there's a lot to debate here, and a lot to admire; If there's a drawback with Jackson's film, it's an understandable one, coming from a commercial genius intent on never boring his audience for a second
the best and most warranted use of 3-D in the current cinema. Using nothing but the voices and the images from the past, They Shall Not Grow Old is a powerful tribute to every veteran and one of the most empathetic portraits of war ever created
Peter Jackson's documentary brings an old war to startling new life; Using digital restoration techniques, Jackson turns black-and-white, century-old footage of long-dead soldiers into richly colored images that brim with expressive energy
for most, if not all of us, World War I exists only in history books. "They Shall Not Grow Old" blows the dust off that history, not only for us, but for future generations. It's a true act of revival