Some people are not understanding "Moulin Rouge"...

Rating: 10/10 (10 June 2001)

While scanning through the endless praises of "Moulin Rouge", I couldn't help that the reviews which criticized it were focused on one large subject:that the story of MR was completely useless and/or absurdly non-unique. Obviously, the reviewers know nothing of the filmmaker, Baz Luhrmann, or his extreme cinematic techniques that he has branded himself with as tradition. Luhrmann, previous director of "Strictly Ballroom" and "Romeo + Juliet" always uses his films as "upgrades" of previously famous stories. "Strictly Ballroom", for example, uses the biblical tale of David and Goliath set to a ballroom showdown, while "Romeo + Juliet" gets the 90's gangster-mob upgrade in their classical Shakespeare story. "Moulin Rouge", of course, does nonetheless with Luhrmann. He uses a Greek mythological tale set to the crazy Bohèmian lifestyle of upper-Paris.
I do not berate people for not enjoying "Moulin Rouge" (I, however, thought it was absolutely incredible), but I feel that many of these reviewers need to not only know the aspect from which the film is taking, but to watch the ENTIRE film (do not walk out of the theater and expect people to read your review with understanding) and then judge it -- do not discuss something you really do not know what you are talking about.