Moulin Rouge

Moulin Rouge is one the big hitting movies in 2001 that is a creation of the Baz Lurhmann who directed and co-wrote the film. It starred Ewan McGregor as the penny-less young poet Christian who falls in love with the courtesan, Satine, played by Nicole Kidman.

The plot rolled in the year 1899. The story began with Christian moving to Paris to try his fate as a Bohemian poet. He ventured into the underworld of Paris where drugs and prostitution is common place and in the center of it is the Moulin Rouge managed by Harold Zidler.

Christian came to Paris to write a play and after meeting a troupe of artists, they looked for a cast for their play. They met Satine, the star of Moulin Rouge and he fell in love with him. Satine in return first mistaken him as the Duke whom Zidler is setting up with her to save the Rouge. She fell in love with his poetry but had to disguise their love by presenting to the duke a play entitled 'Spectacular Spectacular'.

During the preparation of the play both fell deeply in love with each other that Christian made a song for both of them that has become part of the play. But due to some jealousy of one of the courtesans, their love was revealed to the Duke that he had the story changed and forced Zidler to give him Satine.

In the midst of this and without Christian's, Satine contracted a disease which I think was tuberculosis after she sput blood from her mouth. Knowing this and with the advice of Zidler, she went to the Duke. Christian thought Satine has no love of her anymore after she left him. On the day of the play, with anger on Satine, Christian appeared on the play to pay Satine. Later on, she professed her love still with Christian. Satine died at the end of the play.

This film had a lot of great scenes which were accompanied by pop music like Madonna's Like A Virgin where Zidler guised himself as a virgin as she portray Satine's interest to the Duke. Lady Marmalade that was performed by Christina Aguilera, Mya, Pink and Lil Kim was also one of their main songs. They've also used I Hope You Don't Mind by Elton John and the Sound of Music from the movie about the Von Trapp family. They also had the Rhythm of the Night. These are beatiful pop songs that they fitted on this movie plotted in the 19th century, a bit in contrast but used very well.

Aside from those familiar songs, they also have new songs that were beautifully written like Come What May, The Show Must Go On, and One Day I'll Fly Away. The costumes were also good specially the Can Can girls. Also in the movie when I first saw this, I was surprised to see Ewan sing specially after seeing him as a Jedi master in Star Wars which came out in 1999.

It was such a nice film that one would definitely like watching not only for its storyline but also by the music that they have used. That is of course if one likes musicals. Actually I had a thought while watching this, that how would they do this on stage.