Crowe's First Film behind the camera, hope it's not the last...

Rating: 7/10 (2 September 2015)

No doubt that Russel is a great actor who made many remarkable roles and worked with great directors, in this movie it seems that Crowe learned some things from these directors, there are some positives in Crowe's first film but there are also little mistakes. First the script is good, has many sensational parts enforced with great acting abilities from Russel and his fellas. Soundtrack and music are good and represent the emotions and feeling of the characters, with a mix from eastern and Australian music. The song of the movie at ending title was so good and it was a completion of the musician effort at this movie. The greatest thing for me is cinematography, Andrew Lesnie (The cinematographer of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy) showed us a great and marvelous pictures,the colors,the shades and angles of camera. What I didn't like was FLASHBACKS, It was many and the same at every time, Crowe showed it as a memory of the leading character but he wasn't there to have a memory of these events. So how he knew it. The worst thing was visual effects of some fire and explosions, it was poorly done and it looks like as in a cheap Turkish drama(The worst visual effects I've ever seen is in Turkish drama). It was a good start by Russel Crowe behind the camera but he has to avoid the mistakes - which were few- next time, and i really hope for a next time. My final rate is 7.5/10