Dave . . . I already saw Australia in America!

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In Reply to: Queensland premiere of Australia posted by dave c on November 26, 2008 at 13:51:24:

Wife, son and I went and saw it at the local movie theater Friday after Thanksgiving.

The good . . . beautiful Australian scenery, and the aborigines, esp. the grandfather, Jackman's right hand man, and the kid. Some of the horrors of the bombing of Darwin were well portrayed.

The bad . . . I'm sorry, but independently, all three of us expressed our disappointment in this movie. A mess of a movie. Worn out stereotypes of British city slicker woman and outback roughneck . . . these characters were cardboard cutouts. Digitized special effects of scenery were cheesy, detracting from this movie being taken seriously as a period piece, etc.

In a sense, this movie paralleled the disappointing Pearl Harbor, where the love story ruined what could have been the definitive movie on that chapter of history.

I still think it is worth seeing on the large screen, especially since movies from Australia are few and far between (I did enjoy Rabbit Proof Fence, Walkabout, and The Tracker . . . glad to see David Gulpilil back at work in cinema). Sorry to be so negative . . .

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Follow Ups Full Thread

Topic - Queensland premiere of Australia - dave c 13:51:24 11/26/08 (7)

I havent seen so much sexual electricity on screen - DavidLD 17:40:18 11/29/08 (0)

Dave . . . I already saw Australia in America! - townsend 19:38:43 11/28/08 (1)

when I left Pearl Harbor... - dave c 21:04:36 11/28/08 (0)

Give it a solid C+ for being "spectacular". * - mr grits 15:29:31 11/28/08 (0)

There was a screening of Australia in Santa Monica... - R Browne 16:25:13 11/27/08 (0)

Not the Queensland premiere of Australia - David Aiken 15:05:14 11/26/08 (1)

Damn yes... and a couple of other places wasn't it? - dave c 21:16:43 11/26/08 (0)

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Dave . . . I already saw Australia in America! - townsend 19:38:43 11/28/08 (1)

when I left Pearl Harbor... - dave c 21:04:36 11/28/08 (0)

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