The story of All Quiet on the Western Front is an appealing story to many people of all ages. It was a pleasure to view and learn about the events that took place in Paul Baumer's life. Paul was a brave man who fought along side his friends and fellow Germans in World War 1. It was such a shame that he had to lose his life over pretty much a lost cause. The book was indeed much better than the movie, but then again so are most books. Books can explain every small detail, and it lets the reader use his imagination, while a movie is stuck to a two-hour time limit. The actual first person narration in a book is somewhat hard to do in a movie, unless the person wants a speaker speaking to the viewer during then entire movie, as well. The movie of All Quiet on the Western Front was very short, and left the viewer sitting there wanting more, or wanting it to be longer. It's a two-hour or so timepiece, that's it. A book can last you a week, a month, many months, depending on how fast one reads it. Therefore, even though there were some modifications made in the movie that differs from what content is in the book, the book was better; It was written the earliest, and it has the entire storyline and plot.
             In the movie there is no "latrine scene" which indirectly is a big issue. The latrine scene illustrated the reader how challenging boot camp and Cpl.Himmelstross were to deal with. Paul and his friends were forced to do many things, which did not happen to show up in the film whatsoever. The book in this case, explains many more details to the reader, whereas the film had to cut it short in order to make it an appropriate film, time wise. Because of this, the moviemakers could not fit this indirectly important scene into the movie. It's a shame, really, that such vital details are left out in most movies. Surely, most people must feel the same way. This makes the conflict with Himmelstross not as significant, ...