The greatest thing you'll ever learn is to love, and be loved in return.

Today we went to see Moulin Rouge. I absolutely loved it. I have been enjoying Dora's comments about this movie all summer, but somehow managed to miss seeing it until it was playing only at the "last chance" theaters. I'm so very glad I caught it before it was completely gone.

I'm too drained and sleepy to write much about it right now, but I will say that Ewan McGregor was simply amazing. He sang, he danced, he acted his heart out... it was so wonderful. Nicole Kidman was also great. The visuals were stunning, and the musical numbers were the most over-the-top I've seen in a movie musical in years. One highlight was the all-male "Like a Virgin" sequence.

As a hard-core Strictly Ballroom fan, it's no surprise to me that Baz Luhrmann directed both movies (as well as the innovative Romeo+Juliet). Moulin Rouge is about ten times as outrageous as Strictly Ballroom, though, and about fifty times as emotionally wrenching. It's clearly one of those love-it-or-hate-it movies. And I loved it.