Reviewing Australia

There really isn't much to say about this film than most people already know.It took a lot of time and money to make,it's about the effects of WWII on Australia,and there is a love story intertwined.

For 290 million dollars and 3 years of filming(yes you read that right) I was expecting one heck of a movie.I remember thinking"there had better be some massive explosions and really good camera work or I will call this a bust".Turns out there were both.Also we get to see Hugh Jackman get into a pretty lengthy bar fight right at the beginning.I couldn't help but wish that all of the sudden he would sprout the wolverine claws and shred everyone to bits,that unfortunately didn't manifest.It was nice to see Hugh Jackman in a role that really fits him though,when he is covered in dirt and hair...he just seems at home.

As for the other two lead actors,Nicole Kidman and Brandon Walters(Nullah), they both did brilliant jobs.Walters has a hugely succesful career ahead of him if he can somehow avoid becoming an over publicized child star that crashes in to an adolescence filled with drugs.I'll give him 4 to 1 odds on that.His character totally steals the show in my opinion.If it weren't for him,"Australia" would have been simply another sappy love story set in WWII but on a different continent than the ones we have all seen before.

I also enjoyed how they writers managed to intertwine a bit of an aboriginal history lesson in this movie too. Not too much is heard on this side of the world about the racism that took place in Australia during the beginning and middle of the 20th century and this was really eye opening if it was accurate. It actually made it look like colored people in their country had it much worse than the colored people of North America.

If you have an extra three hours to watch a movie,i recommend Australia.The only drawback to it would be if you have trouble understanding foreign accents as my parents do...be warned.
4/5