Australia

This movie was an adventure, drama, western, war movie starring Hugh Jackman (Drover), Nicole Kidman (Lady Sarah Ashley), Eddie Baroo (Bull) and others. This movie was directed by Baz Luhrmann and lasted around 3 hours long. Not to give to much away about the details now but this movie Australia is actually about Australia believe it or not. Just kidding around there, but back to business the story takes place in Northern Australia during World War 2. In the story Lady Sarah Ashley inherits a cattle ranch then comes together reluctantly with a stock-man to protect the property from a take over scheme. Lady Sarah Ashley also along with others herd cattle from the ranch across a tough landscape and later in the journey they come upon a Japanese military attack making for quite the drama. The movie had some nice scenery and some interesting action here and there but I would also perhaps call it something like a dramatic, romance novel to watch. This was because it was quite intricate of a story, with what the various characters were trying to accomplish and I though it became quite romantic in a way at times. It also seemed to me to have various parts that almost could have been the ending but were not, instead they were more build ups in a way of drama rolling through the story. Someone I saw the film with said they thought it was trying to be the Australian, Gone With The Wind, which I could see from some angles. So anyhow thought the movie was interesting and I made it through alright enough, but think to really get into it you would want to perhaps be in a intricate drama book, play kind of mode and inspirational type of mood, then I think you are much more likely to fall in love with it. But for me seeing it tonight I think it was bit to much of a story with all the sentiments, but it did still find ways to hook onto my attention with all the details of the story from one scene to the next.
Trailer-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p447zpUmbxw