News.com.ua has what they are claiming to be the first review of Australia even though I would say it hardly counts as a review, let alone an actual article. Claire Sutherland writes:
It’s a movie with a message, but Luhrmann provides the audience with no shortage of thrills, from a cliff hanger cattle stampede to the bombing of Darwin.
Kidman and Jackman are perfect together, Jackman’s broad speaking drover a perfect foil to Kidman’s snooty English rose. […]
Australia features some of the most beautiful photography ever seen in an Australian film, from the Bungle Bungles in the Kimberley to the Northern Territory in the midst of the wet season.
After that, the last line of the capsule pretty much says it all, “A love letter to the Australian landscape and our history, Australia has international blockbuster written all over it.” Biased much?
I still am excited to see the flick and I will finally get my chance this Wednesday, but I am wondering how well it will do at the box-office. The trailers they were showing last night during Sunday Night Football on NBC looked rather generic and I am not sure how it will all play out once audiences learn the flick ranges anywhere from 155-170 minutes long. Titanic scored huge despite it’s epic running time, does Australia have similar stamina? Obviously I don’t think it will breaking any box-office milestones, but how big will it get?
