Backbencher

I recently watched the movie Gallipoli and I thought that it was an interesting story. It is about a couple of guys who meet at a track meet and have quite the adventure trying to get to Perth to enlist in the army. Archy is very excited to fight in the Great War because he fears that the Germans will eventually get to Australia. He is not old enough, but they seem to get around it. He friend Frank is not as excited, but he joins anyways. They are separated in Australia because they are placed in different divisions of the army. While they are in Africa, they meet up again. They are placed in the same division for the remainder of the war. The troops are sent off to fight at the horrible battle in Gallipoli. There, Frank becomes a runner for the Officers to make sure their lines of communication remain open. I do not even know why they had him because they basically murdered all the men in the platoon. The ending scene is very sad, but I did not like the ending. It was cut so short, but then again, so were the lives of the men who were fighting.
This movie was a little slow for me especially when they were in training. The end was the most interesting part but it was so horrific. I cannot believe they kept sending those men up to fight. They had no hope of staying alive and the men knew it. This movie showed the strength and courage of the men, but it also showed how scared they were too.