"Australia" Can't Even Win Awards in Australia

Simple really, we just don't give the shit!

I'm Australian and I didn't see this movie because basically it just looked like a stupid gimmicky piece of shit. "welcome to 'stralya" Really? Fuck off. And the whole 'we love Aboriginals' thing was bullshit as all hell, nobody likes them.

Nicole Kidman = Over Paid.

Australia was the biggest piece of stemming pile of dog shit that this country has ever produced for the big screen.It was poorly written,directed and acted and had nothing but left wing agendas throughout the whole film.Baz Lurhman is a dickhead of the highest order.As an Australian,i am embarrassed of that film.

Well maybe it shouldn't have sucked so much

ever since kidman left cruise her career went down the toilet...

Irony at it's best and @ lost: agreed

@OLK. Thanks for confirming the fact about the natives.

lol

Baz Lurhmann is a fucktard

Shit is shit no matter what country it's in.

for starters the clothing was all wrong i didnt see any blue singlets no thongs no pairs of stubbie shorts no akubras with corks hangin off em and they werent ridin round on kangaroos

this movie would have done a lot better if hugh jackman's character had huge blades coming from his knuckles. or if nicole kidman had been replaced by a crack whore. where we could have at least heard some improvised cracky tales.

Crowe is da Bomb!

The movie wasn't all that bad. Nicole Kidman did an OK job. Sure, it's easy to bad mouth it, but I didn't mind it.

@ OLK, I work with Aboriginals and it's racist, bigoted assholes such as yourself that make regular Australians look bad to the rest of the world!

This movie was a massive disappointment.

True, this film was shit, too long, and boring.

This movie would have done better were there some: Koala on Kidman on Kangaroo action.

Luhrmann is a pretentious douche. I only ever saw one of his films, and that was Romeo and Juliet. There were two good things about that movie:
- The pizza i ate during it
- The massive shit i took afterwards as a result of eating the pizza

Point being, just because it's a big budget Australian film doesn't mean Australians are going to flock to it. Unless of course it does well overseas and then we get all high and mighty about it.

@ Whoever
OLK was just teling it like it is. Most white Australians aren't big on the Aboriginal population.
BUT to all you Americans out there, the government treats them very well, and we don't lynch them or an such thing. Don't listen to the uniformed, completely bias Whoopi Goldberg.

I don't think any of my mates have seen this film.. Even the ladies.

And, Aboriginals do get looked after. They get free university. I didn't get free university! As if that isn't racist!? I come out of Uni with a massive debt and they don't..

I didn't get free Uni cause I'm white!!!! RACISTS!!

@ Ari

Many get paid for going to school.

I know many white kids do as well, but they actually have to turn up. It's fuckin' stupid.

LOL@Americans talking about aboriginals,STFU you dopes.

@ Derp88

If your comment was dircted at me. I'm an Australian.

I think people were a little too harsh on the movie. I'm Australian, and I had a good time watching it. As far as I'm concerned, this past year, we have had some really shitty films in Australia, and I do believe this deserved a nomination. If any actor deserved a nomination, it had to be David Wenham, who carried the movie. I'm sick of hearing about the little kid from the movie. He's more overrated than the film itself. Hugh Jackman and Bryan Brown also had good performances, and if they weren't in the movie, it probs would have sucked some serious ass.

Guess I'm the only one here who LOVED this movie. Not just liked but loved it. I mean, it was a little overplayed in the beginning. But once they started to move the cattle, it got a lot better. Plus, there are some amazing moments and this is one gorgeous looking movie with some truly breathtaking cinematography. An incredibly underrated and overlooked movie.

I think Australia is good movie and Russel Crowe can't make better

Australia was a damn good movie. the only problem was that it was a western with no gunfire. if it had shooting it would have been almost perfect.