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<blockquote data-quote="Angela Channing" data-source="post: 351753" data-attributes="member: 33">All Quiet On The Western Front (2022)<img src="https://posterspy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/all-quiet-on-the-western-front_V2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 377px" />I was drawn to watching this film after reading it was nominated for a large number of BAFTAs this week and having seen it I can tell why. It&#039;s a epic telling of the story that is visually stunning and takes the viewer through a large range of emotions before it concludes in a poignant ending.In 1917, a group of teenage friends enlist in the German army. They are enthusiastic to fight for their country but naive about what to expect. They very quickly find out that war is brutal, barbaric and in the case of some of them, lethal. The film doesn&#039;t shy away from the full horrors of war and it contrasts the tough conditions that the soldiers have to endure with the relative comfort their leaders are in while they discuss a possible ceasefire and later surrender. The soldiers as shown as having mothers, siblings, partners and children, ordinary people not as the spawn of the devil as Germans are sometime portrayed in First World War films. It is a German film though so it&#039;s interesting to see the story told from their perspective. The young actors playing the lead roles are outstanding and are incredibly moving in certain scenes. Felix Kammerer, who plays a soldier called Paul and is the main focus of the film, is quite brilliant and was able to say so much with just his face and no dialogue. I will follow his career with interest.Overall, it&#039;s a superior war film that is well worth watching.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Angela Channing, post: 351753, member: 33"] [B]All Quiet On The Western Front (2022)[/B] [IMG width="377px"]https://posterspy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/all-quiet-on-the-western-front_V2.jpg[/IMG] I was drawn to watching this film after reading it was nominated for a large number of BAFTAs this week and having seen it I can tell why. It's a epic telling of the story that is visually stunning and takes the viewer through a large range of emotions before it concludes in a poignant ending. In 1917, a group of teenage friends enlist in the German army. They are enthusiastic to fight for their country but naive about what to expect. They very quickly find out that war is brutal, barbaric and in the case of some of them, lethal. The film doesn't shy away from the full horrors of war and it contrasts the tough conditions that the soldiers have to endure with the relative comfort their leaders are in while they discuss a possible ceasefire and later surrender. The soldiers as shown as having mothers, siblings, partners and children, ordinary people not as the spawn of the devil as Germans are sometime portrayed in First World War films. It is a German film though so it's interesting to see the story told from their perspective. The young actors playing the lead roles are outstanding and are incredibly moving in certain scenes. Felix Kammerer, who plays a soldier called Paul and is the main focus of the film, is quite brilliant and was able to say so much with just his face and no dialogue. I will follow his career with interest. Overall, it's a superior war film that is well worth watching. [/QUOTE]

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