Reviews

This is one Australian series which stands the test of the years that have passed since it was made.

The first two seasons focused on the lives of the McGregors and the Blackwoods. Both of these families owned large amounts of land and had considerable wealth and influence, however, Oliver Blackwood preferred to get his own way at any cost, whereas Matt would be there to help his fellow neighbour.

Admittedly, the series lost a little of its charm at the end of season 2 with the departure of many key characters and actors including Oliver Blackwood who dies in the desert and Danni (Joelene) leaving the series to pursue other acting roles. Personally, Kristie Raymond didn't play the part of Danni as well, but this is probably because I was use to Joelene, the two actresses were too different for Kristie to be fully embraced by fans.

The story lines though, while predictable in the good vs evil, did surprise the audience with broken marriage proposals, loss of wealth and death.

This is the type of show I can watch with my family without worrying about sex, violence or language - which is a rare thing nowadays.

I really enjoyed this film, depsite not being a fan of swearing in films - though it was only the one actor who seemed to do it and it did help in creating the character.

A touching story about a girl who can't seem to help herself when it comes to her boyfriend, despite getting a much better offer from the guy next door Silver Man. The one thing that struck me about the opening scenes was how Paul Popowich's character didn't even speak until the movie was when under way.

It is truly a great film with a lot of heart, anger and frustration. I think that in a lot of ways we are all a little like Silver Man, different in our own way.

For starters, this was well acted for the most part. The casting was done well and the thought behind the movie was interesting and draws you in - so why the 6 stars? The main issue I had with this was the lack of some characters who had been advertised what I felt should have been a larger part. Pan (the guy on the motorbike who had many names) was a great character, yet totally underused in the movie.

I found the story got bogged down in some parts and in other parts the story didn't fully explain itself and just moved on. Also, everything had to have the neat and tidy ending which I thought let the good points of this movie down.

Overall this film was well acted, at least on the part of the main characters.

The major issue I had with the film was the fact that after this guy, Max, admits to raping Julietta (she is indignant and mad for a whole five minutes) she forgives him. At this point she is pregnant and doesn't know if it is Max or Jiri's kid, but breaks up with Jiri for no real reason and has dinner with Max. As a woman I found this whole part to the story to be completely far-fetched.

I also found that the film's language was a lot stronger than I thought it would be and the sex scenes were quite...detailed.

On the whole I didn't enjoy this film - the storyline's fault.