We watched it last week a basic love story set in the outback. Sadly its been very over hyped as I found it to be average at best! its about an hour to long and the star is not Hugh or Nicole its the young aboriginal boy who narrates half the film. There are some funny parts at the start but it soon tails off into a standard love story.

Luckily we got to watch it for free with popcorn thrown in.

She probably felt the need as people bagged her for her freckles......

She looks much better without those ghastly freckles.

I've just got back from seeing it with first born. We both loved it and the three hours passed really quickly so it gets a thumbs up from us. Only downer is watching Nicole being emotional but with no change of expression. She needs to stop using the stuff, she's gorgeous, she doesn't need to mess with herself.

Go and see rocknrolla instead, very funny good british film by guy ritchie. Its a bit similer to his lock stock classic film. Its a little long but worth it.

http://rocknrolla.warnerbros.com/

Weve done freckles, I think the ginger factor should get a whirl now. Bet someone can come over with the vapours about that one.

I am married to a ranga, I take the piss all the time.

We saw it last night and we liked it. We had expected to not like it as the Australian critics have panned it. (But they are duty bound to do so, aren't they?) Our babysitters, an English and Australian couple, liked it so that cheered us up a bit. It is only the second time in 3 years we have got out to the movies so that changes things.

It starts off with some alternate cringeworthy and good moments as a boy narrates a story. There is one moment which produced howls of derision from the audience, it was a wonder noone walked out. It appears that Baz did have his tongue in his cheek at times. Overuse of CGI for outback scenery and animals. Could look terrible on DVD - well if you buy it.

However - once it got going, and we had tuned into it, it was good entertainment and it didn't seem quite as long as we had feared. There were some good, fashionable, statements of Australian wrongdoing at the end which I suspect left some with something in their eye. The big bloke next to me had his hand up a few times.

My wife who never asked to come to Australia (she followed me here) actually said at the end as we were driving back cross-country that she has actually really grown to love this country, and where we live, and that there were moments which in no small way made her feel glad to be a 'new Australian'. (The sook!)

EDIT Just remembered - anyone recall that story in the press about a primary school aged girl who rejected 'old Hugh'? (Anyone prepared to admit they remembered the story?) Our babysitter told us last night it was her brother's wife! They had the media circus camped outside for a day or two.

Yours aye

Imagine visiting the butcher and buying every single part of a cow's anatomy, gathered from various long-dead beasts.

Then take said parts & organs and reassemble them into the form of a cow.

Now take said beast and try and pass it off as normal, living, breathing cow.

You would fail, wouldn't you? So has Luhrmann.

Anyway, i went to see the film and it was quite good actually.

I loved how the boy kept saying "white fella"...he was a good little actor.

mooooo

The kid's the only the only thing that everyone agrees on. Probably won't see him again though.

Well I decided to go and see the film on my own, as no one else was up for a 3 hour long film.

Bring your tissues, I don't cry at films much at all, but there are a few "lump in the throat" moments. It is very slow to start off with, but all in all I thought it was a good film, Nicole's lips did put me off at the beginning, they looked huge, like a swarm of mozzies had been at them the night before! ha ha.

Well worth seeing though, but maybe wait until it is on DVD, it is a long film and maybe a few fag / tea / coffee breaks would help. Some of the scenery is fantastic though, just shows how vast and empty the outback really is!!