Christian’s wail of grief when Satine dies in his arms is one of the most gut-wrenching things I’ve ever seen put on film. It sounds like his soul has been ripped from his body. Breaks me every time I watch this incredible movie.
Not knowing a thing about it, my wife and I rented the movie some years ago. We finished watching it, looked at each other, then watched it again. "Come What May" gets me every time. Fabulous flick.
It's such an incredible performance, not only on its own but because it's so intelligent and aware of its genre and its tone. This is a near-impossible genre: it takes its cues from genuine opera, where everything must be exaggerated to fill the theatre, so the instinct is to "go big" with the performance-yet they've chosen to film it in such close quarters that the instinct of film actors in extreme close-ups is to "go small." Somehow the balance worked out; the whole flavour of the film makes the difference, and makes a larger-than-life performance work perfectly here where it might not work anywhere else.
If I had a nickel for every time a character played by Ewan Mcgregor was in a tragic love story with a character named Satine... I'd have two nickels, but it's odd that it happened twice.
This movie is a typewritten narration from Christian's perspective. So the moments that are sped up are primarily to due with the Duke as in his writing the duke is present, but he doesn't want to focus on him so summarizes things (thus the sped up parts), and the slow scenes focus on Satine as he is focusing on the end of her life and wants to remember it in as fine a detail as possible, thus the slow down sections as he would be detailing the hell out of those sections to try to remember and retain as much about her as possible.
When this was in the theater it looked interesting and my GF at the time wanted to see it, but I managed to avoid it because it's a musical and I'm a 'big tough dude'. Looking back, it may have been one of the reasons we broke up. About a year later I watched it at home on DVD. I was wrong, about the movie, my attitude toward myself and various other things in my life. It is one of my favorite movies of all time but will always be bittersweet to me. Some lessons in life are very hard-learned.
Good for you, better late than never. Most guys realize musicals are not just a "woman" thing and it takes a "real man" to truly appreciate the arts. Men back in that time period did!
I watched it for the first time at home, and my husband started it with me, but couldn't get into the fast-paced intro and thought it was silly. I continued on my own and was so disappointed that he didn't stick with it. It's one of my absolute favorite movies. Unfortunately, he still hasn't learned the lesson you did.
I was in tears in the theater seeing this the moment the notes to the Queen song "The Show Must Go On" started knowing that singer Freddie Mercury wrote and recorded it when he was dieing of AIDS in real life.
@@ShanelleRiccio and he recorded the song in one take. Brian May tried to talk Freddie out of singing it because he was so sick, but Freddie downed half a bottle of vodka and said "Let's do this, darling."
Saw this in the theatre when I was like 15. Literally almost fell out of my seat because my knees gave out when Evan McGregor sang “my “gift is my song” and then he turns back to Satine and says “and this ones for you”😍😍 Fell in love with him instantly💕💕💕
Nicole Kidman has said that Satine was the best role of her entire career. And the music... well, for some of us this is the soundtrack of our youth so it resonates well, even as an anachronism. The medley on the elephant is called the Elephant Love Medley and has been covered many times on UA-cam, as has Come What May.
the "like a virgin" sequence is so batshit insane.. but incredible in a way that i have to go back and watch it every so often just to remind myself it exists lol
apparently he wasn't really a dwarf in real life (he was either 4 and a half or 5 feet tall) but the thing was that he had the upper body of a fully grown man but short legs of someone who was small for their age as a child and whose legs never fully healed after they were both broken when he was a teenager, he was mocked for the contrast alone which was why he went slumming rather than staying with the aristocracy he was part of.
@@EpoRose1I had to look that one up. He definitely looks like he had it just by looking at his face alone. Thank you for sharing this a year ago so I could learn something new today.
I remember seeing the trailer for this before it came out, and thinking “I bet this is one of those movies that looks really good in the trailer but is actually TERRIBLE!” And I skipped seeing it in theaters. We got a screener of it later since I worked at a videostore, and my boss had watched it the night before. She raved about how amazing it was and she watched it two times in a row. I brought it home and after the first 20 minutes of craziness, I really got into it. Was in a puddle of tears by the end. I became obsessed and watched everything Ewan and Nicole were in before and after MR! It really saddened me that it was very underrated and Chicago got much more attention at award shows the next year.
I loved MR. I ALSO have LOVED Chicago since I discovered the original 1975 broadway cast recording starring Chita Rivera and Gwen Verdon. I knew every aspect of that show from the reason for its inception to the history of its father, Bob Fosse. I knew how they had been trying to bring it to the silver screen for decades but always hit roadblocks…until Moulin Rouge proved musicals still had box office power. Why so much vitriol for it? Chicago is a masterpiece as is Moulin Rouge and arguably even more so as its body is completely original music and lyrics. There is room for love and adoration for both visionary works. ♥️♥️
@@jariah92005 I saw Chicago on Broadway in 1999 and was bored. I didn’t like it then and I didn’t love the movie (I enjoyed a couple of songs). I felt there was more passion in MR that I connected to.
I think Chicago was outstanding and deserved all the praise it received. Moulin Rouge! deserved just as much praise though. I don't think it's so much that one was overrated, but one was very underrated. (I know you didn't say Chicago was overrated, I'm just saying)
I think Chicago only won Best Picture because Moulin Rouge re-opened the door to musicals making an impact in the movie industry. I think Moulin Rouge deserved it more than Chicago did. I love Chicago too, though.
@@UTU49 Chicago was written by Fred Ebb with music and lyrics by his partner John Kander. Kander and Ebb are iconic and historic writers that have created some of the most iconic musicals in history including Cabaret, Kiss of the Spider Woman and Steel Pier. Their broadway legacy began in 1965 with Flora the Red Menace. Bob Fosse, the choreographer of the original 1976 broadway production is also one of the most iconic broadway creators to have existed and his influence can be seen throughout pop culture to this day. This was to be his grand return to the broadway stage after his Oscar win for the film version of Cabaret. For decades a film version of Chicago had been pursued to no avail. The movie musical had indeed gone down in popularity. But the hugely successful minimalist revival of the show on Broadway in the 90’s sparked a renewed interest and with the success of Moulin Rouge a film adaptation was finally greenlit. The fact it was MADE at all was due to Moulin Rouge but the fact it went in to win Oscars is soley due to its clearly superior pedigree. A musical based on a 1926 play with original music written by broadway veterans and choreography by a broadway legend led it to its wins. I love, love, LOVE Moulin Rouge but, honestly, while it is a beautiful, wonderful, vibrant and energetic story told in a new cinematic style, its legacy is that it was doomed to be the first of the jukebox musicals. The majority of the music coming directly from pop culture with only 2 original songs written for an Oscar consideration. It can’t honestly be compared to the originality and brilliance of Chicago’s entirety. Moulin Rouge is brilliant in its own way. In its own cool we-all-know-the-songs kind of way. Its a cool twist on music we already know. Which is why, in my opinion, it didn’t win the Best Picture Oscar.
Nicole Kidman feels like a throwback to old Hollywood. She possess so much personality, charm, and wit in her performances. It's almost secondary that she's also incredibly beautiful. No one can see a movie with her and say "who was that female lead?" like you can with too many modern movies.
Like musicals myself but this is such a unique story. So fast paced and exciting. The music arrangement is incredible. Remember, not all love stories are 'happy'.
I almost did a spit take when you asked if Lady Marmalade was written for this movie. There was a cover released by pop divas of the time (Christina Aguilera etc.) in synch with this film, but it was originally sung by diva Patti LaBelle (in the group LaBelle) in 1974. Watching reaction vids never fails to make me feel old.
my favourite performance of the song is the live show when Christina, Pink, Lil Kim and Maya sang most of the song in their lingerie and then for the big finale Patti LaBelle made a grand entrance also dressed in a fantastic red dress and they all sang it together.
You have to check out Luhrman’s Strictly Ballroom! It’s just wonderful, similar in style to this, but since it’s one of his first films, the actors are all mostly unknown to those of us outside of Australia. Quirky fun, very quotable (“New steps! New steps!”), and the dancing is lovely. It has a soundtrack that is worthy of purchasing, just as MR does.
I love Strictly Ballroom. I just introduced my daughter to it a few months ago and she loved it as well. It is so funny and romantic. I prefer Baz Luhrman's earlier work.
i grew up watching this movie. i was obsessed with it as a child and watched it every day. my favorite scenes that i used to fast forward and rewind back to were the two versions of come what may and the roxanne/tango scene. i remember thinking ewan had the most beautiful male voice in the world. i still love how his voice soars. there is nothing like this movie, its a masterpiece.
Baz Luhrmann the writer and director of this film started his career in the 1980s as a stage actor. In 1992 he wrote and directed his first film Strictly Ballroom. In 1996 he wrote and directed his breakthrough film Romeo + Juliet a modern version of the shakespeare tale which starred Leonardo Dicaprio, Claire Danes and John Leguizamo all in their breakthrough roles. After Moulin Rouge Luhrmann reunited with Nicole Kidman and casted her alongside Hugh Jackman in the 2008 Drama Australia. In 2013 Luhrmann reunited with Leonardo Dicaprio in The Great Gatsby which co starred Tobey Maguire. In 2022 Luhrmann wrote and directed Elvis a biopic drama about the king. Tom Hanks played Col. Tom Parker Elvis' manager.
I love his style. I still haven't seen Elvis, but The Great Gatsby is so damn good. That and Moulin Rouge are in my top movies of all time. I love how he romanticizes the world and makes it look like a stage set.
I love this movie. It was the first dvd I owned. A couple years after this came out, Ewan McGregor did a fun movie with Renee Zellweger called Down With Love. After the success of Moulin Rouge and Chicago, they wrote a song for Ewan and Renee to perform over the credits. Its a good movie to check out.
In 2001, media moved at a much slower pace than today. Looking back myself at the MTV videos of my misspent youth in the 80s and 90s, they seem slow, but news was full back then of parenting articles concerned with the attention span of Gen X because of the MTV effect of 'media bombardment'. (Indeed, indeed) When Moulin Rouge appeared on the scene, iPhones were still six years away, flip phones were the cutting edge in personal technology devices, though a few had Blackberries and were very careful to make sure we knew it. In other words.... we were just. not. ready. Moulin Rouge blew peoples' minds in the theater because it was loud, constant stimulus bombardment, constant attention manipulation with the fast/slow/medium/insane switching speed fluxes. It was very familiar with the music we all knew. It was very chaotic with the visuals. It was very over the top with the romance of the setting. Echoes of the 90's goth craze we loved, but modernized to a new trope in a way that was new life in the old genre, and hit us right in the Nostalgia, which is our achilles heel. We LOVED this movie, and it overwhelmed so, so many. Repeat watching was the only cure. And Netflix DVDs still arrived by mail, if you were too lazy to run to Blockbuster for your rentals, so no streaming or bootlegs widely available (though Napster was still running so that was cool). And now... well... it's * * kinda * * fast. Sorta. In a historical kinda way.
@@snakesnoteyes Yes but the general public then was just as ignorant as they are today and didn't believe what scientists and health experts told them. Just like today.
Ewan McGregor's first professional job was the lead role in Dennis Potter's Lipstick On Your Collar, which was a musical. I think you would love it. Oh, and Nicole Kidman IS a redhead. Check out her teenage debut in BMX Bandits. Fun fact, Ewan's uncle is Denis Lawson, who played Wedge the X-Wing pilot in all three Star Wars movies.
@@ShanelleRiccio well it wouldn't hurt to try it again. And now of course there's also the Great Gatsby to watch. And still Romeo + Juliet and Strictly Ballroom. Ooh, and that production of 'La Boheme' at Sydney Opera house he directed. :)
My faves are definitely MR and Trainspotting. I liked all the others mentioned, as well as Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (with Emily Blunt), and The Impossible which has great performances from Naomi Watts and a very young Tom Holland.
@@lordwalker71 That's great! I loved the movie. What I meant was it wasn't as big as some of the other musicals that came out around that time but I could be mistaken. J.
This was one of those movies I watched bored, a bit drunk one night. I really enjoyed it. Even watched it again the next day sober and still enjoyed it.
Jim Broadbent also played the villain Frank Butterman in the 2007 comedy Hot Fuzz. He also played professor Horace Slughorn in Harry Potter and the half blood prince. He also played in many other films like the First 2 Paddington movies and Indiana Jones 4 the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
It is always so fun to see that your newest reaction video is yet another one of my niche favorites. Ewan McGregor shows his diversity in this role in a way that really impressed me, as well as the music, choreography and live theater vibe.
@@janleonard3101 Jim Broadbent is in almost every movie. I wouldn't surprised if he DID play Bridget. He's a appeared in Harry Potter, Bridget Jones, The Chronicles of Narnia, Game of Thrones, an Indiana Jones movie, Hot Fuzz, Cloud Atlas, The Iron Lady, Vanity Fair, Gangs of New York, Iris... and seemingly every single other movie. lol.
You’re one of the best Shanelle. Love your reactions. As a film professional it’s so refreshing to see your knowledgeable insights. Keep it up and I know we’ll be seeing you successful - both in front and behind the camera.
I'm usually not a fan of musicals. I'm usually not into romance movies. I adore this film. The performances, the juxtaposition of the absurd with the tragic, the way they use the music, the cinematography, it just all works so magnificently. I know people who hate this movie with a burning passion. I know them, but I don't understand them. It's brilliant.
Saw Moulin Rouge in the cinema when it came out and was completely blown away. Fantastic song selection and the signature "Come What May" track was stunning. Great performances all around and probably Baz Lerhman's masterpiece. Two stars and a great ensemble supporting cast.
I remember going to see this at the cinema with my cousin. Neither one of us realised it was a musical (the trailers released at that time never gave any hint of that fact) and we came away from it absolutely loving the film. Its still one of my favourite films to date (along with Shakespeare in Love) - and the sound track is amazing. Glad you got to experience it :)
I love musicals! I used to be obsessed with this movie. I also cringed when Satine was acting all turned on when she thought Christian was the duke. I always cry at the end. I think Nicole and Ewan are amazing, and I loved their performances. Fun fact, Baz Luhrmann directed La Boheme for the Sydney Opera and it was filmed. It was not quirky. You may have noticed that John Leguizamo was also in Baz's Romeo and Juliet.
It’s the bit in ‘the show must go on’ and she’s walking out the theatre and the suns shining on her face and she looks like she can barely manage to open her eyes and lift her head. It’s just…….wow 🙏🏻
Love this movie, really enjoyed your take on it. One performance I really enjoyed that you didn't mention much was Richard Roxburgh as the Duke. He was also Dracula in Van Helsing and is great at chewing the scenery in the right role.
I first saw this movie at 17 after a really sad breakup, so this movie spoke to me so much despite elements that...age less well. I generally prefer Movie Musicals, because even if the star isn't necessarily a great technical singer it still feels more like the *character* is singing. EDIT: My favorite story about the making of this movie is actually Ewan McGregor talking about how trippy it was staying around the soundstages as the Moulin Rouge sets were being taken down and the Attack of the Clones sets were being built in their place.
I saw this in the theater about 13 times. It was amazing every single time, I couldn’t get enough. MR is part of Baz Luhrman’s Red Curtain Trilogy- Strictly Ballroom, Romeo+Juliet, and Moulin Rouge. MR is my fave but they are all wonderful!
Baz has 1-2 specific themes he drives home in each of his films. He spells them out pretty blantantly which you’re not “supposed” to do when writing. Part of that show don’t tell mentality but the way he delivers the messages is the key. So impactful and just hits right in the feels. It’s like showing and telling at the same time. Just👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Nicole and Ewan were not the big movie stars they are today when this came out. Nicole was more famous, but Ewan was only known for Trainspotting and Star Wars then. This would help set off his career even more 🙂
YES, consumption is hella contagious. The modern name is tuberculosis, which is actually curable nowadays, but back then, it was a major cause of death.
This is one of my all time favorite movies. I have watched it a million times and it never gets old! I even did a paper in college about the meaning of the colors of the lighting. The red for the bohemians is the love and passion and the blues of the moulin Rouge and the Duke stuff is the coldness of the rich world.
I love this one! I have been in love with musicals for as long as I could remember. I love how you fell in love with the music and slowly fell in love with the characters. ♥️♥️♥️ And yes, Across the Universe is awesome too.
Another of my favorite movies 💘 The modern songs are amazingly well-chosen, but Come What May gives me chills every time! Such an incredible song and performance! The chemistry between our leads steals my heart, the way Christain looks at her melts me every time! 😍 And his rendition of Your Song is another favorite 💖
Ironically, I Will Always love you was originally written as a farewell to a mentor, so it's about a very platonic kind of love, rather than romantic. I really do enjoy Elephant Love Medley. Though quite treatable in the modern age, tuberculosis is contagious enough that more than a million people died from it a few years ago. People can have latent T.B., though, during which they don't spread the disease. It's... well, 'a little bit funny' that the Galop Infernal became so inextricably linked to the can-can. That iconic can-can music is from the 'Orpheus in the Underworld' that was mentioned in the trivia. I guess music for a party in the underworld isn't that far off the mark, all things considered. Lucy The Elephant, in New Jersey, is an elephant-shaped building and, at about 140 years old, is the oldest surviving roadside attraction in the U.S.. I'm not sure how a male elephant got saddled with a girl's name, but if it would guarantee I lived to at least 140, I'd change my name to Lucy, too. Lucy FAR outlived its larger copy, Coney Island's Elephantine Colossus, which burned down in 1896. It was said to have inspired the elephant construction that ended up being purchased for the Moulin Rouge after its appearance in the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1889.
Masterpiece of a film... scenes that are recreations of art by Monet, great soundtrack (El Tango de Roxanne is magnificent), excellent acting... love the way that just in the opening couple of minutes you're clued in that it's a tragedy & there are reminders throughout yet the ending can still catch you off guard.
There's so many fun touches in this movie. Toulouse Latrec is dressed as Tom Baker, since he played the "bohemian" 4th Doctor. A joke about 12 people will get. Also I'm reasonably convinced one of the wart faced women in the opening zoom is a heavily made up Joanna Lumley.
Movie Stars... After appearing in Moulin Rouge. Before, Ewan was just in Phantom Menace, but was still known as the Trainspotting guy. Nicole was just in Eyes Wide Shut but was known as Tom Cruise's wife from Far and Away and that horror movie. PM and EWS were brand new releases. The critics knew, but the ether had to find out.
In Buffy the Vampire Slayer one of the characters references her habit of always turning off the dvd of the movie just before the death scene so she can pretend it has a happy ending
Number one: I rode this reaction video with every emotion as my first viewing back in 2001 and it was a joy! Number 2: you have an excellent singing voice .
I watched this SO MUCH as a pre-teen/teen. I haven't watched in a while but as soon as I heard bits of the songs, the movie came flooding back. I'm glad you watched and liked it!
Point of curiosity; As a filmmaker, have you considered reacting to movies about movies? Some examples include (but certainly are not limited to); - 'Chaplin' - 'The Artist' - 'Hugo' - 'Shadow of the Vampire' - 'The Wizard of Speed and Time' (a personal favorite) Would anyone care to add to this list?
Such an amazing film to watch on a big screen. Watched it several times on release - this was still the days of film and the look and organic nature of film really suited this movie. Subsequently I've seen it several times digitally on big screens and it still looks sumptuous but it lacks that more real feeling you get with celluloid. Ewan was well known in the UK from his films with Danny Boyle - Shallow Grave & Trainspotting -both well worth watching. Their third collaboration is often forgotten and considered a misfire - however I really enjoyed it - as it has a quirky Coen Brothers vibe to it. If you can find it I think you'd love it: "A Life Less Ordinary".
I accidentally got popcorn to watch this and when you said you hadn't seen it, I got really excited. I remember going to the theater not expecting much. If I had socks on they would have blown off. This movie and Fellowship of the Ring lost Best Picture to A Beautiful Mind. 🙄 Everyone was upset about "Come What May" being disqualified too. It would have won. I was able to see the stage show in Boston before it move on to NYC. I thought Aaron Tveit was great but I was a little disappointed that they changed some of the songs. I assume it changed more for Broadway. I'm not sure if it's coming back when shows come back. Before this film, people knew Nicole mostly as Mrs. Tom Cruise. She'd been in movies but this is when everyone came to love her. It's still her best, imo. My favorite Ewan McGregor performance is in VELVET GOLDMINE, where he also sang quite a bit. It's Todd Haynes' movie about Glam Rock. Check it out if you haven't.
Never noticed the Dr. Who scarf on one Toulose's composers (about 5 minutes in). So...with the Jedi Kenobi as the main, we only need a Star Trek reference to have hit Sci Fi's "Big Three" to get nerd points. Also, AWESOME SOUNDTRACK to this movie.
I saw this in a cosplay sing-a-long in my local art house theater. The entire audience sang with each song, and many people were dressed as windmills! The first release of the DVD has something like 30 easter eggs buried in it that you find through various key combos....
There was a silly-ish version of The Pirates Of Penzance called The Pirate Movie. It stars Kristy Mcnichol. Also, I'll suggest again Get Over It, a high school musical/comedy starring Ben Foster and Kirsten Dunst and features Colin Hanks, Shane West, Zoe Saldana, Sisqo, Swoozie Kurtz, Ed Bagley Jr., Vitamin C, Carmen Electra and the great Martin Short.
My top 10 favorite films of all time. I can only watch it once every 8 years or so because i cry so hard each time. I recently was finally able to watch it with my 17 year old daughter for the first time. She loved it and cried so hard. It was wonderful to finally share it with her.
When I was a teen, loving this movie was my personality. I’ve grown past that issue but I still love this movie and what it taught me about film making.
Have you ever seen the movie Sandlot? It's one of my favorite movies of the 90s. It's about a new kid in town makes friends through baseball and there battle against the beast over a baseball.
This was a fun one Shanelle. I love Moulin Rouge, and I always enjoy hearing your thoughts on a movie. We get songs from Queen, U2, Madonna, Nirvana, David Bowie, Elton John, Kiss, The Beatles... and many others. Shanelle: "I didn't know Moulin Rouge was quirky!" Moulin Rouge: "I may just be the quirkiest film ever made. Hold on to your hat."
Love this film! NK, for me, was her most beautiful, while her acting and singing underrated. I loved Baz Luhrman's Strictly Ballroom and Romeo + Juliet, they have the same frenetic energy!
Great Reaction! I always thought this would a great Broadway Musical. It came out right before the Pandemic and my tickets were canceled. I hope to see it live eventually! So thrilled you loved this. SUBSCRIBED!
just wondering, but have you seen a christmas/zombie/apocalypse musical movie titled, "Anna & the Apocalypse"? For the record, I haven't seen it, but it sounds crazy interesting.
I turned down three press screenings before I let my arm be twisted, and I was sucked in from the Fox conductor right until the post-credits reminder of what the film is about. A lot of critics complained at the time that it was style over substance. In this one, I actually believe the style WAS the substance. Incredible film. Plus, unique Broadway stage production...
"I hate it when I don't know the words to a musical..."
Moulin Rouge: We got you
I thought exactly the same thing!
Not a single original song at all
This EXACTLY!
@@RemyJackson Come What May was the only original.
@@pvuccino True, it was the song that nobody would have known, but it was not originally written for Moulin Rouge! It was written for Romeo + Juliet
Christian’s wail of grief when Satine dies in his arms is one of the most gut-wrenching things I’ve ever seen put on film. It sounds like his soul has been ripped from his body. Breaks me every time I watch this incredible movie.
I'm actually crying while typing this.
Not knowing a thing about it, my wife and I rented the movie some years ago. We finished watching it, looked at each other, then watched it again. "Come What May" gets me every time. Fabulous flick.
Crying while liking this comment.. so True. Very powerful tragic resonance came from him.. so amazing to be able to feel it through their acting. 🌈
It's such an incredible performance, not only on its own but because it's so intelligent and aware of its genre and its tone. This is a near-impossible genre: it takes its cues from genuine opera, where everything must be exaggerated to fill the theatre, so the instinct is to "go big" with the performance-yet they've chosen to film it in such close quarters that the instinct of film actors in extreme close-ups is to "go small." Somehow the balance worked out; the whole flavour of the film makes the difference, and makes a larger-than-life performance work perfectly here where it might not work anywhere else.
That doesn't happen. The movie ends on the last note of the song. And strangely, no credits roll.
The Tango de Roxanne and Ewan's descant over it is my favorite part by far and doesn't get enough love
Agreed. The rough voice and the music's quick rhythm paired with Ewan's smooth voice and more drawn out melody creates such a pleasing contrast
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Finally someone said it :')
If I had a nickel for every time a character played by Ewan Mcgregor was in a tragic love story with a character named Satine... I'd have two nickels, but it's odd that it happened twice.
don't remind me about what happened in that show PLS
@@earlgaytea in the clone wars, obi San's romantic interest who he nearly got into a relationship with was also named satine
so all the music in this is, of course, amazing. but for me, "Come What May" steals the show. Ewan McGregor has such an incredible voice.
He should be contractually obligated to sing in every role
@@middleschoolgravy i demand at least one musical episode of the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series!
Come What May was the only original song in the whole movie.
This movie is a typewritten narration from Christian's perspective. So the moments that are sped up are primarily to due with the Duke as in his writing the duke is present, but he doesn't want to focus on him so summarizes things (thus the sped up parts), and the slow scenes focus on Satine as he is focusing on the end of her life and wants to remember it in as fine a detail as possible, thus the slow down sections as he would be detailing the hell out of those sections to try to remember and retain as much about her as possible.
I've seen this movie a million times and never noticed/thought about that, holy crap
When this was in the theater it looked interesting and my GF at the time wanted to see it, but I managed to avoid it because it's a musical and I'm a 'big tough dude'. Looking back, it may have been one of the reasons we broke up. About a year later I watched it at home on DVD. I was wrong, about the movie, my attitude toward myself and various other things in my life. It is one of my favorite movies of all time but will always be bittersweet to me. Some lessons in life are very hard-learned.
None of us come fully formed.
Keep the growth up, love you read stuff like this!
Good for you, better late than never. Most guys realize musicals are not just a "woman" thing and it takes a "real man" to truly appreciate the arts. Men back in that time period did!
I agree! I love it but it leaves a bittersweet aftertaste ☹️
I watched it for the first time at home, and my husband started it with me, but couldn't get into the fast-paced intro and thought it was silly. I continued on my own and was so disappointed that he didn't stick with it. It's one of my absolute favorite movies. Unfortunately, he still hasn't learned the lesson you did.
I was in tears in the theater seeing this the moment the notes to the Queen song "The Show Must Go On" started knowing that singer Freddie Mercury wrote and recorded it when he was dieing of AIDS in real life.
Oh wow I had no idea of that context. surely takes on new meaning now!
@@ShanelleRiccio and he recorded the song in one take. Brian May tried to talk Freddie out of singing it because he was so sick, but Freddie downed half a bottle of vodka and said "Let's do this, darling."
Saw this in the theatre when I was like 15. Literally almost fell out of my seat because my knees gave out when Evan McGregor sang “my “gift is my song” and then he turns back to Satine and says “and this ones for you”😍😍
Fell in love with him instantly💕💕💕
As a straight man, I fell in love with him too, haha.
He is so handsome, especially in this movie. His character is so sweet and genuine, how could anyone not fall in love?
In the immortal words of Bugs Bunny: "Well, what did you expect in an opera-a happy ending?"
The extended version of the Roxanne dance was always my favorite part 💜
It's so damn good
I love that the writers of The Clone Wars incorporated Satine as being Obi Wans love interest.
Nicole Kidman has said that Satine was the best role of her entire career. And the music... well, for some of us this is the soundtrack of our youth so it resonates well, even as an anachronism. The medley on the elephant is called the Elephant Love Medley and has been covered many times on UA-cam, as has Come What May.
I can NOT imagine anyone but Nicole and Ewan as these characters, the encompassed them so effortlessly
Bella and Edward
Go see the stage show if you get a chance. It may change your mind. I saw it without ever seeing the movie and was blown away.
the "like a virgin" sequence is so batshit insane.. but incredible in a way that i have to go back and watch it every so often just to remind myself it exists lol
I wonder what madonna thought of it?
I got a kick out of the waiters dancing in this scene, too. I'll bet the inspiration came directly from Hello Dolly!
This movie brings out the other side of me
Insane and theatre geek
I love how no one ever listens to poor Ewan unless he's singing 😭😂
I do ---
The character played by John Leguizamo was a real person, Toulouse-Lautrec, a painter whose paintings sell for millions.
apparently he wasn't really a dwarf in real life (he was either 4 and a half or 5 feet tall) but the thing was that he had the upper body of a fully grown man but short legs of someone who was small for their age as a child and whose legs never fully healed after they were both broken when he was a teenager, he was mocked for the contrast alone which was why he went slumming rather than staying with the aristocracy he was part of.
And also paint several moulin rouge poster
@@agenttheater5He most likely had Pycnodysostosis. If you’ve ever seen the series Outlander, the character Colum MacKenzie has it.
@@EpoRose1I had to look that one up. He definitely looks like he had it just by looking at his face alone. Thank you for sharing this a year ago so I could learn something new today.
Nicole Kidman is... timeless. There's no other word for it. Her acting, her appearance, just... timeless.
I remember seeing the trailer for this before it came out, and thinking “I bet this is one of those movies that looks really good in the trailer but is actually TERRIBLE!” And I skipped seeing it in theaters. We got a screener of it later since I worked at a videostore, and my boss had watched it the night before. She raved about how amazing it was and she watched it two times in a row. I brought it home and after the first 20 minutes of craziness, I really got into it. Was in a puddle of tears by the end. I became obsessed and watched everything Ewan and Nicole were in before and after MR! It really saddened me that it was very underrated and Chicago got much more attention at award shows the next year.
I loved MR. I ALSO have LOVED Chicago since I discovered the original 1975 broadway cast recording starring Chita Rivera and Gwen Verdon. I knew every aspect of that show from the reason for its inception to the history of its father, Bob Fosse. I knew how they had been trying to bring it to the silver screen for decades but always hit roadblocks…until Moulin Rouge proved musicals still had box office power. Why so much vitriol for it?
Chicago is a masterpiece as is Moulin Rouge and arguably even more so as its body is completely original music and lyrics. There is room for love and adoration for both visionary works. ♥️♥️
@@jariah92005 I saw Chicago on Broadway in 1999 and was bored. I didn’t like it then and I didn’t love the movie (I enjoyed a couple of songs). I felt there was more passion in MR that I connected to.
I think Chicago was outstanding and deserved all the praise it received. Moulin Rouge! deserved just as much praise though. I don't think it's so much that one was overrated, but one was very underrated. (I know you didn't say Chicago was overrated, I'm just saying)
I think Chicago only won Best Picture because Moulin Rouge re-opened the door to musicals making an impact in the movie industry. I think Moulin Rouge deserved it more than Chicago did.
I love Chicago too, though.
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Chicago was written by Fred Ebb with music and lyrics by his partner John Kander. Kander and Ebb are iconic and historic writers that have created some of the most iconic musicals in history including Cabaret, Kiss of the Spider Woman and Steel Pier. Their broadway legacy began in 1965 with Flora the Red Menace.
Bob Fosse, the choreographer of the original 1976 broadway production is also one of the most iconic broadway creators to have existed and his influence can be seen throughout pop culture to this day. This was to be his grand return to the broadway stage after his Oscar win for the film version of Cabaret.
For decades a film version of Chicago had been pursued to no avail. The movie musical had indeed gone down in popularity. But the hugely successful minimalist revival of the show on Broadway in the 90’s sparked a renewed interest and with the success of Moulin Rouge a film adaptation was finally greenlit. The fact it was MADE at all was due to Moulin Rouge but the fact it went in to win Oscars is soley due to its clearly superior pedigree. A musical based on a 1926 play with original music written by broadway veterans and choreography by a broadway legend led it to its wins.
I love, love, LOVE Moulin Rouge but, honestly, while it is a beautiful, wonderful, vibrant and energetic story told in a new cinematic style, its legacy is that it was doomed to be the first of the jukebox musicals. The majority of the music coming directly from pop culture with only 2 original songs written for an Oscar consideration. It can’t honestly be compared to the originality and brilliance of Chicago’s entirety. Moulin Rouge is brilliant in its own way. In its own cool we-all-know-the-songs kind of way. Its a cool twist on music we already know. Which is why, in my opinion, it didn’t win the Best Picture Oscar.
Nicole Kidman feels like a throwback to old Hollywood. She possess so much personality, charm, and wit in her performances. It's almost secondary that she's also incredibly beautiful. No one can see a movie with her and say "who was that female lead?" like you can with too many modern movies.
Like musicals myself but this is such a unique story. So fast paced and exciting. The music arrangement is incredible. Remember, not all love stories are 'happy'.
I almost did a spit take when you asked if Lady Marmalade was written for this movie. There was a cover released by pop divas of the time (Christina Aguilera etc.) in synch with this film, but it was originally sung by diva Patti LaBelle (in the group LaBelle) in 1974. Watching reaction vids never fails to make me feel old.
Christina Aguilera, Pink, Lil Kim, and Mya, I think.
@@UTU49 Yep.
my favourite performance of the song is the live show when Christina, Pink, Lil Kim and Maya sang most of the song in their lingerie and then for the big finale Patti LaBelle made a grand entrance also dressed in a fantastic red dress and they all sang it together.
That video was how I found out about this film. Was a xtina fan at the time
This is was like the most blatant homage to Bollywood ever and I love it.
I love that you drew the connection from this to RENT to La Boheme.❤️
Camille also has this plot, and there’s a version with the outstanding Greta Garbo
You have to check out Luhrman’s Strictly Ballroom! It’s just wonderful, similar in style to this, but since it’s one of his first films, the actors are all mostly unknown to those of us outside of Australia. Quirky fun, very quotable (“New steps! New steps!”), and the dancing is lovely. It has a soundtrack that is worthy of purchasing, just as MR does.
OH!!!! Strictly Ballroom IS AWESOME!
"Show me your paso doble."
Time After Time still gives me chills because of that movie!
I love Strictly Ballroom. I just introduced my daughter to it a few months ago and she loved it as well. It is so funny and romantic. I prefer Baz Luhrman's earlier work.
i grew up watching this movie. i was obsessed with it as a child and watched it every day. my favorite scenes that i used to fast forward and rewind back to were the two versions of come what may and the roxanne/tango scene. i remember thinking ewan had the most beautiful male voice in the world. i still love how his voice soars. there is nothing like this movie, its a masterpiece.
Baz Luhrmann the writer and director of this film started his career in the 1980s as a stage actor. In 1992 he wrote and directed his first film Strictly Ballroom. In 1996 he wrote and directed his breakthrough film Romeo + Juliet a modern version of the shakespeare tale which starred Leonardo Dicaprio, Claire Danes and John Leguizamo all in their breakthrough roles. After Moulin Rouge Luhrmann reunited with Nicole Kidman and casted her alongside Hugh Jackman in the 2008 Drama Australia. In 2013 Luhrmann reunited with Leonardo Dicaprio in The Great Gatsby which co starred Tobey Maguire. In 2022 Luhrmann wrote and directed Elvis a biopic drama about the king. Tom Hanks played Col. Tom Parker Elvis' manager.
I love his style. I still haven't seen Elvis, but The Great Gatsby is so damn good. That and Moulin Rouge are in my top movies of all time. I love how he romanticizes the world and makes it look like a stage set.
I love this movie. It was the first dvd I owned. A couple years after this came out, Ewan McGregor did a fun movie with Renee Zellweger called Down With Love. After the success of Moulin Rouge and Chicago, they wrote a song for Ewan and Renee to perform over the credits. Its a good movie to check out.
A classic you need to watch is “Singing in the Rain”. Consumption is another name for tuberculosis
And Top Hat! (Astaire)
+1 for Singing in the Rain, if she hasn't already seen it
@@thadiuslindahl6282 pretty much everything with Fred Astaire
You would be amazed at all the famous people that died from TB that you never knew.
Make them laugh!
Can I say here, assuming nobody else has, the scream of the green faerie is actually Ozzy Osbourne.
And the actor playing the faerie on screen is Kylie Minogue 😍
David Bowie singing "Nature Boy" is always worth a listen. I feel old that you don't know "Lady Marmalade" from 1974.
In 2001, media moved at a much slower pace than today. Looking back myself at the MTV videos of my misspent youth in the 80s and 90s, they seem slow, but news was full back then of parenting articles concerned with the attention span of Gen X because of the MTV effect of 'media bombardment'. (Indeed, indeed)
When Moulin Rouge appeared on the scene, iPhones were still six years away, flip phones were the cutting edge in personal technology devices, though a few had Blackberries and were very careful to make sure we knew it.
In other words.... we were just. not. ready.
Moulin Rouge blew peoples' minds in the theater because it was loud, constant stimulus bombardment, constant attention manipulation with the fast/slow/medium/insane switching speed fluxes. It was very familiar with the music we all knew. It was very chaotic with the visuals. It was very over the top with the romance of the setting. Echoes of the 90's goth craze we loved, but modernized to a new trope in a way that was new life in the old genre, and hit us right in the Nostalgia, which is our achilles heel.
We LOVED this movie, and it overwhelmed so, so many. Repeat watching was the only cure. And Netflix DVDs still arrived by mail, if you were too lazy to run to Blockbuster for your rentals, so no streaming or bootlegs widely available (though Napster was still running so that was cool).
And now... well... it's * * kinda * * fast. Sorta. In a historical kinda way.
Yes consumption, aka Tuberculosis, is incredibly contagious, the film makers must have known that but just chose to ignore that for the movie's sake.
Tuberculosis is a staple of old school girl dies of tragic illness romances in film and literature, so it was probably more of an homage to that.
During the time this story is set they didn't know it was contagious.
Germ theory was widely accepted in the 1890’s
@@snakesnoteyes Yes but the general public then was just as ignorant as they are today and didn't believe what scientists and health experts told them. Just like today.
@@eugenegrewing2587 not arguing, just providing a comparative date to the film’s setting
Ewan McGregor's first professional job was the lead role in Dennis Potter's Lipstick On Your Collar, which was a musical. I think you would love it. Oh, and Nicole Kidman IS a redhead. Check out her teenage debut in BMX Bandits. Fun fact, Ewan's uncle is Denis Lawson, who played Wedge the X-Wing pilot in all three Star Wars movies.
"Dead Calm" is the movie I noticed Kidman first in. (Together with Sam Neill and Billy Zane)
Yup, I knew you would love this one. It truly has everything.
Baz is a genius. Australia is another masterpiece.
Such an underrated film.
I did see Australia when it came out, I was VERY young and was like omg is this OVER YET?! But now I bet I'd love it
@@ShanelleRiccio I saw it when it came out and I was not young and I was bored so...?
@@ShanelleRiccio well it wouldn't hurt to try it again. And now of course there's also the Great Gatsby to watch. And still Romeo + Juliet and Strictly Ballroom. Ooh, and that production of 'La Boheme' at Sydney Opera house he directed. :)
Ignoring Star Wars, this is one of my favorite Ewan McGregor movies. The others, Big Fish and Down With Love are both worth watching.
The island is good too
I enjoyed him as adult Danny Torrance in 'Doctor Sleep' (sequel to 'The Shining') as well...
Agree - Big Fish is wonderful!
Hello, Trainspotting?? Wait till you see Velvet Goldmine or Shallow Grave!
My faves are definitely MR and Trainspotting. I liked all the others mentioned, as well as Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (with Emily Blunt), and The Impossible which has great performances from Naomi Watts and a very young Tom Holland.
It wasn't a big hit but Across the Universe was a really good musical. J.
My favorite
It’s was a huge hit, the budget was like 50 million and it made 167 million on the opening weekend.
@@lordwalker71 That's great! I loved the movie. What I meant was it wasn't as big as some of the other musicals that came out around that time but I could be mistaken. J.
this! that movie is what finally convinced me to really dig into The Beatles' discography and finally become a fan instead of a casual listener.
This is my favourite movie and so few people (at least from my people) know it. Such a shame because it is a masterpiece!!
This was one of those movies I watched bored, a bit drunk one night. I really enjoyed it. Even watched it again the next day sober and still enjoyed it.
Jim Broadbent also played the villain Frank Butterman in the 2007 comedy Hot Fuzz. He also played professor Horace Slughorn in Harry Potter and the half blood prince. He also played in many other films like the First 2 Paddington movies and Indiana Jones 4 the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
It is always so fun to see that your newest reaction video is yet another one of my niche favorites. Ewan McGregor shows his diversity in this role in a way that really impressed me, as well as the music, choreography and live theater vibe.
You would know him as Professor Slughorn
And Bridget Jones! I mean the movies, not that he was Bridget. 🤭
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Jim Broadbent is in almost every movie. I wouldn't surprised if he DID play Bridget.
He's a appeared in Harry Potter, Bridget Jones, The Chronicles of Narnia, Game of Thrones, an Indiana Jones movie, Hot Fuzz, Cloud Atlas, The Iron Lady, Vanity Fair, Gangs of New York, Iris... and seemingly every single other movie. lol.
@@UTU49 Wow, I'll have to keep my eyes open for him!
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Out of the next 10 movies you watch, Jim Broadbent will probably be in 2 of them.
You need to follow this one up with Across The Universe, which is a 2007 musical containing nothing but Beatles songs
One of my favorites
I love that one.
Great rec.
There's a brilliant muppet version of Moulin Rouge with penguins singing Smells like teen spirit. It's beyond funny.
Moulin Scrooge! 😍
You’re one of the best Shanelle. Love your reactions. As a film professional it’s so refreshing to see your knowledgeable insights. Keep it up and I know we’ll be seeing you successful - both in front and behind the camera.
Ohh that’s so kind of you to say!! :)
I'm usually not a fan of musicals. I'm usually not into romance movies. I adore this film.
The performances, the juxtaposition of the absurd with the tragic, the way they use the music, the cinematography, it just all works so magnificently.
I know people who hate this movie with a burning passion. I know them, but I don't understand them. It's brilliant.
For a quirky, heightened reality musical with a happy ending, you need to watch Baz Luhrmann's first film "Strictly Ballroom." It is amazing!
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Saw Moulin Rouge in the cinema when it came out and was completely blown away. Fantastic song selection and the signature "Come What May" track was stunning. Great performances all around and probably Baz Lerhman's masterpiece. Two stars and a great ensemble supporting cast.
I remember going to see this at the cinema with my cousin. Neither one of us realised it was a musical (the trailers released at that time never gave any hint of that fact) and we came away from it absolutely loving the film. Its still one of my favourite films to date (along with Shakespeare in Love) - and the sound track is amazing. Glad you got to experience it :)
I love musicals! I used to be obsessed with this movie.
I also cringed when Satine was acting all turned on when she thought Christian was the duke.
I always cry at the end. I think Nicole and Ewan are amazing, and I loved their performances.
Fun fact, Baz Luhrmann directed La Boheme for the Sydney Opera and it was filmed. It was not quirky.
You may have noticed that John Leguizamo was also in Baz's Romeo and Juliet.
His 1992 movie Strictly Ballroom is a great watch
It’s the bit in ‘the show must go on’ and she’s walking out the theatre and the suns shining on her face and she looks like she can barely manage to open her eyes and lift her head. It’s just…….wow 🙏🏻
Love this movie, really enjoyed your take on it. One performance I really enjoyed that you didn't mention much was Richard Roxburgh as the Duke. He was also Dracula in Van Helsing and is great at chewing the scenery in the right role.
I first saw this movie at 17 after a really sad breakup, so this movie spoke to me so much despite elements that...age less well.
I generally prefer Movie Musicals, because even if the star isn't necessarily a great technical singer it still feels more like the *character* is singing.
EDIT: My favorite story about the making of this movie is actually Ewan McGregor talking about how trippy it was staying around the soundstages as the Moulin Rouge sets were being taken down and the Attack of the Clones sets were being built in their place.
I saw this in the theater about 13 times. It was amazing every single time, I couldn’t get enough.
MR is part of Baz Luhrman’s Red Curtain Trilogy- Strictly Ballroom, Romeo+Juliet, and Moulin Rouge. MR is my fave but they are all wonderful!
Baz has 1-2 specific themes he drives home in each of his films. He spells them out pretty blantantly which you’re not “supposed” to do when writing. Part of that show don’t tell mentality but the way he delivers the messages is the key. So impactful and just hits right in the feels. It’s like showing and telling at the same time. Just👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Young Ewan McGregor just hits different 😍😍
He's still super handsome of course, but yeah, man, Moulin Rouge!Ewan is just... the absolute dreamiest 😍
One of the best movies ever..
Got tickets to see the live stage show in Melbourne in September!! I’m so excited!!! ❤️💃🏻💃
I think I saw this movie 10 or 12 times in theatres the summer it came out? My friends and I were OBSESSED - now you know why! :D
Omg yay this is one of my favorites!
Nicole and Ewan were not the big movie stars they are today when this came out. Nicole was more famous, but Ewan was only known for Trainspotting and Star Wars then. This would help set off his career even more 🙂
Nicole Kidman was in tons of movie's before this to die for being one plus been doing movies since the 80s with tom cruise
@@mikebarratt4802 yep, she was definitely more famous than Ewan. But she became a bigger movie star after this.
I saw this 3x the first week it was open. One of the best movies ever!!! Loved your critique and proud you loved it as well.
I’m so happy that you reacted to this one! It’s been my all time favorite film for years!
me too! I loved it, glad to do it!
YES, consumption is hella contagious. The modern name is tuberculosis, which is actually curable nowadays, but back then, it was a major cause of death.
No it's not. She'd need to cough in his face for an hour for him to get it.
@@Xfactories They've been tickling tonsils. Duh.
This is one of my all time favorite movies. I have watched it a million times and it never gets old! I even did a paper in college about the meaning of the colors of the lighting. The red for the bohemians is the love and passion and the blues of the moulin Rouge and the Duke stuff is the coldness of the rich world.
You should watch Down With Love with Ewan McGregor and Renee Zellweger. Sarah Paulson's even in it! It's a forgotten gem!
I love this one! I have been in love with musicals for as long as I could remember. I love how you fell in love with the music and slowly fell in love with the characters. ♥️♥️♥️ And yes, Across the Universe is awesome too.
Another of my favorite movies 💘 The modern songs are amazingly well-chosen, but Come What May gives me chills every time! Such an incredible song and performance! The chemistry between our leads steals my heart, the way Christain looks at her melts me every time! 😍 And his rendition of Your Song is another favorite 💖
Great channel! Fantastic, insightful reactions. Great voice, comments and expertly edited. Big fan! Cheers!
Still my favorite musical of all time! And loved seeing how emotional you got watching this!
Ironically, I Will Always love you was originally written as a farewell to a mentor, so it's about a very platonic kind of love, rather than romantic.
I really do enjoy Elephant Love Medley.
Though quite treatable in the modern age, tuberculosis is contagious enough that more than a million people died from it a few years ago. People can have latent T.B., though, during which they don't spread the disease.
It's... well, 'a little bit funny' that the Galop Infernal became so inextricably linked to the can-can. That iconic can-can music is from the 'Orpheus in the Underworld' that was mentioned in the trivia. I guess music for a party in the underworld isn't that far off the mark, all things considered.
Lucy The Elephant, in New Jersey, is an elephant-shaped building and, at about 140 years old, is the oldest surviving roadside attraction in the U.S.. I'm not sure how a male elephant got saddled with a girl's name, but if it would guarantee I lived to at least 140, I'd change my name to Lucy, too.
Lucy FAR outlived its larger copy, Coney Island's Elephantine Colossus, which burned down in 1896. It was said to have inspired the elephant construction that ended up being purchased for the Moulin Rouge after its appearance in the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1889.
Masterpiece of a film... scenes that are recreations of art by Monet, great soundtrack (El Tango de Roxanne is magnificent), excellent acting... love the way that just in the opening couple of minutes you're clued in that it's a tragedy & there are reminders throughout yet the ending can still catch you off guard.
There's so many fun touches in this movie. Toulouse Latrec is dressed as Tom Baker, since he played the "bohemian" 4th Doctor. A joke about 12 people will get. Also I'm reasonably convinced one of the wart faced women in the opening zoom is a heavily made up Joanna Lumley.
Movie Stars... After appearing in Moulin Rouge. Before, Ewan was just in Phantom Menace, but was still known as the Trainspotting guy. Nicole was just in Eyes Wide Shut but was known as Tom Cruise's wife from Far and Away and that horror movie. PM and EWS were brand new releases.
The critics knew, but the ether had to find out.
In Buffy the Vampire Slayer one of the characters references her habit of always turning off the dvd of the movie just before the death scene so she can pretend it has a happy ending
Probably Willow
One of my favorite series
That reminds me of "Next to Last Song" from Dancer in the Dark with Bjork.
Number one: I rode this reaction video with every emotion as my first viewing back in 2001 and it was a joy!
Number 2: you have an excellent singing voice .
I watched this SO MUCH as a pre-teen/teen. I haven't watched in a while but as soon as I heard bits of the songs, the movie came flooding back. I'm glad you watched and liked it!
I'm SO happy I caught it!
Baz’s FIRST film was Strictly Ballroom. One of my faves of all time.
Me too!!!
Absolutely love that movie. One of my young daughter’s all time favorites. Should be on your list…
All Time Favorite!
Moulin Rouge!, Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet ---- Baz's Red Curtain Trilogy.
I worked in the projection room of an old fashion reel to reel cinema when Strictly Ballroom came out. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen it. 😂
Point of curiosity;
As a filmmaker, have you considered reacting to movies about movies?
Some examples include (but certainly are not limited to);
- 'Chaplin'
- 'The Artist'
- 'Hugo'
- 'Shadow of the Vampire'
- 'The Wizard of Speed and Time' (a personal favorite)
Would anyone care to add to this list?
Ed Wood
Hollywoodland
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Under the Rainbow
@@kevinramsey417 All terrific recommendations!
I might also suggest 'Man of 1000 Faces'
“Singin’ In The Rain” (1952)
“8½” (1963)
“Boogie Nights” (1997)
“Tropic Thunder” (2008)
“Saving Mr Banks” (2013)
Really deep cut here: Living in Oblivion
The Player - Tim Robbins
I wish more musicals ended tragically like Moulin Rouge; seems more courageous and realistic.
You're right however tragic endings kill me and as great as they are i simultaneously hate them
Such an amazing film to watch on a big screen. Watched it several times on release - this was still the days of film and the look and organic nature of film really suited this movie. Subsequently I've seen it several times digitally on big screens and it still looks sumptuous but it lacks that more real feeling you get with celluloid.
Ewan was well known in the UK from his films with Danny Boyle - Shallow Grave & Trainspotting -both well worth watching. Their third collaboration is often forgotten and considered a misfire - however I really enjoyed it - as it has a quirky Coen Brothers vibe to it. If you can find it I think you'd love it: "A Life Less Ordinary".
I accidentally got popcorn to watch this and when you said you hadn't seen it, I got really excited. I remember going to the theater not expecting much. If I had socks on they would have blown off. This movie and Fellowship of the Ring lost Best Picture to A Beautiful Mind. 🙄 Everyone was upset about "Come What May" being disqualified too. It would have won. I was able to see the stage show in Boston before it move on to NYC. I thought Aaron Tveit was great but I was a little disappointed that they changed some of the songs. I assume it changed more for Broadway. I'm not sure if it's coming back when shows come back.
Before this film, people knew Nicole mostly as Mrs. Tom Cruise. She'd been in movies but this is when everyone came to love her. It's still her best, imo. My favorite Ewan McGregor performance is in VELVET GOLDMINE, where he also sang quite a bit. It's Todd Haynes' movie about Glam Rock. Check it out if you haven't.
and of course in the love song medley, it's only until he starts singing David Bowie that she finally seems keen.
Never noticed the Dr. Who scarf on one Toulose's composers (about 5 minutes in). So...with the Jedi Kenobi as the main, we only need a Star Trek reference to have hit Sci Fi's "Big Three" to get nerd points. Also, AWESOME SOUNDTRACK to this movie.
This is one of my favorites! Watched it for my film studies class during my senior year of high school
Loved your reactions. Loved this when it came out and still do.
I love your reaction! It was fun! :D
I saw this in a cosplay sing-a-long in my local art house theater. The entire audience sang with each song, and many people were dressed as windmills! The first release of the DVD has something like 30 easter eggs buried in it that you find through various key combos....
There was a silly-ish version of The Pirates Of Penzance called The Pirate Movie. It stars Kristy Mcnichol. Also, I'll suggest again Get Over It, a high school musical/comedy starring Ben Foster and Kirsten Dunst and features Colin Hanks, Shane West, Zoe Saldana, Sisqo, Swoozie Kurtz, Ed Bagley Jr., Vitamin C, Carmen Electra and the great Martin Short.
My top 10 favorite films of all time. I can only watch it once every 8 years or so because i cry so hard each time. I recently was finally able to watch it with my 17 year old daughter for the first time. She loved it and cried so hard. It was wonderful to finally share it with her.
When I was a teen, loving this movie was my personality. I’ve grown past that issue but I still love this movie and what it taught me about film making.
Have you ever seen the movie Sandlot? It's one of my favorite movies of the 90s. It's about a new kid in town makes friends through baseball and there battle against the beast over a baseball.
Fun fact: after this movie came out, I was in a drag show homage to it. So fun!
This was a fun one Shanelle. I love Moulin Rouge, and I always enjoy hearing your thoughts on a movie.
We get songs from Queen, U2, Madonna, Nirvana, David Bowie, Elton John, Kiss, The Beatles... and many others.
Shanelle: "I didn't know Moulin Rouge was quirky!"
Moulin Rouge: "I may just be the quirkiest film ever made. Hold on to your hat."
How could I forget The Police, Dolly Parton, and Whitney Houston?
Love this film! NK, for me, was her most beautiful, while her acting and singing underrated. I loved Baz Luhrman's Strictly Ballroom and Romeo + Juliet, they have the same frenetic energy!
I've never seen her like this! It felt like a departure (in all the high energy bits) and then that emotion just KILLED me haha
Great Reaction! I always thought this would a great Broadway Musical. It came out right before the Pandemic and my tickets were canceled. I hope to see it live eventually! So thrilled you loved this. SUBSCRIBED!
I also hope to catch this on Broadway soon! I think it's coming back in September!
I am binging all your videos and it’s 1:09 AM but I saw this and well…screw work tomorrow.
just wondering, but have you seen a christmas/zombie/apocalypse musical movie titled, "Anna & the Apocalypse"? For the record, I haven't seen it, but it sounds crazy interesting.
18:58 - They're talking about TB. And yes, it's airborne.
I turned down three press screenings before I let my arm be twisted, and I was sucked in from the Fox conductor right until the post-credits reminder of what the film is about. A lot of critics complained at the time that it was style over substance. In this one, I actually believe the style WAS the substance. Incredible film. Plus, unique Broadway stage production...
“style is the substance” you mean its a baz luhrmann film? XP my favorite director of all time
@@mikeywise3411 Exactly!