Love the Moulon Rouge review! Perhaps you could one day cover Chicago to see what you think of Richard Gere, Catherine Zeta Jones and Renee Zellweiger's singing

Christian's reaction was very much in line with a young man experiencing his first love, with all the dramatic highs and lows that come with it. Does that excuse him? No, but Satine chose to forgive him and still love him and in the end that's what matters. And in the end, Satine was able to spend the last of her life with a man who truly loved her. Yes, the medleys were lots of fun, but I love laughing at the Like a Virgin part - and Come What May is one of the most romantic songs ever.

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She got shot? You’re likely remembering The Phantom of the Opera (the sequel) . . . That’s how Love Never Dies ends, where Christine accidentally gets shot when aiming for someone else.

Also, did you watch and react to that yet? Wasn’t it horrible how even though the Phantom’s character arc came to a good conclusion at the end of the Phantom of the Opera, Webber undid part of the Phantom’s arc, made Raoul a drunken entirely different personality than in the original story . . . I hope if you have already watched that that you noticed those things. 😌

Ewan mcgregor doing anything is hottttt

YESSSS 😍😍😍

I had a huge crush on Ewan McGregor until he left his wife. I didn't think he would do that.

I was way too young for it but I remember watching Moulin Rouge when I was 10 shortly after it came out on DVD and loved watching it all the time during that period - Ewan McGregor in this movie was probably one of my first big crushes when I was growing up (it blew my mind at the time seeing Obi-Wan singing amazingly and since then I tend to swoon if an actor I like tends to be a good singer too 🥰)… about 2 years ago, I was lucky enough to go to my first convention in my area where Ewan was a guest and I got to do a photo op with him and my inner 10yo self was screaming the entire time - for anyone interested, it was a very quick interaction but yes, he was such a sweet person and utterly gorgeous irl 😍

👏🏻 👏🏻 yes! this!

yes it is played in such a way, and it would almost be uncharacteristic of his character to not be concerned. I mean she passed out in his arms...but there really is no good way out of it because it would be against his heart to not do anything, but yet she is trying so hard to hold it together for him and he makes her crack.🥺 I think the character of christian is so infatuated with idea of love that he doesn't know how to properly express his love. It is very much so a story of their weakness's lining up and that is how they "fall in love'. I mean anyone who goes through something traumatizing together... he is also the best she has seen, she didn't believe she deserved better, because her job trained her to believe she wasn't enough for a different life.

He really shines the brightest in this movie for me, Ewan. He acted his ass off and he SANG.

same

It gets me every time. I lost count of how many times I've seen this movie, it's my number one top favorite movie of all time, and it STILL gets me. 22 years later and it hits like the first time, every time.

It was mine too 🤣

So relatable 😂 My friends and I would belt out lyrics from Your Song and Elephant Love Medley at each other every time we got.

Me too. My highschool agenda was covered in pictures from this movie.

This movie made me aware of just how gorgeous his smile is.

Girl same

🙋🏻‍♀️ Me too 😂

Exactly

💯

Yes, but also ✨Roooooooooxanne✨

Mine too!!! It's definitely my favorite song of the show....so gutural and painfully beating

Also, the dance number is fire! I get chills when all the dancers are performing the Argentinian Tango in unison. It's an incredible number that highlights the over sexualized, often violent life Satine leads.

Omg I never thought of that 😢 poor Christian.

Oh yeah he's definitely got to have been infected.

i really had no idea what she died from when i watched this when i was younger. damn

It’s so funny cause I always knew she had tuberculosis, but I never figured that he somehow got it, lol. Because they never showed him getting it and they never referred to it so I just figured he was fine.

@@Rosannasfriend Totally same, I only had the thought while watching this video. Of course he might not have gotten it, but it seems unlikely? I think?

for sure. tbh even in today's light (though definitely it would have been written differently if made now) Christian is way harsh but she also gaslit him saying their love was /all fake/ and ghosted him. He doesn't know what to believe. He can't trust his memories or beliefs. Plus, he's not privy to the information we have as the audience. He's young, naive, and sheltered as well as a starry-eyed idealist. He doesn't really understand the seriousness of Satine's life or the power of the Duke; a privilege but one that also makes him vulnerable in this situation. He doesn't understand why their love isn't conquering their hardships. So in that way, his heart isn't just broken, he's losing his faith and experiencing a paradigm shift too. also love heroes in this, it's so perfect as like a bohemian sentiment that falling in love is a heroic act

Thank you--I was starting to get beyond irritated at Hannah calling Christian a 'red flag' and whatnot. Like no one has ever lashed out at the person they loved after they've been hurt by them. Also, also, if she would remember, when they were in his bedroom writing scenes, he basically played out in real life how the scene was supposed to go: "Thank you for curing me of my ridiculous obsession with love!"

@@lykelrae oh my god you're right, i forgot! He's not making a scene, everything he says on stage is him just finishing the scene as written, it's why the line is so over the top. (obv with now a personal truth, but not bc he was publicly humiliating her to a theater full of strangers lol)

I think it's fair to say ladies, this is not what you are looking for. What makes for a dramatic scene is not what you want in real life 😂

Yes exactly, he was saying the words as scripted (we assume) @@circabooks4549

Honestly not surprised he and Nicole had an affair during filming. Who wouldn’t fall in love with him?

I did ❤😍

I didn’t because I fell in love with Nicole Kidman 😊

His enormous talent...

He had me first in Star Wars. I saw this after. Instant place etched in my heart forever

but why would she fool him if he's broke? what would the agenda be?

​@@_bebeboudeur_ They answer that. They want his story/his writing for the show.

Yeah, I think she breezed over or forgot about the part when Satine told Christian she was just using him for his writing ability, and that their whole relationship was a lie. I do remember Hannah saying she didn't feel like Satine's lie was believable, but that's *her* pov. In the movie though, Christian believes it entirely. Sure, he acted really shitty, but it's a very human response to someone, whom you believed you shared real love with, to betray you like that. It's not a perfect response, which makes it believable in a movie that's very fantastical. I think sometimes people react to these things with just their emotions (maybe a bit of projection?), without actually analyzing the sequence of events against the context of the plot.

@@jhmi7877okay but if the things you say when you’re hurt are that awful and sexist and cruel along with being physical then that means you do feel those things inside. Him believing she beguiled and used him doesn’t excuse his actions. If he had called her a liar, a user, heartless, things like that, it would have been totally understandable. But calling her a whore and chasing her down to pay her is showing that he always disrespected her and her job.

​@@arifikeI mean she is, literally, a whore. It's the crass word for it, but it's still not wrong. The rest of what he says is certainly hurtful, but not misogynistic (you're nothing to me, I'm cured of my obsession with love). And after she essentially gaslit him into thinking she was using him and never loved him in the first place it's essentially cheek for cheek.

I think we all understand what was happening. He was still a misogynistic asshole, no matter what he thought she did, lol. This was abusive.

@@RosannasfriendNo. Its not. He wrote those lines in the musical. He was acting out the part. Have you seen the movie before? If you haven't and went only by Hannah's response I can understand why you feel this way. As someone who is a ***survivor*** of domestic abuse, and has watched this movie a million times, I can assure you he is just reciting the lines he wrote for the play. Is he angry? Yes. Is he channeling his anger through those lines? Also yes. Does that make it abusive? Depends. I don't think so. He's not a misogynistic asshole. I he didn't think she owed him her love. He was hurt. He was reciting the lines he wrote for that play. That is all. Yet, again I ask: Have you seen this film? Do you know the context? Do you remember him saying that he'd write those very lines into the play? It happens during the montage of "Come What May." "Come What May" is a lovely song, but its not lovely enough to cover up an entire plot point.

Honestly though. I had to stop and roll my eyes at Hannah completely flipping on Christian like that. Like... Ok, Satine making him believe that she'd been lying to him and using him the entire time, breaking his heart and making him feel completely worthless, probably making him doubt himself and question all his future relationships if the truth hadn't come out, is completely fine and chill, but when he reacts like someone who feels betrayed and heartbroken he's suddenly complete trash. And like.. yes, i understand why Satine did it, i don't blame her for doing it, but I feel like so often women are allowed to totally destroy men and it's not seen as an issue, but if a man reacts at all it's disgusting. I really wish people would stop to flip the genders for a minute before making judgements.

@@MrMshufflepuff I don't think Christian is an abuser (not enough data for there to be a pattern of behavior) but he is a giant asshole and he does deserve a lot criticism for his actions, even if he was hurt. For one, even if those lines are in the play, and she knew that, they are being said out of context, out of scene, by someone who is not the actor and not supposed to be here. He could have approached her at another time to express his hurt. Instead, he cornered her to yell at her while she's in the middle of something important, chased her and tried to physically keep her from running away, then publicly humiliated her using something that was important to both of them and could fuck over everyone in that play if it failed because he thinks his feelings trump everything. For two, they went from Satine having a hysterical breakdown on Christian about how she couldn't sleep with the Duke and the Duke knows about her real feelings and making plans to get the fuck away to her coming to him stone faced and saying I choose the man who terrified and coerced me over you less than 48 hours later. It does not take a genius to look at this scenario and go oh something is wrong here and one or both of us is in trouble. It does take someone incredibly self-absorbed and shallow to take that entire interaction at face value because it hurts his feelings. For three, swapping the genders (as OP suggested) means shit. If Satine is a largely penniless man being pressured into sex work to save the life of the woman he loves and the livelihoods of everyone else he cares about, his position would be just as bad, his actions just as understandable, and Christians response would not be any less terrible for coming from a woman instead. Satine didn't need a big gesture to prove she loved Christian. Her selling herself and trying to scare him away to save his life WAS her big gesture. Christian is the one who fell at every test of their relationship and then threw a public tantrum like the Duke when things didn't go his way. He is not wrong for feeling hurt (even if I think he's an idiot for believing any of that for any stretch of time) but he is 100% wrong in how he dealt with that hurt.

​@Rosannasfrieni dont think you understand what that word means

Ewan's version is always going to be the best. nothing can top it. it gets me every time.

I completely agree Jamie's version is my favorite! Ugh so good!!!

me three, loved the validation

They share the same source material!

I loved watching James Marsden in Enchanted. He was the perfect blend of charming, oblivious and hilarious

So you're telling me that Moulin Rouge sounds THIS GOOD LIVE??? What was Les Mis excuse????

They may have sung live while filming but most of the audio is definitely the prerecorded audio. They probably did the live singing while filming so it would look genuine on camera but then used the recorded audio for the final product. There was a handful of times that a line or two of the live singing was used though.

@ginarainone1189 soooo very interesting!!!! Thank you!!! Love learning cool things like this! ❤️

Yeah, that's definitely not true.

@@Spirits-n-Giggles You should watch "Why Les Miserables (2012) is Worse Than You Think" by Sideways. He goes super in depth about the production and recording of the movie and how the director set up all the singers for failure. Its wild.

Same! Moulin Rouge was my gateway to musicals

I miss this show so damn much!

thank you for suggesting galavant! i hope more people react to it

the canadian team, tessa virtue and scott moir? i think it inspired a performance in the tv show Spinning Out with Kaya Scodelario, love everything about this

YES!! That would be amazing!! Sierra and Ramin are 100% THE best Christine an Phantom to date imo. Their voices and chemistry are just absolutely breathtaking.

Came here looking for a comment about Tessa and Scott ♥️ What a masterpiece of art that ice dance was 😭

And now I'm going to go watch that masterpiece after you reminded me of it. Thank you kindly :)

YES REMAKE!

Rent came from La Boheme, yes, but Moulin Rouge came from La Traviata. Similar to Miss Saigon coming from Madama Butterfly.

@@jenniferhiemstra5228 I think what this commenter was actually referring to was more that Moulin Rouge has a lot of La Boheme vibes and it was probably at least a Little bit inspired by it, but yeah not the primary inspiration.

The best song in the movie

Same!

Yesss El Tango de Roxanne never fails to give me chills. I was a little put out because she didn't talk more about it!

OMG YES I SECOND THIS!!! Not to mention the phenomenal singing from Eddie Murphy, Jaime Foxx, and Anika Noni Rose!! Everyone absolutely KILLED IT in Dreamgirls!!

YES! AGREED!

I’m a huge fan too. I laughed, I cried, I danced. I’m just not sure if it’ll make for a good reaction. It’s more ‘let’s put on a show’ than traditional Broadway with big star vehicle songs. 🤷🏻‍♀️

How come I'm not seeing people say that Christian should have seen what she said as a red flag. The movie is about Love... the passion of emotion. Suspend your disbelief. It's a musical!!!!! There is no belief in reality to suspend. Let yourself be swallowed in it. Bathe in the warmth and tragedy of passionate love in the face of a world that seeks to destroy you.

Honestly, very valid take on it! My favorite part of the movie is that it makes me FEEL feel lol. Also for the longest time, I thought all of those songs were Moulin Rouge originals 🙃 Love love love the musical reactions. Hope you’re doing well 🙌🏻❤️

Especially Aaron Tveit’s opt up at the end of Roxanne 😍

@@aimeelyman4529 oh my gosh it gives me chills every time😩 I’ve watched the clip on repeat an embarrassing amount of times...

I would add the west end live clip with Jamie muscato singing it