Just a heads up All Quiet on the Western Front remake
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Just a heads up All Quiet on the Western Front remake
Will be screening on Friday 28th on Netflix worldwide and some cinemas and looks pretty impressive, ( over 2 hours long) The original was good so I have high hopes. Link and some of the trailers also in top link. it is directed by the chap that did Deutchland 83.
https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81260280
https://youtu.be/Y0g9Vul2mIM
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https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81260280
https://youtu.be/Y0g9Vul2mIM
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It's tonight and the myriad of reviews say otherwise TypeR
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/all...ern_front_2022
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/all...ern_front_2022
Once banned in Germany as an Anti-War book .
Is it not really a book to prepare a young mind for War ?
The next generation of conscripts should read it , so they won’t be shocked when they get to the front .
“Do not stare at the Abyss for too long or you may become the Abyss “ said another German
Is it not really a book to prepare a young mind for War ?
The next generation of conscripts should read it , so they won’t be shocked when they get to the front .
“Do not stare at the Abyss for too long or you may become the Abyss “ said another German
It's tonight and the myriad of reviews say otherwise TypeR
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/all...ern_front_2022
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/all...ern_front_2022
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So far…WOW. Very very good at getting over the futility of it all and really well told.
Surpasses the original telling by a long chalk, highly recommended by me..
i would love to read what other thought.
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Surpasses the original telling by a long chalk, highly recommended by me..
i would love to read what other thought.
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There was no futility. Survival, or seeking it, is not futile.
I suppose the closer to the mud, blood, and gore one gets....the stronger your feeling of futility might be.
If you want a really big dose of futility try Remarque's other book, " A Time to Live and a Time to Die". The end will leave you thinking what was the point of all that effort?
I thought it was absolutely brutal. The french counter attack especially so.
I thought that it got over the idea of needless or pointless loss very well - that's the futility. Survival of the individual is not futile, but then, very rarely is it truly in the individuals gift to ensure it happens. And that is reinforced throughout.
Very well made.
I thought that it got over the idea of needless or pointless loss very well - that's the futility. Survival of the individual is not futile, but then, very rarely is it truly in the individuals gift to ensure it happens. And that is reinforced throughout.
Very well made.