Majestic_Ferrett

Majestic_Ferrett t1_iu4smb1 wrote

It did.

But >!every character that died in the film died differently in the book. Characters who lived in the book died in the film, they joined the war 3 years later in the film than the book, there's the random subplot with Daniel Bruhl that wasn't in the book and Paul dies in October 1918 in the book, which is where the title comes from, not some random attack after a bossfight on the last day of the war some officer ordered which has no basis in reality (for the Germans anyway).!<

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Majestic_Ferrett t1_iu4k02r wrote

As a movie it's not bad. But it should have a different title. I'm about an hour and 20 into it and it's similar to World War Z in that it has nothing in common with the book other than the title and names of the characters. And in both cases the movies are massively inferior to the novels.

Both the 1979 and especially the 1930 movies do a much better job of telling the story.

The movie is OK, but it shouldn't be called All Quiet on the Western Front.

Edit: almost done the movie and keeping the same name is an insult to the book.

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