This is the first time I've heard of this movie, and therefore seen its trailer. Judging by what I saw, I don't think it's going to be that great, or at the very least, as great as you believe it to be. Personally, I think it is going to be a combination of Far and Away and Pearl Harbor. Both were pretty average. Australia has potential of doing very well at the box office but I think the story itself is nothing new. Yes, it involves the bombing of Darwin, something even I didn't know about before heading over to Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of _Darwin_(February _1942). But despite the history element, I think it is nothing more than a stereotypical romance film, following the same route as other films of this genre: rich girl meets poor boy, rich girl falls in love with poor boy, poor boy dies saving rich girl from evil axis powers. And the climax scene will be the tear jerker that will nominate Hugh Jackman, and possibly Nicole Kidman, for an Oscar. Their performances will keep this movie afloat, because I really don't believe the story will do it on its own. I do agree that Australia will be nominated for a couple Academy Awards, but I would be floored if it won Best Picture.