At first I thought Baz Luhrmann’s Australia was a Western with cow rustlers and ranchers going at each other. Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) inherits a cattle station from her late husband and the problems that come with it. She enlists the services of Drover (Hugh Jackman) to deliver 1,500 cattles to the Australian Army. It reminded me of old cowboy movies.
Australia became a love story when Lady Sarah fell for Drover. Kidman and Jackman gave noteworthy performances in the movie and their onscreen chemistry was believable. Even though she’s old, Kidman is still hot.
Australia is a detailed period movie and tackled the Lost Generation. Nullah (Brandon Walters), the mixed race boy running from the authorities did good considering that this is his first time acting on the big screen.
Then going into the final parts of Australia, Japan decided to join the World War II by attacking Pearl Harbor. Luhrmann used a lot of CGI in the movie and unlike what some critics said, it was decent enough for me.
Drover (Hugh Jackman): Just because it is, doesn’t mean it should be.
There were lots of memorable scenes from Australia but what I like the most is the scene when Drover was coming back from Mission Island with the mixed race kids and Lady Ashley hearing Nullah’s harmonica with all the noise in war-ravaged Darwin. Australia has action, drama, comedy and adventure. Not a second is wasted in its three hour running time.
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