My main problem with this film is the editing. It looks as if all the footage was just tossed into a blender or the whole film was pieced together by a bunch of howler monkeys on speed.

All through the musical numbers, I never got a true sense of their staging or choreography. As much as I love old MGM musicals (Long takes that really showcase the dancing), I don't mind fast paced editing in a musical number either. It's just the way the numbers were put together, I felt as if I was channelsurfing between MYV, MTV2, VH1 and BET. How this film got a Best Editing Oscar nom is quite beyond me at this point.

I didn't find the conceit of using pop song lyrics for dialogue and combining other songs to make medlies all that interesting either. What was Luhrman tring to say? That Love is Universal. Well, hell- that's what they were saying in Earth Girls Are Easy !

I will admit that there are some lovely visuals- when the camera and editing actually give us a moment to appreciate them. The opening shot of Paris is fantastic.

Ultimately, I see Moulin Rouge as a bold experiment in moviemaking that, at least for me, failed to deliver.