Passchendaele Vs. All Quiet On The Western Front

I believe that “Passchendaele” was a better film than “All Quiet on the Western Front.” I think this because, Passchendaele had a more enticing and more interesting story, Passchendaele was visually more appealing, and Passchendaele was told from the Canadian side. All these reasons are why I believe that “Passchendaele” was a better film.

I think “Passchendaele” had a more interesting story because; the story flowed nicely and was easier to understand what was going on. The story was about a Canadian soldier named David that got enlisted in to the army, David’s mother blames his Father for this, so his father must re-enlist himself and go protect his son. So the plot of this movie is understandable and interesting. Whereas for “All Quiet on the Western Front” the plot was somewhat interesting but there were many long pauses of nothing in the film that were not necessary. Overall “Passchendaele” had a better plot and would have me staying more focused to watch than “All
“All Quiet on the Western Front” was based from the German perspective but I feel it was more different and unique from the Canadian perspective. Canadians are stereotypically seen as the nice goody-two-shoes that help the U.S and Britain. We are seen as less of threat because of our smaller army but we are underestimated as well. Most movies, especially war movies show America being the hero’s and saving the world, blah blah blah it’s always the U.S saving the world and never anyone else. But “Passchendaele” showed Canada winning the battle and displaying what Canadians can really do. Now I’m not saying the a movie from the German side wouldn’t be interesting its just that the movie was harder to understand and we never finished watching it. A movie from the Canadian side and actually wining, says something about us poutine-eating