An average movie

I already saw this movie but since it was such a long time ago, I thought I might as well check it out again. I remember it very well when it was released, it was at the time a big critical success, by far Baz Luhrmann’s biggest success so far, but, to be honest, I actually had a hard time to connect with the damned thing. I mean, sure, visually, it was really impressive and, like most of the movies directed by Luhrmann, it was quite an explosion of colors and kinetic shots. Furthermore, Nicole Kidman was pretty much at the top of her game at the time and she was just perfectly cast. Still, the first 20 minutes was just an endless chaos, some kind of Bollywood musical on acid, and, as far as I was concerned, it was barely watchable. Fortunately, it did slow down a bit afterwards and they finally could focus more on Satine and Christian but, still, I can’t say I was really blown away by the whole thing. I mean, there are only a handful of musicals which actually managed to really touch me and the reason why is that most of them, instead of focusing on the plot or the characters involved, would just keep throwing some rather random songs. This movie is not an exception and I thought that the whole thing was rather shallow. Anyway, to conclude, even if I’m not a huge fan, it is still a decent watch and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.