Moulin Rouge

Who knows why it's taken me this long to blog about moulin rouge, considering it's one of my favourite films ever and might be my favourite musical (I'm constantly torn between this, grease and les mis!)

I don't think I can find a fault with Moulin Rouge, I honestly don't. Baz Lurhman built the musical around already fantastic love songs- One Day I'll Fly Away is, to this day, my favourite song from a musical and I have a quote from it tattooed on my back. The merging of many great love songs into the Elephant Love Medley is both well executed by the actors, and beautifully blended.

Speaking of the actors (I'll come back to the music), Nicole Kidman plays her role very well, at the beginning seeming aloof and unavailable, then portraying a young girl in love, she was, in the first instance, attractive and believable, and when in love, completely endearing and adorable!

Ewan McGregor also played the role of a naive young boy dazzled by Satine's beauty and aloofness very well, at the beginning I believed him to be a pathetic, doe eyed little boy that focused on someone out of his reach a little bit too much... but then he started fighting (and singing) for what he cared about and he finally became a man!

Back on to the music. I don't think the fact that the songs aren't original depletes the quality of the film, I think it makes it a unique musical that fits a beautifully scripted and well acted story.

So basically, this is a just about perfect musical and you should all definitely watch it!