Australia is an epic and romantic action adventure, set in that country on the explosive brink of World War II. In it, an English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) travels to the faraway continent, where she meets a rough-hewn local (Hugh Jackman) and reluctantly agrees to join forces with him to save the land she inherited. Together, they embark upon a transforming journey across hundreds of miles of the world's most beautiful yet unforgiving terrain, only to still face the bombing of the city of Darwin by the Japanese forces that attacked Pearl Harbor.I am shocked at how much I really enjoyed this movie. I'm actually pretty pissed at myself for not taking this movie in while in theaters. I thought for sure based on the trailers for this that it was going to be horribly bad and the almost 3 hour running time made my expectations for it even worse. I couldn't have possibly been more wrong. This movie was awesome. The cinematography was phenomenal and at no point did it drag even with the massive running time. You find yourself completely hooked by all of the characters and very attached to the voyages of all of them. This movie probably should have received more oscar consideration than it did.
I strongly recommend that everyone check this out. This movie is more than worth the visit to the store and rental fee.
