Audiences Around the World Applaud ‘Australia’, Despite Media Trend

[rougevelvet]

Please take a moment to read this 'article' I wrote for the site.

Here's a story you aren't reading in the Australian press, or anywhere else for that matter. We know media outlets visit our site for information, so perhaps this will give them something to rehash, or at the very least to think about. Australia has been released in Australia and

Comments

[hopelessfangirl]

This is an excellent article. I'm going to refer people to this if they're undecided or have low expectations for the film, because I do think people put too much stock in critics' opinions. Sure, you can use them for guidance, but more often than not, the movies that mean the most to you are the ones that resonate in your heart, as cheesy as that may sound to some.

Also, I hadn't realized it made double what MR made on its opening day! Considering that the people who love MR LOVE MR, I've never thought about how well that did in terms of numbers, but the fact that even more people are interested in Australia is surely a good thing.

And lastly:
"...it may not be a film that will immediately attract cinemagoers in droves (no pun intended)"

LOL ♥ Pun totally intended. ;)

[rividori]

Thanks for posting this.

It seems that it's always the negative reviews/news that gets put out there in the media... I don't usually take much notice of critics' opinions myself, it's just there opinion after all.

It's pretty impressive that it made more than Moulin Rouge on it's opening day.

And it's definitely a film that deserves a round of applause! :D

[invisiblelove]

The whole idea of reviewing films has always pissed me off. It's all so subjective! What makes one person's opinion any better than anybody else's?

Some people just don't GET Baz. Luckily, a lot of my friends went over the holiday break and I heard nothing but glowing reviews and general squeeing. We're also running a gushing review for it in this week's upcoming issue. ;)

For as fast as some outlets were happy to put the film up on an unreachable pedestal, they have been just as eager to shoot it down.
UGH I cannot EVEN imagine how obnoxious that would be. >_<

*HUGS* You're like Super Fangirl! You keep doing your good work ;) <333

[cecism]

Thank you for writing this. I got supremely irritated when I saw what The Age (a publication I normally love) published, with such a cynical tone.

And it's this focus on the negative (which was ironically created by the media in the first place; the general public have been enthusiastic in comparison) that only escalates the issue, like a vicious cycle. This film should be celebrated, after all!