Review of All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) by Jluis_001 — 30 Oct 2022

It's hard to talk about the irony of enjoying these kinds of films when we continue to feed a cycle that has never stopped. The cycle of war.

War is part of human nature. For as long as we have existed in large numbers we have sought to destroy each other.

I mean we talk about the futility of war but the first film with the same message was released 12 years after the end of World War I and only 9 years before the start of World War II. Conflict was inevitable.

Almost 100 years after the release of that film, we are seeing fascism showing its face once more and in Europe the shadow of war is once again present and once again we will be watching how young people must go to die.

But we are talking about movies and my opinion about it is that I really liked this adaptation.

It's a very good film, superbly crafted and with very good performances when needed. It is entertaining and infuriating with its heavy dose of brutal segments while also reiterating its message, and it's among the best Netflix has distributed in a long time.