# Rewatched 1917: discouraged at what passes for great movies these days

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**Created:** [March 11, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatched-1917-discouraged-at-what-passes-for-great-movies-these-days/849290 "2020-03-11T17:58:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatched-1917-discouraged-at-what-passes-for-great-movies-these-days/849290/41 "2020-03-21T22:09:40Z")

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This is a great film. I encourage everyone to see it.

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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatched-1917-discouraged-at-what-passes-for-great-movies-these-days/849290/42 "2020-04-18T14:10:54Z")

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I just saw the film, and I didn’t see it as a a pro-war polemic; I didn’t see it as an anti-war polemic, either. Which is good, because polemics suck - including those I agree with. I don’t think the movie wanted to say anything great and sweeping about war, either pro or against, only to tell a story within the context of a war, and I think it was a good story, well told, which made it a good movie.

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatched-1917-discouraged-at-what-passes-for-great-movies-these-days/849290/43 "2020-04-18T16:20:04Z")

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The tradition of big budget anti-war Hollywood movies goes back to 1930’s “All Quiet On The Western Front”, which won Oscars for Best Director and the equivalent of Best Picture.

You can find a clip of the “charge” scene online. It does not make for pleasant viewing.

And not to give anything away, but the ending is _not_ happy.

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**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatched-1917-discouraged-at-what-passes-for-great-movies-these-days/849290/44 "2020-04-18T16:29:39Z")

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> [@Jackmannii](#):
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> The tradition of big budget anti-war Hollywood movies goes back to 1930’s “All Quiet On The Western Front”, which won Oscars for Best Director and the equivalent of Best Picture.
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> You can find a clip of the “charge” scene online. It does not make for pleasant viewing.
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> And not to give anything away, but the ending is _not_ happy.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ciq9ts02ci4/maxresdefault.jpg "The Charge - All Quiet on the Western Front (2/10) Movie CLIP (1930) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ciq9ts02ci4)

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