Notwithstanding Jackson's penchant for little people with hairy feet, (and No- I don't fit that description) and grizzled magicians, he's had a lifelong passion for all things WW1. In fact, he's collected so much stuff, he had to open a Museum to contain it.


Just to say that when the film transitioned suddenly from black and white to full colour, the troops seemed to spring into life- and almost out of the screen(like 3D).


The voices of the Tommies interviewed were incredibly stoic, resolute, and rich in the 'graveyard' humour it's necessary to have to survived anything like that insanity of all insanities. Millions of other (silenced) voices may not have been quite so philosophical.
When I was a boy, the survivors (and I saw lots with scars and bits missing), were in their fifties and sixties, in the main. My Grandfather survived, but lost two brothers, and another had a leg blown off. They've all passed on now....
One thing is certain, though, we'll never see the like of these men again.....except in this groundbreaking documentary.
