This movie is by the creators of the D-Generation and Frontline (both Australian comedies) though there is little similarities between them. The Castle is about an Australian family who lives next to an international airport and the government wants to buy their property so that they can extend the runway. The owner of the house, Daryl Culligan, refuses to sell because this house is his home and decides to take the government to court. Unfortunately the only lawyer he has available is solicitor named Denis Denito who is hopeless. So bad that I wonder how he actually ever passed law school.
It is the characters that make the Castle a decent movie. Daryl's oldest son is in gaol after an armed robbery and he is watching the world go buy from behind bars. Daryl is a very noble husband. Though he doesn't know much, he is a very wise man. He loves his wife and his actions show it. In fact I see Daryl as being a great role model for a husband. He always complements his wife on her cooking and is always encouraging her. One may look on the family as being stupid, but that is only a thin veneer; we actually see a very gifted family underneath. Daryl is a born leader and this is shown by how he leads the residents of his street against the government. His middle son is always looking through the Trading Post for bargains, and some of them are cool such as a spiral staircase, a pair of jousting rods, and a pulpit. His youngest son is the mouthpiece of the story, and he seems to be the least brightest, getting excited over digging a hole.
Daryl's wife I also find very noble. Though the age of feminism fiercely attacks this belief, Daryl's wife does indeed submit to her husband. What is more important is that Daryl does not abuse her and their marriage seems to be harmonious. Both of them have their gifts and they work together to hold each other up, especially since they are fighting a huge corporation in the courts. There is also the Iraqi who lives next door who seems to have a fascination with bombs: "they said that the planes that fly over the house devalue it but I am not concerned, in Iraq planes that fly over your house drop bombs." He is a very trusting neighbour yet very intimidating.
They bring up Mabo occasionally in this case and Daryl says "now I know how the aboriginals feel." This movie seems to be a response to the aboriginal land claims and attacks the Australian government for the way they took the Aboriginal's land away from them. They are placing the pain of the aboriginals over that of the typical white Australian and are trying to open our eyes to the truth behind what the aboriginals feel. We kicked the aboriginals off their land so that we could set up a colony. In the Castle, the Culligan family is being kicked off of their land because of the government's desire to expand the airport.
Favourite Quote: What's a pulpit? Something a preacher preaches from. How much they asking? 800 bucks.
Tell them they're dreaming.
It is the characters that make the Castle a decent movie. Daryl's oldest son is in gaol after an armed robbery and he is watching the world go buy from behind bars. Daryl is a very noble husband. Though he doesn't know much, he is a very wise man. He loves his wife and his actions show it. In fact I see Daryl as being a great role model for a husband. He always complements his wife on her cooking and is always encouraging her. One may look on the family as being stupid, but that is only a thin veneer; we actually see a very gifted family underneath. Daryl is a born leader and this is shown by how he leads the residents of his street against the government. His middle son is always looking through the Trading Post for bargains, and some of them are cool such as a spiral staircase, a pair of jousting rods, and a pulpit. His youngest son is the mouthpiece of the story, and he seems to be the least brightest, getting excited over digging a hole.
Daryl's wife I also find very noble. Though the age of feminism fiercely attacks this belief, Daryl's wife does indeed submit to her husband. What is more important is that Daryl does not abuse her and their marriage seems to be harmonious. Both of them have their gifts and they work together to hold each other up, especially since they are fighting a huge corporation in the courts. There is also the Iraqi who lives next door who seems to have a fascination with bombs: "they said that the planes that fly over the house devalue it but I am not concerned, in Iraq planes that fly over your house drop bombs." He is a very trusting neighbour yet very intimidating.
They bring up Mabo occasionally in this case and Daryl says "now I know how the aboriginals feel." This movie seems to be a response to the aboriginal land claims and attacks the Australian government for the way they took the Aboriginal's land away from them. They are placing the pain of the aboriginals over that of the typical white Australian and are trying to open our eyes to the truth behind what the aboriginals feel. We kicked the aboriginals off their land so that we could set up a colony. In the Castle, the Culligan family is being kicked off of their land because of the government's desire to expand the airport.
Favourite Quote: What's a pulpit? Something a preacher preaches from. How much they asking? 800 bucks.
Tell them they're dreaming.