:: Venting Insanity ::

:: Thursday, June 05, 2003 ::

movie review
Well, I finally saw Moulin Rouge in it's entirety the other day.

Woot.

Anyway...

Ewan MacGreggor (Star Wars: Episode 1 & 2) and Nicole Kidman (Eyes Wide Shut, Practical Magic) play lovers Christian and Satine who meet in a case of mistaken identity. Christian travels from London to Paris to be a writer and to experience the Bohemian Revolution. He meets up with a crazy dwarf named Toulous (John Leguzamo) who manages to talk him into writing their new play, "Spectaculaire, Spectaculaire". He sets up Christian for a meeting with Satine, but Satine already has a meeting with the Duke. She's expecting the Duke, who is brought up to her room by the Moulin Rouge's current owner, Zidler. Christian walks in, recites some of his work, and gets caught in the room with Satine by the Duke. However, with a quick cover up by Satine, Toulous, and the other Bohemians, they're able to convince the Duke that this will be a fabulous play and get him to invest. Little do any of them know at this time that Satine is dying from consumption.

Soon, a whole story of lies, trickery, love, and greed unfolds, taking place over the span of a year. There's crazy music, foolhardy shenanigans, the works. It's a very silly style to tell such a tragic story in. However, I enjoyed it. ^^;; As weird as that sounds. All the songs were ripped off (especially the Elephant Love Medley), the camera work was weird, they sped the film up and slowed it down at strange times, half the stuff going on didn't make any sense, yet it somehow worked. It was just a crazy film that fell together in itself. I really can't explain it any other way.

Some of the extras on the DVD were pretty funny, too. I enjoyed the extended dance sequences, as well as some of the reeditting that was done. Some pretty good stuff in there.