Ned Kelly

The movie has created mixed opinions since it’s opening, having people question weather the movie shows a true representation of Ned Kelly and what really happened, but all opinions aside, the movie has proved an outstanding success within Australia and parts of the World.

Well, I guess I should start by telling you what the film is all about. The main characters in the film are: Ned Kelly, played by Heath Ledger, Joe Byrne played by Orlando Bloom, Julia Cook played by Heath’s off-screen girlfriend Naomi Watts and Superintendent Hare played by Geoffrey Rush.

The movie is set in Victoria Australia in the 1800’s; and has Heath Ledger doing background narrating, speaking Ned’s thoughts and emotions, which made me automatically sympathize with him. Ned comes from an

The then, most wanted man in Australia, Ned Kelly and his gang, begin travelling from town to town robbing banks like those in Jerilderie and Euroa, and holding townsfolk up as they go – “I am a widows son outlawed and my orders must be obeyed”, Kelly explains while holding up one of the banks. And obeyed he is, as he tells his stories of being victimized by the Victorian police, bank hostages start to see Kelly In another light, even to the point of the woman being attracted to the outlaws. And the famous letter, known as the Jerilderie letter, which Ned has written in the bank with words like googly eyed and wombat headed which would go down in Australian history. This scene in the movie comes off as humorous, as Ned expresses his feelings about the Victorian police, and hostages from the bank are giving Ned ideas. It puts a lighthearted feel on the movie.

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