Moulin Rouge!

This is a musical drama directed by Baz Luhrmann and staring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor. It was released in 2001 and it tells the story of a bohemian penny-less poet, Christian, that falls in love with a beautiful courtesan from the famous brothel Moulin Rouge. The problem is that, in order to transform the Moulin Rouge into a proper theatre, the courtesan, Satine, has to woo the investor, a jealous duke, who will do everything in his hand to possess her.

A part from the spectacular music and the beautiful voices of Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman, as well as John Leguizamo (who plays Toulouse-Lautrec, a bohemian dwarf), Jim Broadbent (as Harold Zidler, the owner of the Moulin Rouge) and Jacek Koman (who's the hilarious "unconscious Argentinean), a very interesting aspect of this movie is the montage. Every scene is perfectly planned and the editing is just very good, keeping the attention of the viewer with the quick succession of images and the thrilling rhythm, specially at the beginning. The way it start leads to thinking that's a comedy of some sorts (leaving, of course, the prologue with the weeping and unkempt Ewan McGregor out of it). Adding  to that are the crappy effects of the Elephant Scene, which are mindblowingly
The characters are very picturesque and easily defined. They don't have many twists and turns, and one can very soon know what to expect of them. Yet their flatness is kind of necessary for not stopping the whole rhythm of the movie.

All in all a very interesting movie, which I find extremely heart wrenching, corny and sweet. The acting's quite good and the best songs are:

1. "El Tango de Roxane" --> a thrilling tango sung by the Unconscious Argentinean and Christian 
2. "The Show must go on" --> Zidler, Satine and Moulin Rouge Stagehands
3. "Your Song" --> Christian
4. "Elephant Medley" --> Christian and Satine
5. "Come What May" --> Christian and Satine's secret love song