Hello there, and welcome to Thursday Movie Picks, a weekly series hosted by Wandering Through the Shelves where you share three movies to fit the theme of the week each Thursday.
This week's theme is World War I. I do realize it sounds creepy but WWII has always been my favourite. Lucky me though there are some pretty good movies about WWI that are worth watching, and today I'm sharing with you three of my favourites - and I kind of went theme within theme since they all are about friendship. Here you go
Gallipoli (1981)
Two Australian sprinters face the brutality of war when they join the Australian army and are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey. This film doesn't have much of a story but it still manages to be engaging, but most important it manages to be a powerful and moving film about friendship and the unfairness of war. And the two leads, Mel Gibson and Archy Hamilton, are amazing and have such a chemistry!
La grande guerra (1959)
After both trying in every way to avoid serving the army, two Italian slackers are called to serve in World War I. This is a brilliant commedia all'italiana (or Italian-style comedy) and just like the previous film, it is about friendship and war. It is also an ironic and poignant portrait of life in the trenches, it does make you reflect on the horrors of the Great War, and makes you laugh because of the spectacular leading duo, Vittorio Gassman and Alberto Sordi.
War Horse (2011)
Young Albert Narracott enlists to serve in World War I after his alcoholic father sold his beloved horse to the cavalry. Oh, this film is just fantastic, and watching a man and an animal bonding in such a beautiful way is beyond moving (yes, I love animals). I do realize it may not appeal to everyone because it's rather slow, but let me tell you something, it is necessary to establish the relationships and to make you care about the characters.
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