Beautiful

Rating: Null/10 (7 June 2001)

The movie was beautiful. The whole light/dark and use of colors was awesome. I love Lurhmann's work (ie Romeo and Juilet). The acting was nothing special, but then its hard to develop a character that we are used to when they randomly break out into a song.
The story was mostly predictable, but it fit the "storybook musical" feel. You pretty much know what is going to happen, but the fun part was actually seeing it happen. Its a feast for the eyes. The music on the other hand was weird. The modern score was cool at times, but sometimes it seemed out of place, and way too stupid (like when he keeps saying "love lift us up where we belong, all we need is love". But there is something funny about a grizzled deep throated Argentinean singing Roxanne. I think that a few of the songs were original, the one that he sings when he meets Satine, and the "secret love song to remind them of their love"
The choreography was nothing short of fabulous, it was in the sense of a full blown musical. The costumes... They were period, but with that feel that you could almost wear some of it out on the street today. I think that this is a movie that will set some trends, especially for women. I think that we will see a lot of that stunning red lipstick. But also things like corsets and fishnets. Everything in Satine' s wardrobe is amazing. She never looks less then glamorous, even when all she is wearing is a sheet and there is just something about Nichole Kidman in merrywidow and thigh-highs.
I liked the movie for the style that it was done in. Everyone i went with complained about how it was badly acted and the plot lacked (although the movie was a remake of a 1952 version http://us.imdb.com/Title?0044926). I think that this movie could be watched over and over just because it is so beautiful. There is always something that your eyes draw to. I'll buy the DVD.