All Quiet on the Western Front | Netflix

BriT · 25 Oct 2022 at 13:12

Uther said:
On Netflix isn't it? I've seen the other versions, but not sure I'm ready for another depressing film just now.

Comes on Netflix on Friday.

ChroniC · 28 Oct 2022 at 22:52

Wasn't expected this to be in German, and the dubbing is horrendous. Gutted but I couldn't enjoy it.. I'm half way through and I turned it off to to bed. Might revisit it at some point

GlitterBalls · 28 Oct 2022 at 23:02

This sort of film should be watched in original language with subtitles. Adds to the realism.

ChroniC · 29 Oct 2022 at 10:43

Huxton said:
This sort of film should be watched in original language with subtitles. Adds to the realism.

Couldn't... Let just say I don't have Netflix.
Anyway I finished it this morning, it was quite good. Aside from what I said before. I enjoyed the ending more than the start.

Begbie · 29 Oct 2022 at 18:04

ChroniC said:
Couldn't... Let just say I don't have Netflix.
Anyway I finished it this morning, it was quite good. Aside from what I said before. I enjoyed the ending more than the start.

You can still do this, even if you steal.

arc@css · 29 Oct 2022 at 18:16

Watched a bit of it last night, which I enjoyed, though it was stupidly late o'clock.
I'll try again tonight when I should be a bit fresher.

mcast123 · 29 Oct 2022 at 18:32

I was looking forward to this for weeks, it was okay, there's a lot of movies that did ww1 better.

6/10

Scam · 29 Oct 2022 at 18:36

ChroniC said:
Wasn't expected this to be in German, and the dubbing is horrendous. Gutted but I couldn't enjoy it.. I'm half way through and I turned it off to to bed. Might revisit it at some point

Sheesh why watch dubbed versions? :confused:

Edit: Oh ok…

ChroniC · 29 Oct 2022 at 19:15

Begbie said:
You can still do this, even if you steal.

Yeah but when it's available at hand, I can't be bothered to go the other way and put the effort in.

The cynic in me feels like the ending would never have gone down like that in real life. Would love to read up about anything similar but I just get the feeling it was for dramatic effect.

imtoooldforthis · 30 Oct 2022 at 06:35

Generally don't rate Netflix films but this one is a bit of a gem

Kenai · 30 Oct 2022 at 09:26

ChroniC said:
The cynic in me feels like the ending would never have gone down like that in real life. Would love to read up about anything similar but I just get the feeling it was for dramatic effect.

In what sense?

From what I've read about WW1 I don't think it was that far removed from reality.

wolfie138 · 30 Oct 2022 at 14:46

mcast123 said:
I was looking forward to this for weeks, it was okay, there's a lot of movies that did ww1 better.

6/10

Any recommendations? i think most of the WWI stuff i've seen has been about the air battles. and Nolan's film was crap.

mcast123 · 30 Oct 2022 at 17:13

wolfie138 said:
Any recommendations? i think most of the WWI stuff i've seen has been about the air battles. and Nolan's film was crap.

1917
Gallipoli
Paths of Glory
The Trench
War Horse (I didn't enjoy this but many did)

These are ww1, Dunkirk is ww2 and you're right it's crap. There's some amazing ww2 movies;

Stalingrad
Enemy at the gates
Come and see
The pianist
Downfall

GlitterBalls · 30 Oct 2022 at 17:20

mcast123 said:
1917
Gallipoli
Paths of Glory
The Trench
War Horse (I didn't enjoy this but many did)

These are ww1, Dunkirk is ww2 and you're right it's crap. There's some amazing ww2 movies;

Stalingrad
Enemy at the gates
Come and see
The pianist
Downfall

Don't forget Valkyrie and Anthropoid. Both true stories about hitter assassination plot and the latter about the Heydrich assassination. Great films.

Relentless81 · 30 Oct 2022 at 18:34

This was a great film, really enjoyed it. It was pretty brutal and interesting to see things from the German troop perspective

Uther · 30 Oct 2022 at 19:06

ChroniC said:
Yeah but when it's available at hand, I can't be bothered to go the other way and put the effort in.

The cynic in me feels like the ending would never have gone down like that in real life. Would love to read up about anything similar but I just get the feeling it was for dramatic effect.

The ending? Something like 3000 soldiers were killed between the signing of the Armistice at 5am and it coming into effect at 11am...
Google 'Henry Gunther...'

wolfie138 · 30 Oct 2022 at 20:16

mcast123 said:
1917
Gallipoli
Paths of Glory
The Trench
War Horse (I didn't enjoy this but many did)

These are ww1, Dunkirk is ww2 and you're right it's crap. There's some amazing ww2 movies;

Stalingrad
Enemy at the gates
Come and see
The pianist
Downfall

1917 is what i meant, mixed it up, lol. it was **** too. Rewatched Gallipoli recently, real disappointment from what i remembered.

GlitterBalls · 30 Oct 2022 at 20:23

Yeah 1917 was crap. Diabolical situations and the characters sucked. The one shot camera is all that was going for that movie.

Glanza · 30 Oct 2022 at 20:39

Visually this was a treat for the eyes, the audio was good in the battles but the soundtrack didn't fit imo.

inogen · 30 Oct 2022 at 20:47

Just watched it. I thought it was excellent.

slightly off topic, a film (also German, wwii) that’s not been mentioned is Der Hauptman. That’s good too.