Moulin Rouge

Pros: The delicious costumes and visuals, creative script, chemistry between Kidman and McGregor
Cons: Nothing

“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return”

Is it possible to translate an emotion into a visual or a sound? Is it possible to take something felt deep inside the heart and soul, and extricate it...

Pros: Amazing art direction and cinematography, Ewan McGregor!
Cons: None come to mind

Okay, so you're not big on musicals. I can understand that. It's a dying genre and it had few fans to begin with. But what if I were to tell you this film was more than just a musical? Read on and I'll explain.

First, I am only a...

Pros: BEAUTIFUL. GREAT MUSIC.
Cons: Very fast pace...sometimes difficult to follow...

Nicole Kidman is great in this story of Satine...the belle of the Moulin Rouge. This film is wonderful, and almost cartoonish. I was very much unsure of what to expect when I walked in the theater. I had chosen to see this one instead of 'Pearl...

Pros: The visuals.
Cons: John Leguizamo is horrific in a supporting role.

I cannot pin-point exactly why I walked out Moulin Rouge so perplexed. It could be one of those rare occasions where I cannot make up my mind as to whether I embrace the film or abhor it. Perhaps, I can't comprehend it.

There are some films...

Pros: Sumptuous cinematography, spirited choreography, fantastic editing, Kidman and McGregor
Cons: Too much emphasis on that cinematography, choreography and editing

Somebody tell Baz Luhrmann to calm the heck down already! Is it just me, or does this guy have some kind of hyper-active problem like ADD or something along those lines? It seems he only developed the condition in the last few years, beginning with his...

Pros: Garishly colorful, whirling, twirling broadway-esque production on a big screen
Cons: Should come with a disclaimer!

It's not often you have to really put serious thought into telling a person about the most recent movie you saw. Typically, with today's big-screen flicks, you can sum it up in ten words or less in conversation. I'm willing to bet most weekend...

Pros: Awash in style and old-fashioned movie emotion
Cons: This is not your grandfather's movie musical

Watching Moulin Rouge as a musical is a bit like watching an old silent film when you're only used to talkies. It takes a while to get into its stylized format, and because the movie musical is so unfamiliar these days, it takes the movie a while...

Pros: great acting, music
Cons: some people may not like the escapist nature

'Moulin Rouge' is a movie about truth, beauty, freedom, and above all, love.

It's a story that takes place 100 years ago in Paris in a nightclub/brothel called the "Moulin Rouge," where a poor bohemian writer (MacGregor) and a much-desired...

Pros: Passion, fantasy, romance, wonderful special effects, great music
Cons: Some may find it hard to get past the first twenty minutes

First things first - as our English professor would say while reading Shakespeare’s A Midsummer’s Night Dream - you must suspend your disbelief.

This is a movie that challenges you - you could easily walk away from this film thinking - it’s...

Pros: Beautiful visuals, dramatic performances, and smashing creativity in a high-energy, high-emotion extravaganza.
Cons: Feels rather disjointed, is not very believable, and is.. well, a musical of sorts.

In order to do a full and honest review, I must first admit that I originally had no interest whatsoever in seeing Moulin Rouge. Perhaps I am the only person to feel this way, but the constant playing of Lady Marmalade on the radio was...

Pros: Tons o' ballast an' plenty o' razzle-dazzle.....
Cons: all of which falls victim to a kaboom. A big, Earth-shattering kaboom.

Whatever happened to the cinematic musical?
Half a decade ago, civilians were all too happy
to while their free time away in darkened theatres
soaking in the sumptuous productions and treating
their ears to the crooning of genre...

Pros: A divinely inspired work of genius, grace, wit, and splendor
Cons: Not available on DVD until 11/6 (so I've heard)

With astonishing originality, Baz Luhrmann reinvents the musical drama by combining elements from Greek mythology (the Orpheus myth), opera verismo (notably, La Bohème and La Traviata), slapstick comedy, musicals of the 1960s (Sound of Music), music...

Pros: The special effects were spectacular,good use of musical standards
Cons: There were a few plot holes...

To start off this review, I will tell you this, if you are only going to see one movie this year...this is it! I have to have watched it over 20 times and I still love it!

Now, on with the show!

The most stunning thing about this...

Pros: The first half-hour.
Cons: The rest.

I went to see this movie, like everyone else, because of the "greatest-movie-of-the-century" hype that surrounded it before it opened. In retrospect, like The Blair Witch Project, it would be impossible for any actual film footage to fulfill the promises...

Pros: Reinvents the musical.
Cons: NONE!!!!

Wow! If you thought you knew what film was or ought to be, you are in for a ride. Reinvents is a misnomer. Recreates is too bland. Moulin Rouge carves its own territory in the centre of modern film! Baz Luhrmann and his cast and crew of Moulin Rouge...