Painful, Beautiful and getting better every time

Rating: Null/10 (16 July 2002)

The first time I saw TRL I'm ashamed to say I actually dozed off a few times. Five viewings later and I'm afraid I'm still missing something in this profoundly beautiful film. TRL is so much more than a war movie, it speaks some fundamental truths about human frailty, the insignificance of human concerns in the vast scheme, the complex mix of ugliness and beauty inextricably interwoven into everything. After choking down so many 'Pearl Harbors' this was just what I needed. Some of the critizisms are a little scary; 'long and boring', 'inauthentic--not enough blood', 'pretentious'. Sounds as if they're disappointed they didn't get more of the same.