Aussie Friends....

[Fadingtoblack]

I can't see myself seeing this one at the movies or on dvd, but I'm sure it'll be pretty accurate.

Filming here and using a lot of locals should cut out any chance of the American "Aussie Accent" that is so annoying on many tv shows and movies, so we should be safe there. And since this is pretty big name I'm sure they would have done their research before going into production.


On this topic though, the Australia Film industry really pisses me off. They whinge and complain when their movies flop, as it's our fault for not going to see their masterpieces, but really, all they do is churn out repetitive crap.

No I DON'T want to go see a touching story of some young people falling in love in the outback. Honestly, I think these people get together with the ones who choose the books to have to read in high school.


There is NO reason why Australia can't make a hugely successful action, or genre film. The problem is they keep making these artsy fartsy things THEY must want to see rather than what the public wants to see.
They are killing themselves I'm afraid...

[Leighton]

There's really very little creativity within the Australian industry. There's a lot of talent, but the TV industry can't churn out anything but cop shows and the films are either average drug related or those average Stephen Curry type comedies. 'Underbelly' seemed to succeed simply because it was a cop show told from the criminal's eye. Helped that it was true too.

I thought 'Noise' was very under-rated though. But all the very well made movies seem to evolve around depressing subjects like 'Lantana'. Perhaps a sweeping epic is what they need.