Gallipoli, by Peter Weir

This war film was a moving picture about World War II from the Australian’s point of view. Being used to American war movies, this one struck as odd because you do not see blood and battles until the end of the film. It is interesting how the Australian depiction of war in films is mostly concerned about the people that went to the battlefields instead of the bigger political causes. In fact, they did not drill on the reasons they were fighting for and did not focus much on those in power. In stead, they followed the lives of two unknowns who thought that going to war could be beneficial once they got back home. Because they focused on the lives of the soldiers, the scenes in which they die are much more sad and painful, which I thought was a smart approach to make a stand against war.