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There has been a nuclear world war. The only area left unaffected from nuclear fallout is Austrailia, but the fallout is coming..... A really good film led by an allstar cast. Gregory Peck as the sub commander assigned to Australia having lost his family during the war. Ava Gardner as his love interest. Fred Astaire in a rare dramatic performance. The films main theme is how people that are left from nuclear Armageddon survive. It's a powerful story and well worth watching: This is NOT a film where you'll be singing Waltzing Matilda afterwards: it's a thought provoking film worthing of discussion with friends after.

Right off the bat: I'm spoiled: I grew up on Elizabeth Taylor. The stories are relatively the same '34 is more of a simpler story line and deals more with the romance. '63 deals with the romance, but also brings a perceived history of the events as well. Taylor plays the queen with a regal/straight persona> flawed but my preference. Colbert plays the queen like a giddy school girl>to the detriment of the film. It's like she's trying to be cute - the performance just doesn't ring true to me. Williams Caesar is good and plays well with Colbert, but his assassination was a 20 second scene. I think that's what struck me odd about the whole film = it seemed rushed: hurry up with this scene, move on to the next one. At 100 min, guess it has to be fast at nearly 4 hrs, you can deal with exposition. All technicals are pretty good and, believe, from the shots, you can tell this is a Cecil B DeMille extravaganza.

It takes a comical and heart-wrenching look at WW2 Germany: admittedly very hard to do, but Waititi pulls this off in a grand style. Looking at the times thru a fatherless boy's eyes. He is lovingly guided thru the times by his mother and shown the righteous ways in a Godless and harrowing time. Roman Griffin Davis is perfect as Jo Jo Betzler: he is a cute kid who navigates the times with the help of his mother while he also deals with his imaginary friend "Adolph". Waititi as Hitler is nothing short of hilarious. Scarlett Johansson as Jo Jo's mother is very believable as Jo Jo's mother who is loving and stern in her beliefs as to what is happening around them. Absolutely a great film to watch from a historical standpoint, it also can be viewed by what is happening in our current political atmosphere.