Poetic,artistic,haunting

Rating: 9/10 (20 January 1999)

I compare this movie to Apocalypse Now.Some have compared it to Full Metal Jacket....I don't see the similarities there except for the fact that both movies are haunting.Apocalypse Now showed how the horrors of war drive men to madness....Thin Red Line took it even further.John Savage was a good example of the insanity.Nick Nolte was also insane in his gung ho attempts at furthering his career in the army.Good performances abound! The cinematography was excellent and very artistic.Like a painter using a canvas.Beutiful shots interspersed with disturbing ones.Sometimes,however the art got in the way of character development .Some shots that really stood out were the japanese mans face buried in the dirt and the tribes celebrating in the jungle.The score seemed to fit these scenes appropriately.Haunting,disturbing!9 stars out of 10!
TL27