Australia is somehow the weirdest movie recently. When you see the trailer it looks like a war movie and something of an ode to the Aborigines or whoever but turns out more of the latter and bloody Bollywoody way to it.
For one at the onset you are driven nuts by this rather irritating kid who tries so hard to be cute you want to hit him. Then there's Nicole Kidman who's screechy acting in these vague roles makes me wonder where those 'Hours' peak suddenly went. She's so overtly emotive here you wish she picked better roles and are forced to accept the fact that Oscar winning actresses have jinxed careers post it (Halle Berry, Charlise, Julia Roberts, etc). Hugh Jackman tries too hard to prove why he was People magazine's hottest whatever right down to a stripping scene where he pours water over his soap covered body detailed to the last gaping chest hair. Every chick in the hall probably wanted to gnaw him right there. and then thers that dude from Lord of the rings who saves the day with his authentic Australian drawl along with the remaining supporting cast. The Aborigines fit in brilliantly but with Kidman and Jackman raising the cheese Quotient so high u wish they weren't there.
The scenes are breathtaking at times, specially the opening scenes; and the end, where panoramic views of war era Darwin are shown. The Cinematography is worth writing home for but then again the visual effects are sho shitty you wish Baz Luhrmann would stop pulling fast ones. The scene with the bull run across the cliff is so bad its funny.
And then there's this end section where War is just used a backdrop (some scenes look literally ripped off Pearl Harbour) to show families are made through love, blah, blah, with the biological father trying to kill the kid in front of his adopted father while his stalker grandfather kicks the first father's ass, the film completely lose the plot the infinite time.
Given Baz Luhrmann's tendencies to make musicals of even the most seriosu stuff I was waiting when the lead actors would suddenly spring into a song or an impromptu technicolor firangi bhangra . Thankfully the overtly bad acting and the cheesy attempts at romance are thrown in with such random intensity its easy not to miss it.
Finally I think all of us love Nicole Kidman (her ex went couch jumping remember,he missed her so bad!) and Hugh Jackman is awesomely good with those 3 blades/metal fangs sticking out to kick/slash baddie asses. Why the need to star in this horridly long drab and headache inducing Ad film for Heineken is beyond me!!!!!!!
For one at the onset you are driven nuts by this rather irritating kid who tries so hard to be cute you want to hit him. Then there's Nicole Kidman who's screechy acting in these vague roles makes me wonder where those 'Hours' peak suddenly went. She's so overtly emotive here you wish she picked better roles and are forced to accept the fact that Oscar winning actresses have jinxed careers post it (Halle Berry, Charlise, Julia Roberts, etc). Hugh Jackman tries too hard to prove why he was People magazine's hottest whatever right down to a stripping scene where he pours water over his soap covered body detailed to the last gaping chest hair. Every chick in the hall probably wanted to gnaw him right there. and then thers that dude from Lord of the rings who saves the day with his authentic Australian drawl along with the remaining supporting cast. The Aborigines fit in brilliantly but with Kidman and Jackman raising the cheese Quotient so high u wish they weren't there.
The scenes are breathtaking at times, specially the opening scenes; and the end, where panoramic views of war era Darwin are shown. The Cinematography is worth writing home for but then again the visual effects are sho shitty you wish Baz Luhrmann would stop pulling fast ones. The scene with the bull run across the cliff is so bad its funny.
And then there's this end section where War is just used a backdrop (some scenes look literally ripped off Pearl Harbour) to show families are made through love, blah, blah, with the biological father trying to kill the kid in front of his adopted father while his stalker grandfather kicks the first father's ass, the film completely lose the plot the infinite time.
Given Baz Luhrmann's tendencies to make musicals of even the most seriosu stuff I was waiting when the lead actors would suddenly spring into a song or an impromptu technicolor firangi bhangra . Thankfully the overtly bad acting and the cheesy attempts at romance are thrown in with such random intensity its easy not to miss it.
Finally I think all of us love Nicole Kidman (her ex went couch jumping remember,he missed her so bad!) and Hugh Jackman is awesomely good with those 3 blades/metal fangs sticking out to kick/slash baddie asses. Why the need to star in this horridly long drab and headache inducing Ad film for Heineken is beyond me!!!!!!!
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