Australia

Aliza 2022-04-19 09:01:46

The biggest gain from watching this film is to learn a little about the origin/history of Australia (can't remember if I have taken this part in history class). If there is no British colonization, perhaps the most important thing to stay is the Asian natives.
The movie didn't seem to be a hit, and many reviews said Nicole Kidman was a box-office poison. But I still think she did a good job, haha~ and the way she rides a cow is super handsome!
The movie is a collection of history and romance feature films, but there are gaps in both.
In addition, in the first half of the story, the pasture struggle, especially the part of driving cattle across Australia, is quite exciting, but the second half of the battle with Chelsea and the bombing of Darwin Harbor seems a bit hasty and dim.
In addition, the Australian landscape shown in the film is also good, and I hope to have the opportunity to experience it in person.

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Australia quotes

  • 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.