Spectacular!!!...A 'Modern Musical'

Rating: 10/10 (3 April 2004)

I absolutely LOVE this movie! And here's just a few reasons why...
1.) The music/singing/dancing is GREAT... Though many people criticize this movies use of popular 'main-stream' music, I found it to be very interesting - and a bit different from 'the norm' - Not to mention comical at times!... The actors did a wonderful job with all the singing - (though am a bit biased on this subject as I know that I could probably never do something like that!)
2.) The Storyline was good. Maybe a bit predictable at times (with the all-too-tragic ending...) But still very well done. Well written!
3.) Visually appealing and stimulating. I consider this to be a very important quality in any film and 'Moulin Rouge!' with its vivid colors, CGI backgrounds and scenery, and authentic costumes and get ups certainly earned 'kudos' in my book...
4.) Superb acting. ALL the actors in this film did a splendid job...
Nicole Kidman - very stunning (as always) gave her charater an added spark that kept you interested... I can't really imagine anyone else in this role - she pulled it off so perfectly! Ewan McGreggor - Gorgeous (again, as always) I just LOVE his voice! I really liked his character - very endearing... John Leguizamo (please forgive any misspellings!) superb as Touluse! His character made me laugh SO MUCH!!! Okay, as you may have noticed I'm running out of adjectives to describe this awesome cast - So I think I'll just stop at that!
5.) As I mentioned already the characters were just so rich and endearing - deffinitely a fact worth reiterating!
6.) And last, but certainly not least, LOVE. This is such a 'hopeless romantic' movie (yes, if you're wondering, I am one!) with the whole "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return" thing resonating through the entire film - how could it not be?...
So, as you can see, I highly rate this movie - it will forever be one of my favorites. I give it a 5/5 (never would have guessed that huh?)