"Any accurate war film will necessarily be an anti-war film." My grandfather who served in the Pacific in WWII said this. He was proud of his service, but boy did he hate war.

@VloggingThroughHistory

Жыл бұрын

Hard to argue with that.

@haydenandersen9937

Жыл бұрын

Another quote that I think is similar to this is: "The most pro-soldier position you can have is to be anti-war" Basically, being anti-war doesn't put down or disregard the sacrifices soldiers have made, and the most pro-soldier position you can have is to hope they never have to go to war again.

@stevonwhite8933

Жыл бұрын

My grandfather fought in the pacific as well. Battle of Midway and The liberation of Philippines. My mom and all her siblings, as well as my grandma could never get anything out of him without him going into a long stare. Country leaders will send their poorest, most down and distraught, and their most oppressed people’s to go off to die in the meat grinder that is war, and FOR WHAT? We never learn…

@ChefPoirotProductions1

Жыл бұрын

@@stevonwhite8933 The army in WW2 was made up of the most athletic, educated, and smartest Americans the army could find. I'm unsure of the exact percentage but they didn't send the oppressed and poorest to war on purpose just to get rid of them. Source: D-day by Stephen Ambrose (book).

@stevonwhite8933

Жыл бұрын

@@ChefPoirotProductions1 Sure dude, they didn’t send the poorest farm boys, sharecroppers, Appalachian mining kids, child of immigrants, Rez kids, and every other poor group of people to the meat grinder. *SURE*

So I've seen the movie in my local cinema in Poland and... all I can say is prepare yourselfs. It definitely delivers and is phenomenal on many levels but the sheer amount of devastating scenes the movie keeps throwing at you is sometimes even overwhelming. If you are the one to cry you're gonna cry a lot, you're gonna want to run away and scream but however deppressing the film is, it's absolutely worth watching. Couldn't get up from the seat when the credits rolled and left the theater with my hands shaking. Felt like I just came back from a war.

@VloggingThroughHistory

Жыл бұрын

That’s exactly what I’m hoping for from this movie.

@TheBoyer19

Жыл бұрын

I know this is a small detail but did they get the artillery correct with the drumroll barrage?

@fredericksacramento677

Жыл бұрын

@@VloggingThroughHistory hopefully I can watch that next Thursday

@fredericksacramento677

Жыл бұрын

I wish they could have that goodness portrayal not some invisible complexity good thing when I watch that trailer you can see the guy saying "I want to go home" we laughed this now when people say that one line word but in war it's ain't even funny to say that.

@FantasticKruH

Жыл бұрын

I am pretty sure some stuff were inaccurate, but the movie does a very good job of making you feel like you just came back from a war. Watched and it was very good

I’ve heard nothing but positive things about how they’ve interpreted this movie. Can’t wait.

@fredericksacramento677

Жыл бұрын

Hopefully we could all watch that and see if was accurate.

@catneko6855

Жыл бұрын

I hope the Artillery is like an entire theature of drums- I want the entire screen to shake

@thuyazin6319

Жыл бұрын

@@catneko6855 oh it def is n its amazing

@btnhstillfire

Жыл бұрын

I give it 10/10. Watched it yesterday.

@geneticcat909

Жыл бұрын

I've seen it and I was disappointed. Yes, it does show the horrors of war and is well depicted. However it has major logical flaws (e.g. a duckout in a trench is collapsing from attillery fire, but when they dig the soldiers out they are lying on the surface just covered by some planks). And not only the soldiers are butchered in the movie but also the original story of the book. Apart from a few small scenes, the only resemblences to the book are the overall setting (WWI) and the protagonist's names. They skip all the training, the learning process after arriving on the front line and overcoming the first shocks, the contrast between front and ongoing civil live at home,... This even makes the title "All quiet on the western front" totally meaningless, while in the book it is a major take-away: After fighting and suffering for so much time the protagonist is shot dead on a day where there was so less activity on the front line that this sentence was the only report sent to headquaters. Another impressive demonstration how irrelevant a single live in those conditions was. The movie ends completely differently!

As a Belgian, I sometimes forget how insane the WWI-history is in my country. Happy to see you come visit us!

@Etatdesiege1979

Жыл бұрын

Right. I lived in Brabant- Wallon for two years. I used to bike from town to town and on every ride regardless of direction, I found a memorial, plaque, statue, cemetery or marker commemorating the death of a battle or the loss of a battalion , division or corps. Then you also have the places like Louvain ( one of the oldest universities in the world ) being blown up together with all the people living there. Yes, you’re right. Belgium has seen quite the amount of war and bloodshed.

@nein236

Жыл бұрын

@@Etatdesiege1979 I mean, a few decades prior to ww1 they went nuts in the Congo. They not only have seen bloodshed, they did it themselves.

@9.5.9.5

Жыл бұрын

@@nein236 Congo has skill issue

@nein236

Жыл бұрын

@@9.5.9.5 Wdym skill issue 😂

@RaliX1993

Жыл бұрын

The museum in Yper "In Flanders Fields" is a must go for everyone who interested in the history of WW1!

My great uncle Alexander Parsonage is buried near Ypres in Artillery Wood cemetery. He was killed on June 5, 1916 in the opening salvos of the Battle of Mount Sorrel just outside of Ypres with the Canadian army. It was a nasty battle and his section of the front was on the opening section of the incredibly fierce German artillery strike. They could finally only identify him by a yellow scarf he was known to wear. Born on the Western Canadian frontier, Alexander was a first class horseman and apparently competed in the very first Calgary Stampede in 1912 in the saddle bronc event. 👌💘😉

When you talked about imagining how it must've felt seeing a tank for the first time, it reminded me of the comment Sam O'Nella made about roman peasants seeing giant behemoths with tentacles and horns on their faces (elephants) charging at them for the first time.

@JpegDog

Жыл бұрын

Glad I wasn’t the only one

@marioguidotomasone1265

Жыл бұрын

You got a point there, but I wouldn't compare the two experiences. First, no Roman peasants fighting Phyrrus at Heraclaea - just Roman soldiers. That means they were professional fighters, trained in combat and most of them veteran of the wars in Italy versus the Etrusacan and Gauls, some of them even survivors of the last Samnite War - so no peasants but fighters. The mental attitude of an hardened warrior is different from what a green horn may have, which is why the WWI scenario is so completely different since the overwhelming majority of the soldiers were conscripts without any previous experience of military life. Plus the men of the III century BC had a different relationship with reality than modern men. Gods, monsters and titans were real things for them, going to battle they prayed Mars and Hercules, signs and omens were gathered by Auruspices, all kind of natural phenomena such as wind, rain or sun on the battlefield were seen as a direct involvement in the fight by their Gods and Ancestors. Going to battle was hence both a material and mystic experience and witnessing huge lumbering beasts with uncanny appearance and almost impossibile to bring down wasn't such a shocking experience for them but just one of the many portents and/or manifestation of the supernatuiral's involvement in the fight they were used to. For the modern soldier on WWI batlefield , OTOH, being on the recienving end of a tank run down was a much more alarming experiience- He was a civilian up to few months before, he already was in shock and under stress for the artillery barrages previously received and he was now looking at something never seen before he coudn't figure out how tyo deal with and how to fight. So chances are that a well trained Roman soldier on seeing elephants woud have asked Mars for strenght, braced himself up counting on his comrades to do the same and faced the elephants hoping to be the one able to strike the heroic killing blow on the big beast, while the WWI private would have most likely go down on the ground shaking and rolling himslef up in ball or turn tail and flee on seeing tank lumber on upon him Just my 0.02€

@NecramoniumVideo

Жыл бұрын

Not really comparable, i'm pretty sure the Germans did not think a giant beast was coming their way. They already had strange looking armored vehicle back than, for us these days it would be like seeing a tank twice the size of a normal tank killing tanks with ease.

@keithalexander8971

Жыл бұрын

If the soldier had joined in 1917 then he would have seen tanks lots of times. Perhaps even a few of his own. To pretend that they were new in November 1918 is ridiculous. The French and British had both been using them since 1916 and the German using their own and captured ones since 1917.

One of the most emotional scenes was the guy trying to help the enemy after stabbed him.Sad and realistic as hell!

@friendlyatheist9589

Жыл бұрын

That scene will go down in movie history also the end faith of same guy. I don't wanna go in details though

@goranstosic3106

Жыл бұрын

@@friendlyatheist9589 But this is now the 3rd movie you can see this exactly scene.

@rnklv8281

Жыл бұрын

Agree, emotionally filled with irony. When Paul tries to kill the French soldier, the French soldier does not die. When Paul tries to save the French soldier, he can't, and the French soldier ends up dying.

@ctlspl

Жыл бұрын

There is an Interview of a German ww1 veteran telling this exact scene but from his own experience. It sends chills down your spine. Search for „German WWI veteran describes killing a French soldier in a bayonet charge“

I still remember reading about the Christmas truce and how it showed the humanity outside of warfare and just for one day, the men would stop fighting each other and take a break from the violence.

@machector892

Жыл бұрын

I think there was a film 'Joyeux Noel' that was based on it.

@robertfaer4522

Жыл бұрын

Wish I could say that happened everywhere but the real truces were a few isolated spots along the lines. There were plenty who kept fighting. Sad duality there.

@machector892

Жыл бұрын

@@robertfaer4522 Yes,it's really sad.Some,if not most of the ordinary soldiers wanted a truce as well but the higher ups kept threatening them to continue the slaughter.

@annoyedbipolar7424

Жыл бұрын

@@machector892 Depends on which side you're on and how conscripted you are. If you're an English regular it's a different perspective than a German conscript vs a French Legionary. But I do think the vast majority of soldiers in active combat wanted nothing more than to hang up their rifles and go home.

@machector892

Жыл бұрын

@@annoyedbipolar7424 You're probably right and regardless of country,it's a tragic waste of mostly young lives in another senseless conflict.

I remember our History teacher showing us the old black and white movie and it was very saddening. I can see why Tolkien would have been impacted by the horrors of being in the trenches.

@keithalexander8971

Жыл бұрын

Tolkien suffered a lot from PUA and trench foot. He missed large period at the front until eventually invalided home.

Went and saw it in a Theater last night. Really enjoyed it. I thought it was really well done. I appreciated that everyone spoke their native language.

@Rex1987

Жыл бұрын

what do you think of it compared to the 1979 version?

@liamsampson227

Жыл бұрын

​@@Rex1987

@thespookprod.

Жыл бұрын

@@Rex1987 i enjoyed this one better honestly. But 1917 is also amazing. I just think they made this one much more realistic in terms of effects, fighting, charges, and dirty soldiers...

@keithalexander8971

Жыл бұрын

Probably the only interesting thing about this film. Finally a German version.

Films like this are important so that people understand the realities of war. They give us better understanding of the PTSD that soldiers suffer, and they show us what a waste this all is.

OH MY GOSH YES!I was watching the trailer the other day and I kept thinking, "wouldn't it be nice if Vlogging Through History made a video about it?" and lo and behold, you did! I never clicked a video so fast before. Thank you so much for this! The backstory to the original film is as significant as the film itself, I really highly recommend you check out Wendigoon's video about it. More power to you, sir!

I think they missed a mark by not having him go back home. In the OG film, I found the scene where you had his Dad and a whole bunch of other locals talking about the war and not recognizing the protagonist's opinion on it, despite him being the only one who had seen combat, was one of the most gun wrenchingly poetic scenes of the movie.

@keithalexander8971

Жыл бұрын

Finally! Someone who makes a comparison. There's lots of others, none of which support this film as in any way groundbreaking. A travesty of the book.

@aquilaFUN

Жыл бұрын

Fuck me, almost forgot about that Part. But its been like 15 years since I read the book to be fair. All this stuff at home was terrible to read. There was no "home" for him anymore, everyone was delusional and completely seperated from the reality he had to live in in the trenches, his Mother had cancer but still tried to comfort him as well as she could, and in the end coming back to the hell that is trench warfare he feels like hes back at his real family. fuck me that book is depressing.

watched the movie last night at a theater. amazing 10/10 going to watch it again when it comes out on Netflix.

Ive been counting the days for this film, havent been this excited for a movie in a long time

The production quality looks insane! Can't wait to watch this.

I may be interested in watching this as the book is amazing. I think we can all agree it's one of the best WW1 books of all time, as showing that no matter what side is winnings, it's all hell, is a great way to show war.

Its good that you talked about the "student" army. Near Ieper there is a gravesite dedicated to them which is impressive. It also talks about the song they sang, going towards the enemy side by side, but how little that song did to protect them against the bullets and shells. Very disturbing and sad, especially because so many of these soldiers had bright futures ahead of them, being from universities and what not. The memorial and gravesite is at the Studentenfriedhof Langemark near Langemark-Poelkapelle, and I highly suggest you go visit it.

Excited for this movie. Getting caught up on the last week worth of VTH been busy recently. Keep up the good work Chris.

I watched the movie, no spoilers! The movie was great and a lot better than I expected. It just really highlights how little a life was worth, but seeing little sheds of humanity made it feel really powerful

Loved your post on this new version. I regularly show the original to my year 9 history students. I’ve just got hold of “The Road Back” and looking forward to reading it. I went to Ypres and the Somme on my two trips to Europe. Fascinating to go there. Thanks again.

I have to imagine the mere _rumors_ regarding the tanks were absolutely terrifying as well

@tilltronje1623

Жыл бұрын

In the book Remarque describes these rumors as pretty irrelevant or laughable. The ones about flame throwers were much more terrifying

I saw this film only yesterday, a masterpiece of filming, it’s not just about the battles, it was about all of it actually being there and what they all went through on both sides

When I first watched this trailer, my thought immediately following was. That VTH guy is gonna love this and I can’t wait for his content on it!

I'm in the middle of watching this now. Great remake so far. Really captures the terror and fear these soldiers must havfe felt.

Haven’t seen your videos in my recommended in awhile, nice job

So happy to see a reaction to this. I saw this and wanted to see a reaction from a historian!

@keithalexander8971

Жыл бұрын

He hasn't seen it, and historically he sounds like he has read "WW1 for Dummies"! I've seen it, read the books and seem both film and TV remakes and this is drivel!

I've read the book since you reacted to the first teaser trailer. it's fantastic, can't wait for the film.

I look forward to your review of the movie. I’m going to watch it Friday as soon as I can, but I’ll be keeping an eye on your page for a review lol. I’m so excited to see this film.

4:07 when the commander tells Paul to take his gasmask off, it was because paul didnt get his mask on fast enough earlier and had to wear it until they arrived at the trenches.

Glad to hear you're excited for Victoria 3! I've loved watching all the early content from Paradox but I'll wait to see how it plays when you get your hands on it before I make a purchase I think!

I am so hyped for the movie, for me (i'm in Australia) the movie comes out on Friday for me. As soon as i get home from school, i'm turning on the TV, and watching this master piece. Can't wait until it releases!

I saw both the Black and white and the CBS version, both were phenomenal. Super excited to see this version.

I actually bought and read this book after you posted the teaser trailer several weeks ago. Excellent book and I'm very much looking forward to watching this

@keithalexander8971

Жыл бұрын

Get ready for a disappointment when you see the film but luckily you will remember the book long after you've forgotten this travesty.

@smudge4481

Жыл бұрын

@@keithalexander8971 I wouldn't say it was a cinematic masterpiece, but I rather enjoyed it. I thought it captured the stress and desolation well

I was thinking about watching the old one the other day and then saw that this was coming out. I am pretty excited to check it out.

Saw it at my local theatre the other day. Only took 92 years after the original film but we finally have a German language version. This one does have the benefit of being able to show a more graphic/contemporary take on warfare that they couldn't really show in 1930. Also it is of course depressing and really heartbreaking as it should be.

@keithalexander8971

Жыл бұрын

The 1930 film is just as horrific but without the cinematic gore.

I think the gas mask part was them basically saying "That's done, get it off" Essentially treating the gassing as just another day and another tactic

@Alpha_Digamma

Жыл бұрын

I believe the average survival time at the front was a few hours gas mask or not...so the gas mask was of little use.

awesome reaction with interesting facts and comments. Thanks for that

I hope they keep the section of the book where the squad is in a French town and they are hunkered down in a cellar. I think that section really shows just the human nature in a stressful time and the feeling of wanting to be somewhere else and not on the battlefield

@mobloeescobar4203

Жыл бұрын

Sadly they did not.

@vincevonderheyden7887

Жыл бұрын

The film team tries to process these moments away from the trenches in other settings. However, I do not want to spoil here. This masterpiece of a book, like all other book adaptations, cannot be filmed down to the last detail. For this, the total time is missing, which a book will always have ahead of a film. But I promise you, you won't miss this scene in particular, definitely not. Maybe hours or days later, if at all...

@keithalexander8971

Жыл бұрын

You will cry when you see this monstrosity! The book and the 1930 film are both excellent.

Wow what an incredible masterpiece this was. Definitely a must watch

I’ve just got back from Ypres last week, on my schools 29th annual battlefields trip, sadly it’s the last one the schools running. The whole trip was spectacular and will live in memories for many years to come, such amazing history in such a condensed battlefield within the salient.

I saw the movie in theater today and it was genuinely amazing, It could very easily be my favourite movie I've ever seen (granted I don't watch many movies)

I'm so glad to see you do a reaction to this trailer. This movie is the one I am most excited about this year and, based on how the trailer looks, I think it will be a hit.

@sathira_anuk5179

Жыл бұрын

Do you watched it

@mikibabic8187

Жыл бұрын

@@sathira_anuk5179 Yes, I watched it just last night. Movie delivered it's promises from the trailer for me. Cinematography is award worthy. Movie itself is chilling at times, and both heart-warming and heart-breaking and it got me caring about the characters almost from the start. And that opening battle scene was both spectacular and so, so gruesome and hard to watch.

Welkome to Belgium. The flanders fields is a mandotary schooltrip for us. But every time I go back over there , I am overwhelmed. The madness that took place here !

This story breaks my heart so much but it's so dear to me. AQOWF is one of the big reasons I began studying the July Crisis

Looks fantastic! Thank your for your comments VTH

Definitely looking forward to seeing this. I'm currently reading the book hopefully I finish reading in time for when the movie premieres.

Happy diwali Chris... May God lighten you and your family's life. Excited for the new movie

Looking forward to seeing it too....kinda. It's going to be tough, i'm sure. I remember learning about the Great War in 7th grade and thinking how awful it was. Now I'm older and I realize how bad it was. I write this wearing a ring from my great uncle who served in the AEF (French heritage) in the 308 MG Btn. It's something I can only shake my head at trying to comprehend. The number of souls lost is absolutely mind-boggling. I am, however, proud to have this memento of someone who volunteered to walk into that.

@btnhstillfire

Жыл бұрын

Very tough watch. Incredible though.

I imagine being a WW1 soldier seeing a tank roll towards you for the first time was probably very similar to when Roman soldiers first experienced the massive animal that is an elephant during the Punic wars.

I remember I had to watch the old black and white version of this movie in 9th grade and man some of the scenes in that movie are stuck in my head till this day

I cannot wait to see this

Can't wait to see you in Ypres, I hope I'll see you there!

I cannot wait to see this movie. I loved the book and the old movie. Now I am teaching my kids about history and my son is pumped for this one.

@rossjohnstone4689

Жыл бұрын

Do you mean the one from the 30's or the one from the 70's? Just curious

@firingallcylinders2949

Жыл бұрын

@@rossjohnstone4689 The one with John Boy

@rossjohnstone4689

Жыл бұрын

@@firingallcylinders2949 that's the 70's one. I personally prefer the one from the 30's.

@GerardoMoreno14

Жыл бұрын

I did not know they made one in the 70's. I only watched the one from the 30's.

@tilltronje1623

Жыл бұрын

Depending on how old your son is he probably shouldn't watch this one

Nice that you go to Belgium. Ik live in Belgium. I hope you have a nice time in Ypres.

I watched the movie on Netflix yesterday. It was a very good film. That being said, it’s been almost a day, and I still find myself unwilling to watch any more war movies. In the immediate aftermath of watching this movie I was shivering. In fact, after a scene an hour 45 minutes in, I saw that there was still 40 minutes left and genuinely questioned myself as to whether I would actually be able to sit through it.

@keithalexander8971

Жыл бұрын

Blimey.

Can’t wait for the movie to come out!!

I think that's the the French Saint-Chamond tank.

@VloggingThroughHistory

Жыл бұрын

Yes that’s what it looks like.

I’m SO exited for this movie, I’ve been waiting for it for a whole

Watch it last night and it was phenomenal!

Saw it, and I had to walk away crying.

Such a great film, and an amazing soundtrack!

I'm looking forward to this movie. I've read the book, and eager to see how well the movie holds up to it.

I just bought my ticket and will be seeing in theaters tomorrow!

I watched both the 1930 one and the 1979 one so I cannot wait for this one. I'm pretty damn excited

@keithalexander8971

Жыл бұрын

Curb your enthusiasm.

To all the international viewers who haven't seen the movie yet. Watch it in German with subtitles. It makes it even more immersive and small little details like the fact that the protagonists speak different dialects and accents made it for me, as a German myself, more immersive and relatable.

The movies looking so good, got my hopes up with them doing it justice! Question for you VTH: Will you be reacting to more content from Montemayor, Epic History TV or Historia Civilis?

@btnhstillfire

Жыл бұрын

Ill just say the trailer does not do the movie any justice. The movie is 10/10…

The miniseries Generation War might be worth a reaction, too. WW2 from a german perspective. I found it highly interesting and riveting!

Can't wait to do your movie reward, I watched the movie last night and it was a phenomenal movie really emotional 😢

This movie is crazy so authentic and heart wrenching

Thanks for this! I can go in a little more informed than I was. I'm kind of not looking forward to watching this film but feel like I need to.

vth you are not the onlyone who has been looking forword to victoria 3

I hope it's as good or better than the old one. The picture of that butterfly was stuck in my mind for a few days after watching it. Maybe it's because I watched it when I was like 14 but I still remember it now that I'm 22.

I literally caint wait for this movie. Ive seen the old version and man was that a masterpiece. My history teacher made us watch it but this movie sparked my interest in the first world war

Hey 👋🏽 Loved the trailer review, have been waiting for an update on the movie! Did you end up watching it over there? You dropping the review shortly? 📌

Ah, that gives me the shivers watching this trailer.

Seems like a very cool movie I live in the western front near passchendeale and still I find a lot of stuff and relics of this gruesome war

One of the few films about the war that does not focus on nationalism and heroism at the detriment of other nations. Very good film.

I love your insight on things god bless you teacher

Just finished reading this book. Was a good one!

I am excited to see this movie, because it is one of my favorite books.

Highly recommend listening to Dan Carlin’s “A Blueprint for Armageddon” about WW1. It has the bone chilling effect as this movie

@VloggingThroughHistory

Жыл бұрын

Yes. It’s fantastic.

In 1914 my grandfather joined the 5th Battalion York and Lancs Regiment. The Battalion was territorial meaning part time weekend soldiers who did this as a hobby. In 1915 they left home here in Rotherham Yorkshire England to travel to France. Only a handful survived to be demobbed in 1919. Then amazingly after starting families and restarting work, they that were fit enough all rejoined the Territorial Battalion to maintain their hobby!

@keithalexander8971

Жыл бұрын

My grandfather was with the 4/5th Royal Scots in 1914. Got two decorations in France in 1917 and was gassed, survived the war and served in WW2 with the Nigeria Regiment. An awful wife-beating drunk but a talented artist and calligrapher. He died before I was born and was both loved and loathed in equal measure by his children.

I can't wait to see what I read last month

I read this book for school and personal interest and I have to say that I loved it! It hits hard in some parts and sometimes you wish that what you've just readen didn't happened. Now, I have a question for you, since I love war based films I wonder how they are seen from a historian perspective and especially, have you watched "Land of Mine"? To me, it's gorgeous, hard to digest but wonderful. It's set at WW2 end and talks about these young German prisoners who must free Dutch beaches from mines. That'd be great if you react to it as well.

Chris, I am totally geared up for this movie and we need your review video about this movie once it comes out in Netflix on 28th.

It is amazing that WW1 and that time period has gotten so much attention these past few years. I remember thinking that "WW1 was boring, nothing ever happened". Oh boy was I wrong.

@tibsky1396

Жыл бұрын

Everything happened there, but in a smaller perimeter than WWII.

I wish you did a full reaction of the movie and break it down while watching it. I would for sure check that out if you did that.

Also on Sunday 30/10 the BBC will be showing a new TV series on the SAS in North Africa. Same creators that made Peaky Blinders.

@VloggingThroughHistory

Жыл бұрын

Yep. Looks good too!

This looks really good and I’m going to my friends house on at least the 26th and 27th to get my stiches out and chill and he’s super smart and a history buff so I hope he will watch this with me

Watch the original 1930 movie people, its absolutely a masterpiece. The original 1930 movie was basically made with nearly only WW1 veterans from Germany and Austria-Hungary as extras to the main american cast members. Its absolutely great and if you read up on it the director asked the veternas all the time for their input. The drills in the movie for example are all 100% the drills all the extras learned in WW1 and some of the most memorable scenes (hands on barbed wire for example, you will know what I mean) were directly inspired by a story from a movie extras personal war experience. Its an absolute treat (and put in the 1930s context it was a revolutionary movie for various things shown)

The last Friday in October marks the beginning of the remembrance period, which ends at the end of the day on November 11. That’s when you’ll see people in Canada and the UK wearing poppies. Probably a good time to watch a movie like this.

Best movie I have seen in a long long time. My favorite war movie now, together with the underrated "Stalingrad" from the 90s.

The books and movie was a masterpiece so im very excited for this

This film was as much of a masterpiece as the book was. This is the only war film I've seen where at the end you can't help but just feel sad. It's sickening and gruesome, but that is how WWI truly was. You literally feel like you're right there with those young men. All Quiet on the Western Front may be a work of fiction, but being that it was written by someone who was there and witnessed these horrors, you can best believe these were all things that were witnessed daily by everyone on both sides.

@doctoraep

Жыл бұрын

I think the WW2 war movie equivalent of it would be "Stalingrad" from 1993. I feel it's hugely underrated and largely forgotten now (maybe because it's not a Hollywood movie) but it's still my favourite war movie and most definitely one where you will also feel nothing but sadness by the end of it. I'm really excited for All Quiet, I loved the old movie as well.

@gonuts4donuts

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@@doctoraep that's another great film as well as Das Boot. I have to hand it to the Germans, they made some great films that capture the sheer terror of their respective wars and theaters of operation.

@keithalexander8971

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To compare this muddled nonsense to the book is ridiculous. Read it again and this time compare the details to what you've just watched. If you cannot see the difference then you can't be helped.

I would love a livestream where you watch this or other movies and break them down in real time

cant wait to see this movie!

Oh when i saw it on netflix coming soon im so hyped for it.

I’m looking forward to your final review of the movie. I absolutely love the book and have read it multiple times. I watched the movie last night and have strong feelings about it, so I’m curious to hear your thoughts.

I am so pumped for this movie. Hoping Netflix does it justice