An interesting film

Rating: 7/10 (13 July 1999)

It's hard to comment on The Thin Red Line. I personally did not care for the movie for a variety of reasons, all of which can be made out to sound like that was exaclty how the director meant it to be. For one; the directorial showing of the contrasts between the beauty of the land the soldiers were in and the horror of the war they fought. At first, I found this interesting and very well done. But the scenes kept happening. More birds, more sunlight through the leaves, more raining dripping... you get the picture. In fact, it is so abundant that a companion of mine said "are you sure we didn't pick up a documentary?". Another problem was that there was an extreme lack in the development of characters. This could also be put off to the reality of war, where you never know one sinlge person. But i found that without knowing the person, you didn't feel anything accept that some famous actor just bit the dust. No remorse over the character. Now, i loved Saving Private Ryan, and these are two very different films. But to even suggest that The thin red line is a superior film is to me completely without merit. Judge for yourself; The Thin Red Line is most definitely worth seeing, at least once.