The story is lifted almost down to the last character from the HBO series Deadwood. Baz has obviously seen it and said to himself; "wow lets do that only modify it for Australia". Oh and then there's the naff references to Oz/Aus. Don't forget Hugh Jackman played Peter Allen, The Boy from Oz.

The best aspect of the film was that it highlighted the treatment of indigenous Australians by the whites. Hats off for that. Too bad about the theft of the plot though.

I saw her not so long ago in Sydney and she looked perfectly fine and beautiful, as usual, to me.

And nothing which Baz does is ever cheesy!

What the the hell is up with Kidman’s lips - I missed the whole preview as I was transfixed by her blown up lips that seem to act independently to the rest of her face - not that it seems to move either.

I may be wrong but I don’t think BOTOX or lip plumping was available in the era the film is set, LOL.

Kindman’s plastic face makes the whole thing laughable. What a complete joke.

It’s gunna be a HUGE flop - cheesy and terrible.

I can’t believe that some Australians here say that they didn’t know that Darwin had been bombed in ww2. Incredible! Darwin was bombed about 60 times in total.

At the very least, it looks like Baz will be educating some people. As for the film’s title and compass - it’s a fictional entertainment, drawing on some mythical assumptions of The Great Southern Land. It’s not meant as a complete political commentary, but a reflection of some aspects of life in 1940s. Even great epic films like Lawrence of Arabia didn’t have time to delve too deeply into the real politics of that time and place, which trouble the world to this day.

Movie looks excellent from a cinematography point of view and deals with some great material that a lot of “Aussies” (see above) probably aren’t that familiar with. Bombing of Darwin was a MAJOR and crucial event close to a turning point in WWII. I think this looks like it’s going to be HUGE, especially overseas, though I think it will surprise some at home. As someone said, think Titanic. (esp as far as getting the girls back for multiple viewings)

“To those proudly chanting how great Australia is you are kidding yourselves and living in the past. The citys have been flooded with VERY FOREIGN foreigners. Our masters and social engineers have destroyed this country and should be hung for treason. Was not Englands example enough?”

However I think Australia is still a great country and the nicest place to live in all the world. On the other hand, political correctness is eating away at our country as foreigners come in and setup there own cultures and way of living and Australian’s do nothing about it!

this trailer gives the movie A LOT more justice, watch it.

Australia is such a beautiful country, and to those who have actually been to the outback, the land hasn’t changed at all, except for maybe the different fashions.

Im a big fan of nicole kiddman, and even though some of her films may have been flops, she has never let the film down in terms of acting……EVER. She is a wonderful actor. BAz Lurmans work on this film, telling from the trailer alone, is superb, professional and couldn’t be better, the cinematography just looks like each scene has had so much work put into it.

I think it will be a moving and enlightening piece….can’t wait to see it.

It’s funny how this is the first time the focus for tourism to australia has been on the outback and the northern territory and not our beaches. I wonder if it will work? Any thoughts?

The Japs had it all their way after the first raid, when they came back for seconds they got shot up by the RAAF Spitfires rather badly.

Lets hope they took this little nugget of history and managed to put it on film, instead of filling the film with irrelevant mush.