Wake me up when it's over.

Rating: 3/10 (17 December 2006)

Nice scenery, but the excessive use of imagery and introspection makes this more an exercise in contemplating your navel than a war film.
If you want to see a recently made WW2 film with an interesting story and good acting instead of some artsy-fartsy coffee shop drivel, rent Saving Private Ryan or Enemy at the Gates instead. The quality of the acting in The Thin Red Line is quite good...too bad it's all overshadowed by the weird directing. I never read the novel, so perhaps I am being too harsh. Perhaps the director captured the tone of the novel perfectly. Whether or not that is the case, I can tell you that I wasted three hours of my life that I'll never get back.
If I were to compare The Thin Red Line to a Vietnam movie, it would be more akin to Apocalypse Now than Platoon or Full Metal Jacket. This, IMO, is not a good thing. Be warned.
Here's hoping that someday we will be treated to a (modern) well done WW2 film set in the PTO.