Random Movie Review - All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)

Time for another award-winning film. Now I have seen a few war films based on true events and if there is anything they all have in common, it's getting nominated and winning awards at things such as the Oscars and BAFTAs. Most have won Best Picture, while others have had its cast and/or crew win. This time, we are looking at one that is remarkably different from the others. This is because unlike those that have come before, this one is a non-English speaking film. Sure, there is an English dub of it on Netflix as well as the option for subtitles, but this I would say is the first to not be and English-speaking film. So let's see if it is indeed worthy of the awards it has received thus far:

Based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque, we are three years into World War I and a group of teenagers, have signed up to join the German forces at war. What they think, at first, may be all fun and games. Little do they know that it's far from it. Their humanity will be tested, their emotions will run sky-high, and they may not live till the end of this war. While that's happening, peace talks led by Matthias Erzberger (played by Daniel Bruhl) begin to take place with the Allied Forces.

I can see why this film won and has been nominated for many awards. It's definitely one that truly shows the reality of war. Not all fun and games at all, with it taking the toll of one's humanity. It's also very intense in areas, emotionally driven, and actually makes me not want to consider joining the army. Never really planned to anyway, and this film kind of demonstrates why that is. So yeah, it deserves the awards it has received so far and of all the war films I have seen, it's up there as one of the best. But some things just get to real for me to consider it to be perfect. 9/10