All Along the Western Front

While I'd prefer to read the book to get the true meaning and feeling intended by d. Lewis Milestone, the movie seems to do a good job in portraying the different scenarios in war. Honestly, well... obviously, if I were just watching this movie alone, I wouldn't be able to interpret the movie the same way we do in class. Surprisingly, though, All Along the Western Front is a somewhat entertaining movie, which is so surprising because I didn't think that I, a twenty first century teenager, would be able to appreciate a black and white movie from the 1930s. Anyway, I actually found it humorous how each man was fascinated by their new pair of leather boots and ended up dying or stopping a bullet. I understand the whole idea of how the men get killed but the boots live on, but what happens when the boots tear? I believe there is a beginning and an end to everything besides, perhaps,the supernatural. THE BOOTS WILL DIE.