An awesome movie.

Rating: 10/10 (13 November 2011)

The Thin Red Line is one of the best war movies to be released by Hollywood, along with Saving Private Ryan. This is a very underrated movie and is not easy to understand at times. Most people dismissed this movie as just the other WWII movie of 1998. But this is actually different kind of film. Saving Private Ryan portrayed the Second World War in a very realistic, very gritty way. But this movie is more philosophical. It the destructive side of human nature and the contradiction between nature and beauty. And unlike Saving Private Ryan, their is no sign of patriotism. The soldiers do not fight for freedom or democracy. They fight because they have to. And the soldiers are frightened, lost and scared. This movie also shows the affects it can leave on the people who survive. The Thin Red Line is a very gripping film that sends a very powerful message.