Moulin Rouge

So a lot of people I knew talked about this movie a lot. So I finally watched it. And I wasn't super impressed. I mean, it's ok, but it's really all over the place and annoyingly so. The first twenty minutes of the movie is some shitty stuff. The movie starts to become tolerable once Ewan McGregor sings 'Your Song' so beautifully. And only then does it maintain slightly above mediocre status.

I mean, it's kinda good looking, but nothing all THAT special. It's just a lot of artificial colors and passable, yet bland, camera work. Nicole Kidman, who I generally like, is super annoying. Plus, I thought her singing voice was mostly so-so. McGregor totally owns her there.

The final act is also generally unexciting and predictable with some soupy sentimentality thrown in there and a fantastically cliche owning of the villain.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it for the most part, but it's really just an average musical that's far more focused on spectacle than anything else. And that spectacle is really distracting and obnoxious.

Oh, and I'ma be 20 tomorrow. Holy shit....