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Review by Brett McCracken | posted 11/26/2008 12:00AM

Early in Baz Luhrmann's Australia, one of the main characters says of his country: "this land has a strange power." And indeed, if one surveys the landscape of films about Australia, many of them (The ...

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the fairy of HAPPINESS

Posted: October 11, 2009 7:46 PM

I loved this movie. The action and adventure, the romance, everything. i do have to say the witchcraft was a bit weird at times, but i loved it just the same. One of my favorite things about it was that fact that the whole story wasn't centered around the romance, it was centered around the circumstances. The characters were very well developed. All in all, this was one of the first hollywood movies that I have seen in a long time that was really, really good.

watcherings

Posted: May 11, 2009 10:49 PM

I didnt like the way hellewood sutterly mixed witchcraft and psychic abilities in with this movie. Seducing society to accept and ignore witchcraft believing it to be innocent and non threatening. The bible clearly warns us about the dangers of witchcraft, soothsayers and neckromancing yet this movie makes it appear mystical or enchanting. Seducing us with romance and love, when in fact what were they really trying to teach you? to become lukewarm in regards to witchcraft and psychic powers? We are in fact in the end times, be on guard church.

morefaith

Posted: April 30, 2009 4:25 PM

My kind of movie!!!I love everything about it! drama, romance, comedy, history and the cinematography was breathtaking. It was a very ambitious feat and I respect Baz Luhrmann for attempting to bring back a piece of the old genre. I can tell that strong bonds were formed, as well as a sense of solidarity, between the actors and the director. This is evident by the tourism ads that Luhrmann produced shortly after the movie. I was disappointed with all the acrimony from the critics. THIS MOVIE'S GOT HEART and Brandon Walters is the heart of it. He's got natural and effortless talent and I look forward to seeing him progress as an actor. I pray that doors will open for him.

Connie

Posted: April 06, 2009 11:20 AM


What a wonderful movie! They absolutely need to make more movies like this one! It was a long movie, but I throughly enjoyed every minute of it! It was definitely a plus to see it on the big screen. The scenery was beautiful. The storyline was very entertaining. Right up there with the quality of a lot of the old movies. If you like nostalgia you'll love this one! Make sure you get to see it.

Jennifer

Posted: April 03, 2009 12:37 PM


I loved this film! I watched it once, then watched it again the first chance I got. I loved the Drover's lines about his story, and I loved the part where he told the young priest, "God works in mysterious ways!" It introduced me to historical issues I knew nothing about, and I don't think there is anything wrong with the way it is PORTRAYED!

J.A	Posted: March 18, 2009 12:10 PM


I found the film oversimplifies the question of race. The way it is portrait as well does not help. The tone of the film is purely entertaining with no seriousness at all to treat such an important topic. It lacks depth in many, many ways. Comparing it with recent movies like Gran Torino, and Changeling, this film is a joke.

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