Australia

Over the weekend my mother in law, mom, dad, and I went to see the movie Australia. I have to say it was fantastic! It was actually shot in Australia, so the scenery was incredible. The acting was great;and the movie was very well written.

My favorite thing about the movie was the little aboriginal boy they cast as 'Nullah.' He was darling! From what I understand this was his first time acting, but you couldn't tell. He did a great job. I really liked Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman as well.

The movie is pretty lengthy, (about three hours) but the story is so fantastic that the time just flies by. The following is how about.com described the film.

"A romantic action-adventure set in northern Australia prior to World War II, 'Australia' centers on an English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) who inherits a ranch the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle driver (Hugh Jackman) to drive 2000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country’s most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier. With his new film, director-writer-producer Baz Luhrmann is painting on a vast canvas, creating a cinematic experience that brings together romance, drama, adventure and spectacle."

After the travesty of Twilight, I think the box office has redeemed itself a little in my eyes.