Austrailia

I finally was able to find the time to watch the three hour epic of Australia staring Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman last night.

Australia is a movie set in the 1939 Australian outback. A story about a Sarah Ashley(Nicole Kidman) who comes to Darwin, Australia to convince her husband to sell their cattle farm and move back to England. When she arrives she finds her husband murdered and a land baron planning to take over her land. In order to save her land she must drive the cattle she has to port. She enlist the help of a Mr. Drover (Hugh Jackman) and a few aboriginals to move the cattle to market. Along the way Ashley picks up and unofficially adopts a young aboriginal boy named Nulla.

Overall I have to say that this was a very good movie, but way too long. To me honestly I believe that they could of broke Australia up into two movies. The first one being from the beginning to the end of the drive and the second movie is after the war starts. That was the only problem that I had with this movie. Other than that the director did a fantastic job with the rest of the movie and really pulls on your emotional strings. There were points in this movie that I was set in awe from the special effects and scenery. Then other points where I felt my eyes watering from the emotional screen play. To my readers I completely recommend watching this movie but make sure you bring enough popcorn.