some people want to fill the world with silly love songs!

[Tandy, Heidi]

Anyway, enough of my gush because I'm sure someone will go see 
it and say "Um...no...actually, it sucked."  :-)  Oh well.  

 
Yes, actually, that's what my husband said. he really really hated it. He
wanted to walk out 10 minutes into it, and left for a few minutes during the
Like A Virgin scene. He thinks it's worse than anything I've ever made him
see, and I've made him see *both* Xanadu and Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
(which did stay a future oscar winner, but was still pretty lame).
He couldn't take the anachronistic use of the music, and thought the
dialogue from the songs was silly and didn't like the camera technique. He
did, however, appreciate the sets.
I admit, though that the facial similarities between the Duke and David
Spade were occasionally off-putting, and I did think that 
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in the final scene in the Moulin Rouge, Ewan should've whipped out his
lightsaber and layed seige to all who ever hurt his Satine :) I really
almost expected it - or at least a wink & nod to it. Was I asking for too
much?