I had expectations and intentions when going into this movie and I really believe that those expectations were the only thing that drug the movie down for me. I expected it to be an artistic, strange, beautiful, romantic spectacle of a film, much...
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I had expectations and intentions when going into this movie and I really believe that those expectations were the only thing that drug the movie down for me. I expected it to be an artistic, strange, beautiful, romantic spectacle of a film, much like Luhrman's other films. (Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge.) Well it was all of those things. They just weren't portrayed the way I was expecting. I expected this to be a choreographed, musically beautiful romantic tale set in Australia. Well it's not a musical. It's just a movie. A great one though! It's very epic and large and it has a great story. It's just not a sweep you off your feet and stay with you forever epic like I was expecting. Still though, if you're a fan of his other work and you're someone who appreciates large, epically beautiful movies with high aspirations and you have a love for Australia with just a touch of WWII history and a large slab of romance to top it all off, Australia is for you.