Moulin Rouge at Fibber McGee's

Notice

This event is a get together to discuss the film not watch it. How to watch the film is detailed below. Points you may wish to consider for the discussion can be found here.

Film

Suggested by Charlie, Moulin Rouge (2001) is a musical, romance drama which features the iconic song Lady Marmalade.

Starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, it's the 3rd instalment in Baz Luhrmann's "Red Curtain Trilogy". It was nominated for 8 Academy Awards including Best Picture, and ended up winning two. 🏆🏆

A synopsis and trailer can be found here.

How to Watch

The movie can be streamed for free by those who subscribe to Netflix or Disney. For those who don’t, it can be streamed for free here. If it won't stream, try downloading it first. If that doesn't work, send me a message and I’ll do my best to help.

For those who've already seen the film, I suggest watching again as memories are unreliable and opinions change. Rewatching the film is not however necessary to attend the meeting nor comment on it below if your thoughts are clear.

Meeting

As always, I’ll be getting to Johnny Fox's just before 6:00pm to sort out my food and drink and welcome everyone who wishes to do the same. For those who do, it's a great way to get to know other members and share what other movies are being watched.

At 6:45pm sharp, I'll look to give a brief introduction and provide a summary of our scores from the previous week's film. We'll all then share our scores out of 10 for this film and break into small groups to discuss it. Rules of conduct for these discussions are set out here. Around 8:30pm we'll rejoin to share our take aways and try to answer any remaining questions with the aim of being finished by 9:15pm.

We have the room booked till 10:00pm and the venue closes at midnight so there'll be plenty of time to continue socialising after the event for those who wish to. I usually have a sit down drink at the end and am happy to be joined for it. 🥃

Scores

A summary of the group’s scores will be posted in the Discussion section of the group's home page on the Monday after the event. Given the first thing in the summary will be a comparison of our score to that on IMDB, please try to avoid seeing that score ahead of landing on yours so as not to be biased.

For those able to watch the movie but not make the meeting, I encourage you to do so and post your score in the Comment section below before the Monday after the event. It’s a great way to still share your thoughts on the movie and gain from those of others.

All scores in whatever way presented count towards the awards that'll be presented at the end of year event. 🏆🥳

Final Words

As always, I look forward to catching up with everyone I've met so far and welcoming anyone joining us for the first time. 👋