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... and the best thing was that it WAS all hype, because that's what Baz Luhrman set out to achieve. Remember Strictly Ballroom? Romeo + Juliet? Well, then it should be no surprise that Moulin Rouge turned out the way it did and if you didn't like the way it was directed and edited, you should have known better from Luhrman's previous films.

The best thing about Moulin Rouge was the hilarious highs and the heart-wrenching lows and all that brilliant colour in between. People with their thumbs up have pretty much said what I wanted to say but I just wanted to chip in with a bit of "Moulin Rouge delivered everything it promised considering the cast and the director" to those who can't help but spoil all the fun.

My faith in films made from books has declined somewhat in the past few years and this is an example of why. Although Marchetti wrote the screenplay, some of the most important things lost their meaning. The film was a mere pastiche of the book. Obviously time constraints meant that they couldn't film the whole book but I thought that certain things could have retained some adherence to Josie's insecurity about her ethnicity and illegitimacy. As a film it was great, but people who loved the book will probably be disappointed.

I've been a Branagh fan for a while but until yesterday, had not seen "Dead Again". How good is this film?!? I was intrigued the whole way through. The acting was superb, especially the main characters played by Branagh, Thompson and Jacobi and the alternating between the present life and the past (black & white) was a really clever effect.

I liked how the film unravelled in its own way, at its own pace, instead of employing cliches to handle difficult parts of the plot. I won't say anything more - you have to see for yourself.

What else can I say? Brilliant.