I Hate Musicals

Rating: 4/10 (22 April 2003)

With the exception of PINK FLOYD`S THE WALL I`ve always hated musicals . It`s the whole camp concept of men and women talking sensibly one moment and springing about like muppets on acid the next . Got your eye on a babe you fancy like mad lads ? Then sing to her and do a little hot shoe shuffle next time you see her boys , she will never forget you in much the same way she`ll never forget being mugged , or finding her previous lover in bed with her best friend
You can see the point I`m making can`t you ? Musicals are silly and unrealistic and MOULIN ROUGE is no exception so I don`t really have to say why I disliked this film because it found it more silly and unrealistic than most musicals I`ve seen . I do recognise that there is a fair amount of cheek and temerity involved of having late 20th century pop songs in a film set in Paris in 1900 along with other post modernist anachronisms , and there is much technical worth in the areas of editing , cinematography and costume design , but I found MOULIN ROUGE to be a cheesy mess and turned off after 40 minutes