Spectacular! Spectacular!

Rating: 10/10 (19 July 2001)

Okay, so the plot could have been a little stronger. But in light of everything else that was good about this movie, the plot seems kind of irrelevant, don't you think?
The really beautiful thing about Moulin Rouge is that it comes across as less of a movie and more of a very elaborate stage show. The visuals and the music were what really made it great, especially the vibrant use of color and the hilarious popular music parodies (including Madonna's "Like a Virgin" among others). The deliberately over-the-top performances added to the effect.
The beginning of this movie is incredibly corny, I'll admit, but not by accident. Instead, it *revels* in its corniness, and that makes it excusable.