Friday Movie Review - Australia
Australia – boring. There are many movies that have two or three themes: rascism, religion, social class prejudices, history and war. And then, to make those themes more interesting, they throw in some romance and action. The problem with Australia is that the romance and action aren’t enough to make it interesting. They should have taken my long standing advice and intertwined some other twists: instead of herding cattle, they could herd velociraptors. Instead of the Japanese attacking in WWII, it could have been the midget cyborgs returning from Uranus. Instead of the Aboriginal king using mystic abilities, why not give him a magic wand and a talking kangaroo sidekick. I wouldn’t even mind if there was a brief disclaimer by the director at the beginning of the movie declaring that his movie is based on true events and people, EXCEPT for the raptors, midget Uranian cyborgs, magic kings and talking kangaroos. I’d go see that movie twice. Here is my personalized promo-poster.
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Oh come now. We have raised a generation of sci-fi junkies who don't appreciate Nicole Kidman as a stuck up snob who learns a valuable lesson - if you want to remain a stuck up snob - don't go do it yourself - send a cyborg-kangaroo-midget-aboriginee-magical-king to herd your cowses.
I really thought the movie was a yawn. I think the talking kangaroo would have been too much though.
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