Best film in years

Rating: 10/10 (5 August 2003)

Not since The English Patient circa 1996 have I experienced a story that resonated with all of the classical romantic emotions - perfectly arranged.
What a brilliant work of art. The sets, the music, the script, the acting, and, most of all, the direction was flawless.
A friend of mine who saw it could not get past the use of contemporary music in the film. Too bad. Besides buttressing an argument that love is timeless (affecting our view of the past and the future), the contemporary songs added much to the film.
It has been over a month since I saw Moulin Rouge for the first time, and I still find myself humming its musical arrangements.