A complete WASTE of time, film and money.

Rating: 1/10 (24 January 1999)

I haven't the slightest clue WHAT the film industry was thinking when they allowed this "film" to go to press! I mean who's in charge over there? And do we want this person to continue to allow such garbage to be displayed on the "sliver screen?"
This "film" by far has to be the worst movie that I have EVER seen in my entire career of movie goings. I have never once wanted to leave a film as bad as I did after a half hour into it as I did this one. It's no wonder that no one has heard of or seen the directors other movies, probably because they were not allowed to be shown in the United States, unfortunately this one got by.
Those of you that think that this movie can even hold a candle to "Saving Private Ryan" must have seen a completely different movie than what saw. "The Thin Red Line's" "action" scenes are not even close to what I saw in "Ryan" and were no where near as exciting and/or adrenaline pumping. The only thing that "The Thin Red Line" had that Ryan had was the "big" names, and I think that was only to draw the crowd that would later leave out of sheer boredom and frustration from the film's constant over shadowing and character developments. As for the big names that made it into this film I can only say that when an actor or actress makes a decision to take on a role in a film such as this they can only go up, they would have had to have been at rock bottom to have agreed to make such a film with their name on it. I found myself wondering what the films intent was, what was the point of the movie? At first I thought that it was to take the island that they landed on and then to take the hill (a sort of "Hamburger Hill" rip-off), but then as the movie dragged on I realized that it was some sort of man getting in touch with his feminine side and to know how to constantly reflect and examine your previous experiences while fighting during a war. Now I can sleep at night!
In conclusion if you have nothing better to do than to go and waste 3 hours of your life, whatever it is you spend on movies where you live and killing off a few hundred brain cells go ahead and go!! Otherwise I would suggest staying at home and watching the paint dry.