Exhilerating!!!!!

Rating: 9/10 (12 February 2002)

Moulin Rouge! with the exclamation mark. phew!! what an experince. i finally saw the movie, expecting to hate it. i was expecting a hollywood version of a bollywood song, dance masala pot-boiler. was i ever wrong.
the movie is clever. it is funny. it is amusing and it is full of little clever touches that is an absolute delight for any trivia lover. baz luhrmann has delivered a very clever version of a highly cliched, trite and stupid base plot.
there is so much to admire about the movie. sure, the colour and style are a revelation for a hollywood movie. but for someone exposed to a lot of bollywood it is nothing great. i also particularly like the indian touches. quit funny really :)
i say, how can anyone not like a movie that has a broadway version of smells like teen spirit?? how can you not love the big trip on lautrec??!!?? madonna, the beatles, freddy mercury. nobody is spared. everyone is included in this joyride. oh!! and the hills are alive with the sound of music??? :)) kylie minogue as the green fairy??? what a madcap rollercoaster movie!!! i loved it.
if it werent for the fact extremely stupid and boring main plot. this would have earned a perfect 10. points docked for that. go ahead and watch this stylish fun caper anyway!!
a rollercoaster 9!!