The first film of 2009 for my dad was Australia. I was a little worried about this. He's never seen a Baz Luhrmann film before and he doesn't really like films with any kind of magic element.
But it turns out he did quite like it. He thought it was a funny, sweet film, full of old-fashioned cliches, and had a wee bit of a fairytale ending. He has read that it was hoped that it would boost the Australian tourist industry - "if it does that, then I'm a Dutchman" (he was thinking more of the way that it showed Australian men of the time, rather than I presume the scenery, but then I haven't seen it, so I don't know).
His friend didn't like it all. "Just not my kind of film, pal".
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ah, now there's a turn out for the books.
turns out your ol' dad has a soft side :D
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