It could be a great film, but it doesn't fullfil espectatives

Rating: Null/10 (9 September 2004)

This film contains some of the greatest moments among war films but the whole movie fails for many reasons. First of all, we should remember the fact that the real runtime was about 6 hours, and afterwards was reduced to 3 hours film, that was finally released. In my opinion, these cut shots make the film weaken. I mean that the film is spineless, without main character and with discontinuous "tempo". Moreover, maybe, the voice-over (the weakest point in the actoral work)was included to make clear some segments of the film (however, some interviews ensure that there was voice-over in the director's cut). And we cannot say with no doubt that the former intention of the director wasn't developing war horror using secondary actors on the background instead of a main character. On the other hand, we can find a dispassionate and realistic snapshot of war. If the voice-over has never been included, we could have found a pretty good film with a cool style such as that we can find on Kubrcik's Full Metal Jacket. What else could we say? Great actors, great photography, great score music... It's a shame that the released edit (forced by commercial reasons) and the voice-over make impossible appreciate the great film that "The Thin Red Line" should have been.