Dirty Disney a mixed up bag

Rating: Null/10 (4 March 2002)

This film is visually stunning. I loved the little green fairy. As for the rest of this film. Well I expected an old fashion romance. The storyline is not supposed to be unique. But if the script had been written differently and *SPOILER* they hadn't said Satine is dead in the first 5 minutes.*end SPOILER* And hadn't used MTV style editing, it wouldn't have been as annoying. The music could have orignal!!!!!! If the music had been orignal and done at a different pace, I would have probably fallen head over heals for this movie.
But instead their idea of a musical:
Lets reuse cliche' songs like Diamonds are a girls Best Friend (twice no less). Like virgin and slap them in some sort of order and tell a love story. Now I did like the story that they was trying to tell, it was simple and a little Disney like, I call this movie a Dirty Disney film. But it could have been so much more.
But the fact that this piece of weirdness is getting nominated for Oscars, simply blows my mind (although for art direction and cinematography it deserves it all out). I will admit Baz was trying hard to make something different, and that I applaud him for it. I would much rather film makers try to make something different visually. Film is visual art and more film makers NEED to take advantage of that....I'm sick of seeing films that all visually look the same, the large amounts of rehash films like A Beautiful Mind. Even if the movie has a cliche storyline at least make a good script and the visuals interesting (best example Amelie). But with the visual style I want a little more meat with it. Thats almost impossible to come by in hollywood.
All in all, I'd say go see it, for the what the heck effect. You might love it, hate it and want to poke your eyes out, confused by it, turned off by it, laugh at it's slap stickiness. Whatever the case, watch it once it won't hurt to bad,I think....
6/10