BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Josephina Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

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

Simon Clark 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.

turindebrouche First of all, Gallipoli campaign was one of the most epic battle in WWI. As we all know the total casualties of both side almost 500.000 man including my grandfather's uncle. Considering these informations, the series look like pale in comparison to reality mostly because of the budget i suppose. if they could manage to increase the budget it would be much more satisfying, so we don't have to see maximum 15 dead body lying down in a battle like that.I also made a quick research about the casts, especially the Turkish actors. And I never heard of them before. I made this research because of their accent, I am Turkish but some of them did not even sound like Turk.There are lots of Turkish actors which can participate in a production like this and that would be much better. Also I think that the actor, who plays Mustafa Kemal is a bit inadequate and doesn't look like him as well.So in conclusion, while the main characters and the Australian & New Zellander characters are well placed and good in acting, Turkish characters are not. Musics are so so, could be better. And the story looks like progressing well for now.

rutledge3512 Overall I thought Gallipoli was a top-notch mini-series with high production value, but held back by a few unnecessarily flaws...The major flaw being the very distracting back-story of Tolly & Bevan (the main characters/ brothers in the series) ... and the girlfriend back home. The way this side story is woven into the series unfortunately makes it seem to be far more defining to the main character... than the war itself. A somewhat slow paced production like Gallipoli can work if it ends up carrying the sort of gravitas it was aiming for (and that the story deserves). With a few changes this could have been accomplished, but fell completely short due to the girlfriend back-story. With a better choice of "side-stories" and a few casting changes, this could have been in the major leagues ... but ultimately is just a very good minor league series. Worth watching, but not as great as it could have been!

rodroper open book of cliché and you have this mini series down pat. such a shame a wasted opportunity.the story of Gallipoli is powerful a story of courage and disaster to be treated with less finesse than a soap opera is a appallingas a ex soldier with strong family connection to Gallipoli/WW1 i can only voice a bitter disappointment at the shallow and almost meaningless depiction.the uniforms to clean. the disease not shown.the ground almost unbroken from artillery.