I saw Moulin Rouge last night, drove across the street to buy the soundtrack, then saw it again.
If this movie doesn't work for you it is going to seem like the dumbest thing ever made, and I wouldn't want to have to argue the point. It's not a movie that needs to inspire a host of immitators, but it's also not like anything else I've seen.
Of course, there's a lot I haven't seen, so the people cursing it for having shoplifted so many other movies may have a legitimate bitch. In this case I'm happy to be so ignorant.
I was also very caught up at the end, Marshame (and I recognize that the story line was a little, um, tired.) For the most part, if the actors are sold on an emotion then I'm going along with them. I thought Kidman and McGreggor (sp?) were fantastic in that regard. Someone at TT pointed out that if anyone had held back in their performance then nothing would have worked.
