Gallipoli is the story of two lives during World War 1, Australian soldiers who fought in the Battles of Gallipoli. Directed by Peter Weir, Mel Gibson and Mark Lee stars as two patriotic fast runners young men enlisted for the campaign in Turkey. The story is little about the Battle of Gallipoli and more of the story of these two fellows. It's not an war film, but a movie with a war as a backdrop. It does takes the story nearly ¾ in the film until we get to even talking about the battle. The first half of the film documents the lives of the young men in Australia, detailing their personalities and beliefs. It's the beginning of a coming of age story. The second half of the movie, their lives turn to training in Egypt
and in the last bite of the movie: it's about Gallipoli. --For a movie call Gallipoli, there barely any Gallipoli in it. Still, there isn't much of a battle at first, as both men are just a few shorelines away from the horrible of trench warfare. – Surprising the violence in the movie isn't that horrible, I can understand that being the reason why it is PG
.but for a PG, there is a lot of nudity for a film that PG. It had a scene in a brothel, no less. There is also a few historical criticism in the film which is not that bothersome much. One of the weirdest part of the movie is the background music that they use in key scenes. The music sounds more fitly for a sci-fiction than a war movie. It sounds like new wave 80s synth music. It felt bogged down the feel and made it seem tacky. All other music in the film was great. It didn't fit the movie at all. Without giving much away—the last few scenes in the movie is very touching and it's a race against time
as Mel Gibson and Mark Lee's characters journey through life and death to discovery themselves in Gallipoli.
Review of Gallipoli
