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red hill makes Aussies look bad

posted 14 years ago by bionical1977
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i just sat and watched red hill tonight and my god it made Aussies look bad again . is there an Aussie film out there that we wont be laughed at i mean come on an aboriginal takes out a guy with a high power rifle ,with a hand gun from about 3 hundred metres away. all in all i think it was not a good film at all made me laugh more than watch it . really makes australian films look bad. even Ryan was not great in it Steve bisley was about the best part of the film in my mind................

[–] whipthedog 13 years ago

It seems to be a national sport to bag every Australian movie. Its like we want big Hollywood feature films on a shoe string budget. If you get away from the American crap you will see Australian films in a different light.
I have 300 aussie films on my hard drive,and I would not swap one of them for any Hollywood garbage.

[–] shawn_381 13 years ago

Watching this movie right now - just saw the "300 meter" scene...I'd say that was 50-75 meters tops. I'll even give ya 100 meters just to be nice, but that's all. Even so, spying a reflection in a window and whipping around to shoot at an upward angle one handed while sitting on a horse and hitting your target square in the middle of the forehead...seems a bit farfetched even from 75 meters.

BTW - I don't think Australians are stupid. and this movie was fine as pure escapism. Many American films are like this.
Just to name one example - Dusk Til Dawn was pure esapism American cinema and had way more outlandish shots than this film.

Maybe one reason it stood out to the OP, was that this movie seemed to be playing more of a straight drama/action story than some of your more escapist fare.

IMO, the "shot 5 times from 10 feet away and missed me" scene is more absurd than the 300 meters scene...and I'm actually having a hard time thinking of another movie with a blatant silly scene like that. (at least a movie otherwise played straight up)

[–] whipthedog 13 years ago

If it wasn't for absurdity, most action dramas would be reserved for Tropfest.
I thought Die Hard was a comedy when I first saw it. But problem was that I was the only one laughing.

[–] AceRoccola 12 years ago

It's funny, the film didn't make me think one way or another about Australians, but this post (and thread) certainly does make you look bad.

Seems to me like what you're really taking issue with is the fact that an aboriginal wasn't made to be either subhuman or inhuman. It's not your identity as an Australian that's challenged or offended by this movie, its' your inner bigot.

[–] shayneferry 12 years ago

This was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Terrible acting, terrible dialogue, predictable as anything and not a single likeable character. A miss for Aussie cinema.

[–] olliemankz 11 years ago

My big problem with it was that people just kept blowing holes in each other. There was no grace. I mean, sometimes a hero or a bad guy blows holes in someone, but give me a reason. Especially at the end ... I may have missed something, but the good guy seemed to sink to the bad guys' level by blowing more holes when he was dared that he wouldn't. I know he did defend the original (and, I guess, from what i'm reading here, ab-original?) perpetrator, and that was a twist, but just too much violence. Maybe a little like The Departed. At least in that one, there seemed to be some justification, although the pace was far too frenetic for my taste. 'Course, I'm a girl.

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