Amazing sound design, cinematography, editing and plot.
Reviews of All Quiet on the Western Front 1930
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It’s amazing how 100 years ago they could make a film of this magnitude. Incredible acting, incredible writing, incredible social commentary filled with tons of relevant issues today. Just such an extremely powerful film.
- Plot: 10/10
- Characters: 10/10
- Acting: 10/10
- Enjoyment: 9.5/10
- Ending: 10/10
- Directing: 9.5/10
- Screenplay: 10/10
- Cinematography: 9.5/10
- Sound: 9.5/10
- Editing: 9.5/10
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This is incredibly well-shot for something that was made almost 100 years ago - it seriously looks like it was made in the 40s or even the early 50s. Unbelievable camera work and use of sound for the time. There’s no score or soundtrack in this, so when it was released in 1930, some theaters played their own music over the movie because they were uncomfortable with the idea of showing a film without a score. That’s insane! That would be like if theaters in 2007 played music over No Country for Old Men.
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Raw. Visceral. Unrelenting.
Even better than the 2022 version.
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I. Thirer
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Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
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This shows Hollywood has always loved war movies
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i cant even make a joke it’s just so fucking good and what a anti war movie should be
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Surprisingly timeless to say it’s almost 100 years old. The decision to have no score helps on that front. Still timely and sadly prescient. Captures the mixture of camaraderie and hopelessness that defines the book. An important film.
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You'd think looking at a film made nearly a century ago would allude to certain limitations on screen. But no. This is somehow not a by-product of it's time in cinema terms. A monolith of pure art and timelessness woven into the craft merely in it's 'infancy' dazzles and suffocates me when those bombardments begin. Paul and his band of merry men/friends all disillusioned at the prospects of going out on a field trip ready to serve your country, energised…
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Film #2 on my quest to watch all Best Picture winners.
I recently watched the 2022 All Quiet on the Western Front film, and I have to say I enjoyed the 1930 version better. It seemed more true to the original book (and I love the book).Highlights: I was surprised by how good some of the battle sequences looked considering the era
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The fact that this is one of the best anti war movies ever made and it was made before world war 2 is shocking.