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Hugh Hugh Hugh!
MaineWriter:
I am going to the 3:40 pm show (2 hours from now!) with my son Lance.
Here's a great quote from the review in the Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/25/AR2008112502454.html
"But what's most fascinating about "Australia" is how Luhrmann subtly turns the tables and, at least structurally speaking, makes Jackman his leading lady. Whether he's being photographed in all his bronzed, bare-chested glory or arriving for his Cinderella moment decked out in a dashing white dinner jacket, it's Jackman who enjoys the adoring gaze usually reserved for female stars. And he rises to the occasion, exuding that ineluctable tincture of warmth, sex appeal and sheer talent that makes it possible for him to upstage not just Kidman but also an entire continent. "
Go Hugh!
L
MaineWriter:
Roger Ebert gave Australia three stars:
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081125/REVIEWS/811259991
Still, what a gorgeous film, what strong performances, what exhilarating images and -- yes, what sweeping romantic melodrama. The kind of movie that is a movie, with all that the word promises and implies.
MaineWriter:
From the premiere in NYC on Monday night:
louisev:
--- Quote from: belbbmfan on November 26, 2008, 08:31:37 am ---So, today is the big day, right? Who's going to see it tonight? Leslie, I know you are. I'll be waiting to read your review. Unless you have to recover first for a bit of course. ;)
I have to wait another 21 days. :-\
--- End quote ---
I am heading out to the movies as soon as I get home and have a quick dinner! so I am going to be roughly 5 hours behind Leslie! I read a very amusing review (it was not flattering to anyone except Hugh!) in the San Francisco Chronicle today which described that Hugh looked "better than he has ever looked in his life", that he is a stunning presence, and that there were closeups in the film that made the entire film stop, "as if he were Garbo, or Michelangelo's David, or a solar eclipse." I laughed out loud, and I can't wait for the entire film to stop for those closeups!
MaineWriter:
Okay, so my review from opening day:
It is like three movies in one: western, love story, then war movie. Everytime you think it is ending it starts up again.
Lots and lots of Hugh goodness although the famous shirtless shower scene occurs early and goes by fast. So keep your eyes peeled.
I went in wanting to like it and I did. I can see how people who want to find something to criticize can. But that was not my attitude. I was hoping for entertainment and I was entertained. It was a good old fashioned movie -- everytime the bad guy came on screen, the bad guy music played. Sweeping, epic scenes. Lots of, "Oh no, what happens next!?"
I thought it was great. I'll be seeing it again, I am sure, probably with my mom and daughter.
L
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