Continuing my catch up, this will not so much be a review as a stream of notes
Moulin Rouge (2001 Baz Luhrmann)
A nice change to the production company credit
Dark and musical. Now we have a flashback which is the movie (??).
Craziness and mania, with a different colour palette it could almost be a Jeunet film. Can McGregor really sing?
Joy is on the screen, with famous songs referenced in the songs and dialogue
Kylie as the Green Fairy, keeping her with little acting required, a good thing
Such colour and spectacle
Nirvana, which I know annoys people being used in such a film, but it works for me.
It becomes a pop song melody
Moving at a blistering pace, but not a lot of story, but so much happening. Nicole Kidman arrives, and we have a love triangle set up with a voice over.
I do not think I have seen Kidman better.
I am really like the use of pop song melodies and they have been really well blended.
Ewan is very good
This opening meeting is on the level of a Busby Berkley
Oh consumption, not a good thing to get. Apparently it is not consumption, but something equally nasty
Great double meaning dialogue
Kidman is going a little too much over the top. Her face can express, makes a nice change from more recent performances.
Nice use of sound to express disappointment
Jim Broadbent working very well
I almost did not recognise Richard Roxburgh as the Duke
Ewan has a childishness to his performance
I am really enjoying the song use in this
Why did Luhrmann do this as a flash back? I would have preferred it as a straight up story.
About half way through I moved to finish watching this on the projector, so stopped writing notes as I was watching.
I love the first half of the movie, I was ready to put this into my top 100 (which it may end up in at some point). The last hour dropped the ball a bit. I am not sure what it was, but I found I was not as captivated by the last hour.
Rating: 83 / 100