8 Inherently Annoying Movies That Everyone You Know Seems To Love

7. Moulin Rouge!

From the very first time you read its title, complete with exclamation mark, Moulin Rouge!, strikes you as flamboyantly obnoxious. For the record, most Baz Luhrmann movies are inherently annoying in their own way - hyper-stylisation rarely isn't - but Moulin Rouge! takes the cake as the director's most cringe-inducing cinematic travesty. Okay, so "travesty" might not be the right word, but it's not far off: for over two hours, Moulin Rouge! forces audiences to listen to Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor as they reprise a hefty selection of the some of the most famous love songs in history, whilst Lurhmann creates a messy, muddled palette of awful special effects and clashing stylistic sequences around them. Which is nowhere near as much fun as it thinks it is. Moulin Rouge! seems readily designed to as a movies that "everyone will love" (another reason it's so irksome), but what people are really enjoying when they watch this film is the famous songs - all of which are better in their original versions. And those quick cuts and flash edits aren't clever; they're irritating. Moulin Rouge! is so smug and in love with itself that it makes you want to punch the person who put it all together in the face. That's you, Baz.