Hey guys! Thanks for checking in for another week of musical reviews. For those who did not quite make the connection from my title posting, I've chosen to do "Moulin Rouge!" this week. I saw it for the first time a couple days ago with a friend. She was really surprised that I had not seen it and made us watch it immediately. "Moulin Rouge!" came out in 2001 which made me simply too young to watch it with all the sexual themes and whatnot. I'm really glad I finally got to sit down and watch it. This movie musical quickly became one of my favorites. "Moulin Rouge!" is a musical film about a penniless British writer named Christian, who comes to the Moulin Rouge, a theatre in Paris, France, and falls in love with an actress and courtesan named Satine.
The story, the music, the acting, and the visual imagery is without a doubt, brilliant! Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman's voices compliment each other and the story perfectly. The score skillfully weaves modern and popular songs and rescores them into a masterpiece. I really liked the use of popular music because I was able to sing along to just about every song without having even seen the movie yet. Although, the original was actually my favorite. Come What May was so beautifully executed between Christian and Satine and the use of it again later on in the film shows you just how powerful it really is. "Moulin Rouge" is a musical I'll be seeing again in the near future. I highly recommend it. Thanks again for checking in. Hope to see you next week!
Wow. I am glad that you found something that you can do weekly that you really do enjoy. Where do you find all of these musicals? Are they expensive. I would love to try and find something like this. I'm glad that you have a taste for this type of art because it is interesting to hear your reviews.
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