Posted on 11/03/2022 5:07:55 AM PDT by C19fan
Critics and viewers alike have heaped praise on Netflix's new World War One movie All Quiet on the Western Front and called for it to be nominated for an Oscar.
The film follows the life of German soldier Paul Bäumer (Felix Kammerer), who, after enlisting in the Army with his friends, finds himself confronting the harrowing realities of war, shattering their hopes of becoming heroes.
Since its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, the drama has earned critical acclaim, and is Germany's submission for Best International Feature Film for the 2023 Academy Awards.
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Definitely will check that out. Thanks!
Watched both of them. I think the story was told better in the original version, more character development. This new one is... Just new.
I also watched The Final Battle. Highly recommended!
I watched it twice. What I found interesting that despite the horror of war, Paul continued to do his duty until the end. It was a nice touch that he was killed just as the armistice went into effect by being stabbed in the back.
If you are talking about the 1979 movie, there is also a 1930 film you can watch on Amazon.
I certainly wouldn’t classify this as a remake of the 1930 version, too many plot changes.
I must admit, I prefer movies where the characters speak the native language. Much more realistic when Germans actually speak German.
They actually made two versions of The Longest Day. One version with the actors all speaking English, and the other with them speaking their native languages. Couldn’t stand watching the one with everybody speaking English.
Spoiler alert!
Excellent film!
Sounds a little like the ending of “Once An Eagle”.
I guess we are missing the point.
It’s on Netflix (not on the big screen, right?) so it CAN’T receive an Oscaymeyer nomination.
The libs want to change the process...
As a lover of the original novel this movie was trash. I understand that some plot points need to be changed for the sake of the screen, but they didn’t do that. The entire thrust of the book was abandoned, the point lost. There were no Generals or talk of strategy or negotiations in the book for a reason, it was laser focused on the perspective and experiences of the soldiers and their complete disconnect from the larger war.
While watching the movie it seemed to me that they just wanted to make a WWI film and slapped the names of the All Quiet characters on it so they could piggyback on a famous novel. Where were the creeping barrages? Where were the daisy cutters? The expeditions into no mans land? The gas attacks? They were mentioned, but only in passing and the terror of the attacks was lost. An entire portion of the book, where Paul goes on leave and listens to citizens pontificate on the war is gone, even though that contrast is important to the message.
And then, worst of all, they make Paul’s death a part of a “final battle”, completely subverting his death in the book which came quietly and on such an uneventful day that the military report for the day only read “All quiet on the Western front”.
Garbage.
I honestly did not know that the Armistice was on 11/11 @ 11am until watching it.
I’ve heard others who are more knowledgeable of the novel and the original movie express that sentiment.
Which is why I suggest it’s not a remake, but a “retelling” with a different emphasis.
I guess I’m a bit more kind toward it than you are, LOL!
Thanks for spoiling it. You must not do subtlety well.
The new remake is good. I hear that they are making a movie about the battle of Castle Iter, when American GI’s teamed up with Wehrmacht soldiers and French political prisoners to defend a castle against the Waffen SS. The only time American troops have defended a castle against a sustained siege. I’d like to see that on the big screen.
Next up, “Moby Dick” where an LGBTQ captain hunts the one night stand who stole his wallet.
Doesn’t the 1930 movie have him going back to his boyhood classroom?
The teacher is promoting the war with stories of heroism and honor. He instead tells the students the truth—the war is about death and meaninglessness.
The teacher calls him a coward. He goes back to the front and is killed reaching for a butterfly—trying to grab the one bit of beauty in an otherwise hellish landscape.
It hasn’t been deemed racist yet?
There were no gay couples or scenesrepresented in the movie, so it won’t get any recognition!!!! Very unlike Netflix!!!
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