At a BBQ last week the conversation got around to discussing Mel Gibson’s latest movie “Heartbreak Ridge”: It generated a lot of  comment about other war movies and the inevitable best choice from both the men and women.

Mine is “All Quiet on the Western Front”  The 1930 film is the best version although the 1979 film with Ernest Borgnine is also good.

The story line is of a young soldier who, along with his graduating high school classmates, enlist in the German Imperial Army during the First World War and faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I.

The end of my film choice rivals the stunning conclusion to  “Gallipoli”

What’s your favourite movie?

Ted Chitham