Beautiful, poetic, and ultimately boring

Rating: Null/10 (25 February 1999)

More a piece of kinetic art than a work of cinema, Terrence Malick's overlong war epic lacks any coherent narrative structure. With so little for the audience to hold on to, the mind wanders, the attention blurs, and the beautiful imagery and magical cinematography pass in front of our eyes with barely an emotion being raised. A bold statement about the monotony of war, reflected in the monotony of self indulgent cinema.