Pity it cannot afford to be serious

Delmer 2022-04-19 09:01:46

Australia

Australia

The movie is none of my biz. To all the main stream audience, it's not their business either. So if u want to make a "foreign" epic, u got to find a common ground between Aussies and mid-western Americans (85% screens in US), just like that stupid Italian director did to "The Last Emperor".

Well, American has little interest in "root" issue now. The ambitious gang: The producers, the director, the author and even Nichole Kidman need to bring something to serve the American audience while remaining true to a great nation's spirit. So they compromised . Even the trailer starts like a fair tale: A heavy epic got mixed with some flavor of romantic comedy, and Hugh Jackman took his shirt off for a steaming hot shower scene--- Yummy! At that moment the movie is winking at the audience : “Hey, don't worry. We are not too serious.”

So bad it cannot afford to be very serious.

The soundtrack is fantastic though. Nichol Kidman is getting old. Jackman's white suit sucks. And thanks to the director, both of them look like they're gonna sing at any romantic moment... They have a gifted voice anyway.

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  • Drover: Now where the *hell* are all the bloody stockmen, eh?

    Lady Sarah Ashley: That's what I need to speak to you about.

    Drover: Where's Fletcher?

    Lady Sarah Ashley: We disagreed, and I dismissed him.

    Drover: [Dumbfounded] ... *Dismissed?*

    Lady Sarah Ashley: Yes.

    Drover: Wait, wait a minute, hold on. What about the cattle?

    Lady Sarah Ashley: Well, as he was leaving, he *deliberately* let the cows out of the, uh... I don't know, whatever you call it, and they *ran off.*

    Drover: [Storms off] Damn! Do you realize, woman, what you've done?

    Lady Sarah Ashley: Mr. Drover, do not take that tone with me *thank you, very much!*

    Drover: [Stomps back to her] Don't take that tone with ya, huh?

    Lady Sarah Ashley: [Firmly] No.

    Drover: I'm askin' ya, woman, do you know what you've *done?* I won't get another drove this late in the season, alright? You've cost me my *living!*

    Lady Sarah Ashley: Can't you just round them up?

    Drover: Round 'em up, huh? Oh, round 'em up, yeah. Huh? Round 'em up!

    Lady Sarah Ashley: Yes! You just... go *get them!*

    Drover: Fifteen-hundred head o' cattle, scattered over a million acres with just me, and my two men. That's a *great* idea! Stupid cow...

  • Title Card: After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on the 7th of December 1944, the Imperial Japanese Navy steamed south, unleashing their fire on Darwin, a city in the northern territory of Australia. 'The territory' was a land of crocodiles, cattle barons, and warrior chiefs where adventure and romance was a way of life. It was also a place where aboriginal children of mixed race were taken by force from their families and trained for service in white society. These children became know as the stolen generations.

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