The best war movies of all time

Arnulfo 2022-03-22 09:02:01

This is an anti-war film that I will show my children in the future. There are many things I want to say to him that are inappropriate, and I can feel them in the film. Released in the 1930s and filmed in the 1920s, this film not long after the end of the First World War proved that human beings in later generations. Human beings in any era simply cannot learn from the experience and lessons of history. Generations of people are born, grow and grow old, but history keeps repeating itself. The same hot-blooded youth, the same ambitious ruler. What amazes me is that the films from more than 80 years ago are of such a high standard, both technically and artistically, they amaze me, and let me watch them, and now I can watch them. There are very few movies. There is one thing I don't understand very much. In the end, the male protagonist Paul clearly painted a bird, was shot, and did not say that he was dead. This is also an open ending of an old version. But why did the film critics say that he was catching a butterfly and was shot to death by a cold gun? Is it written like this in the novel, is it a novel or a movie you have seen? Makes me wonder. In short, a classic is a classic, and it can be placed in any era.

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  • Kenton 2022-03-25 09:01:10

    80 years ago, it may have been a masterpiece, but watching this kind of film after 80 years is really a kind of torture. . . Technological progress still has an impact on artistic performance

  • Fatima 2022-03-26 09:01:07

    5* There is nothing to say, no one can describe the frenzy and brutality of war. This is a very "raw" movie, not a "made-up" story. The torture and cruelty of the trench warfare in World War I cannot be understood by future generations, so they cannot write such a story. Classics are ahead of their time. The first few minutes of the movie have a strong sense of picture, and it has the feeling of a stage play.

All Quiet on the Western Front quotes

  • Katczinsky: I'll tell you how it should all be done.

    [spits]

    Katczinsky: Whenever there's a big war comin' on, you should rope off a big field...

    Cigar-smoking soldier: And sell tickets.

    Katczinsky: Yeah. And -

    [glares at interrupter]

    Katczinsky: And on the big day, you should take all the kings and their cabinets and their generals, put 'em in the center dressed in their underpants, and let 'em fight it out with clubs. The best country wins.

    [everybody murmurs in agreement]

    Paul Bäumer: Well, now that Kat's settled everything, let's go see Kemmerick.

  • Paul Bäumer: We live in the trenches out there. We fight. We try not to be killed, but sometimes we are. That's all.