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I have just been forced to watch some bits of MOULIN ROUGE, the movie. I hated it before I ever saw any, and the pieces I have seen have done nothing but make me loathe it. It is absolutely the opposite of anything I want to see in films, not to mention wrecking one of my favourite songs. (I loathe Elton John, but one has to concede that he wrote some damn good songs, and none better than "A song for you".)

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[photosynthesis.livejournal.com]

i agree... that movie is so irritating and over-the-top

[bufo-viridis.livejournal.com]

Obviously it became an Easter movie :) We had it on TV, too (didn't watch, not interested).

[super-pan.livejournal.com]

Ha ha! My friend that I saw it with hated it so much too! I was able to enjoy it, just because I like Ewan McGregor so much, and I love Popcorn and Diet coke enough to carry me through most movies.

[super-pan.livejournal.com]

Also, I've been told that I have terrible taste in movies!

[secularhermites.livejournal.com]

I've never seen Moulin Rouge or had the urge to see it. However, I found myself compelled to locate a recording of "A Song for You" purely out of curiosity and wasn't able to find it by Elton John. I did, however, find a recording by the Carpenters. Maybe it was a remake?

[redcoast.livejournal.com]

Hee ... I love that movie. From what I understand, it's a love-it-or-hate-it experience, and also kind of a chick-flick. What exactly didn't you like about it?

[headnoises.livejournal.com]

I found out how to enjoy it-- have it on in the background, while you're writing or gaming or knitting or cooking. Then the beautiful outfits and cool songs will come through, without the bone-headed storyline.

[becomethesea.livejournal.com]

You're not alone. I also loathe this movie, and all people ask me when I say it is "WHYYYYY?"

Why? I think it portrays an over-dramatic and outrageous plot with horrible music, that's why. Ewan and Nicole are good singers in a bad movie.

[johncwright.livejournal.com]

The MOULAN ROUGE, if I remember correctly, has as its central idea that characters will speak the words to popular rock and roll songs to each other as if this were the poetry of romantic dialog. Am I thinking of the right movie?

If so, this was the film that convinced me America was spiritually and morally dead.