Gallipoli

Pros: Moving historical drama, Realistic battle scenes, Excellent musical score
Cons: Ending is a bit anti-climactic

The 1981 film Gallipoli, co- written and directed by Peter Weir, is a sweeping historical drama set primarily in Western Australia in 1915, as the Australian army prepares to enter World War I. The last 45 minutes of the film are a dramatic re- ...

Pros: Great Mel Gibson performance; strong script; excellent casting; superb period sets and costume; superlative cinematography
Cons: Many viewers (outside of Australia and New Zealand) won't understand the historical context

Australian born director Peter Weir matured immensely as an artist between his rather aimless T he Last Wave in 1977 and this magnificent ode to Australian courage, Gallipoli (1981). Born in 1944, Weir had ...

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In what was Peter Weir's big break that paved the way for his films "Witness", "Dead Poet's Society" and "The Truman Show", the 1981 film "Gallipoli" was part of a new wave of Australian cinema in the early 80's- of high quality filmmaking and ...

Pros: cinematography, direction, script, casting, story
Cons: anti-British, comic relief doesn't always work

Despite its outstanding cinematography and a moving, credible script, Gallipoli has never achieved its due recognition as a great anti-war film. Its story of two early twentieth century sprinters had the odd coincidence of being released the same...

Pros: Powerful and haunting
Cons: Main character not that compelling in the final analysis

Gallipoli is a film about runners, two young men who race for sport and flee their homeland in search of adventure. Archy (Mark Lee) is a promising athlete hell bent on joining the Australian army circa WWI. Frank (Mel Gibson), his competitive best mate,...

Pros: Great characters
Cons: Nothing major

Visit your nearest video store, go about 1/4 way down the Drama aisle and look for the box with the most dust covering it, that should be 'Gallipoli'.

I first watched this movie when I was young. At that time I didn't really have a clue as to...

Pros: Excellent Acting from Mel Gibson and Mark Lee, One of Gibson's finest movies, one of Peter Weir's greatest films,
Cons: The soundtrack from Brian May sounds so 80's and dated.

"Gallipoli" is the kind of movie that no one really knows about, but that everyone should. In case you are one of the unfortunate few who have never seen this film, you are missing one of Mel Gibson's greatest (and earliest) acting...

Pros: Simply - a great movie.
Cons: None.

As my review title states, Gallipoli is in my opinion one of the best films ever. It combines scenery with superb acting with fantastic plot with great character development with drama with humor and with a social message.

Directed by Peter...

Pros: almost everything.
Cons: downer of an ending. As a historical film, the ending is already written in history books

I remember a few years ago, I was reading an issue of Entertainment Weekly on the plane. It was the year-end issue, and they asked a bunch of celebrities what they thought the best movie of that year was. After the usual actors named the usual movies,...

Pros: Great acting, beautiful landscape, devastating war film
Cons: a bit of a slow pace, especially in the middle portion

There was a great line said by Peter O'Toole in "The Stuntman" where he refers to a filmmaker who made a powerful anti-war film. When the film was shown in the filmmaker's hometown, enlistment sky-rocketed.

Strangely, that is the problem with...

Pros: Gripping
Cons: none

I found this gem at my public library. I've been keen on war movies lately and decided it'd be worth a try. I was very pleased. This is a film about friendship, war, and heroics. The plot deals with two friends from Australia who travel together to...

Pros: Music, acting, drama, real story
Cons: Tear-jerker

Watch Gallipoli and the story and music will live on forever. Gallipoli is a story about friendship, honor, patriotism, and about war and it's consequences. Most of the movie takes place in Australia and Turkey. At its core, Gallipoli is the story of...