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02-10-2002, 09:23 PM
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02-10-2002, 09:31 PM
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Count me in as one who also flat out loved the film. The first 20 minutes completely blew me away and I was catching my breath the rest of the film.
Vickie, that's a shame. I know it played heavily off modern music, but that doesn't mean it wasn't done in an original manner. I thought it was a brilliant touch.
Bruce
The Mads are calling
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02-10-2002, 09:35 PM
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I'm angry too, but I actually predicted the exact reason that MR's score might be inelibible.
It's a shame, I absolutely *love* the end credits song. *Sigh*...at least I can root for Shore's score for LotR:FotR, and Eithne's song, May It Be, with a clear conscience.
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02-10-2002, 11:04 PM
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Man, I just don't get the praise everyone gives this movie. I can't think of any specific quality about the film that made me not like it, other than the fact that I was bored out of my mind for two hours. The only reason I watched it all the way to the end was in hope that a good ending would at least keep me from walking away with a bad taste in my mouth...that didn't happen. As a musical, Hedwig And The Angry Inch was MUCH better.
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02-10-2002, 11:51 PM
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You and me ScottH. I love musicals and have been in 5 in my life. Just didn't do it for me. The story was just lame. Costumes were nice but little else moved me. I liked the idea but they didn't pull it off FOR ME!
Is it a good movie? Sure but it SURE should not get so much praise. I think it does because it dared to bend the rules and was actually different then a standard movie.
Thus - it's a good thing it was made. I hope there will be more of it's kind. I think the public is ready for more musicals.
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02-11-2002, 03:19 AM
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For me another great feature of this movie was the many levels of it. First you have yourself as the audience in a theater, then you have the movie opening with a scene in a theater where the conductor conducts the orchestra and the curtain opens. Next level is the actual foreground story with the writer and finally you have the play that is performed in the story. To top it off, there is playfullness between these layers as things that happen in the story echo in the play and vice versa. Aside from all the other wonderfull things happening in this movie, this was just what convinced me that this was pure magic. Not that it had not been done before but the way it is used here just brings everything together perfectly.
Great, great movie.
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02-11-2002, 07:28 AM
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Just watched this for the second time last night with the father-in-law. MartyD hit the nail on the head. Pure magic. And better the second time around.
As I said to the in-law afterwards, I will sit through hours and hours of shit in the hope that I'll witness (experience?) a magical, electrifying moment like the medley on the elphant.
Funnily enough, the last movie to hit the spot dead on like this was Unbreakable, another movie that pretty much defines the term "you'll either love it or hate it".
Escapism is what I'm into, and escapism gets no better than Moulin Rouge. Best film I've seen in a long, long while.
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02-11-2002, 08:25 AM
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Pure magic is a good description. As for the closing credit score, the second CD (due out next Tuesday) lists them as:
Closing Credits - Bolero
So maybe Craig didn't write the music??? Bolero, huh? I still can't wait for the CD!
As for the magic of MR, you get it or you don't. Like lots of movies. But one thing is for certain, it isn't a churned-out piece of Hollywood crap just looking for your money! This summer, that was worth a lot to me 
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02-11-2002, 11:43 AM
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I think Bolero is a particular class of music -- Italian class, I think. And while I don't think the piece is unique in general, I think Armstrong gave it his own flavor.
I gotta do a little research on it, seeing as I love the song so much.
/me puts on headphones, starts up "Bolero", cranks up the volume...
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02-11-2002, 04:12 PM
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Here's another fan of this movie. Get this.... I didn't even KNOW it was a musical when we rented it. I knew it had some song and dance numbers, but I thought they were confined to stage perfomances at the night club in the movie. It wasn't until 10 minutes into the movie that I realized that this was an all-out musical.
I normally don't like musicals very much, but this was a great movie. Very involvin love story, great music, beautifully staged performances and great acting and singing. Next to "Black Hawk Down" and "Memento" it's my favorite movie of 2001.
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02-11-2002, 05:16 PM
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