Moulin Rouge...

[heidit at netbox.com]

 Jen Faulkner <jfaulkne at e...> wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Jun 2001, Amber wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Well, I finally saw Moulin Rouge tonight. Brilliant, brilliant,
> > brilliant, brilliant, brilliant! Absolutely frickin' marvelous!
> 
> I just saw it last night, and I am *so* glad I went to see it!  Wow. 
 
> It was indeed fantastic -- the visuals are simply stunning, if a 
bit,
> well, frenetic.  Ewan is cutey-cute and sings very well (much better
> than Nicole, IMO); he could totally do traditional musical theater 
(has
> he?).  His character was so sweet -- the poor thing, you just want 
to
> cuddle him.  

I loved this movie, and have offered to go again with my sister in 2 
weeks - and I haven't seen a movie 2 times in the theatres since ANTZ 
- was that in 1998? I also got the soundtrack this week, as a present 
to myself for having such a hellish week, and I haven't been able to 
turn it off in 5 days - my 22 month old loves the Elephant Medley and 
for some reason, Hindi Sad Diamonds and claps when he hears them. 

Of course, none of this has overcome my husband's distate for the 
film, and if he hadn't loved Shrek, which we saw just beforehand, I 
would blame his hatred for the film on the fact that he was developing 
noncontageous viral menengitis at the time :(

But no, he just hated it. Oh well - guess what *I'M* not getting as a 
present for my birthday...?