Australia vs The Big Blue
The Big Blue has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 6.6/10 for Australia). Australia is the shorter watch at 2h 45m compared with 2h 48m. The Big Blue is the older of the two (1988 against 2008). Both are adventure, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Australia
The Big Blue| Australia | The Big Blue | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 1988 |
| Length | 2h 45m | 2h 48m |
| Genres | Adventure, Drama, Romance | Adventure, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Baz Luhrmann | Luc Besson |
| Main cast | Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Bryan Brown, David Wenham, Essie Davis | Jean-Marc Barr, Rosanna Arquette, Jean Reno, Sergio Castellitto, Griffin Dunne |
Synopsis
Australia
Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin by Japanese forces firsthand.
The Big Blue
Two men answer the call of the ocean in this romantic fantasy-adventure. Jacques and Enzo are a pair of friends who have been close since childhood, and who share a passion for the dangerous sport of free diving. Professional diver Jacques opted to follow in the footsteps of his father, who died at sea when Jacques was a boy; to the bewilderment of scientists, Jacques harbors a remarkable ability to adjust his heart rate and breathing pattern…
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