Another thing I did over the rainy, dreary weekend was watch a movie. I so rarely sit down to watch a movie. My weekends are usually spent food shopping, cooking and entertaining my boys and my mom. But as I mentioned earlier. . . I was feeling a bit puney, so I indulged myself and watched Australia.

I want to shout from the mountaintops how fantastic this movie is!! It was spectacular. Everything about it! I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone.

I had thought that I would do a Sodoku puzzle while watching it (because I have a bad habit of multi-tasking), but I was wrong! It totally had me riveted to the screen from the get-go.

To be honest, I only bought the movie because I’d seen all the hype. Oprah even had Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman on her show raving about this movie. And since I’m a Hugh Jackman fan. . . . Isn’t he just delicious?

NOTE: I’ve never been one of those girls that swoon over celebrities. I figure they put their pants on one leg at a time like everybody else, so why go ga-ga and throw your panties at them? It’s just silly to me.
But I saw Hugh Jackman in an interview once several years ago. I had no idea who he was nor had I seen the movie that he was promoting. But there was something about him that was really appealing. . . he was genuine. He seemed in the interview to be genuinely a very nice person who genuinely loves his wife and family and he seemed so genuinely grounded. Not to mention the fact that he’s simply gorgeous! But to add all of those great qualities to the perfect package, I found myself wanting to marry him and have his children.

Oh! And then there were the Oscars that was on TV just a couple of weeks ago. That’s the first time I’d ever seen him perform and HOLY MOLY is he talented. He can not only act, he can sing and dance too. And he’s GOOD!

I think this is the first movie I’ve ever seen Hugh Jackman in and he was fantastic! The scene stealer in this movie though was the little Aboriginal boy, Brandon Walters. He is just so beautiful and . . . . so genuine (there I go again with that word). . . the real deal. I wanted to bring him home and raise him as my own. So precious. And for someone who they’d just plucked from the “Outback” and put on screen, it was amazing the performance he gave.

Isn’t he just beautiful? You should really see him on screen. He played his role to perfection.

The entire movie, in my book, reminded me of an Australian version of Gone With The Wind. It’s a little on the long side, but seriously, you never notice. I can’t wait to watch it again. It’s just that good.

The scenes between Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman took my breath away. The scenes with Nicole and the boy tore at my heart strings. There were points in the movie that I was cheering outloud (in a room by myself). There were also points where I was GLAD I was by myself because I was SOBBING. (I can be a sap like that) It’s a fantastic movie!

Stir in that sexy accent of his and be still my beating heart. I think I’m in love. It’s too bad that he’s not interested in an older, post-menopausal chick, who can’t sing or dance a lick. . . or I’d be his girl for sure.