IN THE ARMY NOW:
It’s the first world war and everyone wants to do their parts. What at first seems like honor and pride in serving for the country turns out to be more work and pain than honor and pride. The young men of Germany quickly find out that serving in the military is more than what they first figured it would be. Life for these young men in the war might have started off looking glamorous but it ends up being nothing but pain and death.

WAR IS NOT COOL:
“All Quiet on the Western Front” tells the story of war in a way that no other film has before. With most movies war is either shown as being fun where the ones serving meet new friends or it’s something that allows the main character to have some personal growth. What this film does is make the viewer realize that being at war is nothing but harsh, painful, and filled with death. There’s really no glamour at all in this film but it’s simplicity makes it wonderful.

Though I didn’t like how they movie was in English, I felt a movie about Germans should have been in German, it was still an astonishing film to watch. What I first noticed in this movie was the cinematography. Such simple shots of the men walking while looking back or the wide angle shots just made this movie look amazing. This is one of those films where the plot does make a big impact but it’s the way it’s film that makes the film work. Almost all scenes have some sort of emotionally impact while watching and though the acting does a good job at portraying this emotion, it’s the cinematography that allows the emotions of the characters and scenes to come across. This movie really shows how war is nothing but war and death. There’s nothing fun about having to kill others and it’s shown on the battlefield. It’s amazing how realistic this movie looks and feels.

THE WAR ON BLU RAY:
What makes this movie really amazing, other than the excellent acting and plot, is the way it looks on the television. This Blu Ray was really impressive with it’s impressive sound quality and more so with it’s picture quality. Even with as old a film as it is there’s a very crisp quality to the picture that makes it look really good. The sound levels are really good, so good that I had the volume levels set under 10 on the television set, a rare occurrence for most movies. The way this movie looks is almost as impressive as the movie itself is.