My wife and I went and saw "Australia" last night.
I thoroughly enjoyed it - it's entertainment. A bit of an epic, a bit of romance, a bit of comedy, and like someone else said, good to see the bombing of darwin portrayed on the big screen.
Hugh Jackman is damn good as usual, and Nicole's character grows on you a little.. but I think she's supposed to be annoying in it
One thing that I didn't like, was the part where they had the Japanese actually landing on and invading "Mission Island" after the bombing of Darwin. That just didn't happen in reality and it added nothing to the story line at all except to add a bit of drama.
I'm actually reading "Australia Under Attack" at the moment by Douglas Lockwood , and it's all about the bombing of Darwin - the failings of the authorities, the missed early warnings, the aftermath of it all, etc.. 250+ people killed! It's certainly been an eye-opener to me, because we just didn't learn anything about this in school.
If the Japanese did invade Darwin, they wouldn't have had much resistance, at least for a while.
Anyway, good movie, good entertainment and went fairly quickly despite the 2hr 40 minute duration.