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[ykickamoocow]

I just thought i would use this thread to tell everyone how p**sed off i am about Baz Luhrmann's new movie which is called "Australia" (very original)

Here is the synopsis

Luhrmann's film is set in northern Australia prior to World War II and centers on an English aristocrat (Kidman) who inherits a ranch the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle driver (Jackman) to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier.

It sound to me that this film is just going to be pushing more Australian stereotypes. They could have picked any profession for Hugh Jackman such as a accountant of structural engineer which arnt stereotypes but for some reason they chose a profession for him which is a huge stereotype.

[goferrarigo]

ykickamoocow, on Mar 11 2007, 07:47 AM, said:

I just thought i would use this thread to tell everyone how p**sed off i am about Baz Luhrmann's new movie which is called "Australia" (very original)

Here is the synopsis

Luhrmann's film is set in northern Australia prior to World War II and centers on an English aristocrat (Kidman) who inherits a ranch the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle driver (Jackman) to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier.

It sound to me that this film is just going to be pushing more Australian stereotypes. They could have picked any profession for Hugh Jackman such as a accountant of structural engineer which arnt stereotypes but for some reason they chose a profession for him which is a huge stereotype.

Yup it will report incorrec facts abt australia and aussies will hate it, te other part of the world will like it though.

[Max Mosley]

goferrarigo, on Mar 10 2007, 08:28 PM, said:

Why the problem with the but, murrary?

Sorry for the late reply.  The problem with "but" is that "because" would make more sense surely?

Quiet One, on Mar 10 2007, 09:36 PM, said:

AHhh so it is based on historical facts, actually! I never heard of that movie and was wondering why it was named "300" which reminded me of the number of spartans at Thermopylae (now I see why). Well, If it's based based in that battle, then certainly theere were not a million Persians opposing them
[rant] If it is a Hollywood movie, then don't believe ANYTHING in it, as they have a tradition of ignoring almost everything about historical facts, yet they love to do every now and then "historical" movies. I have no idea why they insist in distorting facts so much. You could say the movies look great and they certainly do ("Gladiator" comes to mind) But when they consistently distort facts so much, it would be better to just put them in some fantasy land than trying to pass those fairy tales as history. GRRRRR. Yes, it p**ses me off because many people actually thinks those are facts! Gladiator is pure BS no matter how good it may look, and has only the slightest connection with the real emperors Marcus Aurelius and Comodus. Not to mention the few times they tried to show something about my country! Why couldn't they at least read a little about a country before portraying it? They used to portray Argentinians as a mix between Mexicans and Spanish, complete with Flamenco suits and saying "Ole!"....geez, how ignorant can they be??? [/rant]

  Indeed Hollywood specialises in appeasing the masses.  Actually I think they do a hell of a lot of harm in perpetuating all sorts of stereotypes.  Women should generally be timid, passive, young, blonde bimbos waiting for a man to rescue them (OK so we don't mind this one too much but it gets worse), black men are generally uneducated thugs, gay men are OTT in flamboyancy and effeminacy and generally behave like the afore-mentioned women stereotypes, Asians and Arabs are not to be trusted etc etc.

On a more minor scale, it always annoys me that they either exaggerate the British accent for effect, just so the American masses can see their heroes have allies say or to indicate that someone is "different" and hence likely to be a villain, or they give our best characters US accents because the alternative is just way too "arty".

Oh and finally I like Baz Luhrman's Romeo and Julliet!

[Autumnpuma]

ykickamoocow, on Mar 11 2007, 05:47 AM, said:

I just thought i would use this thread to tell everyone how p**sed off i am about Baz Luhrmann's new movie which is called "Australia" (very original)

Here is the synopsis

Luhrmann's film is set in northern Australia prior to World War II and centers on an English aristocrat (Kidman) who inherits a ranch the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle driver (Jackman) to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier.

It sound to me that this film is just going to be pushing more Australian stereotypes. They could have picked any profession for Hugh Jackman such as a accountant of structural engineer which arnt stereotypes but for some reason they chose a profession for him which is a huge stereotype.

It's all to the good. Would you Aussies like to have the reputation as nerdy accountants or rugged, women-swooning ranchers?

Edited by Autumnpuma, 11 March 2007 - 07:19 PM.

[ykickamoocow]

Autumnpuma, on Mar 12 2007, 06:19 AM, said:

It's all to the good. Would you Aussies like to have the reputation as nerdy accountants or rugged, women-swooning ranchers?

Except a reputation can come back to bite you in the arse. If all Australians had the reputation as a rugged, women-swooning ranchers (as you put it) then think how disappointed everyone will be when they find out 99.94% of us arnt like that at all.

[Autumnpuma]

ykickamoocow, on Mar 11 2007, 11:23 AM, said:

Except a reputation can come back to bite you in the arse. If all Australians had the reputation as a rugged, women-swooning ranchers (as you put it) then think how disappointed everyone will be when they find out 99.94% of us arnt like that at all.

Hopefully you will have gotten the lady to bed before she finds that out!!

[ykickamoocow]

Autumnpuma, on Mar 12 2007, 06:23 AM, said:

Hopefully you will have gotten the lady to bed before she finds that out!!

Thats a good point  

[Autumnpuma]

[ykickamoocow]

Autumnpuma, on Mar 12 2007, 06:26 AM, said:

Know all i have to do is go overseas and find some girls which believe the stereotype. I guess i could try to strenghen my accent so i sound like the late Steve Irwin as well  

[Autumnpuma]

Come to America; you'll get laid in no time. Since you're liberal, stick to the west coast and you'll be fine.

[ykickamoocow]

Autumnpuma, on Mar 12 2007, 06:31 AM, said:

Come to America; you'll get laid in no time. Since you're liberal, stick to the west coast and you'll be fine.

Yes ive heard that alot of teenage American girls love a Aussie accent  

[Autumnpuma]

Yeah, we've bought heavily into the Aussie stereotype. The girls here in Kalifornia even like goatees. You're in, my friend.

[goferrarigo]

Murray Walker, on Mar 11 2007, 01:07 PM, said:

Sorry for the late reply.  The problem with "but" is that "because" would make more sense surely?

Picky, Picky Picky....

It was meant to be a but since i wanted to saw DO NOT take your children to 300 or women(they will most likely drag you out) to the movie or guys thus i said, every guy has to go watch it or download and watch...

Edited by goferrarigo, 12 March 2007 - 01:15 PM.

[LabradoRacer]

Saw "12 Monkeys". Outrageously funny movie  

[goferrarigo]

LabradoRacer, on Mar 12 2007, 07:34 AM, said:

Saw "12 Monkeys". Outrageously funny movie  

Whats it about?

Any1's seen The ultimate gift, read the book, was pretty good so...

[LabradoRacer]

Saw 300. 3 Decapitations, a limb chopped here n there, a few drops of  blood splattered & everyone says it's very violent? You gotta be kidding! I have a grouse against the short running time & the limited fighting time. There should have much more action & gore to make the movie more enjoyable.

In case you're wondering,no I'm not sarcastic. I liked the movie a lot, but it should have had more action n gore.

[goferrarigo]

LabradoRacer, on Mar 27 2007, 09:46 AM, said:

Saw 300. 3 Decapitations, a limb chopped here n there, a few drops of  blood splattered & everyone says it's very violent? You gotta be kidding! I have a grouse against the short running time & the limited fighting time. There should have much more action & gore to make the movie more enjoyable.

In case you're wondering,no I'm not sarcastic. I liked the movie a lot, but it should have had more action n gore.

errr, maybe you saw an edited version..../censored version... there was quite a lot of violence in th one i saw.....

[jemstride]

I watched 'bi-centennial man' the other day on TV. Crap. Wouldnt recommend it, although 7-year olds might find it interesting

[LabradoRacer]

goferrarigo, on Mar 27 2007, 05:49 PM, said:

errr, maybe you saw an edited version..../censored version... there was quite a lot of violence in th one i saw.....

No,only the sex scenes were snipped by the censors who want to protect Indians from the evils of sex.

[Max Mosley]

What a farce!

[goferrarigo]

LabradoRacer, on Mar 28 2007, 08:32 AM, said:

No,only the sex scenes were snipped by the censors who want to protect Indians from the evils of sex.

Are you sure??? coz they may have cut a few more senses, like his son 's head being chopped off, etc

[Max Mosley]

Even for adults?  Don't grown-up Indians find that a bit patronising?

[LabradoRacer]

goferrarigo, on Mar 28 2007, 10:03 PM, said:

Are you sure??? coz they may have cut a few more senses, like his son 's head being chopped off, etc

Trust me when I say that not a single violent scene was cut(!).

Murray Walker, on Mar 28 2007, 11:02 PM, said:

Even for adults? Don't grown-up Indians find that a bit patronising?

You said it. Hell,the censorship is reaching stupid proportions. Even HBO is supposed to sterilise all movies. The current health minister of India has a stupid idea of banning smoking scenes in movies.

Maybe ,sexual repression is a ploy by the establishment to make us adults sexually frustrated ,thereby forcing us to procreate more & make India numero uno in terms of population. Perhaps that may be true for most religions ,too. Most religions frown upon sexual viewing or impose restrictions on women with a view to encourage more breeding & increase the numbers of the religion.

[Max Mosley]

Yeah actually that's an interesting theory Jay.  It would certainly be in their interests.

[jemstride]

I watched 'the queen' last night. Makes her look like a cold witch, in fact it makes a mockery out of the whole royal family and makes Tony Blair look like an absolute legend.

the film should really be called 'Diana: the final hours' or something similar, because the whole film is just about Diana, the queen is more of a support role!

[ykickamoocow]

jemstride, on Apr 1 2007, 02:02 AM, said:

I watched 'the queen' last night. Makes her look like a cold witch, in fact it makes a mockery out of the whole royal family and makes Tony Blair look like an absolute legend.

the film should really be called 'Diana: the final hours' or something similar, because the whole film is just about Diana, the queen is more of a support role!

In reality i do get the impression that The Queen is a very cold person but i also get the feeling that Tony Blair is a apsolute w#nker  

Edited by ykickamoocow, 31 March 2007 - 04:09 PM.

[monza gorilla]

Great Scott!! I agree with you. Must go and lie down.

[goferrarigo]

monza gorilla, on Mar 31 2007, 11:18 AM, said:

Great Scott!! I agree with you. Must go and lie down.

Take some pills and go to the hospital.... you must be quite sick....

[LabradoRacer]

I am thinking of making a movie with the members of this forum as the cast.

I can think of a few tailor-made roles :

Cavallino can be a lawyer who never loses an argument ,in the movie. With his gift of the gab ,he can essay the role with ease.

Dribbler can provide the laughs with his funny one-liners & comic timing.

Katy H (Priscilla) & Kay Zee can be the eye candy with minimal or no dialogues. Hey girls,there're no strings attached to acting in my movie. No casting couch.

Murray Walker can be the narrator. There's no other role for him,since we've never seen him.

Pumpdoc can act the dirty old man with a foul mouth.

Jenson_Rules(Ben) is fit for the role of an alcoholic. He just has to be himself.

goferrarigo (Ankit) can be the naive ,gullible guy.

What about me? I don't know what I suit. I have left out a lot of members here. Please do suggest suitable roles for yourselves. Hey ,there no pushing & shoving ! Get in line.

[pabloh20]

LabradoRacer, on Apr 19 2007, 03:18 PM, said:

I am thinking of making a movie with the members of this forum as the cast.

I can think of a few tailor-made roles :

Cavallino can be a lawyer who never loses an argument ,in the movie. With his gift of the gab ,he can essay the role with ease.

Dribbler can provide the laughs with his funny one-liners & comic timing.

Katy H (Priscilla) & Kay Zee can be the eye candy with minimal or no dialogues. Hey girls,there're no strings attached to acting in my movie. No casting couch.

Murray Walker can be the narrator. There's no other role for him,since we've never seen him.

Pumpdoc can act the dirty old man with a foul mouth.

Jenson_Rules(Ben) is fit for the role of an alcoholic. He just has to be himself.

goferrarigo (Ankit) can be the naive ,gullible guy.

What about me? I don't know what I suit. I have left out a lot of members here. Please do suggest suitable roles for yourselves. Hey ,there no pushing & shoving ! Get in line.

Ouch!  

I'll be the fluffer.