Australia - The Movie

[Dirko]

More bombs were dropped on Darwin then Pearl Harbour, it''s just the Japs actually hit things in Hawaii.....

If any thing should be made into a movie it should be the sinking of the Sydney (that's as long as it stays true to facts and not become
some over dramatised crap).

I'll put my hand up for a part as my Great Uncle Jimmy died on the Sydney and apparently I resemble him a bit (apart from the fat guts )

[Drop Bear]

Bryan Brown is a shocking actor

Can't be an authentic Aussie movie without Bryan Brown.

[Jimmy_041]

More bombs were dropped on Darwin then Pearl Harbour, it''s just the Japs actually hit things in Hawaii.....

If any thing should be made into a movie it should be the sinking of the Sydney (that's as long as it stays true to facts and not become
some over dramatised crap).

I'll put my hand up for a part as my Great Uncle Jimmy died on the Sydney and apparently I resemble him a bit (apart from the fat guts )

Yeah, but at least they dropped the torpedos to hit ships, not buildings!!!

My dad was on an AA gun when the first bombing happened. He was just 18. He reckons they didn't have any shells and were throwing empty beer bottles at them - I think he later admitted that he didn't hit anything with them.........and later still, that they just hit the dirt

[Drop Bear]

He reckons they didn't have any shells and were throwing empty beer bottles at them

You don't get more Aussie than that! They should put that in the movie.

[therisingblues]

Wait for the best - the Japanese attack scenes have been taken from Tora Tora Tora and Pearl Harbour - I couldn't stop laughing

I don't believe it. A movie couldn't be so bad as to borrow snippets from another film and masquerade them as new. I haven't seen it yet, but until I do I will go on believing that they haven't pasted someone else's film into this one.

[therisingblues]

More bombs were dropped on Darwin then Pearl Harbour, it''s just the Japs actually hit things in Hawaii.....

If any thing should be made into a movie it should be the sinking of the Sydney (that's as long as it stays true to facts and not become
some over dramatised crap).

I'll put my hand up for a part as my Great Uncle Jimmy died on the Sydney and apparently I resemble him a bit (apart from the fat guts )

Yeah, but at least they dropped the torpedos to hit ships, not buildings!!!

My dad was on an AA gun when the first bombing happened. He was just 18. He reckons they didn't have any shells and were throwing empty beer bottles at them - I think he later admitted that he didn't hit anything with them.........and later still, that they just hit the dirt

Did anybody see the film they made about the Kokoda trail? I read a documentary piece on it a few months back, written by an American. The author often has a go at MacArthur for continually ignoring how undertrained and how inexperienced the Aussies were as well as how badly equipped (WWI rifles etc.), and for ignoring the reports of the terrain and the size and strength of the enemy they encountered both elements which he had greatly underestimated.
According to the author the Aussies won the campaign but MacArthur remained ignorant until the end about what they actually went through and often criticised them for taking so long to dispatch of what he believed to be just a few Japanese troops strolling along narrow paths with only light weapons.
I haven't seen the movie but found a couple of clips on the net.

[Jimmy_041]

Wait for the best - the Japanese attack scenes have been taken from Tora Tora Tora and Pearl Harbour - I couldn't stop laughing

I don't believe it. A movie couldn't be so bad as to borrow snippets from another film and masquerade them as new. I haven't seen it yet, but until I do I will go on believing that they haven't pasted someone else's film into this one.

Be ready for it - it is unbelievable

[JK]

He reckons they didn't have any shells and were throwing empty beer bottles at them

You don't get more Aussie than that! They should put that in the movie.

I've read some good stories on this site over the years, but nothing comes close to that, just sensational!!!

[Jimmy_041]

More bombs were dropped on Darwin then Pearl Harbour, it''s just the Japs actually hit things in Hawaii.....

If any thing should be made into a movie it should be the sinking of the Sydney (that's as long as it stays true to facts and not become
some over dramatised crap).

I'll put my hand up for a part as my Great Uncle Jimmy died on the Sydney and apparently I resemble him a bit (apart from the fat guts )

Bit rude saying your Great Uncle had a fat guts!!

My dad's name was Jimmy too - maybe we are cousins SJABC

[Drop Bear]

Did anybody see the film they made about the Kokoda trail? I read a documentary piece on it a few months back, written by an American. The author often has a go at MacArthur for continually ignoring how undertrained and how inexperienced the Aussies were as well as how badly equipped (WWI rifles etc.), and for ignoring the reports of the terrain and the size and strength of the enemy they encountered both elements which he had greatly underestimated.
According to the author the Aussies won the campaign but MacArthur remained ignorant until the end about what they actually went through and often criticised them for taking so long to dispatch of what he believed to be just a few Japanese troops strolling along narrow paths with only light weapons.
I haven't seen the movie but found a couple of clips on the net.

Yeah it's not a bad movie. It portrays the terrain and harsh conditions pretty well. My Pa (R.I.P.) fought along the Kokoda Track. It doesn't surprise me what he wrote about MacArthur. He probably wouldn't have known where Australia was back in those days. Probably thought the Diggers were fighting with pitchforks and torches.

[Jimmy_041]

Well, I went to see it last night - sat back for my first time in the Gold seats at Marion
with Mrs Jimmy_041 - had a martini...

What did I think of it?


Absolute crap

Story has been done a thousand times in different countries

Scenes so obviously done in a set - wait for the first scene around the campfire (most probably in Randwick Sydney or at the SCG)

Nicole Kidman so badly casted as an English woman and cant act (finally starting to look like a woman instead of a girl though)

Background scenes so obviously canned

Unbelievable storyline

Bryan Brown is a shocking actor

David Wenham only slightly better - still in the same acting zone as his role in 300...and, believe it or not, still the same dialogue.

Wait for the best - the Japanese attack scenes have been taken from Tora Tora Tora and Pearl Harbour - I couldn't stop laughing

and the best till last - a Japanese torpedo plane drops a torpedo on Darwin and blows up some buildings!!!!! No - not into the harbour, but onto dry land! @$#%&^ hilarious

Mrs Jimmy enjoyed it though....especially Hugh with his shirt off.......mind you, I didn't have the courage to suggest that it was probably airbrushed like the rest of the picture.

I hope the yanks like it, because it is going to get caned here Baz - send us a real director/screenplay writer/casting agent/ next time

I made a mistake - one of the clips didn't come from Tora Tora Tora - it came from Midway!!!

[southee]

Worst acting I have seen in many, many years!!!

Jackman and Kidman shocking. I was cringing watching it.

This will be Australia's "Waterworld"!!!!

[Jimmy_041]

Worst acting I have seen in many, many years!!!

Jackman and Kidman shocking. I was cringing watching it.

This will be Australia's "Waterworld"!!!!

Did you see the torpedo dropped and blow up Darwin?

[TroyGFC]

I thought movie was good. But females harden the fu## up!!! Its only a movie stop that tearing!!

[Dirko]

Bit rude saying your Great Uncle had a fat guts!!

My dad's name was Jimmy too - maybe we are cousins SJABC

ha ha , considering it was WW II and he was living on a ship I doubt he had a fat guts...nah mate it was me I was referring too !!

[Jimmy_041]

Bit rude saying your Great Uncle had a fat guts!!

My dad's name was Jimmy too - maybe we are cousins SJABC

ha ha , considering it was WW II and he was living on a ship I doubt he had a fat guts...nah mate it was me I was referring too !!

Yeah, I know , sorry

[MightyEagles]

It has made over $6 million here in Oz since it opened last week.

[Zelezny Chucks]

Doesn't mean it's good just means they have spent a lot on marketing.

[Jimmy_041]

It has made over $6 million here in Oz since it opened last week.

Only $194m left to pay it off

[JK]

They'll make it I reckon