Tom and I went to the cinema today. We went to observe the new film "Chanel" starring Nicole Kidman. This film has everything you expect from Baz Luhrman, namely its about 5 minutes long. The story is that a famous dancer, hounded by papazzi, stumbles into the taxi of a rather downtrodden, yet attractive, New York chap and a whirlwind romance ensues. Her love for this man goes so far as to put her career in jeopardy. They often meet, away from the prying cameras, atop a local building where their love affair can continue without the unwelcomed scrying of the flash-toting camera jockeys. The twist comes at the end, where she is asked to make a choice. She can continue with her lover, the man who makes her life complete, but this will cost her the starring role in a new production, and all but ruin her career. She has to make a choice between her love and her career. She chooses her love life... for a moment... then she leaves him. She returns to her star-spangled, magnesium-blinded, media-mobbed lifestyle, leaving the man whom she loved behind, betrayed. But he is not dismayed. He understands, in his heart he does. He loves her enough to let her go. He won't forget her. She will always be his, and he will always be hers. And, if things ever get him down, he will always remember her scent... Chanel No. 5. The film ends with a touching scene of her walking up the red carpet in a flowing, obsidian black dress, paparazzi flocking around her like a swarm of chattering gulls. But she does not see them, she is staring back, at the building of her love. Atop it sits the man she loves, watching her from afar. She can see him, not with her eyes, but with her heart. And he can see her. They exchange a glance across the city and then she turns away, back to the hollow fame that she chose. An excellent performance by Nicole Kidman I think, something that is sure to bag her an Oscar in the "Best Actress in an advert that's trying to pretend it's a film" category. Also I have to say that if Baz Luhrman doesn't get the award in the "I used to do movies but they've relegated me to pretentious adverts for some reason (oh well it pays the bills I suppose)" category then it will be concrete proof that the Oscars are rigged. It would, in fact, cause the destruction of the entire award show - and I do not say that lightly. Overall I give this film a resoundingly positive: Pretentious/10 I would also advise you watch the short (I think it was called Casino Royale) that follows the feature, there's some good potential in the chaps who made this.