All Quiet on The Western Front is really good. However, I didn't find it to be as great as people are saying. It's well directed, the cinematography is beautiful and it's depiction of war is probably the most accurate and intense since Saving Private Ryan. My primary issue with the film was that it strived to be a sort of character study. But the main character himself was not very interesting. And there are plenty of scenes without him. A film like Dunkirk for example, all be it much shorter in length, does not try focus on any particular character. Because that film was about a singular moment in war. All Quiet on The Western Front was slightly over ambitious in that sense.
Review of All Quiet on the Western Front
