From the original book: "He fell in October, 1918, on a day that was so quiet and so still, that the Army report confined itself to a single sentence: 'All quiet on the Western Front.' He had fallen forward and lay on the earth as though sleeping. Turning him over, one saw that he couldn't have suffered long; his face had an expression of calm, as though almost glad the end had come"

@Goofygobblesglizzy

Жыл бұрын

I should really read the book

@dbonechis

11 ай бұрын

Actually, it was, "In the West, nothing new."

@laynevinzent4031

11 ай бұрын

@alphamethylphenethylamine In the original German version, yes, it was "Im Westen nichts neues". In the English translation, it's "All quiet on the western front"

@frankishempire2322

10 ай бұрын

@@laynevinzent4031 Well, it makes sense that if all is quiet there wouldn't be anything new.

@laynevinzent4031

10 ай бұрын

@frankishempire2322 I think both versions work to some degree, as they both give off the same bleak, indifferent message. "Nothing new in the west," implying that the death of our main character and whomever else is inconsequential and does not merit further explanation or detail; "All quiet on the western front" gives the same vibe, as if a few dead soldiers is no cause to get up in arms about, pretty quiet day otherwise. Both are dismissive of Paul's death, and indifferent to the situation as a whole.

I honestly felt pity for Germany. Everyone knows how terrible the war was, but no one thinks about how the opposite side suffered just as badly as we did. And to add insult to injury, after going through all that suffering, they wound up having to pay for a global war that they didn't even start; an act that completely bankrupted their country. The final payment for WWI wasn't made until October 3rd, 2010; it took Germany 92 years to pay for the first world war. Think about that.

@montanus777

Жыл бұрын

this! ... and the fact that there are no heroes. none of the actions can be justified as fighting for the right cause. for the kaiser? he was gone afterwards. for god? well, he didn't seem to be too pleased. for the fatherland? that turned out to be a sh*tshow afterwards (let alone 'after the afterwards'). it was just all for nothing. going through all of that and never being able to consider yourself as 'the good guys' ...

@JH-lo9ut

10 ай бұрын

"Suffered just as bad as we did" he said... With the exeption of the American civil war, US soldiers has never suffered anywhere near what their enemies did. I'm not only talking of individual soldiers, but the suffering of a society as a whole. But, even if you talk about the individual soldiers, remember that the Germans had already fought for four years when the US entered the war. For those who had survived for that long, that is four extra years of death, injuries, sickness and starvation, and the average German soldier don't even come close to the suffering of the average Austrian, Serbian, Turkish or Russian soldier, or for that matter any of the millions of civilians who were caught up in it. The Americans who fought in WW1 are heroes. There were heroes on all sides, but they didn't all fight for a just cause. I think the American soldiers did though... Mostly, I agree with your point.

@patrioticjustice9040

10 ай бұрын

@@JH-lo9ut Excuse you? What do you think happened to American POWs that were captured by the Axis? Germans put them in POW camps that barely passed Red Cross inspections (those that weren't sent to concentration camps) Japan was infamous for needlessly torturing and killing POWs because they hadn't signed the Geneva Articles, even cannibalizing on POWs when they had plenty of tins of rations. Death marches, torture, rape, all of this was done to POWs. There was no just cause for WWI. The very idea of having so many nations allied with and against each other as a deterrent for war was a powder keg just waiting to go off.

@SirDumplingTheKnight

9 ай бұрын

Bruh and poland still doesn't get the money back for having the 75% of their land bombed by fucking nazis. AND GERMANY ACTIVELY REFUSES TO PAY.

@Heisenberg882

8 ай бұрын

They did start the war, the encouraged Austria to attack Serbia, they declared war on Russia and France, they invaded neutral belgium and massacred civilians in France and Belgium, they cause horrendous damage to infrastructure and demography, and then they whined when they had to pay for the damage they caused.

An interesting note: Matthias Erzberger (played here by Daniel Brühl) was a real person, and he did indeed negotiate the armistice for the Germans. His role in this got him assassinated in 1921.

@karlsson7300

8 ай бұрын

That´s correct, he has been assassinated by nacional socialists.

It is worth noting that Germany was not "the Bad Guys" in WWI. They were in WWII, but WWI was a war that really did not have any nation on a particularly high or low moral ground. WWI was a tangled web of treaties, fear of being caught unprepared and glory-sighted hubris on all sides. Extra History did a short series of videos about the heart breaking near-misses that could have prevented the war: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hWGrta5th9S7p9Y.html The Great War did a long series following the progress of the war week-by-week 100 years later. All too often their summary is thousands of lives wasted for no reason.: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aHqbw65pqKzHqs4.html

„Germany’s only mistake in 1914 was to pick sides, and give Austria a carte blanche. A mistake, that will come to haunt the Germans only two decades later.“ - Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers

It was actually the Allies that were attacking right up until the end of the war, as the higher-ups had the incentive to take as much land as they could. The Germans knew the war was lost at this point in time and just wanted to come out alive. One of the greatest mistakes of the 20th Century was how the Allies punished Germany at the end of the war, as it basically all but ensured WW2.

@turntaab5364

Жыл бұрын

Leaving japan out of peace talks after the end of the war despite the fact that they had helped the entente powers throughout has also been pointed out as a similar mistake

@montanus777

Жыл бұрын

@@turntaab5364 _and_ basically ignoring italian demands as well.

@stell4you

Жыл бұрын

No matter how bad you get punished. The punisher is not responsible if you kill millions of innocent people.

@saccorhytus

Жыл бұрын

@@stell4youthe allies were kind of responsible but not for the millions of lives.

@satwikroy1989

10 ай бұрын

@@stell4you the real responsibility for the cause of World War 1 lay with one moronic Gavrilo Princip. The only reason that Germany were punished so much was because the French wanted to. Even Britain and US were not in agreement with the extreme dictates of the Armistice.

Nominated for 9 Oscars including Best Picture but won for: Best International Film Best Cinematography Best Production Design Best Original Score.

@Balleehuuu

Жыл бұрын

This movie made me watch the Oscars again, because I wanna see if it could win anything.

@andreimcallister1365

Жыл бұрын

Of course not best picture since war movies never win best picture.

@tilltronje1623

Жыл бұрын

​@@andreimcallister1365no,because only American movies ever win

the 'weird instrument' is a harmonium/pump organ (of course heavily altered by all kinds of 'modern effects'), but the actual instrument really is from that time.

Different war, but my grandfathers brother was shell shocked in WW2. I never heard him speak more than a few words, and I never saw him still. He still shook constantly and lived into his 90s. I've never been able to watch war movies without becoming panicky and having nightmares. This is as close as I can get, they terrify me so much.

@AJ-bb1tc

Жыл бұрын

Lol you never fought why would u have nightmares of it

@saccorhytus

Жыл бұрын

⁠​⁠@@AJ-bb1tc his grandfather’s uncle, even after decades, still suffered from a war long ago

@ettie19

10 ай бұрын

@@AJ-bb1tc holy shit man how are you so tough and cool 🤯

The end was supposed to symbolize all lost soldiers that were never identified, the young soldier he was helping took the cloth but forgot to take his dog tag

It comforts me to see people cry in reaction vids to this movie. I know it's probably uncomfortable on camera, but it was nice to see you get misty eyed at some scenes. Good vid bruv

War Movie Recomendations: Das Boot (directors cut) 1981, The Beast of War 1988, Paths of Glory 1957, The Train 1964, All Quiet on the Western Front 1979.

In WW2 there was a clear good vs evil divide between the Axis and Allied powers (with some exceptions). However, in WW1, the war was fought between countries without major ideological differences with most of the more powerful belligerents being empires that had all commited crimes.

@cmac007

Жыл бұрын

@ICE conner you think a regime that systematically murdered millions is still a grey area?

@Amrod97

Жыл бұрын

Did you just call the Soviets "good"? Stalin carried out genocide at a similar level as Hitler. I find it difficult to call the Americans or the British bombing civilian targets crystal good, too. The crimes of Japan, although heavily colored by propaganda, also took place everyone knows this. But how many know that 3/4 of the deaths of Chinese in China are the responsibility of Chiang Kai-shek, not the Japanese? Then surprise that the Japanese do not want to admit to these crimes. World War II was not a war of good against evil. But it is the victors who write history.

@foggyh1425

Жыл бұрын

@@Amrod97 I did write "(with some exceptions)" for a reason

@daywalkersarkis3983

Жыл бұрын

Don’t get it mistaken. It is always a couple of evil men sending so many innocent, brave men to death. there is no good or evil there’s just sides We are all good I believe we either become evil or are made into evil. Adolf Hitler was made because of this war evil it was made because of this war My people were slaughtered because of this god-awful war.

@vinz4066

Жыл бұрын

​@ICE conner hIsToRy iS wRiTtEn bY tHe vIcToRs

That you mension the colorgrading is why i gave you abo and you really made a good reaction to first movie of my folk which is hardly good made and not overacted❤

I've got family living in North East France ,where some battles took place. People still found ammunitions and shells stocks And even some shells that didn't explode , burried in the fields and woods; Some are still dangerous.

It's always like that. A few men, sometimes even only 1, dictate a whole country, sending people to their death, while sitting safely in their palaces, enjoying life. Even today in the year 2023. North Korea, Russia, Syria, some african countries. It never changes. Instead of just working together and understanding that wars never solve problems. They do just create more for everyone.

I really like your way of reactions and this film is one that is close to my heart - I could not bring myself to watch it again on my own, but this way I revisit my own feelings and impressions. I recommend "Das Boot" that is a war movie about submarine warfare in WW2 - won the Oscar for best foreign film too (which it hasn't won - sorry my fault).

@montanus777

Жыл бұрын

unfortunately 'das boot' didn't win any oscars. it was nominated for six, but didn't get a single one. but i absolutely agree, he should watch that one. the longer the version he can get his hands on, the better.

Stalingrad 1993 and the 1979 version of this film is worth a watch as well

Just a note on some of your final comments. You were saying something about that the individual soldier were not some evil "conquer the world"-types. Maybe, no. But consider some of the entities fighting in this war: the British empire, the French empire, Belgium, the Russian Empire, the Ottoman empire, the Austro-Hungarian empire, the German empire, Japan, Portugal, and the United states of America. These are all "conquer the world"-type guys!

@DalYeosin

5 ай бұрын

So! Are you making the statement that every individual person is simply a national flag? Honestly sounds pretty bad if you ask me. The country where a person comes from shouldn't matter because we are all human. Not to forget that many people have their own thoughts but are often forced to do stuff. Just like not every single German was a Nazi.

If you haven't seen Hacksaw Ridge you really should see it.

since i was 5, i remember having been in this war, as a german soldier. i remember my full name, i remember the oval shaped dog tags, i remember the rifle i had was a g98 with a bayonet. "they have no idea what they are going into" there as no tv. no way of getting information about what to expect, only stories from wars who have been totally different from this one. i remember the artillery was so bad 24/7 and people literally went absolutely insane all the time. no movie can ever show how crazy and sad it really was but this movie comes very close. i was 28 when i died on 19/8/1915 and i died just like the man in the first scene in nomansland, shot in my face. i saw so many people die and the saddest was when you would see 16 year olds just wanting to go home and screaming for their mothers. i later found the name i remembered as a kid, in my village on a soldiers memorial. it gave me multiple personality disorder, the artillery alone just shakes your soul until you break. it is painful when it happens to you, but i found it is way worse seeing it happen to others. we would regularly get shit drunk before attacks at 5- 6 am in the morning before going into nomansland. i dont miss the war, but i really do miss my family and how brotherly and caring people were towards each other, they were all so innocent. i used to dig trenches at 6 years old and just sit in them to make me feel safe again with the memories of all the bombardment, until i told myself, " i'm a kid now, i'm not there anymore and i can let it go". because of all the propaganda, i really hated the french and i was so happy as a kid i dont have to hate them anymore. i remember when i was dead and left my body, i saw it was all a organized sacrifice by the kaiser and his cousins, fully conscious about it, just to murder as many french and german soldiers as possible to their "god" lucifer, that's what they intended and did.

Great reaction thanks!

PLEASE post all your videos reacting to Band of Brothers. It's one of my favorite series EVER and I love your reactions.

@Balleehuuu

Жыл бұрын

I love Band of Brothers, but I think the quality of story telling is not on the same high level for every episode, so I would have no problem, when he puts just a selection out here on KZread.

@melkor3496

Жыл бұрын

@@BalleehuuuI mostly disagree and hope he can post all the reactions.

@tilltronje1623

Жыл бұрын

What's supposed to be so good about it?

"Das Boot" and "Downfall" are amazing german (anti)war movies as well.

this is one of my favorite movies of late, thanks for your reaction to it

Hello Thor, thank you for your detailed and emotional comment on this film. As a German, I am very proud and thankful that this anti-war-film has been so well received around the world. I was also happy about the many Oscar awards. I read the novel by Erich Maria Remarque and was already very impressed by what he reported about World War I in this novel. Actually, this is a description of his soldier life in the World War I. He was there himself and reports about it. This novel was published after World War I in the Weimar Republic. Times were very tolerant back then, especially in Berlin. No soldat is guilty, the buerocrats are the guilty ones at all. After that, the german Nazis seized power and actually never recognized the treaty of Versailles. They wanted revenge and then, among other things, publicly burned this book. The novel was too dangerous for the Nazis and the topic too explosive and did not fit into their propaganda at all. I understand very well the harsh peace terms of the French. Germany attacked France for no reason. This is what establishes the peace conditions, it is perfectly legitimate and normal. Germany was the aggressor. We Germans have learned from history and something like this must never happen again from Germany and it won't happen again either. I hope my english is good enough to explain what I mean. Best regards from Berlin / Germany......Oliver

During the western front fighting, the Germans and the French ESPECIALLY had a super bitter hatred and fought terribly, considering that Germany took nearly a third of Frances’ land when they established the trenches. How much worse would you be towards your enemy if they were on your home ground?

First of all, great reaction! This movie is good, the original is better but nothing comes close to the book by Erich Maria Remarque. He was a soldier at the front in the First World War and processed his experiences in it. It is one of the most impressive, authentic descriptions of the war that I have ever read. One of the best german books ever. I read it in the original, as I am German, so I can't comment on the translation. And it's more horrific than both film adaptations combined, though the first film comes close. Also, this film doesn't do the ending justice, there is too much spoon-fed symbolism here in my opinion. Side note: Why do I as a German, when someone reacts to a German film actually always read along the English subtitles, as if I would otherwise miss something?!!! Every time... :)

@sirpurrsalot6588

Жыл бұрын

You might want to read In Stahlgewittern by Ernst Jünger. Jüngers WW1 Memories told out of his own Diary of that time. Diffrent from Remarques style but non the less impressive and interesting.

@montanus777

Жыл бұрын

@@sirpurrsalot6588 absolutely agree. it sometimes gets swept under the rug, because he was a nationalist, but actually his descriptions are even more horrifying as they're almost entirely based on one guy's experience (not a 'collage of experiences' like AQOTWF) - incl. all of the contradictory emotions (AQOTWF only scratches the surface). and the fact that he partially was an 'officer' being responsible for the lives of others as well as his constant back and forth between being an empathic human being on the one hand and an almost 'ruthless killing machine' on the other hand makes it sooooo much more relatable and at the same time surreal.

For the guys who died with the gas I’m pretty sure they did know but the gas mask filters will get clogged and fail after a while of use, they likely got gassed while being shelled by normal artillery so they couldn’t leave to get fresh filters, so they suffocated.

@tilltronje1623

Жыл бұрын

No. This is a scene straight from the book. I think the real veteran knows more than you do

It's a heavy topic but important for the human mind to grasp how horrible war is. Some more war movies you could watch: Lone Survivor (2013) Passchendaele (2008) Beneath Hill 60 (2010) Generation War (2013) The Pacific (2010) The Downfall (2004)

If you think animals don't do that, you haven't studied zoology enough. Yeah, they don't have our destructive capacity, but they would definatly do it if they were able to. We are not special, we are just ahead of the curve. Also, remember it's the Great War, not the SECOND. There were no "bad" side. Germans are the bad side on the sequel.

Stalingrad ( 1993 ) is a very good German movie.

Well, I hate and love to tell you this simultaneously. Of your War movie experience..."Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." -Winston Churchill

@uncoolmartin460

Жыл бұрын

True, very true :)

I’d be super disappointed if we didn’t get all of band of brothers and the pacific. Both top tier shows that deserve more reaction vids for sure. Oh and Defiance is another good WW2 movie from the perspective of Jewish partisans.

Platoon is another hard hitting movie on vietnam. Good job on your reactions

2 or 3 months ago European Union's Comission President Ursula Von der Leyen was asked if Russia/Ukraine escalates will her children be going to war, she laughed and said "No".

Tolkien was there, and it really effected the way he described the wars in his books.

Of course we want to see the BoB reactions!

You seemed unsure if the kids and the teachers at the star of the film really believed in glory in war. Well back in 1914-1918, war was seen very differently to what it is now. They didn't have video footage like we do, they didn't have a free press. Everything the people of Germany, and of Britain and France ect knew of war was what they were told by national media and what their friends and family who went to war said. And this is the other difference. The great Empire nations had almost exclusively been fighting colonies for decades. Easily won wars where the enemy used spears and clubs. The expectation was to win the war by christmas, just as they had done in every other war. Only this time they were fighting an enemy that was their equal, not a rabble of farmers armed with crude weapons. And glory was seen as a spoil of war. Again, national control meant that young boys would read stories of heroism and valour in war, and they would be given toy soldiers. War was expected and it was glorious. It was only after WWI and to a greater extent WWII that people started to see war for what it is. As media became freer, the nations control of thought weakened and the reality of war set in. By 1945, very few people had not lost a friend or relative to war.

I love this movie, its is so good.

I think that the most terrific war movies I've ever seen are Platoon, Apocalypse now, The killing fields, The thin red line and Der Untergang. I guess with all this you have a lot on your plate. 😆

My Grandfather joined the Canadian Army when he was 17 years old... He was shot twice, gassed twice, and finally, in May of 1917, his war ended when a grenade exploded near him in Fresnoy... He was 19 years old... He survived the war, but died of war wounds in 1958 when he had a stroke as a result of loosened shrapnel which was still in his body,,, General Pershing ordered American troops to fight right up to 11 am... People have observed that the was was lions lead by donkeys... The war continued well into 1919 in North Russia, where the Allied forces invaded in August 1918 to fight Bolsheviks...

Fighting for their pride when negotiating is actually very important, as the unfair conditions of the treaty of Versailles could very well be argued as the reason World War 2 began in the first place…

@montanus777

Жыл бұрын

tbf we germans did basically the same to the frenchies after the franco-prussian war in 1870/71. that's why it was so essential to get out of this vicious cycle of revenge after WW2 - and luckily the frenchies as well as we germans came to the same conclusion.

@tilltronje1623

Жыл бұрын

None of that shit was unfair. Kindly stop repeating Nazi propaganda

Please watch Das Boot and Stalingrad too eventually.

Yes, this is a remake. It is the second time it was remade. They are all based on a book of this title published in 1929. The first movie made was released in 1930. The second, which is supposed to have been closer to the book, was made for TV and broadcast in 1979. This release was very different, and you might want to check them both out. As for a recommendation on a war movie, You might want to watch Battleground, from 1949. Without any spoilers, it will dovetail nicely with Band of Brothers. I'll suggest two others. They're both fiction, the first being The Guns of Navarone, from 1961. The other is a dark comedy, Kelly's Heros, from 1970.

@JH-lo9ut

10 ай бұрын

I guess it is a matter of how you define it, but when a film is based on a book, it is usually called an adaptation. (an "adapted screenplay" is when a book is re-written to fit into a movie) A remake is when a film is based on an older film. Big deal?... Yes, I think for screenwriters it is a big deal.

so with wool uniforms they can be a little rough esp the collars on your neck so a soft silk scarf is highly valued item . you should deff do the org 1930 version and then the made for tv version (1979??) they all have some difference but all very powerful. fact the B&W 1929 had many ww1 vets as extra's so they knew how to do the battle scenes right

It is very interesting to see your reaction to the films Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts and Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem. These are cool movies 👍👍👍

Most famous German (war) movie Das Boot(1982) Information: Erich Marie Remarque (22.6.1889 as Erich Paul Remarque in my hometown osnabrück (mostly famous for the Battle teutoburg forest, Footballclub, end of 30years war)) was in 1 worldwar. Quiet Western Front he wrote about His experiences as soldier and from Others. The book is best sold German book. A serbian Guy Shot austria-hungary Prince. They started war and called theire Allies. Thats how war began. Germany was very succesful but then had to Fight against many enemies on many fronts and Situation was getting worse so decided to search for Peace. The Last Attack was six hours before end by USA. Last soldier died under Special circumstances two minutes before end. On real Videos you can hear firing slowly ending at the end Like Thunderstrom. Germany paid a high price. Country was in Bad conditions after war so people wanted New Leaders and to make country great again. Nationalism grow and there was a New Leader you maybe have Heard of calledhitler in 1933

read "In Stahlgewittern" from Ernst Jünger....

You need to watch the war movie called Patton about General George S. Patton it's awesome! My Great uncle served under him in the battle of the bulge

Not sure it this to be concidered a remake. It's just a different adaptation if the same book. And I absolutley loved it

You gotta know that back them the old military men thought they'll be fighting (actually the young one, old men make wars, youg men die in it) the old ways, chavalry, close quarters combats all the time, they didn't saw that war will be industrialiced hardcore. Also they picture the war to young men like it was cool to die for your country, war is an adventure to told later, nothing far from that.

Great movie

The dog tags are the same today.

6:55 Which movie genre is scarier? horror movie or war movie? Most likely you will answer that it is a horror film and you will be wrong, because unlike horror films, war films are often based on real events...

Its not quite true that they didn't know it is just for the movie. The news of Verdun and the casualty rates really shocked the civilian population in late 1916. There were strikes and protests. I am not that keen on this movie sorry. I love the book it is excellent and the 1979 version is pretty close to the book. I would have preferred a faithful representation of the book and some more thought on accuracy to tactics used by 1917. The French didn't bbq German soldiers on mass that is just garbage and wonder why it was included? Flamethrower units worked in pairs and by 1917 light mgs were preferred anyway in atttack. The Chauchat machine gun. The corpse up the tree is from a famous picture of a gas shelling victim. He was French. Yes it is true that depiction. The shooting at tanks was wanted as it allowed stress the soldiers experience be let out and feel like they are doing something.

Don’t neglect the original from 1930, at least for yourself. Both films stand on their own, though.

Although both the 1979 and in particular the american 1930 version of this plot deserve respect, i consider this one the original version. It´s a german story, book written by german author and a german film. We can make as many changes to the plot as we want, it`s german and universal at the same time.

If you watch 'Saving Private Ryan' and then 'All Quite On The Western Front' you'll realize that the first one is just the american way to glorify their own soldiers. We do not!

@nickreacts6394

4 ай бұрын

I really like both films and although they are quite different in presentation and tone, I seriously doubt the main point of Saving Private Ryan is to glorify American soldiers

Is it crazy i prefers the 1930s version of all quiet on the western front than this one?

Please watch the original or the remake with Borgnine and Ian Holm so you get a comaparison. If you do you will see that the modern remake is a travesty of the original and a total butchering of the book from Remarque it is based on. It has almost nothing to do anymore with the original message of the book. The book left out politics for a reason and focused on the relations between the characters. This one is forwarding politics and what will become of Germany as a Nation if the war dont stop witch was never Remarques point. His point was how war destroyed people and their futures and how hard it was to stay Human in the face of terror and death. I am pretty sure if Remarque would be alive still he would speaken up against this mutilation of his work.

@Courierman6

Жыл бұрын

I don't think the average person like this guys give twos shits about a book made in 1929

@tilltronje1623

Жыл бұрын

Go cry a river, baby Learn to read a book

It maybe a good movie, but far from the truth of it. The allies against Germany were running low on ammo and even food. Only the German "government" asking the Americans to come in on the side of the allies vs German caused the loss. The allies were days away from surrendering, the Germans were stabbed in the back by their own "government."

@MrJohnSnow

Жыл бұрын

Red keinen Stuss.

@DeerLodgeBlog

Жыл бұрын

@@MrJohnSnow Stop talking truth you mean Frau!

@wuxing7395

Жыл бұрын

Dolchstoß Mythos,.....really? Conspiracy theories and nazi propaganda....Reichsbürger even here in the comment section of a reaction channel....xD

@DeerLodgeBlog

Жыл бұрын

@@wuxing7395 It's fake because you say so? History bears the truth that is denied by so many victims of ACTUAL propaganda.

@pliny8308

Жыл бұрын

This is the kind of made-up revisionism which led to the rise of Nazism. Pay no attention to it.