Amazing and thought provoking.

Rating: Null/10 (17 July 2011)

I was amazed by the graphic nature of this film,yet I suppose if you are going to produce a film that condemns war,you would want to drive the point home in the best way that you can.All Quiet on the Western Front succeeds at this with leaps and bounds.I found it incredible how a film from the early 1930's reminded me so much of a much more recent war classic,Saving Private Ryan.For example,the soldier who was obsessed with having his dead friend's boots because he needed some to replace the ones he had which made him feel miserable.He obtains them,marching into battle with a comfortable smile on his face,only to be killed almost immediately.This reminds me so much of the soldier from SPR who had a hole shot in his helmet as it rested on his head,who was taken out seconds later as he talked about how lucky he was.All Quiet is an amazing,ahead of it's time,thought provoking film.