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!
Excellent film!
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.
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!!!
As I have posted before, it’s important to read the books.
Not only “All quiet on the Western front”, but the
companion volume, “The Road Back”, in which Paul and
his comrades survive the war and have to return to
a country in turmoil and the effects of PTSD.
Even the war dog, suffers from it’s effects.
I look forward to seeing this rendition in any event.
Looks like mixed reviews from FReepers.
Any black people in roles they normally wouldn’t be in? How about the obligatory homosexual? Transvestites? Ultra-powerful woman that can destroy a man with a punch?
If it doesn’t have any of those things, no awards!
Another good anti-war film from 1930s Germany is WESTFRONT 1918.
The background music!! My ears, my ears!! Tuba and Base fiddle?? IMO, the worst music sound track ever. With all the new graphics added it was the best of the previous ones visually.
I just watched it. Don’t waste your time. Other recent World War movies are all better than this one.
The face make up and expressions were ridiculous. Not believable.
If I were in a battle, I’d drop my rifle every chance I got. /s
I don’t bother with any movie I have to ‘read’. If I am going to read, I’ll get a book.
Too many closed-caption/subtitles run by too fast or fade against a light background.
And, if one is reading subtitles, the eyes are not on the movie action.
It is rather silly to do subtitles anyway — most watchers know it is a movie with actors. Subtitles do not make it anymore authentic.
It’s beautiful to look at. The cinematography, the locations, the special effects are great, but it bears little resemblance to the novel. His basic training, relationship with Kat, significance of the boots,the night in the shell hole with the French Poilu and the circumstances/meaning of his death were omitted or glossed over. Events and actions occur that don’t make sense unless you’ve read the book. It’s a stunning movie, but it’s not ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’...
PS: The Daily Mail website is downright painful to scroll thru...
regards,
I just started reading Rites of Spring…a great recommendation, thank you!