Comments on: [Movie Review] AUSTRALIA

By: PS3

PS3 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:57:38 +0000

I was very tempted to watch this, but it gave the ribe that it was very romantic? If so then I wouldn’t like it.

By: Brett

Brett — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:22:02 +0000

Hey thanks for replying,

The media here in Aus is very political in some respects, with papers in opposition to Murdoch(Fox)very quick to trumpet bad news about anything turned out by their competitors.

I can’t help noticing that AUSTRALIA has just opened very strongly in France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Denmark and has even done okay in the UK- notwithstanding Germaine Greer getting stuck into it !

Brett – Melbourne

By: Gazz

Gazz — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:14:41 +0000

I based this information, at the time of writing the review, from a website for an Australian new website called ninemsn.com.au which ran an article stating that Quantum of Solace opened to a first day double ($2 million)of what Australia had made ($1.1 million) and further stated that Australian audiences were not embracing the flick.

I included this as fact in my review, but further to your comments I’ve done some further research and realised that my comments were made regarding a BAD first day for Australia in ONE Australian city and it’s not reflective of the film’s OVERALL business outside of the opening weekend.

So I stand corrected, thank you

By: Brett

Brett — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:51:21 +0000

Actually the movie AUSTRALIA is doing incredibly well at the box-office in Australia the country. It is just about to overtake Quantum of Solice in the gross taking “stakes” and is still showing to full houses in many cinemas, even after six weeks. Where did you get the information that it wasn’t doing well here ??

Brett – Melbourne

By: Gazz

Gazz — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:11:26 +0000

I’m looking forward to it! I think our Top 2 are identical films in not necessarily the same order!

By: Kristina

Kristina — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:40:56 +0000

I have a ranked list written out right now of the ones I have watched, so when I watch the other films I can just put them in accordingly.

By: Gazz

Gazz — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:05:08 +0000

“have” to! LOL! You make it sound like your life depends on it lass!

I’ve been pretty methodical this year, working on it as I’ve went along the months so it was pretty fully formed by the time that I came to write it up!

I’m really glad you’re going to make the effort to hunt out the “big hitters” that don’t break in the UK till the early part of 09. I got SO MANY complaints regarding my list last year, and my inclusion of films via screener that didn’t have an actual UK release that year, that I’ve decided to stick to an entirely UK release date based list and let it be a counter-representation to yours!

So it should be interesting when we put ours side by side with each other!

By: Kristina

Kristina — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:05:26 +0000

Hazzy, I have to compile a seperate top 25 list as well as the other categories.

By: HAZMAT

HAZMAT — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:30:02 +0000

25? i thought it was 5…..

By: Kristina

Kristina — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:11:31 +0000

Oh wait, I actually can see all of the aforementioned films save for Doubt before my deadline! I’m really going to try to watch those plus Ben Button and Frost/Nixon, since my list right now does not come to 25. I’m a few short I don’t want to put stuff on my top 25 that I hated or was meh toward.