Review of Moulin Rouge! (2001) by J-Shap — 24 Aug 2011
Moulin Rouge is so contrived, so lame, so up-its-own-a**, and so insultingly unoriginal, it really does make Titanic look like Casablanca. The characters are written horribly, the story is absolute crap, and the movie seems to think it's profound, and no, we are not at least able to enjoy the spectacle, because the movie is shot in such a way that the sets and costumes escape our vision as fleeting as possible.
Let's imagine an incredibly shallow movie as a hollow eggshell covered in glitter. Now let's imagine self-importance and pretentiousness as a giant hand around the eggshell, pushing harder the more it believes the movie is spectacular.
Do the math.
This review of Moulin Rouge! (2001) was written by J-Shap on 24 Aug 2011.
Moulin Rouge! has generally received very positive reviews.
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