Best movie ever!!!

Rating: 10/10 (26 December 2002)

Just let me say a few words about it:
In my opinion, this should be the true number one in the list of all time best movies. Only shades in front of Citizen Kane, but considering the time, it was 1930 when it was made and the subject it deals with, it has to be ranked at the top spot.
Extraordinary cinematography, brilliant directing, very good acting (25 years before there was any "method acting"), realistic and superb writing!!! Do I have to say more?
Yes!
Take a look at the reviews for "Saving Private Ryan": The movie to end all wars. This has not been topped in stupidity by any other living being on this planet. SPR is technically brilliant (several Oscars deserved) but the screenplay was such a bulls***. And even this crap earned an Oscar nomination. Hahahahaha.... Ridicules. Shame on you Hollywood. (But that is another story) I just wanted to make clear, that in comparison to "All quiet on the western front", SPR is extremely badly written. Watch this movie and you'll see war movies with another eye. It is so great, that I can't get it into words, sorry. But do yourself a favour: BUY this one. And see for yourself. It is worth ten times the price you'll pay. Believe me. And thank me later.
By the way: This is not the only good war movie. Also "Das Boot", "The deer hunter", "Apocalypse Now" and "The thin red line" are, in my opinion, very, very good. But "All quiet on the western front" tops them all.

10/10