Inspired by the bus movie thread, i thought i should reccommend some Australian movies that a worth a watch if you have access to them. More Recently Getting Square - saw this last weekend, funny, fast moving heist movie..... see it Hardword - starring Guy Pearce and Rachel Griffith (6ft under) another great heist movie Travelling Light - looks great won a lot of awards at the recent aussie film awards supposedly very good, will sit it soon Japanese Story - Toni Collette, won a lot of awards at the recent aussie film awards supposedly very good, will sit it soon The Bank - from a few years ago, starring David Wenham (in LOR) i really loved this moved, great drama about a guy getting screwed by the bank and getting them back Lantana - perhaps the best Aussie movie in recent years... do not miss this one Rabbit Proof Fence - the other classic in recent years.... brilliant Bad Eggs - dirty cop comedy... a laugh CrackerJack - Hilarious movie about a guy who inherits some car parks at the local bowling club (lawn bowls) and then rents them out as it is a busy area, the lawn bowls club is going under so they have make sure all members are active and playing to stay a float, so this youngish guy and loat has to start playing,............ very very funny Dirty Deeds - a movie about the underworld and poker machines in sydney in the late 60s and the attempt by an american to come in a take over the aussie underworld gusy territory, stars John Goodman as one fo the american heavies.... funny stuff and a great story aswell Ned Kelly - Heath Ledger as the classic tale of the aussie Bushranger, not bad, enjoyable Australian Rules - definitely a movie of two halves - the first being a fairly light look at a small South Australian fishing town and its love of its resurgent football team - then it moves inexorably into the dark territory of racism, domestic violence, abuse and death Older Shine - a few years ago now Geoffrey Rush won an Oscar for his performance as the pianist David Helfcot...... great stuff The Castle - the definitive movie about the definitive Aussie Bloke The Dish - great movie about a satellite dish in australia and it's contribution to man walking on the moon..... great laugh (also co-stars Putty from Seinfield) Romper Stomper - Rusell Crowe in a movie about a gang of right wing fascists Muriel Wedding - set to an appropriately great Abba soundtrack about a young woman growing up, great fun, with some heavy dark message in the background Two Hands - one of my favourites, Heath Ledger first lead role Young Einstein - nothing to say just amazingly funny........ classic BMX Bandits - Nicole Kidman first big screen movie, about her and her 2 mates and the adventures in the BMX bikes, a amazing look back at a now star Bad Boy Bubby - classic cult aussie movie, filmed in a suburb 5 minutes from my house about a mentally challenged man you lived in a house with his mum and then one for the first time gets out, weird, funny and strange but a classic Sum of Us - Russell Crowe as a gay young man and Jack Thompson as his dad, a great laugh and a great relationship story Priscilla Queen of the Desert - Hugo Weaving, Stamp and Guy Pearce in a Drag Queen movie in the Desert, a great romp Strictly Ballroom Despite rules and family differences, a couple find love and win the national ballroom championship. Ballroom dancing made somewhat of a come-back as a result of the film. A feel-good movie without expensive special effects, without excessive violence and without high-speed car chases! Babe 1 and 2 - the pig movie Mad Max - classic Mel Galliopoli - great aussie war movie
Smeg, Smeg, Smeg .... [Pipe shakes head] Breaker Morant is one of my ALL-TIME favorite movies, and has one of my ALL-TIME favorite lines: "Nobody ever misses a slice off of a cut loaf."
The Bank - from a few years ago, starring David Wenham (in LOR) i really loved this moved, great drama about a guy getting screwed by the bank and getting them back They played the trailer for this movie on one of my movie channels yesterday. I was thinking it looked like something worth watching. The Hard Word. That was the one I was talking about seeing (and I see you answered in the other thread). I enjoyed it. Worth checking out, in my opinion.
paige, yeah we got the bank one night on dvd n the back of a review i read and david wenham and not knowing that much and absolutely loved it, great under the radar movie, go get it
The Coca-Cola Kid. And Why do I nominate this Film? Let me borrow a line from some guy named spaulsonesq at Imdb.com "Because Greta Scacchi does not burst naked from a Santa Claus costume in an explosion of feathers in all that many movies so when it happens, praise MUST be given."
Bless you. That's one of my favorite quirky movies. And Greta in the shower is unbelievable! Smeg, have you seen it?? The sound track is nice as well.
I know this is off the subject but Carrie Ann Moss, has to do a movie with Terence Stamp to complete the Priscilla Queen of the desert Triumvirate. If anyone remembers she starred with Hugo Weaving?? in the Matrix and co starred with Guy Pearce in Memento both great movies. Matrix II and III both sucked BTW. It strikes me as odd or is it just good acting that these three guys can play some of the most UGLY gay people in one film and heartless tough guys in other movies.
That was a pretty good movie. It's probably a bit hard to relate to the situations that those characters were going through, but it's a good story nonetheless.
