Australia, The Movie That Wouldn’t End
- Title: Australia
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Australia is a mess; it’s at times a pretty mess, but a mess nonetheless. The seemingly endless tale of a dover and an aristocrat, and a Aboriginal child, and an evil cattle baron and his evil assistant, of cattle drives and social conventions, and so much more, would have been better suited for a mini-series than a single feature film. Instead we get at least 12 hours of plot cut together into a 3 hour movie. The result is less than spectacular.
Where to begin? Director and co-writer Baz Luhrmann gives us an epic (in time though not scope) tale about Australia. Over the course of nearly 3 hours we follow the troubles and tribulations of our main characters, plus many side tales, until finally it all mercifully comes to an end.
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