Gallipoli

The best war movie I have ever seen, Gallipoli is an ironic meditation on personal realization, on the folly of fearlessness and sensibility of fear, and on the naivete of Australian youth as they fail miserably to fathom what war is about. I wish Weir would go back to making such incredibly insightful and powerful movies as this.

Shattering depiction of the futility and ultimate ugliness of war is interesting in the way it mirrors the ultimate disillusionment inherent in the 'grand adventure' Gibson and Lee embark upon with the onset of manhood and maturity; this makes for an endearing, likable view of warfare from the 'bottom', before the sad, wrenching climax; a savage indictment of wartime bureaucracy and ugliness which elevates the film to an indescribably moving (and draining) experience.

It's a different style of war film, leaving the brutality for the ending and loading up the rest with camaraderie and light shenanigans. It's pretty good at what it does, but I didn't feel like what it does was all that interesting, just interesting enough.

I am at a complete loss as to what to say in this review. I watched the film about a week ago and have attempted to write my response at least four times now. It's not a question of ambivalence; Gallipoli is essentially perfect. The issue is articulating what an emotional experience the film was. Peter Weir weaves sound concepts like manhood, friendship, patriotism, and duty into an equally robust, but ultimately tragic, story. "It's just bad luck for mates to split up." -- that fucking line.

With the long-delayed arrival at the Gallipoli battlefront, things finally pick up. The plan of viewing these climactic events as if through the innocent eyes of the rookie soldiers has inspired Weir to become bristlingly observant and inventive, and it results in a highly watchable last couple of reels.

One of the better made World War One movies and epics in general. Mel Gibson was still charming and a total bad-ass back then as well.

Excellent. One of the most underrated war films out there and one of the greatest Australian films ever made.

One of Weir's stronger efforts, Gallipoli spends the bulk of its run time building the notion that going off to war is an adventure, only to show it a lie in a most abrupt and disturbing ending. The film occasionally suffers from overwriting and bad synth music of the early eighties, but otherwise, Weir shoots the film well, and gives it a great sense of pace. Good performances from the leads add to the overall effect.

A very well constructed war film that had me by the end. One of Peter Weir's strong points is portraying the attitudes of a culture on film in a way that leaves you with a more global perspective by the end.

I did not expect where this film was going, and at times did not understand the focus on certain plot elements. I did not realize that Peter Weir was setting up savage, beautiful, excruciating reality itself to come crashing down on the viewer.

Pretty good Aussie film about masculinity and the lie of war. It is let down by a dated synth score, although the classical pieces set the mood appropriately, and the rather one dimensional portrayal of the British. It lacks complexity overall really and is very overrated in some circles, but its heart is in the right place, and the performances are solid. The ending in the trenches is also quite emotionally impactful and seems more authentic than recent efforts such as 1917.

depressing AF. rlly sad ending #shittingtears

so it seems I hadn't rated this either...

the climax is perfect

Exploration into Aussie cinema can lead to some weird places. In the instance of Gallipoli, however, Peter Weir delivers a less subversive war film than most. Exploration into the fearlessness, how pointless it is, and the loss of innocence are front and center in a story about a battle that is getting to be more and more forgotten. In the background, you have the rugged Australian Outback that is only able to toughen it's inhabitants to a certain extent. One of Weir's strongest films.

Good to see a war film that identifies with the patriotic and conformist attitude when it comes to protecting one's country, only to end up savaged in a barely successful suicide mission. Great movie -- music is a bit cheesy and out-dated, though for this techno fan, still pretty cool. The ending is a brilliant performed, directed, and edited piece of work, one of the tensest endings ever -- who'd want to willingly stare death in the face at 19 years old?

A long glossy build up with a strong poignant ending. Ultimately I prefer war films to have a bit more gritty realism about them.

Australia cinema really is overwhelmingly shit. Something like that scene where they trash and rob the 'wrong' shop actually famously happened at Surafend in December 1918, but in reality the ANZACs charmingly committed mass murder of civilians on an enormous scale, and those easy-going Australasians were brutally punished for this massacre by having their leave cancelled and no longer being recommended for 'honours'.

too much spent on the development of characters, too folksy, though it does add a bit of depth to their eventual demise. of which to note is pretty harrowing.

81.500

One of the most haunting endings I have ever seen in a movie.

A drama that has almost no focus on the campaign of it's name.

Beautifully shot war film that affects without the heavy-handed, mawkish tones so many fall into.

gelibolu, 1. dünya savasi, mümkün olmayan saldiri, türkler, avustralyalilar, anzac (iki anzac askerin hikayesi etrafinda sekillenen film. İkiside atlet oaln gencler ve geliboluda savasmaya karar verirler. ilk kisimda yasi tutmayan atletin askere gitme cabalarina ikinci kisimda ise misirda ve geliboluda yasadiklarina yer verilmis. Türkleri asagilayan bir yeri yok. Hatta avustralyalilarin aptalliklarini anlatiyor.)

This was the first war movie I ever watched in the genre of war movies that are really about tragedy and not just loss-and-glory routines. It really made an impression on me.

Typical anti-war film, sad, realistic, not wrong, not really enjoyable.

The longest 95-minute film I've ever seen. It's like having an uncle that takes 95 minutes to say something that can be said a paragraph.

Three acts equally good as one another. The final act and moment of film is obviously the strongest but a well weighted film none-the-less. Lots of great character moments throughout that raised morale despite in what is an anti-war piece. Probably the most important film to come from the Australian New Wave .

Excellent performances, technically flawless.

I watched this many times growing up, can't remember much now except war sucks

Surprisingly good

A fine work by Weir, not as intriguing as his best, but a good character study/anti-war film. A little heavy on the character development, Weir uses more than he needs to set the stage, although it is entertaining for the most part. The Jarre music was terribly dated and out-of-place but besides that the construction of the film is well done with good performances and camerawork. Watchable, and gives you a fresh perspective of Australia and WWI, but it doesn't leave much of a lasting impression.

The scene with the old man in the desert was by far my favourite.

An epic that seems to have been nearly forgotten.

The end was cool...

Mel, you're such a heart throb

A bit slow but a good war movie

Great film.

Gallipoli estreava há 40 anos na Austrália. Assisti esse filme na adolescência e não lembrava nada de memorável nele e é fácil ver porquê, é que efetivamente não tem nada de memorável nele a não ser o Mel Gibson no auge da beleza. Ou talvez seja implicância minha com o Peter Weir que sempre achei um cineasta mediano, com duas exceções de grandes filmes com Picnic at Hanging Rock e The Truman Show. BlurayRip RARBG.