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Summary: "Spectacular, Spectacular"
Review: Moulin Rouge. This breathtaking film of fun effects, clever jokes, amazing acting, brilliant direction a deeply moving storyline, is one that you will never forget. When I tell you that it is written by Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce there should be no excuse why you should not watch this Fabulous Film. The commitment, strength and talent of the cast shines through all the way, and believe me, you will never forget this film experience of a lifetime!
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Summary: People who don't like this movie are nuts
Review: Like I said. This movie is awesome. I own it on DVD. This movie is so great. I loved it so much I would watch it 20 times if I want to. These movies are magical. Nicole Kidman was beautiful in this one and Ewan McGregor is wonderful. I love those costumes. I would nominate this movie for the oscars and nominate Nicole Kidman for best Actress. This was the first movie I have ever seen with her in it. I would reccomend it to anyone who loves musicals and likes music. The songs were beautifully rehearsed and sang wonderfully from the cast. I want to be an actor someday and Nicole Kidman would be my first choice....
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Summary: I wish I could give more than 5 stars!
Review: This is the greatest movie ever. It is also one of the greatest DVDs that you can own. If you are a fan of musicals, than you should love it. One word of advice... you MUST watch it to the end. The beginning can be hard to get through the first time, but with subsequent viewings it is all great. Kidman and McGregor capture you right away with their wonderful acting and voices. I cannot say enough about this movie. It is SO GOOD! It should have definitely taken home the Best Picture Oscar (although I really liked A Beautiful Mind.) Just buy it... I am sure you will be glad you did!
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Summary: Too good to be true.
Review: "A story of truth, freedom, beauty, and most importantly love," Moulin Rouge delivers the audience to the edge of their seats. A musical with class, romance, drama, action, suspense, and exceptional screen play, it is hard to put into words how great this movie is. Let me just say that I love movies, musicals, and most of all, Kidman (who I believe is the best actress after watching The Others) and if you do too, I recommend whole heartedly that you go out and buy yourself a copy. Nicole Kidman, and Ewan are surprisingly great singers and they sing "live on camera" to capture the realism that the movie/musical very well delivers. "Spectacular Spectacular, No words in the vernacular can describe this great event. You'll be dumb with wonderment."
"We would have created the world's first completely modern, entirely electric, totally Bohemian, all singing, all dancing, stage spectacular!"
-Harold Ziddler (Moulin Rouge)
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Summary: I Love This Movie!!!
Review: I was anxious to say the least about seeing Baz Luhrmann's "Moulin Rouge." Based on what I had seen in the trailers, it looked to be a really delicious piece of film making. But, as I sat in the darkened theater, I quickly became aware that I was not totally prepared for the inspired vision that was about to unfold. "Moulin Rouge" is nothing short of dazzling, a wild-eyed, acid trip of a movie, that looks and sounds like nothing you've ever seen before. The first 45 minutes of this reinvented musical are a dizzying blur that will leave you gasping to catch your breath. It's like being grabbed up by the seat of your pants and hurled through a cartoon, cardboard cutout of Paris, (circa 1900). It is at the same time garish, bawdy, and beautiful, sort of like riding a terrifying thrill ride, at 100 miles per hour and the minute it's over you want to run to get back in line, to ride it again. The story is a classic opera tale that centers around the characters Christian, a penniless writer, played with class and style by Ewan McGregor, and Satine, the beautiful star, and courtesan of the fabled "Moulin Rouge," played by gorgeous Nicole Kidman. The incredible scenes between Ewan and Nicole literally light up the screen with love and excitement. They sing... they dance and they do both damn well! It's pure joy watching these two forbidden lovers cavort across the star lit sky, literally singing with the moon of their secret love. "Moulin Rouge" features some great contemporary songs by Elton John, "Your Song," Madonna, "Like A Virgin," and Sting, "Roxanne," all reinterpreted into some of the most eye-popping musical production numbers put on film since the 1940's. The entire supporting cast-of-characters, including a fabulous performance by Jim Broadbent, add just the right balance to round out this loopy, lopsided kaleidoscope of a movie. I have seen a lot of musicals over the years, some great, some not so great, but I don't believe I have ever seen one that has affected me in such an odd way as "Moulin Rouge." This wonderful film has broken the tired old mold of movie musicals and given it a vibrant, shinny new life, and quite frankly, that's a very good thing! The DVD is incredible, with enough behind the scenes features, to keep you happy for hours. This one is a must for your collection.
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Summary: Extraordinary art, heart rending romance, a roller coaster.
Review: I've about had enough of illiterate adolescents who think that there is some problem using Elton's classic "Your Song" in Moulin Rouge - get a clue! It's anime! The entire movie is a phenomenal roller coaster, a feast of eye candy, a hauntingly tender love story, a masterpiece. The skillful blending of contemporary music, images and film making with the fresh-coat-of-paint-grotesquery of Paris circa 1900 is stunning, and the love story is pure enough to break the coldest of hearts. Make no mistake, this is an art film and should not be seen if you are in the mood for Indiana Jones or Basic Instinct. Additionally, we have had several friends borrow our copy of the DVD and HATED it because they watched it on really small televisions. I think that it should be seen on a large screen with a reasonable sound system or it may come across just a little too frenetic. We have a 53" 6x9 with surround that does the film justice. The sound is marvelous. My wife and I think that this piece could be described like this: a turn-of-the-century Parisian Romeo and Juliet produced by MTV and directed by the same person who did the Rocky Horror Picture Show. If you like Strictly Ballroom (another Baz Luhrman film) you'll LOVE THIS.
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Summary: The BEST DVD of 2001 and a Great Movie to go With It.
Review: Belive it folks, this is the best DVD, IMO, of 2001. Everything from the Extras to the DTS track will blow you away. It's very important to have good sound for a musical, and this is the best one. As for the movie, it's a perrty simple love story...the only catch, is it's set in a early 20th century cabaret. Ewan McGregor meets a traveling preformers and joins, they then sneek into the Moulin Rouge in attempt to get a job and it's there where he meets Nicole Kidman, the biggest talent at the Moulin Rouge. They met and then the rest is pertty stright forward. The great thing about this movie is it's first 40 min. These first min. is full of crazy visuals and great music.....want to see a fat man in a red penguine suit sing Nervina's "Smells Like Teen Sprit" in the early 1900's? Well, you get it here. As a matter of fact you don't get on orgianl song, or oldie song, in this movie....and that's one of the most orgianl and innovative things I've ever ran across. Not only are the songs great, but everything from the sets to the makeup to the costumes are all made with the smallest attition to detail....and trust me...this DVD presents it all good and well.
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Summary: Once more, without feeling
Review: It is odd that "Moulin Rouge" should win eight academy award nominations. Not only is it not as good as "The Others" or "A.I." but, more important from the academy's perspective, it did not make as much money as either of them. It no doubt was helped by the fact that, while not an innovative and pathbreaking new movie, it strongly resembled Hollywood's idea of one. Where other movies offer the euphoria of something truly original, "Moulin Rouge" provides frenzy and sensation for its own sake. Whereas other movies offer a new perspective, "Moulin Rouge" indulges weird anachronism. Why should the average moviegoer be expected to know think about Fin de siecle Paris, in the midst of the Dreyfus Affair, or as anarchism and marxism clashed for the soul of French socialism, or as a certain Catholic nationalism poised to mutate into something too close to fascism? Why should the average moviegoer be reminded that this was the time of Proust and Gaugin and Debussy, of the first cinema industry and the Curies? Best provide people with what they think they know, even if Toulouse-Lautrec is reduced to saying cliches about "love, truth, beauty and freedom." Musicals are nothing without music. What Luhrmann has done is create the first musical where the main focus is on the editing. Not editing for any particular purpose, not to show any emotion or even enthusiasm but as an exercise in his own virtuosity. The results are scattershot. There is an amusing cameo by Kylie Minogue as the Tinkerbell Absinthe Fairy. The scene where the characters hoodwink the duke into supporting their ridiculous Spectacular is amusing. Jim Broadbent does an amusing version of "Like a Virgin," that matches Quientin Tarantino's riff on it in "Reservoir Dogs." Broadbent is helped by the fact that most people do not have strong feelings for the song. And if you ever wanted people to sing "Lady Marmalade" and "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in turn of the century France, well, here's your chance. It's not enough. There is the worst version of "Roxanne" I've ever heard, done as a particularly bombastic tango. John Leguizamo as Toulouse-Lautrec is excruciating, though that might be the script's fault. But the main problem is the love story at the focus of the movie. The story is a cliche, so Luhrmann seeks to drown it in heavy irony. The sentimental can still believe in the story, people who know the price of everything and the value of nothing can pride themselves on their hip irony, and those in between can be manipulated accordingly. It doesn't work. How can we believe that the main characters are in love when Luhrmann doesn't, and doesn't want us to? Nicole Kidman actually does a good job given the hopeless position she is put in, but Ewan McGregor is singularly unconvincing. In my opinion I don't think "Your Song" is so irretrievably bad that it can never be affecting if sung with conviction. But since Luhrmann doesn't care, what can McGregor do when he warbles it?Rather unpleasant in the manner that it has it both ways, "Moulin Rouge" reminds one of D.H. Lawrence's verdict on John Galsworthy: "Vulgarity pays, and cheap cynicism covered in sentimentality pays better than anything else."
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Summary: Spectacular, Spectacular!
Review: The Moulin Rouge was a nightclub in Montmartre, France outside of Paris. The story is set in the summer of 1899 and continues until 1900. The coreography in this movie is accentuated brilliantly by the excellent costumes that were designed by Catherine Martin.
Before this movie, I thought Nicole Kidman was a joke who needed Tom in order to be worth anything- now I see how wrong I was. she came into her own beginning with this movie. Baz Luhrmann's capivating and innovative style plays a major role in this eccentric and lovable movie. Ewan Mc Gregor and Nicole Kidman's voices are astoundingly good and just for the record I recommend the soundtrack as well. The story itself is relatively simple- it is just a story about Freedom, Beauty, Truth and Love. Ewan Mc Gregor's portrayal of Christian, the love-struck penniless writer, is absolutely flawless and believable. Richard Roxburgh is absolutely perfect as the overly possesive Duke who desires Satine for himself. Jim Broadbent dazzles as Zidler, the owner of the Moulin Rouge. John Leguizamo as the "vice-ridden gnome" Toulouse is genuine as well- I especially like the scenes as the magical sitar. The acting in this movie is what makes it worthwhile.
Moulin Rouge is a simple love story told through song. I sincerely recommend it to every person who loves musicals- and even those who don't. The movie boasts music ranging from Nirvana to Elton John to Madonna- it's a sure fire for anyone who has ever listened to music in their life.
Moulin Rouge is not for everyone however. The first time I saw Moulin Rouge- I absolutely hated it. Now I've seen it 7 times and I cry each time (this is the first movie I've ever cried in). I urge you to see it again and give it another chance even if yuo despise it- it's definately worth seeing.
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Summary: Those Funny French Fairies .....
Review: WELL! I avoided this one like the plague, just couldn't accept the concept of dove-tailing modern music ala Madonna, Elton John, etc. into the vivid world [thank you John Huston - the 1952 version] of whores, pimps, dancers, singers, drug addicts, alcoholics and one or two nice people ...... IF you've moved through that area [Blanche,Pigalle,Sacre Couer,DuVallon] you'll recognize it! YOU will either love this crazy movie - OR hate it - you cannot be luke warm about this one. MYself? Naturally loved it, cannot get enough! It's brilliant DVD strategy - an experience unto itself, a Super 2 disc set with extended dance sequences, etc. etc. etc. Always versatile, NICOLE KIDMAN vividly reminds one of Rita Hayworth or is it Moira Shearer? BUT she still owns Satine - a rare beauty. An Award-Winning performance! Ewan McGregor is also excellent as the naive love interest. Bravo Baz Luhrmann!
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