Gaz and I went to watch Australia the movie in the big screen yesterday night. It was a three hour movie, and had some mixed reviews from the public. The poster above publicising the movie looks like it's a cross between Pearl Harbour and Gone with the Wind. It's supposed to be an epic love story, set in the beautiful sceneries of the Northern Territory.
The scenery of the land was spectacular, similar to the pictures shown below.
The depth of the characters weren't, though. For a multi million dollar project, it fell short of my expectations. I expected to feel a range of emotions - anger (because one of the themes of the movie was about the Stolen Generation - where little Aborigine children were forcibly taken away from their parents for a 'better life' with the whites), lovey dovey (Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman's characters were in love), triumph (Nicole Kidman's character goes through hardships to revive her near bankrupt property by nudging aside the movie's villain). Instead, I felt a smattering of each of these emotions, not enough to move one.
The movie is passable, but certainly does not give enough oomph in my opinion, for the budget and talent behind it.
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