Hot Takes

Don't let that be the final word, and I say that as someone who doesn't like Moulin Rouge.

Lindsay Ellis has basically said that her take in the video of it being a guilty pleasure was what Doug told her to say and not at all reflective of how she actually feels about the movie. Not to say that makes the movie great but he definitely slants things in an unfair way. I remember noticing his review of Temple of Doom being a very poor appraisal of the actual movie.

Behind the scenes details definitely paint the video in a slanted light, but all this does is circle around the more damning point of...Nostalgia Critic just sucks.

I haven't seen Moulin Rouge since 2002 and have minimal memory of it or my take on it.

Of couse I do, they were playing it every ten minutes on the radio.  Not a pleasent memory.

The Abyss is...kind of mediocre.  It’s certainly well-made, though.  The first half of the movie has good atmosphere and establishes a claustrophobic feeling that works.  But the pace is a bit sluggish (I watched the theatrical cut, not the Extended) and the characters aren’t very compelling.  They’re pretty cookie-cutter and reestablishes my opinion that James Cameron is a better director than a writer.  And then when it transitions into the more heavy science fiction elements, what it has to say doesn’t seem all that profound.  It’s a movie that’s made up of interesting things, but those things never really fully come together.

A mild thumbs down, to quote Siskel and Ebert.

I hear it’s even more sluggish.

Gives the Aliens more characterization, also adds a really cool effect. Was added digitally post T2 when Cameron had the ability.

Like T2, the CGI in the Extended Cut holds up better than 90% of everything else in 90s.

It's pushing 3 hours, if I'm remembering right.

Most underappreciated Rocky music

Top Gun is a boring movie.