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There is only one version - the 1930 original

No film can capture this story. Again. By definition it does not work in film. And film adaptation is a slap in the face of the true meaning. And only the braindead masses who never understood the point to begin with could think it suitable.

Yes. The very existence of the movie itself misses the entire point of the book. By definition it doesn't work.

Whats funny is its not even a cheeseburger. Its a Soyburger cuz shes vegan...

The new movie message and criticism of war and conflict is so heavy handed to the point of being silly and cartoonish that it is hard to take it seriously. Some of the scenes that supposed to make you feel sad, actually made me laugh my ass off.

Honestly I think all movies have their strengths and weaknesses. 2022 was a strong movie in my opinion but in a way it’s own perspective was strong

Not read the book or seen any of the other versions, but i just didn't emotionally connect with this one. As well made as it was. There was nothing to the main character and he spent the whole film reacting rather than acting. Which isn't how you write drama. Maybe it's war, but I wouldn't know. The time jump didn't help either as he went from naive greenhorn to experience soldier with no impact on him. Well made movie, but just not five stars.

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I agree with this critique.

An 8 minute video deconstructing a movie about why deconstructing art is dumb is hilarious. Good video but the irony is amazing.

I have to disagree with you the old film and the new one wanted to show different realities of war. The old one focused one what war will do to "you" and even if "you" survive a war, "you" will never live a normal life. In the new movie they didn't focus on "you" but to show that war is meaningless. "There are people out there who have the mentality of whatever happens to me, i don't care as long as i fight for my country".They are people who think that they are willing to sacrifice themselves in war (whether it be death or not being able to live normally anymore)because they think that their sacrifice has meaning and that they are doing it for the sake of their country. But the movie showed that sacrificing yourself had no meaning. He died right when the war ended. What for? Nothing! The war had already ended but the higher ups delayed it for the sake of making it sound cool.11/11.

If you liked the earlier adaptations of All Quiet on the Western Front, you might want to watch the French movie A Very Long Engagement. It tells the story of Mathilde whose fiance Manech does not return from the trenches. She refuses to believe that he was killed, so she decides to find him. Excellent movie and as moving as All Quiet on the Western Front (the 2022 version excluded).

Thank you very much for your excellent analysis. I'm glad avout it, since after reading so many comments applauding this version I thought I was the only one left who had actually read the novel and watched the earlier adaptations. There have not been many movies I have been awaiting awaiting so eagerly, only to be left so profoundly disappointed and even angry. That I specialized in WW I back at the university made things even worse for me. Minor mistakes aside, what's that BS about this last hurrah attack in the end? If you intend to turn the movie into a history lesson (the Erzberger side story) then stick to the facts at least. Unlike the previous versions, this one hast little more in common with the book than the title. I will not waste any precious life time watching this movie a second time.

Yeah I've only seen the original... It didn't need a remake.

Just read the book. It was so good the Nazis had to ban it.

iv watched this movie like 10 times and it never gets old its amazing

In 1978 I worked for Marc’s Big Boy in Glen Ellyn, IL - after 45 years in the restaurant business - That was the happiest job I ever had. Moving up in the kitchen is almost never good. Show me a happy chef and I will show you all that are dead now

Oh here we go. Some dude thought he'd be cool if he criticised the film with no regard or appreciation for the incredible work of cinematography for a bit of clout

No, even your anti-war movies make sense, but then what? wasn't in the end promoting its own agenda? wasn't even in the end when encountered some problem, then you will using another standard to deal with it, then that turn into between spear/lance and shield to do a discuss, it's even you stopped war once at all, but only realized your land, your social/society and everyone are difference creatures and non of them want peace, so what point of sake it anti-war things? just like what point keep lying old theories while sending a lot of people to die and one of those of pro-war? nothing, pro-war and anti-war, you all garbage.

The world will take from you and it does not owe you an apology welcome to the life,this movie is a giant festival about whining 😂

You know what this film reminds me of when celebrities speak of how hard the industry are it's ups and downs blah blha blha but everybody should remember that everyone at a certain age chooses where they are going even if they think they aren't,

Basically it’s reverse Ratatouille.

I was expecting netflix to completely miss the point and glorify war in the 2022 version, but I ended up adoring it. While yes, Kantarak and the visit home were missing snd that was a little dissapointing, I love how the parallel plot shows how you can be just a kilometer away from soldiers going through absolute horror and still see it as a great, glorious thing because they never bothered to look. it goes from bombs and blood to teacups and suits. I also disagree with most comments about the french child. I think it shows that just like the soldiers, the people are hurting too. this child's family could be starving (especially after Paul and Kat steal from them, this could pretty likely be their only foodsource) and driven to kill. Because even the most innocent of society will kill in dire situations, even children. i also think the scene with the french soldier in the hole was great. it showed how pointless everything truly was, how every soldier from both sides was just a person, how they're all the same. And Paul's death doesn't feel glorious at all to me. it was seconds before the end, it was truly meaningless. it was almost over and then he just died. And no one cared, not even Paul himself.

Wait what? he said, There is no substitution in Hogwarts? hahaha joke

At least they didn't dare to serve Will Smith, spaghetti.

Such a good explanation

I think the difference in tone can best be summed up either in that the old movie and the book were both an anti-war and also an anti-propaganda or anti-nationalism story, while the new take is only an anti-war one. Or alternatively I think it can be seen as the old one being a furious rebuke of the very concept of war in general, seeing it as unacceptable in any way, whereas the new one criticizes what it sees as barbaric, dehumanizing warfare, as though there existed any other kind.

watch the 30s version. This film is too cowardly to point out that its the civilians at home that make life so unbearable for veterans.

9:04 Huh--I interpreted "under the same sky" as a metaphor for the afterlife, what with Heaven being above the clouds, and even the title ("Aftersun") emphasizing the aftermath of a celestial body. That even when he leaves her, she found a way back to him as she got closer to his age and her own depression manifested. He knew she'd end up in the same place he did, and she realizes that now, but before Callum jumped into the black (in the rave scene), he and Sophie shared one moment together, side-by-side, understanding each other 'under the same sky.' Especially when taken in context of the original final shot, which was not Callum entering the rave room, but Sophie and Callum sitting on the beach, before diving together into the sea. To me, that implied a mutual understanding and acceptance--whether continuing the cycle, or stopping it, they were fully aware of each other and thus, closer than they'd ever been.

This comment section is full of film Tylers 😂

Remarque explores the theme of alienation of the soldiers in civil society even further in "The Road Back" which is both a biographical account of his life upon returning to his home after the war was over, and a portrait of the post-war societies of Europe, the civilian society transitioning from war- to peace-time. So if one misses this element in the movie, one can go have a double-up from Remarque's own follow-up book (the second in what was to became a fairly productive authprship) but be warned: Depression ahead!

I hope they keep making ww1 media. Nothing tempers militarism like seeing trench warfare. You cant see that and still think war is badass. kinda why i hate the seals i think part of thier purpose is to convince us war can be this easy thing a few super soldiers can do when what they do really isnt war. they're more of a glorified death squad

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Actually the biggest miss of both movie adaptation that might not be able to capture on film (but certainly they didn't even try) was the humanity and friendship that intertwines the horrors and bleakness of war. I remember this scene in the book where they are preparing a pig for a feast and they all take turns running from the kitchen to a shelter, evading artillery fire. There is a sense of dread but is interlaced with adrenaline and excitement. There is playfulness between the boys that grows as they grow more used to combat. At one point they find these luxurious furniture that they enjoy to the fullest extend until they again have to leave them. These momentary solaces or respites are lost in the adaptation i feel. Not to mention the scene where Paul carries Kat all the way to the infirmary only to realize he was hit by a random shrapnel to the head on the way and died.

I don’t know, Tyler’s Bullshit looked pretty good to me.

I had to read All Quiet for a history class, and write an analysis of it. I adored this book, and I don't think I want to read it again for many years. It was very good, and delivered its message very well, such that I do not want any more of it.

Nice video and channel. But it's important to note how important this film is for Asian AMERICAN representation in Hollywood. Be nice if you mentioned this given that you reference the overtly "Asian" symbolism of yin and yang and the very reductionist notion of "Confuciansim" (which none of the actors or the Daniels ever mention-and your focus on risks appearing as Eurocentric). Likewise, "Western" is not monolithic in the a world with globalization and diaspora. Otherwise, nice that you liked the film.

All quiet on the western front is fiction. Storm of Steel is a diary of a war hero.

there is not a single german article criticising the movie... positiv comments only... i red the book as child and watcht the 74 movie a lot and the bw once or twice... "sie sind ein träumer bäumer" ... i likethe 2022 too... but there are "problems" but its not "allowed" to speak coz its a german movie and its no total trash so: "you cant make it better, so shut up bäumler" ... our society is so similar to 1918 miltaryfuckers. I guess its time to "safe" us again soon. It seems to me that they think the viewer is stupid and needs to be guided like a little child. It seems to me that they wanted to make a series out of it, a season with 9 episodes or so... but then they changed their minds. Katschinsky is not an old front-line soldier, not really. The officers are so "cool"... The film has a high level of mumbling compared to other German productions, which is very unusual. I really like Bäumler in the film, I believe everything he does, he is our Bäumler... a typical German film once again... it feels like we still "aren't allowed" to make good films.

we'l cum2amerikkka...

I have PTSD from the military. From my experience with the isolation a soldier feels, I like to describe it by using the concept introduced by another video I like, “Fear of Forgetting.” With liberal paraphrasing from memory the quote went, “That same brain that could at one point expand outwards towards infinity can no longer escape the confines of its skull… A very cramped space,” in regard to the deterioration experienced by dementia. While in fight or flight your short term memory is shot, you experience the immediate present and within it you experience terror, fury, bloodlust. Adrenaline burns and afterwards all that remains is a blur. Personally, I felt the deepest cries to withdrawal to safety but as they often say, my training took over and I pushed through those feeling. What eventually broke me is that horror is sustained for hours, days, weeks, even months. No rest during it, no bottom to the pit you’re in, to end to the misery. I watched layers of my skin peel off my feet while taking off socks because of the sheer amount of mud of rain during a month long rotation as it was the wet season. What’s unfathomable is that WW1 was so much worse…

Such a delightful essay. Subbed!

Wait, you had to explain this to people? Good video, thanks

it doesn’t show it from a perspective of a general or country leader, it teaches everyone to completely hate on them when they don’t see it from their perspective you would get huge amount of pressure being a general or leader of the country knowing that one mistake can destroy your country no movie ever shows it from their perspective sure they are not actually fighting on the front but they have to make the big decisions and if it fails it could completely destroy the country

Don't mean to be rude here, but Paul's surname - Baumer- the" au" is pronounced like the last two letters in WOW...BOWmer -- if it were spelled Beumer...THEN it would b pronounced BOI-mer or BOY-mer Hope I don't come off as an asshole here...that's not my intention, and if the roles were reversed, I'd want someone to correct my pronunciation /learn correct pronunciation

Watching All quite on Western Front was so painful for me to watch. I myself have deeper connections to my German and Italian routes than a American It pains me so much to see my countryman and forefathers dying for a waistful war. My homeland is ravage and will not be in the forcible future be what it was. That goes for many countries across Europe. It pains me to see the failures of our forefathers and the consequences of those failures. I cried watching the movie, same thing with 1917 I sympathize so much with the British soldiers. But at last Politicians and Generals were surely responsible for this.

This is a wonderful video, I enjoy learning more about all the adaptions and seeing the contrasting elements of each one. Personally, while I see your points and do agree that the move deviated quite a bit, from showing the ideas of patriotism clouding reality via propaganda, along with how we don’t get to see the struggle of soldiers returning to civilian life, I would like to add my 2 cents as well. In my opinion I think people miss a key aspect of the side storyline in the new movie. Something that does hold true to the original book. In that it is the idea of these soldiers going off to fight, dying, suffering, for a war that had no winner. All of which, just because a few men in a high position decided it’s what should be done. It explores how the wealthy leaders behind the war are so dissociated with soldiers struggles (albeit the dialogue given to generals is a bit questionable, as it somewhat deviates this point and makes them seem like they understand the struggles of war but simply don’t care, which my be true but still). A great scene that illustrates this, is the transitioning between the frontlines, or amputee troops in hospitals, to generals sitting around nice tables eating fresh baked bread and drinking tea, compared to the raw eggs and stale bread the soldiers must endure. You see how the people who are sending these young men off to their deaths aren’t experiencing anything like it, their lives aren’t the ones at risk, they aren’t the ones in the trenches or the filth, yet they’re still sending soldiers off to die, even up until the last moment. Which in my opinion the scene just before the last battle holds some of the most weight. As it shows how the men are finally finished, yet only to be tricked by their superiors once again, and sent off to battle only minutes before the war’s end. So while yes, the points deviate from the original, I still believe it is equally unique and valuable, though there are some issues even within that storyline. At the end of the day I believe that watching and reading the different versions gives you a broader understanding of several aspects, aspects of multiple sides, and new perspectives.

I tried watching the 2022 version several times, but to be it just didn't have the same grip as the 1930 and 1979 one's had. But I like the 1930 version best for two reasons 1 it's the one I saw first with my dad and 2 it is the one we watched at school and I got to upset my history teacher because I proved him wrong. When we started watching the film, I said I'd seen it before and he said I hadn't and to shout up, so I told him and the whole class how Bäumer was going to die. He was not a happy history teacher when the credits rolled at the end.