The Netflix remake of All Quiet On The Western Front was released two weeks ago, on October 29, and while it's a great movie, it's a lousy adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's book of the same name. 1928. Return to the story of Paul, a teenager from Germany who enlists for military service during the First World War, to discover the horrors that await him. To understand why this film is a bad adaptation, you have to spoil the whole story.
What makes it a bad fit?
To understand what makes this film so great and so terrible at the same time, you have to look at the book on which the film is based. All Quiet On The Western Front was a book that details the horrors and happy little moments of World War I and the horrors of watching your friends die about to die, but also finds some joy in what would be a grim proposition . It's worth noting that it's normal for a movie to change a few things to fit the story it's trying to tell. A good example of this would be Harry Potter where key moments have been altered or changed in some way to better fit the movie. Many of the book's best moments do not appear in the film, such as:
Kantorek, the schoolteacher who gave his nationalist speech about German pride and glory in the original book and 1930 film, got an extremely minor role in the 2022 film. Kantorek was important because he was the symbol of blind faith and nationalism, a man who knowingly sent his students to war and still has complete faith in the fatherland. It was important to have Kantorek as a character in the book because he was the opposite of the opinions of the people he was sending to their deaths, but he doesn't play a major role in the new movie.
Kat, who was Paul's best friend and closest ally throughout the adaptation, hasn't changed much in her way of dying. This change isn't bad, but it's something to point out.
Paul Never Comes Home in the new movie, which was a pretty big and essential part of the book, as Paul realizes he can never go back to how he was before he was drafted and how he has changed since he fought in the war. .
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The Netflix remake of All Quiet On The Western Front was released two weeks ago, on October 29, and while it's a great movie, it's a lousy adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's book of the same name. 1928. Return to the story of Paul, a teenager from Germany who enlists for military service during the First World War, to discover the horrors that await him. To understand why this film is a bad adaptation, you have to spoil the whole story.
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To understand what makes this film so great and so terrible at the same time, you have to look at the book on which the film is based. All Quiet On The Western Front was a book that details the horrors and happy little moments of World War I and the horrors of watching your friends die about to die, but also finds some joy in what would be a grim proposition . It's worth noting that it's normal for a movie to change a few things to fit the story it's trying to tell. A good example of this would be Harry Potter where key moments have been altered or changed in some way to better fit the movie. Many of the book's best moments do not appear in the film, such as:
Kantorek, the schoolteacher who gave his nationalist speech about German pride and glory in the original book and 1930 film, got an extremely minor role in the 2022 film. Kantorek was important because he was the symbol of blind faith and nationalism, a man who knowingly sent his students to war and still has complete faith in the fatherland. It was important to have Kantorek as a character in the book because he was the opposite of the opinions of the people he was sending to their deaths, but he doesn't play a major role in the new movie.
Kat, who was Paul's best friend and closest ally throughout the adaptation, hasn't changed much in her way of dying. This change isn't bad, but it's something to point out.
Paul Never Comes Home in the new movie, which was a pretty big and essential part of the book, as Paul realizes he can never go back to how he was before he was drafted and how he has changed since he fought in the war. .