Wow, what a Movie!

Rating: Null/10 (10 November 2001)

Moulin Rouge is by far one of the best movies of the early 21st century. It should set standards for movies and musicals to come. The imagery, graphics, costumes and emotions were all real and quite amazing. The costumes were certainly on the money for the times of the day. The acting by Nicole and Ewan and cast were wonderful and very believable. The sets and style in which this movie was filmed was so original and unique. There is simply no way to describe it really. One must see it! Only a few things bothered me, and they were minor compared to acting and special effects which made up for it. Warning this may be a spoiler to some but I will keep it as generic as possible.!
For the most part the music was great and quite funny at times. However, I was expecting more original tunes, like ALL of most musicals have. Tunes from the 1980's really doesn't fit in the 1900's style of music for that day. I was a little disappointed in the tune by Madonna and Sting re-arranged as it were. Maybe it's an honor to use another star's tunes, but I it's hard to beat the original. But in reality, the arrangements of their tunes were so funny, which made it easy to look over and try to focus on the very upbeat and gripping love story taking place. Trust me, there is no room for boredom in this flick. The special effects were truly amazing and realistic.!!
I do love musicals and this one is truly one to start a genre or revival of musicals for the 21st century, hopefully. One other thing, Toulousse Lautrec was played well by Leguizamo, but I was looking forward to seeing some of his art portrayed in the movie as well as the story line be more based on his character. Being an art lover also, one can imagine my disappointment when no beautiful impressionistic art was to be seen throughout the movie. However, the costumes were so up to date for the early 1900s that this helped me imagine the artwork Lautrec was painting, and what inspired him during those tumultuous times in Paris during his day.
Anyway this one is definitely 8 out of 10 stars. It would be a ten if not for the pop music and more story on Lautrec! Great movie, definitely in top 5 of 2001!
Go see it to believe it and just sit back and try to absorb everything that is being thrown at you at you once. What a RIDE! Go Nicole and Ewan, you guys rule!