Faraway Downs

You must actually get Baz Luhrmann to get the brilliance here. Haunting and eloquent. Insightful and poetic. Tragic and breathtaking. All at once.

This will no doubt be a show that I will watch again and again. And I will encourage my writing students to study the example that Luhrmann demonstrates in this masterpiece of how to put an audience squarely in the skin of the protagonists, give those characters believable, sympathetic qualities and a balance of flaws, and then take the audience on a thrilling ride.

This adaptation sweeps us up from the very beginning and transports us to another world. I fully expect Emmys all around. Nothing was left on the floor.

I absolutely loved the movie Australia. 10 out of 10 stars, so I was intrigued to see the reimagining.

The added scenes are definitely interesting and I would absolutely recommend giving this series a watch. However, while it did give more depth to the characters, it removed a lot of the mystery that made the original movie so fun in unraveling.

The biggest letdown, however, is the score. While a few new aboriginal pieces and 'Waltzing Matilda' were fun additions, the general score is atrocious and a far cry from the original. The new music is so lacking, that it detracts from the emotions on the screen, while the original score had enhanced them.

This is definitely an interesting take, but don't expect the epic feel of the original movie. This just makes for a decent tv show.

It's not as good as you would have hoped. It's got a lot of Indiana Jones type action, storyline and production. Too much Hollywood in this and it's too bad. Predictable bad guys and of course the indigenous characters are highly moral and God like. White man bad. It's probably good for fans of the Hallmark Channel since there is an obvious Love Story. The rough cowboy and the sophisticated lady. Yawn fest. It looks very saturated and there is a lot of CGI and melodramatic music. The intro music and credits music is possible the worst thing about this series. You'll want to move quickly off the credits to make it stop.

I almost didn't watch this, but so glad I did. This is filmed on an epic scale especially the big cattle drive. And if you think you don't like Westerns, you might be surprised. It was quite thrilling. The storyline was so good, the actors were perfect and the photography was amazing. It started a little quirky with Nicole Kidman as quite a foolish character and then she morphs into this fantastic strong woman who leads the story. And a great story! It is a western, a love story and a story of the magic of the Aboriginal people. All the actors in this are at the top of their game. And of course, you can never go wrong with an Australian production. Baz Luhrman did an amazing job with this. I highly recommend this!

Please note - this review is from a fan of the movie 'Australia' and is expressing my point of view:

Australia is one of my fav movies to watch from time to time.

However, Far-away Downs is my new 'Australia'. Watching faraway downs, it gave the story more detail and explain the scenes in more depth that the movie doesn't show.

I'm not gonna spoil the show as it needs to be watched. Every episode draws you to the next one until the end. I like how every episode had time to explain more and the last episode esp wasn't rushed.

The true events of our country and it's history from that time are shown in a careful, respectful manner esp the subject about the stolen generation.

Baz, every movie, tv show etc to date are done with care, heart, research, attention to detail for the subject your directing to your audience.

Can't wait to see the next project :)