Louise Alston's 'All my friends are leaving Brisbane' (2007)

This film was alright for an Australian drama although thats pretty much all i can say for it. I mean its not the type of film i would go out and watch, there are a couple of things that i liked about the film though. I did like the scrolling names of friends Althea and Michel have been introduced and had a relationship or date with. The beginning of the film i thought has been done many times before with happy snaps of people and friends although i did like the way they got the grainy shots of Brisbane by filming it with a SD camera then projecting it onto a screen and filming it in 16mm and then adjusting the contrast and colour levels later in post because some of the colour information has been lost. The script was mildly entertaining but is still reminiscent of many Australian films. I think that the industry has to start getting more genres out there other than just drama, although i have heard of Black Water and i am wondering if it will live up to expectations. For a low budget film, ( i mean really thats all Australian films are) it was perfect, i mean a bit more money could have been used here and there in the design phase as well as lighting but still the rest of it worked out pretty well, especially since it was filmed on 16mm. As a last dich attempt please can we get some more action packed and non dramatic and high budget movies coming into Australia like the Matrix, Star wars and babe that have been here.