Matt and I actually went on a date night last Saturday...We took the girls to my mom's and off to Jasper we went for supper, some Christmas Shopping, and movie. We didn't know what movie we were going to watch, it was either 4 Christmases or Australia. Since we wanted to eat first and do some shopping we decided to watch the later movie which was Australia.
Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman are the main characters in the movie. Here is a brief description of the movie.
In northern Australia at the beginning of World War II, an English aristocrat (Kidman) inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man (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. Another character in this movie was a little boy that played as an Aborigine boy. He lived on the land with his mother and grandmother that Kidman's character inherited. Well, Kidman's character was quite fond of this child and protected him.
Just a side note: During this time, aboriginal children were taken from their families by Europeans. The origin of the practice of separating black children from their parents was in the desire to turn them into useful citizens. Whites wanted to create an Aboriginal working class...this was also a storyline in the movie, as well.
A very good movie...it was funny, dramatic, exciting, and a love story.
Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman are the main characters in the movie. Here is a brief description of the movie.
In northern Australia at the beginning of World War II, an English aristocrat (Kidman) inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man (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. Another character in this movie was a little boy that played as an Aborigine boy. He lived on the land with his mother and grandmother that Kidman's character inherited. Well, Kidman's character was quite fond of this child and protected him.
Just a side note: During this time, aboriginal children were taken from their families by Europeans. The origin of the practice of separating black children from their parents was in the desire to turn them into useful citizens. Whites wanted to create an Aboriginal working class...this was also a storyline in the movie, as well.
A very good movie...it was funny, dramatic, exciting, and a love story.
Until Next Time...
God Bless:)
1 comment:
woo hoo for date nights!! hehe. I love it when Jarod and I go out...usually once every other weekend. that movie sounds good...i will have to remember when it comes out on DVD.
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