Moulin Rouge! (2000)

A bohemian poet from the end of the 19th century manages to become the screenwriter for a play put together by the famous Moulin Rouge, and falls in love with the establishment's star at the same time as the main investor of the project.

'Moulin Rouge' is a neverending love story in the form of a highly acclaimed musical inspired by Alexandre Dumas's 'La Dame aux Camélias'. Baz Luhrmann uses intensely colorful and almost ostentatiously stylized sceneries, original music interspersed with fragments of famous cult songs, a simple script but very much evoking of the same bohemian spirit that is much talked about in the film in a most inspiring way and he has attracted and still attracts the hearts of many romantics, whether they are fans of musicals or not.

Director:  Baz Luhrmann   

With: Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Lequizamo, Jim Broadbent, Richard Roxburgh, Jacek Koman, Kerry Walker, David Wenham, Kylie Minogue, Ozzy Osbourne

Rating: 10/10

Enemy At The Gates (2001)

Povestea unui duel simbolic in timpul luptelor pentru Stalingrad dintre doi cei mai buni lunetisti ale partilor implicate.

Un film de razboi un pic mai diferit. Amesteca abil realitate si fictiune (luptele pentru Stalingrad sunt reale, Vassili chiar a existat si a fost eroul descris) creand o poveste intriganta si tensionata. Un pic cam romantat si melodramatic pe alocuri, umanitatea celor doi oponenti este palpabila si credibila, regizorul incercand cu succes sa caracterizeze cele doua tabere oarecum egal, fara a hotari un inamic de netagaduit pentru publicul manevrat emotional.

Regia: Jean-Jacques Annaud  

Cu: Jude Law, Ed Harris, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Ron Perlman

Rating: 8/10

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