"Well, you see, Aborigines don't own the land. They belong to it. It's like their mother. See those rocks? Been standing there for 600 million years. Still be there when you and I are gone. So arguing over who owns them is like two fleas arguing over who owns the dog they live on."
With my continuing thirst for Australian New Wave films, I was inevitably bound to come across Crocodile Dundee sooner or later. I've been dreading this film, as this spoof on Australian outback has haunted the country since its release. Reinforcing masculin Ocker stereotypes and it ultimately destroyed the reputation of Australians by degrading us to a bunch of macho dim-witted provincial Galahs. For all of the valour and integrity of the other films I have reviewed, none of them broke international boundaries entirely as Crocodile Dundee does. It was the highest-grossing Australian films, and one of the highest-grossing non-Hollywood films ever made. It remains the only Australian film many foreigners have seen, and although not a bad movie in and of itself, ultimately its legacy has made it unbearable.
With my continuing thirst for Australian New Wave films, I was inevitably bound to come across Crocodile Dundee sooner or later. I've been dreading this film, as this spoof on Australian outback has haunted the country since its release. Reinforcing masculin Ocker stereotypes and it ultimately destroyed the reputation of Australians by degrading us to a bunch of macho dim-witted provincial Galahs. For all of the valour and integrity of the other films I have reviewed, none of them broke international boundaries entirely as Crocodile Dundee does. It was the highest-grossing Australian films, and one of the highest-grossing non-Hollywood films ever made. It remains the only Australian film many foreigners have seen, and although not a bad movie in and of itself, ultimately its legacy has made it unbearable.