All Quiet on the Western front (1930)

[baumer]

Yo

[luna]

yep.

 

A

[BoxOfficeFangrl]

 

Not a grade high enough for this movie. Amazing that it got so much play in America but pre-Code movies especially show you that people back then were more cynical and perfectly capable of handling less sanitized themes than the forties and fifties' studio movies generally let on.

 

I remember hearing there was going to be another remake of this but that was a few years ago. I wish the old/B&W thing wasn't a dealbreaker for so many movie fans.

[Goffe]

Melodramatic and way too outdated for my taste. I really liked some scenes though, that butterfly scene, in particular, had me holding my breath. I don't know if I would have survived an additional 20 minutes of the original cut. 45/100

[Kalo]

I watched this a couple years ago when I was trying to watch all the best Picture winners, it was interesting, very well made for the time, with very impressive visuals, but it was grim and quite slow and somewhat boring. I'd probably give it a B.