Moulin Rouge is overrated!

Rating: 1/10 (8 February 2002)

Now, I'm only 23 years old. So I'm not criticizing this movie because I wasn't raised on MTV. Nor am I a conservative 23 year old. My "recent" modern-style movies are "Requiem for a Dream" and "Fight Club." Nor am I a fan of depressing, dreary movies. I also like romantic, period pieces like `Sense and Sensibility' and `A Room With A View" (Which both of them I also consider funny and witty comedies of manners). I'm also a fan of Luhrmann's "Romeo and Juliet." I guess generally like hyper-camera work and romance to be separate from each other. I associate dark lighting and fast camera work with darker issues. I admit, I like compartmentalization.

"Moulin Rouge" to me was a big disappointment. To me, `Being John Malkovich' is a creative movie because it was creative visually and plot-wise. `Moulin Rouge' is creative visually-MUCH more so than BJM I add-but the plot line is rather cliché. And the character's names Christian and Satine? Can you be more cheesy? Or does Baz mean Christian and Satan? Now, that's intriguing.