So much average

Sadly Over-hyped

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

The acting in this is so poor. It's Hone and Away acting. Matt Nable still sounds illiterate and robotic. However this can be said about all the so-called actors. All Robotic, too structured and tight. Perfect example st the lack of young acting talent. They come out of NIDA with little ability, quickly picked up by HA or neighbours and that brings out how bad they are As I said, robotic. No Aussie trench larrikins, which keept the troops sane Compare this poor effort to 1984/5 Anzacs. There is no comparison The props dept and location scouts did a great job. No more Matt Nable. A bag of sand has more acting ability.

As a devoted history reader, I also try to follow such shows, films, and series because I just wanna feel that "connection".This production is far from the best historical adaptation but as a great-grandson of a Turkish martyr that fell on Gallipoli, I must admit I felt more than just a simple "connection". It honestly brought tears to my eyes at a certain point.True, the character development is a little off. True, many moments from the show might seem cliché. Also, I don't know about all the actors but the Turkish speakers had to work on their pronunciations a little bit more.But to see an Australian production that shows the Turks the respect that we have shown to them is just a sign of a beautiful thing in my opinion. Sure, some moments felt off, definitely. All things considered, I find this show beautiful, touching, brutally honest about some aspects of the war. For the people who think about watching the show, I can only say that if you're looking for "Saving Private Ryan: WWI Version", you won't find it in this show. This is different. Really different. It definitely is worth a shot.

I was really looking forward to this release, however I found myself struggling through each episode, with the hope that the next episode would redeem the series, however the next episode was filled with the same drab dialogue and flat story line. The Drama was slow and the action scenes seemed to be over before they began. Frankly the story line seemed to struggle from episode to episode and the characters seemed stale, lacked substance and were hard to connect with and relate too. The show falls far from the mark when compared to others of its genre such as Anzacs (1985). To me it felt like a cheap and poorly written version of the thin red line.

Wow. This just got better and better. It must have been hard to have re-created such a difficult story of the Gallipoli battlefields. I have to say I was extremely impressed. The young actors were wonderful and very true to what I am sure a lot of these characters were like. I knew some of them as old men.You really felt like you were there. To see what these poor buggers went through really went right to the heart. The director and scriptwriter managed to tell the whole story as it truthfully happened and apparently it was approved by the Australian War Memorial for being factual. I did not fully understand till now just how it all unfolded, but to see this series made it all very simple to understand just what happened. I think this should be shown in all Australian High Schools. I had always heard about the Battle of Lone Pine but when I saw this portrayal I was so shocked. Also what happened to the New Zealanders should never have happened. I think the English people should see it also as it showed a loyal bunch of Australians and New Zealanders giving their lives and losing them so a stuck up English General could add another medal on his chest.I could not believe that this was being lied about to the Australian Prime Minister. And I was very surprised when the Aussie journalist Murdoch and his British counterpart decided to write and inform their leaders of the truth. Upon reading the letter which was circulated far and wide, the troops were finally withdrawn. Amazing story and very well told with this brilliant mini series.