Complete utter waste of time and money

Rating: 5/10 (2 March 1999)

"The Thin Red Line" was the most overrated movie of the year. A complete waste of money and time.
There are absolutely no characters to get involved with. There isn't even a central character. Many of the characters (especially the stars) disappear from time to time. Sure the lingering shots of wildlife were beautiful, but by the umpteenth time we are shown the local fauna you just wish the film would just hurry up and end.
Plus the message of this movie, which Malick spends so much time to display doesn't even ring true. I get the feeling that he is trying to say that war rips apart nature with its violence. But nature is also a place of violence.