I've read the book, I've see the 1930 movie, read the book again, watched the 1979 remake with Ernest Borgnine and Richard Thomas, watched the 1930 version again. Last week I watched the Netflix 2022 remake. How could anybody screw this up so bad? They had a book and two previous movies to get it right to the title!
This remake is equal in disaster to Winchester's post 1964 Model 70 rifle. Like the Model 70, it may have been acceptable IF they didn't use the title of the book or first two movies, (had Winchester named the 1964 rifle something other than a Model 70 it probably would have gone a lot better). Had Netflix named this movie something other than, ''All Quiet On The Western Front'' I would praise it. The cinematography is great, special effects are fantastic, props seem accurate, (a lot more so than the 1979 version) the story line might be acceptable if the title were something else. The only thing that the remake follows to the book is, the two main characters, Paul and Kat, and they both get killed before the end of the war, and that's it. It's a whole different story line, no where resembling the book or first two movies. I tell ya, the story is totally different! The last act of the movie is also disturbing, the Germans launch an offensive at 10:45, November 11, 1918? The Germans from what I've read sat quietly in their positions waiting for 11:00 and peace. The only troops I know of to have attacked on the morning of 11-11-18 were American, and the Germans tried to wave them off before shooting in self defense.
Al in all the movie isn't bad, but it's not, ''All Quiet On The Western Front''. Not even close.