Question For Any Movie Watchers Outside Of Australia

[Meatplow]

What is your opinion on our local Australian industry?

I would have no idea how many Australian films get distributed overseas, and whether or not anybody cares. I know stuff like Crocodile Dundee & Wolf Creek have been big, but apart from that i am seriously interested in how people overseas receive our movies. Perhaps it is the cultural cringe but i can't envision anybody overseas watching something locally made over here fanatically, particularly the comedy films.

np - He Died With A Felafel In His Hand, this movie is incredible. :chug:

[Iscariot]

i don't think i've ever seen an australian movie other than mad max

[EightMilesHigh]

I don't see too many foreign films but I saw this Australian flick last year called The Proposition with Guy Pearce that was pretty badass.

[Meatplow]

Written by Nick Cave as well, i really have to see that.

[Kage]

I don't see too many foreign films but I saw this Australian flick last year called The Proposition with Guy Pearce that was pretty badass.

Great movie.

Don't know much about Australian movies tbh.

[EightMilesHigh]

Written by Nick Cave as well, i really have to see that.

Yes, yes you do. He also, along with Warren Ellis, did the soundtrack which is great. It's pretty brutal but it's good.

[planewreck]

Sputnik seems to hate this movie, but I liked Wolf Creek a lot.

[RockStar]

The Castle
Wolf Creek
Young Einstein (haha)

[<3<3<3]

Can you recommend me a good Aussie made movie besides those listed?

[Fire Away]

I was watching Romper Stomper the other day

[Pseudo1]

Chopper is one of my favourite films. The Castle is funny as hell. He died with a felafal in his hand is great too.

There aren't a lot of great aussie films, but when they are good, they're brilliant.

[AlienEater]

I've only seen a few Australian films.

I need to see The Proposition. Cave rules

[Pop music sucks]

Yeah, the only Aussie films I've seen was Mad Max and Crocodile Dundee.

Mad Max is freakin' awesome.

I need to see The Proposition as well.

[StreetlightRock]

I don't think non-Australians will appreciate The Castle.

[philly96]

Yeah, the Castle is really Aussie humour at its best. British people will get it though, as we have more British humour then American.

Edit: Maurel's Wedding is actually rather funny. As is Prisilla Queen of the desert.

[Meatplow]

Can you recommend me a good Aussie made movie besides those listed?

Those listed below your post - Chopper, Romper Stomper

I also suggest The Illustrated Family Doctor, & Two Hands.

[Dinosawesome]

The Dish

[I_WEAR_RED_PANTS]

i watched a movie called 'Lantana'

it was pretty confusing at first but when you watch it 5 times it starts making sense

[philly96]

Somersault. Semi-good movie.

[metallicaman8]

Crocodile Dundee is classic, Wolf Creek is one of the worst movies of all time.

I haven't seen any other movies from the land of Aus.

[exodus]

Jackie Chan's First Strike was partly in Australia :D

[StreetlightRock]

I wanna watch Jindabyne and Brick, both supposed to be pretty good.

Tell you what IS good though - Little Fish, with Cate Blanchett. She has got to be my favorite actress ever, never gives a weak performance.

[Meatplow]

I wanna watch Jindabyne and Brick, both supposed to be pretty good.

Tell you what IS good though - Little Fish, with Cate Blanchett. She has got to be my favorite actress ever, never gives a weak performance.

Very, very good film.

The Boys is also one to mention, it's really good. (with David Wenham, probably now best known as Faramir in LOTR). Bra Boys looks really good as well i want to see that as well (narrated by Russell Crowe!)

I really found the early Russell Crowe interviews on the Romper Stomper DVD amusing where he talks about how the message of the film is not to act like an idiot in public :smash:

[DanD]

i watched some movie with the guy who played the kicker in that movie the Replacements with Keanu Reeves and it was about a guy who tied a bunch of balloons to a lawn chair and floated away and banged some hot sheriff chick from another town

it was alright

[EightMilesHigh]

Danny Deckchair. My teacher told me to watch that movie.

[Der Übermensch]

Max Max was great, and I love earler Peter Weir stuff, like Gallipoli.


And Errol Flynn is one of my fav actors, although I heard that he identified more with his Irish heritage than his Aussie nationality.

[RockStar]

Looking for alibrandi

It's not the greatest film but it's Australian and I like it.

[unComfortablyNumb]

I saw Sweetie in my film class. That movie was ****ing weird.

[Alf™]

I have enjoyed these following Australian movies -

Chopper
Crackerjack
Boytown
The Dish
Harvey Crumpet
Ned Kelly
Proposition
Wolf Creek
The Castle
Tap Dogs
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
The Nugget

[RunAmokRampant]

Take-Away is silly but fun.
Kakoda is alright.

Gallipoli with Mel Gibson is probably still the best Australian film ever made.

[deadinholywood]

Two Hands would be a good movie for a non-aussie, as would Somersault which kinda depresses me every time i watch it. :(

[StreetlightRock]

I'm gonna go ahead and say The Dish is just boring.

[Tillius]

Sputnik seems to hate this movie, but I liked Wolf Creek a lot.

The first time I saw Wolf Creek, I was bored to tears, but I watched it again and found a whole new appreciation with it.

[Der Übermensch]

Gallipoli with Mel Gibson is probably still the best Australian film ever made.

Not to mention one of the best movies ever...

[Meatplow]

Ah why hasn't anyone mentioned Bad Boy Bubby yet?

I only just remembered it myself lol. Great movie.

[Let's Chop Cats!]

As far as I know your biggest exports are Russel Crow and Mel Gibson.

[Der Übermensch]

And Errol Flynn as I mentioned...

also, isn't Nicole Kiddman an aussie?

[Kage]

<3 Naomi Watts

[Pop music sucks]

As far as I know your biggest exports are Russel Crow and Mel Gibson.Technically Mel Gibson doesn't count. He was born in New York and his family moved to Australia when he was a kid.

[Danger Bird]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0257568/

[bradc1988]

Technically Mel Gibson doesn't count. He was born in New York and his family moved to Australia when he was a kid.

Neither does Crowe because he's a New Zealander.

[Pop music sucks]

Reiner got pwned.

[StreetlightRock]

*ahem*

Nicole Kidman.

oh and Eric Bana, who I really like.

Kangaroo Jack isn't a real movie. >: (

[Pop music sucks]

Isn't Cate Blanchett an Aussie?

[Meatplow]

Neither does Crowe because he's a New Zealander.

Sam Neill as well. It's a bit of a joke with the Australian film industry that our biggest exports tend not to actually have been born here.

[RunAmokRampant]

Isn't Cate Blanchett an Aussie?

Yep.

[Pop music sucks]

She's an exceptional actress!

[EightMilesHigh]

<3 Naomi Watts

Yes yes, she's gorgeous.

I still need to see Mulholland Dr. all the way through.

And Eric Bana's good too, he and Daniel Craig were great in Munich.