Change Your Image
Jade_S86
Reviews
Australia (2008)
Beautiful and Mesmerising but a little cliché
I thought Australia was a beautiful and classically romantic movie. You should definitely see this movie once, but that's probably about as many times as you'd need to.
The storyline was a little cliché at times, and the initial passion between the Drover and Lady Ashley was a little hard to believe at times . The storyline itself seemed to go up and down with no real climax and no real "end" which was a little frustrating - and it feels that the writers were trying to write too many stories into the movie. However there were definitely some real 'choke-moments' that were really heartwarming.
Despite these few criticisms, I must applaud Brandon Walters (the little boy who plays Nullah) for his amazing performance! He is mesmerizing on the screen and kudos to Baz for creating a movie that depicts the beauty and dreamtime-magic of the Australian Aboriginal culture so well. Kudos again for the majestic scenes and the intoxicating landscape of the burnt brown lands of the Northern Territory!! Amazing!
So go watch this movie for it's beauty, and just enjoy the story line without trying to get too confused or entangled by it!! :)
I might also add, from a personal point of view that I believe the word "walkabout" had been completely overused and Australians will probably have to suffer another 10 years of talking about going "walkabout" again since the days of Crocodile Dundee.
Manufactured Landscapes (2006)
Heartbreaking photographs of painful truths
This is the most confronting documentary I have ever seen. It was a simple and breathtaking view of a beautiful idea. Based on photographs of the hidden industrial landscapes centred around the modern industrial growth of China, Edward Burtynsky brings to life confronting issues that we so easily chose to ignore.
Taking no political sides, this movie is a neutral moving picture of realities that our western societies chooses not to educate us about - the by-products of economical growth, the externalities paid by citizens of the lesser-developed communities, the source of our comforts and the wastes of our consumer lifestyles.
Amazing, heart-breaking, impossible to ignore. This is a challenging journey but one worth taking - please stop staying ignorant and at least see these photographs of truth without feeling any pressure to take a standing to these issues. 10/10 definitely!