"Spectacular, Spectacular!"

Rating: 10/10 (25 January 2002)

Moulin Rouge, directed by Baz Luhrmann tells the story of a young writer Christian (Ewan McGreggor) who falls in love the beautiful courtesean Satine (Nicole Kidman)in Paris in 1899. It is a movie that made me laugh and it made me cry and most of all it made me want to love and be loved in return.
The singing and dancing was amazing. During the opening dance sequence was a little odd to see it for the first time and the choices of songs they chose were a little interesting (Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit is one example) but all in all it was fun. But what made me first love the movie was when the first time Ewan McGreggor sang. I just fell in love wih the movie from that point on. That was an amazingly beautiful version of Your Song. I get chills just thinking about it. Another part that made me want to sing and dance was the Spectacular Spectacular part. When they were telling the Duke what the musical was going to be about. "Spectacular, Spectacular, it's not in your vernacular." And Come What May. What can I possibly say about that beautiful song. Ewan and Nicole sang it so perfectly together, their voices just make the song even more special. It should have won for Best Song at the Golden Globes. That was a scam. The direction by Baz Luhrmann was visionary. I never saw anything like it before and it was amazing. Christian believes that all you need is love and above all things is love. Thanks to this movie, I am beginning to think that way too.