I saw the preview and thought it looked good. (My disclaimer: I love Nicole Kidman.) The reviews I read were very bad. Your recommendation tips the balance. I'll go see it.
Peter Wrote:Maggers, you have a new and Australian love in yor life? But, I always thought that one day you and I would maybe, well, OK, never mind....
Well done girl! Dont think I'll bother with the film though.
Awww, shucks, Peter, that's so sweet of you to say.
Terry Willacker Wrote:I saw the preview and thought it looked good. (My disclaimer: I love Nicole Kidman.) The reviews I read were very bad. Your recommendation tips the balance. I'll go see it.If you love Nicole Kidman, you'll like "Australia." It's an odd mix of camp and epic and only Baz Luhrman would even think of making such a film or pull it off, though I'm not entirely sure he did. I enjoyed it for what it was.
Reading is freedom.
The mind soars, no earthly cares,
no limitations.
A Maggers Haiku, 2005
Years ago my mother used to say to me... "In this world, Elwood, you can be oh so smart or oh so pleasant."
Well, for years I was smart.
I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me.
Elwood P. Dowd
Today I saw "Australia!". I really enjoyed it. What a gorgeous movie! I liked very beautiful landscape and very very beautiful Nicole Kidman!
*I confess, I'm Nicole Kidman fan since I saw BMX Bandits.(Oh, I know. I was young)*
*I confess, I'm Nicole Kidman fan since I saw BMX Bandits.(Oh, I know. I was young)*
Kenji Wrote:Today I saw "Australia!". I really enjoyed it. What a gorgeous movie! I liked very beautiful landscape and very very beautiful Nicole Kidman!
*I confess, I'm Nicole Kidman fan since I saw BMX Bandits.(Oh, I know. I was young)*
Glad you liked "Australia," Kenji. I'll be there in a week and a half! Woo Hoo!
Reading is freedom.
The mind soars, no earthly cares,
no limitations.
A Maggers Haiku, 2005
Years ago my mother used to say to me... "In this world, Elwood, you can be oh so smart or oh so pleasant."
Well, for years I was smart.
I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me.
Elwood P. Dowd
After watching the previews Australia was not a film that appealed to me (despite the fact that usually i'll watch anything with Hugh Jackman in it just because Hugh Jackman's in it :p) but after getting it from my uncle to watch i actually really enjoyed it.
Yes the scenery did look so artificial but again the story made up for that. There are several storylines running throughout the film but not so many you lose track of whats going on.
Yes the scenery did look so artificial but again the story made up for that. There are several storylines running throughout the film but not so many you lose track of whats going on.
I liked the film. There was one scene I objected to. Jackman takes a shower and the camera practically humps his leg while he's doing it. I remember having the thought " What is the filmmaker expecting of me here?" It was weird.
I didn't think I'd like this too much but I wound up fully engaged. The light fantasy element with the aborigines was a lagniappe. It's a gorgeous, old-fashioned epic like Hollywood used to make (think "How the West Was Won") with noble, brave Good Guys and boo-hiss Bad Guys. I also learned some history. What more can you ask of a film. At nearly 3 hours, it could be trimmed (I fast-forwarded through some of the cattle drives and such) but I don't feel it dragged.
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Excellent movie!
And Maggers: I'd like to recommend three novels to you. They're all by the same author: Neville Schute, and deal with Australia.
A TOWN LIKE ALICE (referring to Alice Springs.)
IN THE WET
BEYOND THE BLACK STUMP
Ken V.
And Maggers: I'd like to recommend three novels to you. They're all by the same author: Neville Schute, and deal with Australia.
A TOWN LIKE ALICE (referring to Alice Springs.)
IN THE WET
BEYOND THE BLACK STUMP
Ken V.
Ken Valentine Wrote:Excellent movie!
And Maggers: I'd like to recommend three novels to you. They're all by the same author: Neville Schute, and deal with Australia.
A TOWN LIKE ALICE (referring to Alice Springs.)
IN THE WET
BEYOND THE BLACK STUMP
Ken V.
Thanks, Ken. I read A TOWN LIKE ALICE long ago, as well as ON THE BEACH. Perhaps it was those novels read as a young girl that inspired my love of Australia and a deep need to see it in person.
I'm just back from 3 deliriously happy weeks spent in the land down under. I loved it even more than I thought I would. If I could take my job and plop it in Sydney, I'd move there in a heartbeat. I was in the Blue Mountains, mostly, with day trips and a few overnight stays in Sydney. I left my heart in Australia. I will return to pick it up before long.
Reading is freedom.
The mind soars, no earthly cares,
no limitations.
A Maggers Haiku, 2005
Years ago my mother used to say to me... "In this world, Elwood, you can be oh so smart or oh so pleasant."
Well, for years I was smart.
I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me.
Elwood P. Dowd