To be honest I didnāt get to the end of it. Just didnāt grab me. The book probably ruined me watching the film. Good effort though imho
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Absolutely remarkable. Works better if you can understand the German as a fair amount of the nuances are lost in the subtitles - As Polski said, you cant enjoy it in the literal sense, but its an incredible piece of film making. It was always going o be different from a a film made in 1930, but I think it delivers its anti-war harrowing message with conviction and honesty. Watch, think and thank fuck it was not you.
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The tank scene is justā¦
Re subtitles versus understanding Germanā¦ there is one scene which is made all the more poignant because of its association with a nursery song every German child will know, which is then adapted a little to fit, after they have stolen the goose and eaten the gooseā¦ which causes the ājaegerā (hunter) to come after you with his gunā¦
Not sure I could watch it, my grandpappy was never found.
You might think, how can you relate to someone you never knew. I thought that too but contributed to a small memorial exhibition at Abridge Village Hall in the way of Photographs and documents for the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day.
I visited with Lady Slowlane and was choked at the little tableau they had put together for the five men of the village who had died.
It was an emotion that had taken me totally by surprise.
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Very moving - interestingly, I listened to Mark Kermodeās review of AQOTWF, and he mentioned that after seeing the original 1930s film the then League of Nations suggested it should be shown in every school, in every land, until the word āwarā was lost from all dictionariesā¦
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Why on earth would you do that!!
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Indeed 
Distant memory of Kermode and Mayo, didnāt Kermode constantly bang on about āthe two best films ever madeā being Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and The Exorcist? 
It appears that others have noticed
Critics and viewers heap praise on All Quiet on the Western Front
Surely must be in contention for some Oscars
Itās the Daily Heil
Love the fact they say ācritics and viewers are calling for it to get an Oscarā The hyperbole in the article is amusing. As much as I didnāt watch it all I can see it is cinematically good
But they donāt get how Oscars are voted for and awarded.
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But imho it has a chance as foreign language film, but also Cinematography
I think itās already submitted for the foreign language category
Yep henceā¦
In other significantly less highbrow news
The Playbirds - Netflix
1978 very very very soft porn by todayās standards.
Terrible acting & some relatively well known faces - but ignoring the script itself, a snapshot of the late ā70ās
Sort of a cinematic version of the hedge porn we used to find as nippers, but sadly now disappeared with the modern media
Old times.
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Mary Millington? 
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Yep - thatās the bunny.
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I liked her cameo in the Great Rock and Roll Swindle.
I liked her in everything she did, tbf 
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Its a real shame foreign language films never get nominated for the top acting and directing awardsā¦ because I would say it is certainly deserving of some of them.
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Itās very US English-language centric tbf - Everyone else is starting from behind shite English language films
Iāve never minded a foreign language film. If movies are about escapism then getting to see a glimpse of something incredibly unfamiliar is one of the best ways to achieve it.
If I had to pick favourites itād have to be Jean de Florette and Manon de Source. Youāve got to watch them both, in order.
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