Oscar-nominated “All Quiet on the Western Front” lacks depth

The movie “All Quiet on the Western Front” has a legacy at the Oscars. The 1930 film of the same name won for Best Picture in 1930. But the current movie is a departure from that earlier classic and from the novel both films are based on, writes Brandon Tensley ’12 in The Atlantic. In his analysis, leading up to the Oscars ceremony on March 12, Tensley says the movie leans on too many war-movie tropes of violence and gore, and forsakes the psychological and emotional casualties of combat.