I’m lucky to get to the movies once, even twice a year and today was the day. I had a spare couple of hours (doesn’t happen often) and thought I would check out the new movie “Australia” staring Nicole Kidman (one of my favourite actresses ever since I saw the movie  ’Dead Calm’ 1989) and Hugh Jackman in a Baz Luhrmann film.

I thought the movie was absolutely fabulous!!!!

Having lived in Darwin for four years and travelled the Northern Territory, I really appreciated seeing the beautiful and familiar scenery.

The costumes, scenery, music and scriptwriting were all sensational. I found the story line moved quickly and dramatically from scene to scene keeping me the viewer totally engrossed.

Though by the time Huge Jackman said ‘crikey’ for the fourth time I thought it had been said enough even though it is one of my favourite sayings and written on the back of my ute!

The relationship between Nicole / Lady Sarah Ashley a high class English lady, Hugh / The Drover a hard working Australian cattle musterer and Brandon Walters /  Nullah a young half cast aboriginal / white child really brought home that everyone is just a person and deserves the same respect. The relationships in the movie were moving and really well portrayed evoking heaps of emotion.

Oprah gave the movie rave reviews and this is a woman who knows what she is on about!

Oprah says Australia made her laugh, cry and sit on the edge of her seat. “It literally swept me off my feet,” she says. “You just don’t get to see movies like this anymore.”

My father even said I’d love it (my parents watched it yesterday) and he was quite right! I think I may go to the movies for the second time this year and watch it again tomorrow!!! You really get lost in the movie and forget the real world even hours after it has ended!!!

I think the critic’s / reviewers may have had their eyes shut!