Wednesday, 11 November 2015

Remembrance Day 2015

November 11th is Remembrance Day here in Canada.

Unfortunately I'll be traveling on this day, I typically pay my respects by attending the very well attended memorial at our local hockey arena. I'll be paying respects in my own way on November 11th.

I've become a bit of a history buff of the fist world war thanks to my Dad, particularly about the ANZAC's (Australian and New Zealand Army Corp) and the Canadian involvement.

Here are a few great movies to watch this time of year....

Gallipoli: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082432/
Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I.

Passchendaele: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1092082/
The lives of a troubled veteran, his nurse girlfriend and a naive boy intersect first in Alberta and then in Belgium during the bloody World War I battle of Passchendaele.

The Water Diviner: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3007512/
An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try and locate his three missing sons.

And a new one:

Hyene Road: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4034452/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1
Three different men, three different worlds, three different wars - all stand at the intersection of modern warfare - a murky world of fluid morality where all is not as it seems.

All good movies worth watching.

Lest we forget....

Scott



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