A Very Thin Red Line

Rating: Null/10 (15 October 2005)

In my opinion only true filmmakers and artist can appreciate this film, not saying that I'm either of them. This film blew, "Saving Private Ryan" away, which was a good movie in its own right.
The problem with, "A Thin Red Line" is that it was a poem and like most poems it's very subjective. You either get it or you don't and so it was so very poetic that it went right past most.
The best thing about the film was the way he Mr. Malick described nature and what happens to it during war. Rarely do yo actually get to see tree's, the landscape, animals and even humims who don't share the polit'ricks of war. Life some how continues in spite of man's mission to destroy it with grace as a almost innocent bystander.
I always feel like most Actor's, to include the Hollywood heavies who really enjoy being able to perform their craft as it was designed, not the nonsense they feel obligated to take because of the money. I could feel their commitment to something more powerful than money...life it self.
Regards,
KI