Anybody seen this one yet?
Nice to see the perspective from the "wrong" side for once.
Though for what its worth the book "All Quiet on the Western Front" and the original movie were pretty seriously criticized by some other big author-vets of the time from both sides of said Western front eg Herbert Mcbride and Ernst Junger. "Men do not make such cringing dramatic facial expressions in real combat" I believe is Mcbride's quote.
Junger took some similar issue with the work IIRC, calling the experience of trench warfare "transcendent" instead.
-"As the storm raged around us, I walked up and down my sector. The men had fixed bayonets. They stood stony and motionless, rifle in hand, on the front edge of the dip, gazing into the field. Now and then, by the light of a flare, I saw steel helmet by steel helmet, blade by glinting blade, and I was overcome by a feeling of invulnerability. We might be crushed, but surely we could not be conquered."
And Junger was in it for the long haul, 1914-1918, wounded 14x, numerous medals.
But everyone is different, and Remarque seems to be made of more peaceful ingredients than the other two. If only our politicians had such makeup, I believe is the message to take away ?