spectacular, spectacular

Rating: Null/10 (15 November 2001)

When I first heard of Moulin Rouge, I thought it was going to be a mundain love story and had no real desire to see it apart than to see what the hype was about. Then i found out it was a musical and i was put off even more. I was not fond of musicals made into movies. Who wants to see Les Miserables on TV after seeing it on Broadway? When I actually got around to seeing it, I was completely blown away. The setting and scenery, enhanced by special effects, were beautiful. It was wonderfully gaudy and outlandish. This may seem like a drawback but it was so original and overwhelmingly beautiful so it was one of the best aspects of the movie. Moulin Rouge is a musical about a musical. This reflexivity serves to comment on the nature of the art form and the events in each parallel each other. Another moving part of the movie was the use of modern music. The audience can identify more with the movie by using songs such as "like a virgin." All in all it was an amazing movie, brilliantly made and geniously created.