far better then the edward berger adaptation but i still don't really care for this story that much ingeneral.
i do think the film is way better in the use of its message by sprinkling in little details like the nice mailman getting granted power and turning into an abusive general is pretty cool but the 3rd and especially 2nd half don't interest me that much but paul failing to re enter society is an interesting bit that could potentially serve as its own movie if someone would do that. i think the editing is not fluid at all, its all over the place but i think it compliments the action scenes very well.
its a movie made 90 years ago and in allot of ways it shows but there is also allot more to praise then the soulles 2020s adaptation.

All Quiet on the Western Front
They left for war as boys never to return as men.
Rating
3.0 (1)
Release Date
4/29/1930Runtime
133 minsOverview
When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$1,448,864Revenue
$3,270,000Homepage
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How It Feels
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A devastating portrait of idealistic youth ground down by industrial warfare, stripped of romance and patriotic fantasy. Watching it is an unflinching reckoning with the psychological and physical costs of combat.
Mood
Dread-soakedMelancholicBleakAngry
Themes
Coming of ageFriendshipWarMortality
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Steady
Look
Black and whiteDocumentary-like
Structure
Ensemble
Heads up
Graphic violence
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