why All Quiet on the Western Front is INCREDIBLE...

All Quiet on the Western Front is the newest film coming to Netflix that just released this past Friday based off the iconic book of the same name from Erich Maria Remarque. We are going to talk about the movie and why I think it was incredible and one of the best war movies in a long time. This movie to me was a film I was looking forward to for ever since I saw the first trailer and drew inspiration from a movie like 1917, it was such an enjoyable but yet horrifying and sad experience that made for an incredible movie. We will talk about it all here in a small video essay. Enjoy!
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[@thedeadlydoc2379]

I just finished the film. I have a hard top 5 for masterpieces. This sits there now. Words cannot be put for what describes this movie. You don’t watch it, you live it you feel the damp cloths and the dry rations the soldiers eat. The audio of this movie is something I’ve never seen before, you feel like your right there. 10/10

[@filmobsessednerd]

Ya man, this movie is truly something else. You are very on point with that analysis.

[@fitoblasdegamarra2888]

Madre in Germany forever!!!

[@lawrencewood289]

It's a pretty poor adaptation of a great novel. Yes, many of the scenes are very visceral. Too bad several of them are utterly contrived and nonsensical (uniform reuse, flamethrowers, end of war banzai like charge). Check out the 1930 version. Visceral as well but much much more philosophical. (And yes sound technology was not as good then so there are flaws). Plus it doesn't create a fake soundtrack.

[@Karan_aloneboy]

💯

[@dorothykelly8924]

A masterpiece. Will go down in history. Why doesn’t the world listen.

[@lawrencewood289]

Its the third time the film has been made and this one doesn't even follow the novel properly.

[@Rip-Tyro]

NOBODY and i mean NOBODY expected a NETFLIX adaptation to be SO DAMN GOOD omgggg

[@filmobsessednerd]

I think if I am correct Netflix is only the distributer of the film, kind of like how Squid Game was distributed by them I might be wrong on that but hey this was a big win for Netflix

[@rick-ry3kj]

Amongst the best war movies ever made. Shows you the gruesome brutality of what war is, not to mention the desperation and fear of these young men in battle.

[@ktom5262]

Amazing film. Watched it in a cinema. It makes a difference, because this film with its excellent sound design and cinematography should be seen in a theater. I think it deserves a few Oscar nominations, including sound design, score, cinematography, editing. It's in my "all time top 10 war films" list, with Saving Private Ryan, Enemy At the Gates, To the End of the World, The Train, Hacksaw Ridge and a few others.

[@filmobsessednerd]

Hey you were one of the lucky ones who got to see it in theaters that's awesome. And ya I have a feeling it will most likely get some nominations. I don't know if it'll win any but we'll see. -Cinematography -Production Design -Sound Editing -Best International Film

[@lawrencewood289]

If by The Train you are talking about the 1964 Burt Lancaster film, you've chosen a rare one and a great one. Try 1958's Paths of Glory, the 1930 All Quiet on the Western Front (much better than this one), the 1970s film Cross of Iron an of course Das Boot (MUCH BETTER in German with subtitles).

[@ktom5262]

@@lawrencewood289 Thanks for the info, but your opinion that the 1930 film is "much better than this one" is ridiculous. I think this one is much better.

[@chucknorris2266]

What a masterpiece. Haven't felt emotional about a war movie since saving private Ryan and 1917

[@filmobsessednerd]

1917 for me is just pure gold

[@Rob.S859]

I don’t know how old you are, or if you know about this movie? But Cross of Iron is to me one of the best war movies ever made. And it again was told from the German perspective but with an American in the lead role (James Coburn) If you get a chance to watch it or get your hands on a DVD watch it. You won’t regret it. You can catch a few videos clips of the movie on KZbin. The opening credits are probably one of the best and most interesting I’ve seen from a war movie.

[@lawrencewood289]

It's not a masterpiece. It hacks the book plot to pieces losing its philosophical strength. And it flings a lot of mud and blood but sometimes in entirely unrealistic and nonsensical ways.

[@chucknorris2266]

@@lawrencewood289 I have never read the book. So from what I saw , its a masterpiece

[@lawrencewood289]

@@chucknorris2266 To each their own. Try the book or 1930 version

[@dylanbrown6401]

I’ve seen some really disgusting and traumatizing things in my life and I’ve coped with them, but something about this movie has really impacted me so much more than anything I’ve seen before. The flamethrower scene and the scene where Paul shoves dirt in the French soldiers mouth in an attempt to quiet him choking on his own blood really made me feel as if I were there feeling his emotions. This movie shows the ruthlessness of war, and for a majority of the people who watch it, they will FEEL the weight of the movie. This is absolutely one of my favorite movies of all time now and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who is into more serious and emotion-drawing movies. It may not be historically accurate, but it isn’t meant to be. It’s meant to show the horrors of war, and in my mind it has done so ten fold.

[@filmobsessednerd]

I couldn't agree more with this statement, accurate to a T

[@harrymears6547]

The whole scene of Paul and co taking the French Trench (i know it rhymes), and less than 5 mins later they've lost it to the French counterattack shows how futile it got. So many lost just to gain ground you're going to lose within minutes and lose more. Also how upon seeing food they just stop cleaning out the trench just to gorge as they're starving, how the veterans knew what tanks were and how to deal with them, but the recruits have never seen the steel behemoths with cannons and machine guns that were impervious to bullets endlessly approaching them. After the tanks scared most of the Germans out of the trench the flamethrowers came to clean up house with no mercy. Paul's friend being burned alive despite surrendering, that soldier being crushed by the tank after the trench wall collapses under the tanks weight will stick with me.

[@lawrencewood289]

It makes up a lot. The flamethrower scene is utterly artificial. Don't even get me started on the dumb ending. Try watching a real version of a great book, the 1930 version.

[@power_6080]

@@lawrencewood289i’m not understanding why the ending is dumb? yes in this version he’s stabbed and in the original he is sniped but regardless of how it happened, he died just before the war ended. he was so close to seeing true freedom again. (i know in the 1930 version he does get to go home on leave for a little but he had to go back anyways). i think all these remakes are all good in their own respective rights. they all do a beautiful job of showing differing aspects of how terrible and pointless war is.

[@lawrencewood289]

@@power_6080 Sorry but showing "war is bad" is not that sophisticated yet that is all Berger seems able to do. The novel and 1930 film version fully flesh out the characters to show their humanity. They also show how large sections of war are boring, mundane, ironic, etc. This version is video game inspired with near non-stop action. The ending has nothing to do with bullet vs bayonet. The novel's German title "Nothing new in the West" showcases that Paul dies on a day that NOTHING is happening on. In other words his death isn't noteworthy; it means nothing (though clearly it does to him and his family). A gigantic banzai charge is definitely not "Nothing new". Also, the ahistoricity of it is ridiculous. It's like making a Civil war movie where Lee wins at Gettysburg (to show the horrors of the South and their evilness). It wrenches historical fiction into the realm of utter fantasy. Thus, unbelievable.

[@user-jl4bs4rs6w]

This film was so gut wrenching I was balling my eyes out at 4:41 minutes in, I had to pause it so many times just to digest what was happening, at the end of the film I was again in pieces and leant over to my boyfriend to cry into him, he tried to comfort me by saying “it’s ok, it’s just a film” but of course in this case it is not, it was and still is a reality.

[@filmobsessednerd]

Truly devastating by all accounts...

[@haroldclarke3267]

I watched it last week on my birthday, to me the film is the best war film I've seen, totally brutal, to me a masterpiece of filming, the lead acting who plays paul is magnificent you can see the fear and terror in his eye's, I got so engrossed in the film (and maybe because I used to be a chef) the scene where they are eating they goose I could actually smell the food, my grandad was machine gunned in both legs at the battle of the somme but luckily was sent home and made a full recovery but never spoke about his experiences, a truly gripping film, I will never forget it.

[@filmobsessednerd]

Happy birthday man that's a great birthday gift for you!

[@lifelearner45lloyd97]

What did you think of the film "1917?"

[@Shafferhead]

It went straight to my top 3 war movie list of all time. It now consists of Saving private ryan, all quiet and 1917

[@filmobsessednerd]

Hey man your list ain't too far off from mine

[@BestPriceSunCoastTransmissions]

Platoon is the best war movie of all time. By far. Full Metal Jacket is a distant second.

[@uncle7215]

Same list as mine

[@lawrencewood289]

Try some older movies. 1917 and this one aren't that realistic (Yes they are loud and have good production values and lots of mud and blood). Try 1958's Paths of Glory or the 1930 All Quiet. Or if you like visceral (and it's brutal for sure) try Come and See. It's partisan warfare which is different but...

[@obiwannabe360]

Its the only movie i would hate to watch again but absolutely will because of its brilliance. It leaves your gutted.

[@filmobsessednerd]

I agree completely will be a minute before I ever re-watch this one

[@robeartaniwha7674]

The amazing thing is the author himself having served in WW1 seeing all the terrible things. I first read the story in the late 70s.

[@filmobsessednerd]

Ya exactly just like I said, knowing a veteran wrote it as well makes it more horrifying

[@MomoMensch]

just to add information: Erich Maria Remarque did serve in ww1, but only for a few weeks before being wounded. the material of the book are mostly stories and memories he collected during and after the war from other soldiers that he met in the lazarett or elsewhere. so it is very authentic, but not all first hand

[@Russiancitizen822]

The movie made me cry from 3:58 am to 4:30 am. I cried when paul stabbed the French soldier in the shell hole. I watched it with my friend that can speak french and he said the French soldier said "surrender" meaning he wasn't trying to kill paul. I also cried when one of Paul's friends (i forgot his name) killed himself. Also when Kat and paul dies. This movie had me all in my feels. (Edit: I watched the 1979 version.. it also had me all in my feels.)

[@sianwickenden8692]

I watched the film for a second time yesterday (to watch it with surround speakers and a bass speaker which I HIGHLY recommend, really adds to the atmoshphere) and it hit me just as hard and it did the first time. The same scenes that made me cry....made me cry again. I truly think the hard hitting nature of this film will never wear off.

[@SOLANA_music]

I watched last night! I share the view as many as it’s my favorite war film since 1917. This one felt very unique in that I’ve not watched many films in German especially a war movie. Incredibly powerful, incredibly beautiful, and incredibly heart breaking

[@CellThePerfectAndroid]

I'm extremely thankfull for this movie, it completly changed the way i viewed war... It was also the first movie that made me cry. The most touching thing(besides the combat), is that in Paul, Kat and the other characters, i saw me and my friends, the moment the touched me the most was after the first time they go to the trenches and eat a chicken, it's extremely good to see that even after such horrible events, people can still have friendship be happy, even if it is only for a moment.

[@TrojanThugMusic]

This film had me anxious throughout and the haunting music at times too? I felt like I was there with em

[@filmobsessednerd]

Very well crafted in that regard

[@Peter_Cetera]

100% agree! It´s a masterpeace

[@filmobsessednerd]

For me it's damn close to one, I love this movie the more I think about it

[@kCo902]

This movie was beyond amazing. They did such a great job on it

[@phunter8512]

I do Love Ww1 movies, and the athmosfere is so heavy, and the sound effects when they are in The trenches looking through the fog, damn its scary and beautiful at the same time.

[@filmobsessednerd]

Agreed

[@immanuelgoddyn6056]

A Masterpiece. With capital M. It doesn't leave my mind. Dunkirk, 1917, All quiet on the western front, are my favourites, and all very recent.

[@filmobsessednerd]

It hasn't left my mind either months later

[@elichibib6854]

These are my top 3 too!

[@lawrencewood289]

All Quiet was first made in 1930 when it actually followed the book and actually won Best Picture (and had real WWI advisors so it didn't make up dumb things like this one does). Try that and the 1958 film Paths of Glory.

[@Albino_Monke]

There is really a few movies that made me cry

[@dertechniker8867]

Without any doubt the best review so far. Thank you Sir 👍🏻

[@filmobsessednerd]

Hey thank you man appreciate that!

[@marthasantosus8988]

Hands down the best movie of 2022,and the most realistic movie about the futility of war that I have ever seen

[@jokybones]

Why does 1917...look so clean and bright...that throws me off

[@dariussalepetru6770]

Both All Quiet and 1917 are incredible films

[@elichibib6854]

Dunkirk is my all time favorite war film and this is definitely up there with Dunkirk

[@JLG5866]

I also strongly recommand " a very long engagement" and " see you up there", two recent french films about WW1 in the same tone as "All quiet on the western front".

[@filmobsessednerd]

Interesting thanks for the recommendations

[@AllanScott28]

Best film I’ve seen this year ❤

[@atiaguy]

Hey! First off, I just want to say I'm a huge fan of your channel. You guys do an amazing job breaking down movie clips, and I find it really insightful. I'm actually working on an essay about them, and I was wondering if you could share some insights on where you source the clips for your videos. It would be incredibly helpful for my research. Thanks a bunch! 🎬

[@filmobsessednerd]

Well actually it's just me no one else helps out. I get my clips from KZbin and download them.

[@devindubay7911]

I LITERALLY JUST SAW THIS MOVIE LAST NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!! HOLY FREAKING CRAP THIS WAS AMAZING!!!!!! THIS MOVIE WON 6 AWARDS INCLUDING BEST INTERNATIONAL PICTURE, BEST SCORE, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, AND MORE, YEAH THIS MOVIE DEFINITELY DESERVED THOSE AWARDS!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dariussalepetru6770]

But it did win 7 BAFTAs for: Best Film Director Adapted Screenplay Score Cinematography Sound Film Non-English Language

[@Rob.S859]

I enjoyed your review of the movie. I too saw All Quiet on the Western Front on Netflix. Being a first generation Canadian of German stock it hits a little closer too home as my grandfathers both fought in WW1 and survived. My fathers two brothers also survived WW2 Although my father was 15 when the war ended and was taken prisoner by the Russians. He gave me first hand accounts of his experiences during the war and it’s aftermath and talking to veterans after the war. So what was directed in this movie told so much that I had already heard. As the war on the eastern front in ww2 was much more brutal and inhumane, like the Western front in 1914-18 You mentioned a few of your favourites in terms of WW1 But there was another very well done movie made in 1977 that falls along the lines of All Quiet on the Western Front. And that’s Cross of Iron. If All Quiet on the western front left you shattered. It never received the recognition it so richly deserved. Only much later was it finally commended for its realism. This one will absolutely gut you with its brutal reality about the war on the Eastern front from 1941-45 Something most Americans have no idea about. I don’t know where you can watch it? But I believe it’s available on Amazon to buy as a DVD.

[@filmobsessednerd]

Wow... thank you so much for this story man that was very insightful and also too with the feedback.🙏

[@Rob.S859]

@@filmobsessednerd You’re very welcome. I don’t comment on these boards or video reviews very often at the best of times. But I felt it was worth expressing my thoughts. Cheers!

[@filmobsessednerd]

@@Rob.S859 of course man I applaud it! Cheers.

[@LordofEnumclaw]

its better then saving private ryan and the best one ive seen in 2022

[@corvus2512]

We need a movie or show about Verdun from the French perspective

[@antwill7916]

Masterpiece of a film, BUT my only critique were some extremely predictable scenes toward the end. I told myself "THIS is going to happen exactly like this..." and it DID. Beyond that, this was a beautiful gut punch from start to finish, with shades of Come and See and Saving Private Ryan

[@filmobsessednerd]

Ya agreed, at times I felt like I know what would happen but even still

[@lawrencewood289]

Those are two great films. I think they are significantly superior to this one. Try the 1930 version. Also Paths of Glory and Cross of Iron.

[@GHOULY782]

Absolutely agree. Love that movie, and even better: i am german so no need for subtitles

[@94djanek]

Movie shocked me so much.the Last Time this happened was in "das Boot"

[@filmobsessednerd]

I have not seen Das Boot but ya this movie shocked me too it had been a while since I saw the original movie and so seeing this one be more gritty it hit me Also sorry for taking so long to respond to this being enjoying a break away from KZbin

[@aamnainfebruary]

New subscriber!

[@danielouellette1258]

My bro showed me this movie last night literally no lie

[@filmobsessednerd]

That's interesting what did you think?

[@danielouellette1258]

@@filmobsessednerd well it was interesting I guess war stuffs not too big of a liked thing for me but it was ok idk 🤷

[@filmobsessednerd]

@@danielouellette1258 hey I get that totally understandable

[@the_DNA_and_history_buff]

I thought the best war film I have ever seen. Better then 1917 in my opinion. It was heartbreaking to see the suffering the men went through.

[@filmobsessednerd]

Hey good to hear that man, differences in how we feel about film is awesome. 1917 holds a good place in my heart but at the same time this movie also did a lot for me as well.

[@lawrencewood289]

You should expand your war film repertoire to older movies (that had actual veterans) like Paths of Glory or the 1930 All Quiet on the Western Front that actually followed the great book and was far better philosophically.

[@elliotjoseph6093]

Wish I never got rid of my Gew98 rifle. The roller coaster sight was kinda hard to use the hand full of shots .

[@filmobsessednerd]

That gun is very interesting

[@Courierman6]

I like films that show the enemy as human

[@filmobsessednerd]

Me too those are great movies for sure because at the end of the day especially with war films it shows that even more

[@mintybadger6905]

I just watched this movie a few hours ago and I’m thoroughly shook. It did feel very much like 1917, but this story’s theme is much more powerful. My only critique - and it’s a small one - is the decision not to show the visit back home.

[@filmobsessednerd]

Did the original not show that? Wait which walk back home?

[@lawrencewood289]

It's a big one because that scene is very important to the more nuanced plot about how people away from combat just don't understand. This isn't a good adaptation. The 1930 version is better.

[@lal12]

Felix Kammerer only played theater before, All quiet on the western front is his only movie.

[@littlesavage1502]

Tops Saving private Ryan and Der Untergang. My opinion.

[@lawrencewood289]

Nope.

[@scottyskywalker5768]

honestly I wished i watched this version in high school instead of the 1980s tv version.

[@filmobsessednerd]

Lol I almost wonder if I should watch the 79 version just to complete my watching of all of them😅

[@scottyskywalker5768]

@@filmobsessednerd don't its the worst of the 3 and very corny.

[@filmobsessednerd]

@@scottyskywalker5768 haha I can imagine since no one ever talks about it and I only found out about it when I was doing research for the video😅

[@lawrencewood289]

@@filmobsessednerd Go for it. "John Boy" Walton plays Paul. Eh. Ernest Borgnine plays Kat. It just somehow seems to "miss".

[@tahirsanli]

Easily one of the best war movies ever made. Utterly horrifying.

[@lawrencewood289]

Nope. Lots of ones with way better plot like the 1930 version of the novel. This one is loud and bloody but has a lot of contrived stuff.

[@richardstone3473]

1917 can be interpreted as a telling of Dantes Inferno in a WW1 context . I have yet to see this AQOWF but it will have to be great to beat the original 1930's version.

[@filmobsessednerd]

1917 is just pure perfection in my eyes

[@lawrencewood289]

It doesn't beat the 1930s version just mangles the plot and philosophical nuances with high production values.

[@platinumpineapple9943]

1917 was soo good. It was amazing I agree

[@filmobsessednerd]

It's a masterpiece, one day I'll make a video on it I am sure. One of my most watched films of the last few years.

[@julieoliphant1615]

I think this movie should win best picture.

[@filmobsessednerd]

I think it's a very deserving film of that award but it's going to be tough to beat other films on the list

[@julieoliphant1615]

I need to watch the other films. I really loved the acting in this movie, and the emotional end. I didn’t realize how the war ended. It was heart breaking!

[@lawrencewood289]

@@julieoliphant1615 That isn't how the war ended. It is made up BS by this producer/director. The original novel and 1930 film ending are both far more spare and philosophical and explain the title.

[@ruzmanov]

The Tanks scene…

[@filmobsessednerd]

That scene was brutal...

[@lawrencewood289]

The tank scene is bogus. St Chamond tanks were heavy and slow and poor at clearing trenches. They were never used in counterattack but were instead prepositioned (bc movement took a long time) for general attacks.

[@AnimeKing-xj2xl]

Best War films ever made in my opinion (this is not ranked it's by year of release) Saving Private Ryan Hacksaw Ridge 1917 All Quiet On The Western Front (2022)

[@lawrencewood289]

Try some older movies. Both 1917 and this adaptation have severe flaws. Try Paths of Glory, Come and See, Cross of Iron, Das Boot (in German with subtitles), and the superlative 1930 AQOTWF (It actually won Best Picture)

[@AnimeKing-xj2xl]

@@lawrencewood289 ALL RIGHT!!! Thanks for the recommendation

[@rainerknuth]

Stalingrad ( 1993 ) ? The Pianist ?

[@99Yteu]

Desolate is the word I would use to describe the movie.

[@filmobsessednerd]

So you think the movie was empty and missing of something?

[@99Yteu]

@@filmobsessednerd No, I was describing the feeling it created. Hopeless. Desolate. Nihilistic. I read the book when I was very young, and got the same feeling from reading it. As well as the original movie from the 30s. There is something about All Quiet on the Western Front that captures war better than other works, for me at least. Even the Thin Red Line, as deeply anti-war as it was, did not produce the same spiritual malaise. All Quiet on the Western Front is both crushingly dehumanizing and profoundly humanist. The lack of redemptive arc, of making peace with things, is what elevates it above other works. It doesn't flinch. At the end of the film it leaves you with a feeling of anguish and despair, and that is the only appropriate feelings a war movie should produce. WW1 was an unrelenting hellscape that devoured human beings. Any movie about it should reflect that.

[@filmobsessednerd]

@@99Yteu oh ok gotcha sorry I misread your original comment. I agree with you entirely. The movie at the end like I mentioned made me feal ill and just depressed that humanity ever got to that point.

[@LibrarianDaveLM227]

I found it as you said but I felt there was no connection to the characters, the music was amazing. But the lack of attachment to the people in it, we did not see them as people they were an abstraction. The 1979 version I was liking Paul, in this I never got to know Paul. The 1930 version I saw in history too, I saw the 1979 I saw on my own, the 2022 I saw too on my own. It is a powerful movie but I just did not connect to the people in it. It lacked a sense of empathy. I wanted to know more about them but it left me empty and depressed. Thanks for letting me share my thoughts

[@filmobsessednerd]

I totally understand what you mean man, I think they adapted the book to follow the story from the war side of things more than the characters themselves which is fine and ultimately for me is why this is the better version in my opinion

[@lawrencewood289]

Spot on!

[@lawrencewood289]

@@filmobsessednerd Huh? Having served in the military they are all people. This adaptation is a ridiculous caricature. Inaccurate and inhuman. And yes war is horrible but there is a lot of humanity in it too.

[@tycad8990]

The only negative reviews I see on this movie are from people quibbling over minor historical details. "Blah blah blah, those are the wrong dog-tags they used." Shit like that. I think the dumbest take I've seen about this movie is that the script was "too heavy-handed." Yeah, because days long artillery bombardments, killing people who most likely don't deserve to die for some made-up glory, seeing your friends die for that same made-up glory, treating all that with the gravity it deserves is just so heavy handed and unnecessary! Dont'chya know it's an adventure?! Fuck the useless, pedantic nit-picking. This movie is great and a true anti-war film. About fuckin' time Netflix does something right.

[@filmobsessednerd]

They are the same people who adore Braveheart and think that movie is historically accurate when it's not

[@Etatdesiege1979]

Now do a review of “Come And See”

[@filmobsessednerd]

Is that another WW1 movie?

[@lawrencewood289]

@@filmobsessednerd No its around a 1985 film (Soviet) about the brutal partisan warfare on the Eastern front in WWII. Paths of Glory is another great WWI flick.

[@jeffjacobson59]

Some guy that can’t pronounce “R’s” said this was a “tewwible” movie

[@filmobsessednerd]

Lol that's interesting, I don't agree with that at all I think it's far from terrible

[@raymondmiller5098]

Elmer Fudd???

[@texasnutmegger3296]

The Lost Battalion from the American perspective is worth a look.

[@filmobsessednerd]

I'll have to put it on my list

[@celiaspray]

After seeing this film I find it hard to accept we are again facing conflict in Europe again Man is not a good species is he

[@lawrencewood289]

Animals fight. People are animals. Sad but true.

[@nerdothn892]

I do love the movier but I do prefer the book

[@filmobsessednerd]

respectable

[@bullfrogboss8008]

4:45 I mean literally everyone who remembers WWI is actually dead right now

[@filmobsessednerd]

ya obviously

[@lawrencewood289]

Yup only history now no living memory. I'm probably older than you so it is so strange to see something transition from when it had people who were there (when I was young WWI veterans were still alive) to only historical sources.

[@na3044]

Please acknowledge not only the first book, but also "The way back" and "the black obelisque". They draw a vivid picture of the return of the veterans and their difficulty of functioning in civillian life, and with Remarque being a veteran himself they're vividly accurate and just as striking as the first book.

[@filmobsessednerd]

I had not heard of those books but glad you brought them to my attention

[@LMGunslinger]

This movie was snorevville

[@Riyadhdoesanimation]

its a 10/10 all do not accurate with the trench of the germans its good 👍🏻

[@filmobsessednerd]

Could you say that again I don't understand what's you said?

[@bulldog7642]

It’s a beautiful film but it’s biggest flaw is that it doesn’t follow the book

[@filmobsessednerd]

How much of it exactly is not by the book in a percentage?

[@DBug17]

@@filmobsessednerd probably like 75% I estimate

[@DBug17]

@@filmobsessednerd it is nothing like the book for the most part

[@lawrencewood289]

It also has serious problems with WWI accuracy like the silly banzai charge at the end.

[@MrBrutal33]

While there are some good set pieces, the film deviates too far from the source material. The parallel storyline about the Armistice was invented for this adaptation which omits Paul visiting his family and discovering just how alienated he has become by the effects of war. Disappointing.

[@filmobsessednerd]

I respectfully don't think it matters all that much because what was done with the changes I thought was powerful even so

[@DarkArcharon]

I am not convinced about this movie. It does not capture the feeling like you see in either the OG movie from the 30's (black&white) or "they shall not grow old" from a few years back which uses real film but colorized and converted to HD. This movie has a few good scenes but 1. Doesn't stay close to a lot of the book, which in itself doesn't have to matter if the movie wasn't called after the book and 2. It has had too much Hollywood influence, which makes you lose touch with the movie and it's crew.

[@filmobsessednerd]

What makes you think this movie had any influence from Hollywood? You do know this a German film right?

[@lawrencewood289]

I agree with your criticisms. I far prefer the 1930 version.

[@RaptiRaptor_OwO]

Humans are fragile. Personaly i "just watch the movie" and get traumatised at 12 stabs and flame pyro scene. Your Grand-grandFathers saw all of those things in real life. 💀

[@filmobsessednerd]

Those scenes were very intense and haunting for sure knowing that this is what life was like back in the day

[@lawrencewood289]

Well they didn't see that type of flamethrower scene bc you'd never line up flamethrowers like that and use them at such close range. Flamethrowers were high value weapons and the other side concentrated on taking them out. You didn't mass them. My grandfather was. a Russian-Canadian machine gunner at Vimy Ridge and other battles. The 1930 film version is far superior to this in most respects.

[@RaptiRaptor_OwO]

@@lawrencewood289 You know your sht bro. Cant argue with you lmao 🤭

[@barbarasalesch7051]

Well, honestly: The flame-throwers scene is the one which is absolutely nonsense. This weapon was used by stormtroopers and not in a wide scale attack. They would be easy targets for rifles before reaching enemy trences.

[@RaptiRaptor_OwO]

@@barbarasalesch7051 Yeah Like In Battlefield 1...When You Shout The Gas Tank In There Back ! Hehehe :3

[@lawrencewood289]

If 1917 is your favorite war film of all time you need to see better war films.

[@filmobsessednerd]

Lmao so because I have a current favorite all time war film that means I have to change it by seeing others that YOU think are better? That's not how that works.

[@rainerknuth]

@@filmobsessednerd One of my favorite war films is "stalingrad" from 1993. I see this in Cinema.

[@lawrencewood289]

@@filmobsessednerd Actually, because just about anyone who has ever served in the military (like me) or film critics (many of whom in past eras had actually seen war firsthand) or maybe just some films that actually bear some resemblance to war's reality or have some actual character development (both 1917 and the modern AQOTWF turn their characters into anti-war caricatures) can call out some things that might broaden a perspective. BUT no, you can always keep YOUR favorite whatever YOU might want it to be, that is always an individual's prerogative. There are also those who think the recent Star Wars films are also really good as well.

[@J3unG]

nowhere near as good as the original black and white movie from nearly 100 years ago. the colour just makes it seem like a chirstopher nolan movie. the black and white made you imagine the worst without viewing it in such realistic terms. it's too easy to watch this movie and see the death.

[@filmobsessednerd]

I totally get that view and honestly I do understand what you mean but for me this movie is just more epic and emotional

[@lawrencewood289]

I completely agree. I far prefer the 1930 version.

[@lawrencewood289]

@@filmobsessednerd I'm intrigued. Why do you think that's so?

[@filmobsessednerd]

@@lawrencewood289 it's filmed better, incredible cinematography, music is great, its emotional and it made me do more thinking than I thought it would.

[@lawrencewood289]

@@filmobsessednerd Ok interesting. Obviously, it has modern production values. But I found the score obtrusive...there's no music on the battlefield. Also, there is less philosophical content in this one. No trip home to see how the combat soldier is essentially estranged from society. Also, I just can't abide the inaccuracy of how they portray the Armistice negotiations (In reality, German generals didn't want to continue the war. Ludendorff cracked and desperately wanted to "preserve" the Army against "Leftist domestic threats"). Plus the banzai charge at the end had me laughing it was so ludicrously wrong. The German fleet mutinied when asked to do such a thing and Army units would have too. That new ending pretty much crushed the whole point of the title; it ended up like one of those paragraphs you took tests on in school that had the wrong subject title.

[@intiaraya9459]

The original book was always German

[@filmobsessednerd]

Ya I know that

[@ryszakowy]

i don't know kid previous two versions were better

[@filmobsessednerd]

I personally disagree but to each their own

[@yellowgamer7153]

Bros making a Video essay and can’t even make an effort to know the main actors name 🤡

[@filmobsessednerd]

So because of the fact that I didn't mention in this video the name of the character the actor plays that must mean I don't actually know the name? What type of stupid comment is this? Go find dumber things to complain about lmao.

[@dirkdriessen1133]

You are making reviews and dont know "Paths to Glory"?. So whats your qualification anyway? Yes, there is none.

[@filmobsessednerd]

Do I really have to have seen that film to make reviews?

[@dirkdriessen1133]

@@filmobsessednerd To make your statements about the history of WWI movies, mentioning "Wonderwomen" and not stanley kubicks "Paths to glory" defently YES. Wen you consider 1917 "the best WWI movie..." ever, Yes. At least you should have checked Wikipedia first. Every Idiot is alowed to have a an opinion, but when you saw only three or for films losesly conected with WWI anyway, what expertise do you have to offfer? I was suprised you did not mentiones szcker punch, since some evil german steampunkuombies are in it.

[@filmobsessednerd]

@@dirkdriessen1133 ok first of all it's my opinion that 1917 is my favorite war film and the war film I think is the best one ever, people can think differently and you should respect that Sorry I haven't seen every single war film imaginable, I don't know what your deal is

[@lawrencewood289]

@@filmobsessednerd Dirk is a little hard but check out Paths of Glory. I think you'll like it. Also the cool documentary They Shall Not Grow Old. If you like WWI there is a great BBC series from the 1960s "The Great War". Actual interviews!! Chilling and enlightening.

[@yellowjackboots2624]

You have no idea what you are talking about

[@filmobsessednerd]

How do I have no idea what I am talking about?

[@thehobbyhabit]

This is 100% the absolute wrong version of the movie to show in school as a companion to the book. It is missing all of the school, training, and indoctrination portions. They substitute for that a quick montage of uniforms being made serviceable again. That, in my mind, was the most powerful piece in this movie. Everything else it does has been done before, and frankly better, by many movies you already mentioned. To me, this was the worst All Quiet, in any form, out there.

[@filmobsessednerd]

I mean hey I respect that opinion, I personally disagree but I'll put it this way, would you rather have seen a 10 or 12 episodes limited series that told the whole story or enough of it that way?

[@thehobbyhabit]

@@filmobsessednerd Respect back. Running length here is pretty long, and doesn’t capture the main themes of a destruction of youth caught between childhood and being an adult, by the horrors of WWI. It paints a beautifully horrific picture of trench warfare of the era, but really misses on some of the most important themes, in my opinion. I believe both the 1930 and 79 film adaptations are shorter in run length than 2022, but they do a much better job in being far more faithful to the novels intent. What will resonate with current school age audiences is the look and technical feats here. 79 and 30 feel dated, and they are, but then so is the novel. Pretty sure a high school English teacher isn’t reaching for 22 version of the film.

[@filmobsessednerd]

@@thehobbyhabit hmm ok I can understand that then, my guess is the consensus for this IP is that people will think of the 79 version as the least of the 3 and then the old one and the new one will duke it out for 1st and 2nd. Keeping in mind if you were someone who didn't read the book like me.

[@thehobbyhabit]

@@filmobsessednerd can totally see viewers not familiar with All Quiet thinking this is great. I think it is kind of problematic that it even named itself AQotWF at all. It really isn’t that story, and enjoyed just as a movie/horrors of WWI flick, it can take its place in that genre. Thanks for the dialogue here.

[@filmobsessednerd]

@@thehobbyhabit no problem man good to have some disagreements

[@sirgreedy88]

This movie was boring af.

[@filmobsessednerd]

I disagree with that, had some slower parts but overall wasn't boring for me, to each their own

[@airsmellnice4133]

@@filmobsessednerd the impact was there but the characters feñt dull to me a few days before i saw the new one i rewacthed 1987 version and i almost broke into tears with this one i never felt the emotion.

[@filmobsessednerd]

@@airsmellnice4133 wait the 1987 version?

[@airsmellnice4133]

@@filmobsessednerd 1979

[@filmobsessednerd]

@@airsmellnice4133 oh ya that’s right gotcha might have to check it out one day

[@Elvis_3000]

And the survived solders seen her sons growing up and dieing in ww2.....

[@BestPriceSunCoastTransmissions]

I thought 1917 sucked. Too much was not believable. Why send two guys out on a mission to save 2-5,000 men? All the phone lines were cut? Really? There were airplanes all over the place. Why couldn’t they send a plane to deliver the message? Even write a letter, tie it to a rock and throw the rock overboard.? Planes didn’t need runways back then. They could have landed, delivered the no attack message, then got back in the plane and been home for dinner. Even if the plane idea wouldn’t work, two low ranking guys? In the real world they would have sent at least a company with a Captain or first Lui. Plus the plot line was stolen from Gallipoli, Mel Gibson debut in 1983+~. The end was the same, one guy has to run through hazards to call off an attack to save his best bud from certain death. I haven’t seen this yet, looking forward to it. I’ve read the book three times. I’ve watched the 1930 version 6-8 times and the 1979 version 15+ times. The 1979 version is VERY close to the book. They left out the graveyard scene but otherwise it follows the book almost verbatim. Only thing I didn’t like about 1979 was Ernest Borgnine as Katczknsky. He was 62 and obese and didn’t look like a soldier at all. Also it’s my understanding the Kemmerich death bed scene isn’t in this version so neither is the legacy ( or curse) of Kemmerich boots.

[@filmobsessednerd]

I disagree with all of that for 1917 it's not meant to be that deep it's a movie not real life

[@lawrencewood289]

Hey now you are bringing in reality and common sense. I was profoundly disappointed by 1917.

[@lawrencewood289]

@@filmobsessednerd Well plausibility is a factor. We aren't making films showing Pickett overrunning Union lines.