THE GOOD:…This is a colorful, visually astounding production that could have been a very cool movie if it would have incorporated a script that allowed the characters to actually dialogue with each other. Usually I applaud efforts to bring musicals back to the big screen in a modern way because we have a younger generation that needs to be reminded of it. In this case, even if the songs aren’t Broadway material but rather (among others) David Bowie and Patti La Belle, they still get lost in the mayhem of a madman’s teaparty that tries to pass for entertainment. THE NOT-SO-GOOD:…Watching a movie that has a frenetic pace from beginning to end is not only exhausting, but makes the audience feel like they are voyeuristically watching a director (in this case it’s Baz Luhrmann) film and edit on a drug trip. It’s that weird and that annoying. The frustration of trying to emotionally connect with the two main characters that rarely have a sensible conversation without bizarre and rude characters hovering in every scene ruined the story for me. Kidman does her best to deliver a stylish courtesan with a look reminiscent of Rita Hayworth, Jane Russell or Marilyn Monroe but she doesn’t even come close. Billing her as a sexy, song and dance actress is one credit that shouldn’t be added to her resume -talk about out of her league! What were the people who put this together thinking? This movie is going to bomb once the word gets out because it’s definitely not going to attract the teens or twentysomethings. Most men will hate it and women will be turned off by the lack of romance or character chemistry – can you say Vu le vu video?