Nov 12 2008'Australia' Finds a Happy Ending
Australia spoilers! Looks like Watchmen isn't the only film that's had its ending changed. According to The Guardian, when Baz Luhrmann's romantic epic Australia opens in two weeks, it may not have the original, heart-rending finale the director planned:
It seems the film's tragic ending proved a little too harrowing for Hollywood studio chiefs. After "intense" discussions with officials at 20th Century Fox, Luhrmann agreed to rewrite the final scenes to keep alive Kidman's love interest, played by Hugh Jackman.The decision was made after negative responses to the movie's initial cut at test screenings.
One reviewer said: "There is no reason to kill off Wolvie [Jackman played Wolverine in the X-Men trilogy]."
Yeah, trust that reviewer. He knows what he's talking about. There's no reason Wolvie should be killed. Wolvie has a mutant healing factor and an adamantium skeleton, and he's awesome. You have to, like, decapitate him to stop his superhuman regeneration. Everyone knows that. Pull your head out, Luhrmann. And while you're at it, you should also listen to "Wolvie" guy's other suggestion that, "The Others should show her tits and it turns out she's Mystique and Wolvie has been doing her. What then, ya know?"
Reader Comments
1. Que - November 12, 2008 11:03 AM
Que where do they think up this nonsense?
2. Daniel - November 12, 2008 11:32 AM
Of course they can't kill "wolvie", there has to be a sequel! EVERYTHING NEEDS A SEQUEL!
3. Hal - November 12, 2008 4:36 PM
I hope when the Japanese bombers attack Australia, they turn into giant robots like SENTINELS, and then while they fuck shit up Wolvie blows his load on The Others and then is like, lighting up his stogie, and then jumps on a motorcycle and says "time to bring the thunder down under" and then Storm and Jean Grey and Jubilee show up and they're naked.
4. TurgidDahlia - November 12, 2008 4:45 PM
As the kamikaze pilots spiral towards Jackman's little rustic outback hut, I certainly hope that they scream something along the lines of "VAN HELSINNNNNNNNNG!" And he's like "Nah mate" and flips through the air in slow-motion firing two muskets at them. And then his buddy Eric "The Hulk" Bana turns up and they just totally go to town and fuck up the Japs' shit. Also I would be there, just off-camera, masturbating violently.
5. Fuzz - November 12, 2008 5:56 PM
TurgidDahila; that idea is fucking sweet.
Ok, I'm gonna start by saying this: Baz, WTF, mate? Damn you for setting such high standards. As an Aussie, I feel I've got some explaining to do. Y'know, just in case the rest of the world gets the impression that we're all romantics that ride on horseback through the desert with Aboriginal trackers. (Which we are. But only on every second Tuesday)
1. Everything you need to know about Aussie culture can be found on a bottle of XXXX (beer)
2. Movies like Fat Pizza, and Wolf Creek, probably sum up our culture better than "Australia" ever could (Hooray for sexism.)
3. Two of our greatest icons are a cross-dressing guy, and a man-child who got killed by a stingray. Enough said.
6. moe - November 14, 2008 10:50 AM
so true fuzz soooo true