Australia

HEY Carl!!! Did you catch this film yet with Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455824/

Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand.


I haven't had the time to view this yet, but noticed it was gorgeous scenery when it was decoding to burn to DVD.
I am looking forward to it, although I just searched for reviews and most were only about 3/5...
not bad, but not great either.

Haven't seen it, Doreen. Been lots of hype about it here for the past few months. We had a big saturation advertising campaign on the TV and in the newspapers for Australia Day - January 26th.

I might have a look when it comes out on DVD later this year. Its been criticized by a lot of people. Whether the criticism is fair or not I can't say. But, quite a lot of it is aimed at Nicole Kidman. She seems to give the 'kiss of death' to a lot of movies lately.

Kinda like Kevin Costner, big money for a big loss at the box office.

I watched it, I fell asleep at midnight and caught the tale end of it again.

It was good enough I wanted to see it all, all the way through so I ran it again Sunday evening much earlier.

I don't watch many, and even when I got a phone call I had to reverse it which I usually would not bother doing.
I really enjoyed the child in this movie. I would have rated it a bit more than some of the critics.
http://www.google.com/movies/reviews?cid=b25f847974b3643e&hl=en&fq=australia+movie&ei=DKqQSdWxNoHasAOEpd2TCQ&sa=X&oi=showtimes&ct=reviews&cd=1



Maybe Australians are quicker to be critical as it doesn`t portray everything about Aussies to be squeaky clean and perfect.
bottom line, truth or fiction, as most movies that are based on truth have quite a bit of fiction in them to spice them up; I recommend seeing it.
Scenery was gorgeous, story was interesting and many twists and turns.

Australia
‎2hr 45min‎‎ - Rated PG-13‎‎ - Action/Adventure/Suspense/Thriller/Romance


It is a long one, I dont`usually watch tv more than 1 hour at a time, so I figure that speaks for itself. Love those brown eyes on that child... gotta keep an eye out for him. He will be a heartbreaker.

http://www.google.com/movies/reviews?cid=b25f847974b3643e&hl=en&fq=australia+movie&ei=DKqQSdWxNoHasAOEpd2TCQ&sa=X&oi=showtimes&ct=reviews&cd=1

It was an excellent movie. release on Dvd today in North America.

souci wrote:It was an excellent movie. release on Dvd today in North America.

We may get it here in Australia by the middle of the year. Bit of a worry - it was made here and we get it on DVD after North America. Sheesh!

It just opened in Japan last week.
The Americans are the movie crazies.

but now released to DVD, but it was reported that Australia is the #1 pirated movie on the internet.


so the black market isn't paying attention to the critics.

I have the movie, burnt to 2 DVDs..Started to watch it & the boy is really great. Still haven`t watched all of it, but will soon. Will keep one DVD for myself and give the other one way to someone who wants to watch it.
Did I buy the DVD? Well no, bad I know..

I know Colton won`t watch this movie as Nichole Kidman stars in it..lol
He doesn`t like her & won`t watch a movie that has Nichole in.

sharber60 wrote:I have the movie, burnt to 2 DVDs..Started to watch it & the boy is really great. Still haven`t watched all of it, but will soon. Will keep one DVD for myself and give the other one way to someone who wants to watch it.
Did I buy the DVD? Well no, bad I know..

I know Colton won`t watch this movie as Nichole Kidman stars in it..lol
He doesn`t like her & won`t watch a movie that has Nichole in.

Haha I never actually hated her, I was just being humorous because she was in so many movies in such a small amount of time, I'd complain the same way with any other actor

Funny thing is I usually don't care for Nicole either, but this was a totally different role for her.