Before Dawn

the horrors of WW1 in the trenches, a thought provoking film, well acted and brought a sense of the helplessness that must have been felt by the soldiers. don't understand why the critics would score it so low, well worth watching.

The top critic obviously is clueless about WW1.... And futility of war. But he probably loves his Anzac biscuits without understanding it's origin... A lack of official resources... A more modern example of this was GPS during the gulf war. Military GPS was 1m accurate, consumer was 15m accurate. But it was such a life saver US family members were sending consumer gear to their family in the war.... As a result the US military increased the accuracy of all GPS. The crazy mix of politics, economy, science that gets driven through hatred and war.

Surprisingly negative reviews by the critics led me to believe they knew little about the horrors of worldwar 1 trench warfare. I thought it is was extremely realistic perhaps more so than all quiet on the western front. Good acting the only let down was skipping between the main characters getting shot on the Hindenburg line to the moment of the armstice when the guns fell silent. Overall a surprisingly good movie that I have to rate highly

The fact the dialogue isn’t strong makes sense—the young blokes are Aussie, and it’s not supposed to be 2024. But as their trench days go on—92, 400, 773, 843—the lads stay just as strong, healthy & stylist-groomed as they do at the start, sanitizing the hellish-horror of war. So, I’d give it 4-stars for casting & cinematography, but only 2 for story & character development; 3 on average that is, as a clean-shaven version of history for mass-viewing.

Compared to other war films, this one for me wasn't the best, but it wasn't the worst either. The film had good cinematic moments, but lacked depth in some areas. The beginning fell flat, and took me out of the moment for a while, but eventually it pulled itself back. In some ways the film felt like a rush to get into battle, which isn't always a bad thing, but in this case, I would had liked to explore the characters more before seeing them in battle, rather than the small amount we did get to explore. The visual effects were not bad, but the film relied more on sound to convey scenes in some areas, which was fine in some parts, but in not others, as it didn't feel immersive. Overall, the film wasn't too bad, but there were definitely some areas which could have been improved.

Don't know why this film has so many knockers. i thought it was great.

Nup it was solid and I refuse to hear otherwise. I freaking loved it. Some very clever acting in parts.

was very average, wanted to fast forward, got seriously bored, did not arouse any other emotion. Kept thinking this looks like a tractor just dug a hole in out back Western Australia.. fake snow was TERRIBLE.. Cheesy Australian trite / accents and not very convincing.. would have been more interesting putting some of the trench soil under a microscope

I’m not sure as to why there is so many negative reviews. This film really captures the poignant truth of the war and its effect on Australian culture at the time. These where adolescent men who where sold a false romanticised dream and experienced so much loss and horror. Young men who where forced to make life or death decisions; see their best mates die and loose so much. Those who survived and came back were never truly understood and on some cases created multigenerational trauma.

WW1 mateship movies are an Aussie staple. This is ok, but obviously lacked budget for anything other than a few young actors on the way up.