Topic: Australia (Read 7373 times)

StMonkey · « **on:** 30 Nov 2008, 21:14 »

So, I didn't see this as a topic yet, kinda surprising.

Anyway, I dunno how many people have seen this yet so I'll just tell you two things:
->This is a very very long movie(comparatively)
->Hugh Jackman definitely deserves that People Magazine Sexist Man award. If I were of the female persuasion, I would hunt him down and jump his bones.

Inlander · « **Reply #1 on:** 30 Nov 2008, 21:23 »

You're writing it wrong. It's not Australia, it's Straya.

satsugaikaze · « **Reply #2 on:** 01 Dec 2008, 03:36 »

They said it was an okay film. Not the greatest film of the year, but a decent watch.

Surgoshan · « **Reply #3 on:** 01 Dec 2008, 06:38 »

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Hugh Jackman definitely deserves that People Magazine Sexist Man award. If I were of the female persuasion, I would hunt him down and jump his bones.

I've a friend who went to see the Broadway version of The Full Monty about a dozen times because Hugh Jackman got naked in it.

JD · « **Reply #4 on:** 01 Dec 2008, 11:53 »

Hugh Jackman was pretty good, considering the last movie i saw him in was X-men 3.

KvP · « **Reply #5 on:** 01 Dec 2008, 20:33 »

Baz Luhrmann!

Baz... Luhrmann!

Tom · « **Reply #6 on:** 01 Dec 2008, 20:43 »

FBi's review is pretty interesting to listen to

Spluff · « **Reply #7 on:** 01 Dec 2008, 21:41 »

If I wanted to see Australia, I'd go outside.

Dazed · « **Reply #8 on:** 02 Dec 2008, 07:50 »

Hugh Jackman starring + Baz Luhrmann directing = potential worst movie ever.

est · « **Reply #9 on:** 02 Dec 2008, 14:59 »

Hugh Jackman is orright but Nicole Kidman hasn't done much since Dead Calm & Bangkok Hilton in 1989 and Baz Luhrmann is an inexperienced, over-rated hack who makes awful cringe-fests.

KvP · « **Reply #10 on:** 02 Dec 2008, 15:20 »

Are you saying that Moulin Rouge did not make your heart soar and your brain sing? Is that what you are telling us?

Inlander · « **Reply #11 on:** 02 Dec 2008, 15:40 »

I've only seen about two minutes of Moulin Rouge, but it was without question among the worst two minutes of cinema I have ever seen.

Katherine · « **Reply #12 on:** 02 Dec 2008, 16:08 »

I have every intention of seeing this movie on the big screen. It will probably suck, but man oh man Hugh Jackman is nice to look at.

Dazed · « **Reply #13 on:** 02 Dec 2008, 16:27 »

Every film Hugh Jackman is expected to carry more or less on his own is a disaster.

Also, fuck you guys, I was utterly entranced by Baz's wacky modern take on Romeo & Juliet. He got a real tour de force performance out of John Leguizamo.

Inlander · « **Reply #14 on:** 02 Dec 2008, 16:30 »

Strictly Ballroom is good. Romeo and Juliet is good. Two good films is not such a bad record.

But when Luhrmann's bad, he's awful.

Dazed · « **Reply #15 on:** 02 Dec 2008, 19:21 »

Quote from: Inlander on 02 Dec 2008, 16:30

Romeo and Juliet is good.

What? No! Nononononononononono!

Alex C · « **Reply #16 on:** 02 Dec 2008, 19:23 »

I hate Baz Luhrmann. Not only does he attempt things I have no interest in, he usually fails.

Joseph · « **Reply #17 on:** 02 Dec 2008, 19:32 »

Man, Romeo + Juliet is completely visually stunning, and a whole ton of fun. It's a really good movie. Maybe not great, but really quite good. I haven't seen anything else he's done, and I can't tell how I feel about the looks of this.

I mean, it's a western, which is appealing. But the commercials make it look like it's part western, part romance, part war movie, part Indiana Jones. Which doesn't sound that appealing.

Alex C · « **Reply #18 on:** 02 Dec 2008, 19:44 »

You can go ahead and defend the one movie he did that was any good (and honestly, I'm lukewarm about that one at best, but I'm tired of arguing about it), but it won't do any good until I'm allowed to take my rightful vengeance for being forced to sit through Moulin Rouge.

Man, I still can't believe I didn't even get makeouts after that. Christ.

Liz · « **Reply #19 on:** 03 Dec 2008, 08:13 »

Personally I love Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge. Ewan McGregor has the most lovely singing voice, oh my goodness. Plus the film is wacky and out there and an all-around good time.

satsugaikaze · « **Reply #20 on:** 03 Dec 2008, 22:39 »

Ewan McGregor is the most awesome thing since Liam Neeson.

Others may or may not disagree.

But anyway, on with Australia, the ACTUAL topic of the thread ! =P
Who thought what of it? =)

RedLion · « **Reply #21 on:** 03 Dec 2008, 22:52 »

Everything I've heard about this movie suggests that it attempted to be a big, over-the-top, emotional epic and wound up just feeling bloated.

StMonkey · « **Reply #22 on:** 04 Dec 2008, 10:39 »

Personally, I didn't feel like it was bloated simply because, though it tried to do everything, it didn't try to do everything at once. Each part of the movie has its own distinct feel to it. Again though this is a long movie, not many have runtimes 165 minutes long. It was not a great movie, by any means, but it is pretty good. But pretty good paired with fun visuals and marvelous(my opinion!) style makes for a movie I really enjoyed and will definitely see it again.

RedLion · « **Reply #23 on:** 04 Dec 2008, 20:27 »

Hmm, interesting. Maybe I'll go see it.

Ballard · « **Reply #24 on:** 04 Dec 2008, 20:38 »

Quote from: Inlander on 30 Nov 2008, 21:23

You're writing it wrong. It's not Australia, it's Straya.

I find it endlessly amusing that Australians constantly create and add to their own mythology. What with the fake languages, the fake killer animals who prey on tourists, the fake etymology, etc.

Such shenanigans are unacceptable.

Alex C · « **Reply #25 on:** 04 Dec 2008, 20:49 »

I thought everywhere did that. I sure as hell know people in Texas and Wyoming do that.

KvP · « **Reply #26 on:** 04 Dec 2008, 20:52 »

Man if anybody's been mythologizing Wyoming they're doing a remarkably poor job of it.

Alex C · « **Reply #27 on:** 04 Dec 2008, 20:57 »

I never said they're doing a good job.

satsugaikaze · « **Reply #28 on:** 04 Dec 2008, 23:48 »

Quote from: Ballard on 04 Dec 2008, 20:38

Quote from: Inlander on 30 Nov 2008, 21:23
You're writing it wrong. It's not Australia, it's Straya.

I find it endlessly amusing that Australians constantly create and add to their own mythology. What with the fake languages, the fake killer animals who prey on tourists, the fake etymology, etc.

Such shenanigans are unacceptable.

Insult us like that again and I'll set the drop bears on ya.

Inlander · « **Reply #29 on:** 05 Dec 2008, 06:22 »

Don't be silly! You can't train drop-bears!

satsugaikaze · « **Reply #30 on:** 06 Dec 2008, 02:03 »

Well, we can always just lure them towards the eucalypts and watch and wait as they set up camp right below the branches =D

Or we let 'em set camp up near them billabongs and wait for the bunyip to catch 'em! =D

Ballard · « **Reply #31 on:** 06 Dec 2008, 10:17 »

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury- I rest my case.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #32 on:** 06 Dec 2008, 10:32 »

Every review of the film Australia should just be one sentence that says "Aboriginal child stops stampeding herd of cattle by raising hand".

Um, spoilers.

lprkn · « **Reply #33 on:** 06 Dec 2008, 18:29 »

Quote from: David_Dovey on 06 Dec 2008, 10:32

~~"Aboriginal child stops stampeding herd of cattle by raising hand."~~ "Hugh Jackman takes a shower."

Fixed that for you.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #34 on:** 06 Dec 2008, 18:33 »

MAGICAL DARKIES

satsugaikaze · « **Reply #35 on:** 06 Dec 2008, 23:55 »

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE ABODIDGINES

THEY ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU IGNORANT WESTERNERS THINK =P

THESE FORUMS NOW CLOSED (read only)

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