The Thin Red Line

Rating: 6/10 (22 September 2005)

It is called a very good war film, but I think I only wanted to see it for the amount of good stars appearing in it. By the way, The Thin Red Line is a term used in the war for something. To be honest, I was interested in what the battle was, just the battles themselves, and who was in them. Starring, in alphabetical order, The Pianist's Adrien Brody as Cpl. Fife, James Caviezel as Pvt. Witt, Ben Chaplin as Pvt. Bell, George Clooney as Capt. Bosche, John Cusack as Capt. Gaff, Woody Harrelson as Sgt. Keck, Thomas Jane as Pvt. Ash, Elias Koteas as Capt. Staros, Jared Leto as 2nd Lt. Whyte, Tim Blake Nelson as Pvt. Tills, Nick Nolte as Lt. Col. Tall, The Lord of the Rings' Miranda Otto as Marty Bell, Sean Penn as 1st Sgt. Welsh, John C. Reilly as Sgt. Storm, Terminator 3's Nick Stahl as Pvt. 1cl Beade and John Travolta as Brig. Gen. Quintard. It was nominated the Oscars for Best Cinematography, Best Director for Terrence Malick, Best Film Editing, Best Music for Hans Zimmer, Best Sound, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (also for Malick) and Best Picture. It was number 16 on The 100 Greatest War Films. Good, in my opinion!