Submitted by Impressive-Sea3221 t3_z51jck in movies
This has to be one of the best movies I’ve watched lately. From the beginning to the end I was engrossed. Not going to spoil anything but highly recommend watching without research if you wanna see a war movie that isn’t propaganda like some movie shows you the true horrors of WWI as you follow a 17 year old boy. Recommend in German with English subtitles much better.
Finished it not even 30 mins ago and I’m shocked I can tell it sticks with the watcher it’s done in a way it shows you the war in a terrifying yet beautiful way with its Cinematography and the acting is amazing.
Oh is this another movie about Germans getting into another war with a country that wasn't on the offensive again?
Seen hundreds of these.
I'm SO SAD for those German boys who were lied to and died fighting French boys who were just living their fucking lives.
Did I get it right?
(Also, in the original, which did not have to be remade, the older soldier he kills in the trench, where he pulls out the wallet and his identity papers, is a French poet, whom he'd studied in school. Which we find out about through a VO. This movie did not have voice overs so we don't get that he recognized this published poet he studied in school. He murdered one of his favorite poets, in a trench. Not sure if this version pressed that note because I didn't finish it.)
(spoilers for beginning scenes)Sort of he joins against his parents wishes and also doesn’t wanna be left behind by his friends and his teacher basically is pushing them to join the war saying there parents would be proud to have a son fighting for the father land but you know how that is and once they get there it’s nothing like what they have thought of
It's scarier than any horror flick and hits your heart quicker than any romance or drama piece. The acting and cinematography haunt you without being over the top or ill put in any way. It's genuine and raw and 100% terrifying from the very first scene to the last. Its a true war film.
Their laughter sticks in your throat all the way to the final scene.
Those poor, beautiful boys.
Ik this movie isn’t really like the original there’s definitely some scenes that are completely different or done in a completely different way instead of the hands on the wire fence it’s a dead solder hanging on a tree
Ones it ends and it starts showing you the actors names the silence is deafening really go to me here there are only a few parts in the movie where there’s no explosions no screams and no gunfire unless it’s the parts where they try negotiating with the French let’s everything you just watched really sink in
Doesn’t help That I have a friend I grew up who just joined the military
Yes! Haunting.
Have you watched They Shall Not Grow Old yet? It too gets you in your gut actually seeing them in color and with sound. The history is useful now, too.
I'm so glad we have this ability to see films like this and share the experiences. I love this art so much.
I haven’t I’ve just now started watching a lot of movies I started with classics like Rambo 1-3 and then I watched this cause I watched a windegoon video where he talks about the original one but I really like movies that are done in a artistic way with the cinematography or that require you to think like interstellar going to check out the one you recommended also going to watch the lighthouse I’ve heard some good things about it
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Take some time and see They Shall Not Grow Old. You'll thank yourself.
If cinematography is your thing, Eggers films (The Lighthouse, The Northman, The VVitch) will knock your socks off. Definitely want to see his works on the big screen as they are released.
Films that get us thinking get us doing. And as a society we need to get back to doing good things on a big scale. Long Live Cinema!
The original is a book. You mean the first adaptation (1930) or the second (1979). To be fair, this is the first German adaptation from the book, which is German and got banned and burned by the Nazi regime in 1933.
Yeah a weird reaction I just say he should watch it before he jumps to conclusions and about the point that it shouldn’t have been remade I have to disagree hard the old one is just that old they have a much higher budget which lets them use more practical effects
Also it has color and has actual German actors although the original does have actual German war vets who helped make it more true to what they saw during the war
I’ll definitely check them out I would’ve love too seen this in a movie theater and a director I really like is Christopher Nolan his films cause of how he uses practical effects instead of overdoing it with cgi
I haven’t watched the other adaptations I only know a bit about one don’t know witch one exactly
Nolan is king of this! You've got a great list going to keep your interests piqued!
Never stop letting the wonder fill you!
I can’t wait to explore more movies I’m 18 and don’t know what to do with my life but I’m really starting to like cinematography they way it can tell you something or make you feel a certain way is so amazing to me
I think the movies are a wonderful way to discover yourself and consider what paths you would like to take in this life! There's no shortage of opportunity there.
Finding passion like this is no small thing. You're using film the way it ought to be intended and that's so cool! Whether it be in the industry or one you discover because of it.
Let it guide you. Plenty of journeys to choose from on the big screen!
Yeah being American and seeing all the war movies being very one sided pushed me from war movies but this one pulled me back in i need to see all the sides every side has different stories some tragic and some victorious
American war movies to me personally just try to make the military seem invincible I’m here for a war movie not propaganda war is tragic American films are the definition of America fuck yeah
Agreed films can have great messages to help you in life if it’s by telling someone’s story or just amazing writing
Yes came out this year. Netflix need to promote their movies instead of always promoting their service show you have good movies too not just ones you’ve seen before
Or even just giving you inspiration to see or try and feel new things.
Lots of eye opening experiences laid out! How exciting!
Agreed what I think makes saving private Ryan good is that it’s not all about the war it’s setting is WWII but creates a story using elements that really happened like the three brothers and d-day. Overall it’s just a story about saving someone during wwII not one side winning against another don’t get me wrong some American war movies can be entertaining and seeing actual events that happened like black hawk down being made into a movie those are fine cause they are actual stories.
Also if you like war stories that aren’t all about American there’s a YouTube channel called dark docs covers old war stores not just American but other countries military operations
I quite disliked it. Thought the changes from the book really diluted the point.
This was hard to watch, especially the scene where he stabs the guy, puts dirt in his mouth, etc.... Enjoyed it, but don't want to watch it again.
I have a fascination with World War I, so I watched this when it first arrived on Netflix. It deviates from the book in some ways, but maintains the same anti-war message…overall I rank it as one of my favorites of the year, as it is a great World War I film on it’s own…though I did take issue with the revised ending. Because the way they revised it now the title doesn’t even make sense. It was far from quiet on the Western Front.
Other than what I felt was an overblown ending, I did decide to read the original book after watching it, because I had seen both the fantastic 1930 film and the 1979 TV movie, and I thought it would be fun to compare all three to the text. I think cinematically the 1930 version is still the best. In terms of adapting the novel, 1979 is really good and might be the adaptation with the most taken directly from the text. 2022 has definite moments from the book, but strays the farthest, and again I think the ending was all wrong.
The 1979 adaptation did it better imo.
Yeah. It came out like a month ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Quiet_on_the_Western_Front_(2022_film)
One of my favorite war movies. Probably cracked my top 10. Imo it's up there with Das boot, apocalypse now, saving private Ryan, 1917, etc..
Not sure why this is getting downvoted. Easily a top 3 movie this year
I didn't mind it veering from the book - yes it does so in a way that "Hollywoodizes" the story in unfortunate ways (despite how successfully grim and uncompromising it is on the surface).
But preposterous, Hollywoodised films that are bastardisations of subtler work can still be fantastic on their own terms. Ultimately I just thought it didn't hold together well in its own right, overall.
It was fantastically shot, the soundtrack was great, the acting was excellent, and there really are some scenes for the ages. When the tanks first appear, and you don't need one line of dialogue to communicate how absolutely alien a threat they are, that can hold up to any horror sequence in any film. So there's no shortage of talent on this project.
But the movie frequently dragged and seemed interminable... and not in the trenches under artillery fire, which would have been appropriate. It felt like it didn't quite know how to structure or focus itself and the scenes with high command were very thin.
Both 1931 and 79 are much better films.
I don't think any film shows the true horrors of war better than 1971's "Johnnie Got His Gun"; written and directed by blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who had written the book it was based on in 1939.
I liked it, but I'm not sure why they called it AQOTWF. It had very little to do with the book.
Yeah. That’s fair. It’s possible I’d like it more if my Perception of it wasn’t coloured by the book.
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I didn't sleep well for days following. It sticks with you.
Watch this film.