Why Can't We All Acknowledge Baz Luhrmann's Genius?

“WHAT is it about Baz Luhrmann that tickles the nerve of reviewers so firmly it sees them racing to their blogs proclaiming disapproval of all he does before he has even done it? Is it his love of bold, technicolour dance sequences? Perhaps it’s his penchant for melodrama and theatrical characters? Or is it because he’s not making gritty, hard-hitting films about life in the suburbs?”
 — I… DON’T KNOW! You know what I would be first in line to see though? A movie called Baz Luhrmann’s Black Hobbit. Don’t pretend like that wouldn’t be amazing. [Via]