Gallipoli Movie Review
The film Gallipoli takes place during World War I's Gallipoli campaign in 1915. The two main characters in the film are Archy and Frank. Archy and Frank are from Western Australia and they both enlist to fight in Gallipoli. Archy is an extremely fast runner who meets Frank at an athletics competition. We can see from the beginning that Archy is eager to join the war. After being turned down because he was underage, he goes to Perth, anxious for someone to accept him into the light horsemen. Frank, however, is skeptical about Australians wanting to join the war. He tells Archy that it's "not our war to fight". Despite this statement, Frank eventually joins up into the Infantry.
The story revolves around Frank and Archy's experiences during the war, including their training in Egypt and on the beach of Gallipoli, as well as in the trenches. The mood of the film changes from light-hearted to somber, when at first Frank is thrilled to be reunited with his friends who signed up into......
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