one movie that, in my opinion, fits this bill. It is Moulin Rouge. Don't buy it for the action, or for the plot, or even for the acting. Buy it just because you want to appreciate the pure artistry of the geniuses who were involved in making this film. You'll be glad you did.
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Summary: Miserable 1st half, tolerable 2nd half
Review: What a schizophrenic movie this is ... definitely way overhyped in an era where films are made based on video games (Resident Evil coming to a theatre near you). If this is some attempt to revive "the musical" for the 21st century, then it misses the mark by a wide margin. The first half is such a miserable, cut-and-paste hodgepodge of MTV-style editing and snippets of contemporary pop songs and classic musical tunes come fast and furious, interwoven and absolutely absurdly arranged. Funny? Cute? Ingeniously postmodern? How 'bout lazy and stupid?! (At least for me, it was). I was about to give up on this movie 30 minutes in, but I stuck it out. The second half actually settles down into a tolerable romantic musical that is more reasonably paced and edited, redeeming what would otherwise be a colossal turkey of a movie on the level of Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band or, hey, Ishtar. Other redeeming pluses are the strikingly good and resonant voices of both Nicole Kidman and Ewan MacGregor, even if their acting is a bit tepid at times. Unfortunately, as much as I like John Leguizamo, his performance as Toulouse (Lautrec?) is forced and just plain irritating. In short, this a freakshow of a film that is essentially 1/2 turkey and 1/2 passable musical.
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Summary: Maudlin Romp
Review: This is one of the WORST movies I have ever seen - 70, 80 and 90's music in a Renaissance piece? Plus the story was depressing and stupid. Just shows how much Hollywood critics are out of touch with reality that they gave high honors to this film! Event the lumunous Nicole Kidman can't save this movie.
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Summary: Best of 2002
Review: I loved this movie & I do not feel that I was "deceived" by "mediocre art". I just can't understand why those who don't like it insist that those who did are fools. Some people just don't get it and some people do. What's wrong with that?
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