October 2, 2008
Read the book and saw the movie they both were very intense.
All Quiet on the Western Front Reviews and Ratings
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September 26, 2008The film was released in 1930, but its everlasting anti-war message endures the test of time and is still relevant today. The concluding shot will surely make you cry.
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September 23, 2008An astonishing silent film that has a strong anti-war message. It's remarkable in that it's told from the German's perspective. Ultimately, each man fights his own war.
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September 13, 2008I'd give this movie best picture all over again if it came out today. Many of the themes in this movie are just as relevant today as they were when the movie came out. Even without the flashy computer graphics, they still managed to capture the essence and horror of war and how i...( read more)
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August 8, 2008My 100th review is a World War 1 film based on the book of the same name. The film follows a young German, Paul Bäumer (Lew Ayres), over the course of the war. While eager to serve his country at first, he quickly realizes that the war is dehumanizing and serves no purpose. While...( read more)
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August 3, 2008The book is one of the greates I've ever read, and the movie does ample justice to eric maria. Probably the greates anti-war movie of all time, it strikes you relentlessly with naked reality, unsheathed by the usual drama associated with war movies.
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July 15, 2008This was really gory and intense for 1930. Even though the acting was corny, the film made me flinch when bombs fell from the sky and when soldiers would scream in pain. It didn't even feel like I was watching it for 2 and a half hours just because it was spaced out so well. I...( read more)
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July 11, 2008This could have been on of my all time favorite movies. The first 30 minutes were fantastic in every way. Then towards the middle it kept going, and not much happened. But then the ending came, and it took me by total surprise and shock. It was such a devastating ending! Overall ...( read more)
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July 6, 2008a lot of fade -in fade-outs, and they have to watch carefully cuz at the end of the movie, Paul is reaching for the butterfly with his left hand. When he is shot an instant later, it is on a close-up of his outstretched right hand. haha!
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June 9, 2008wow i have not seen this movie since i left school about 6 years ago..i saw this movie in history class about 9 years ago...i thought that this was a really sad story but its the harrowing truth about war...i think that the director of this Drama, Classics movie had done a great ...( read more)
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May 24, 2008A Brilliant Classic... Only 12 years after WW1.. this movie is one of the most realistic war movies of all time.
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May 23, 2008extremely well-done effects for the time, not as horribly dated as some other cinema from the period. still watchable and powerful today.
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May 8, 2008Filmed in 1930, this provocative war story is and always will be a classic full of sensation for decades to come.
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April 28, 2008With incredible and harrowing battle scenes and a touching story of the loss that war creates this film probably stands as the best anti-war film made.
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March 25, 2008This is an extraordinary film. One that absolutely everyone has to see! One of the best anti-war films ever made, arguably THE best! Some technically astonishing set-pieces and cinematography makes this totally unmissable!
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February 5, 2008After reading the fantastic novel I rushed to see this classic adaptation and was not disappointed. A great anti-war film.
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February 3, 2008A good and effective movie about how a war can change the life of a nation(or maybe the whole world).but i prefer it's original book .i think the movie doesen't have the power and effectivity of the book.if you read the book ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT before seeing the movie ...( read more)
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January 22, 2008Great, intense pre-Hayes Code war picture that is brutal at times and still demands attention.
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January 18, 2008This was a pretty interesting movie except Idsliked the ending. The version I watched had it's only color for the butterfly at the ending. crazy
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January 2, 2008Excelente pelicula que refleja las atrocidades y lo absurdo de la guerra.
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December 29, 2007Problem with this film: My AP U.S. history class almost died laughing---it's hard to keep a straight face when the actors just dish it out so pathetically. Sorry, we all must sound heartless.
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November 12, 2007A great movie about the madness of the fratricide 1rst World War seen by young german recruits and the crazyness of trench warfare where armies advance only to retreat the next day loosing thousands of young men for nothing.
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October 17, 2007Another black and white classic, however a bit tedious, but it got better as the film went on...acting from all the cast was intense...especially from "Lew Ayres"...not bad to look at either! Also liked the character who played "kat"....he was a riot!
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July 29, 2007A solid story with some great gritty moments that capture the reality of war.
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July 22, 2007This movie is so old - 1930-ish - it is barely a talkie - and yet so contemporary in its loathing for warfare.
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June 26, 2007A cinematic milestone that evokes the horrors of the war, an ill-fated moment that stays for a lifetime.
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June 18, 2007One of the sadest endings ever done..
I think it was the very first long-film recorderd with sound. I recommend to wach this rather then the Re-make.
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May 31, 2007flixters summary of this movie is terrible. it makes it sound really boring
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