An excellent World War II drama about the war inside and outside of a soldiers mind

Rating: 10/10 (9 September 2001)

This might be one of the best war movies I've ever seen. I love war movies, and look for war movies with tons of battle action. But the Thin Red Line is one of the best movies I've ever seen. After the fall of Hitler, the last side of the Axis was Japan, who were already building some of their Pacific Empire. The Allies now send in troops to reclaim the Pacific. The troops that were sent fights the war and the war inside them. The Thin Red Line shows the hauntingly realistic drama of the emotional breakdowns of the soldiers in World War II.
However, there are still flaws in this movie. First of all, it is PRETTY BORING sometimes. Especially the first 30 minutes which nothing happens. The first 30 minutes is Shakespeare in Love compared to the first 30 minutes of Saving Private Ryan. Most of the movie is talk of how feelings change inside each soldiers minds, as they realize these Japs aren't killing because they want to, they kill because they are ordered to. This makes the movie pretty boring to action seeking viewers, so I recommend to those people to not watch this movie, because they will love to hate this movie. But I still liked it because I long to watch a movie with an accurate view of how the soldier thought during World War II.
Another is the clothing and weapons are kind of inaccurate. Most of the World War II movies you see have clothing and weapons all nearly similar to each other. However, the Thin Red Line showed clothing and weapons nothing like others. Especially the Thompson Submachine gun, or it supposedly is. the little thing on the cannon could be a silencer but it looks weird. However, it isn't really much of a flaw.
What p***es me off real bad is WHY IS GEORGE CLOONEY POSTED AS A MAJOR CHARACTER??!!! Hes in the movie for only 2 minutes! If Terrence Malick spent some million dollars of their $52 million budget to put George Clooney in the movie for 2 minutes and posting him as a major character, then he should have just said "GET THE F*** OUT OF MY STUDIO!"
Anyway, the Thin Red Line is a good World War II movie with some good action and an excellent view of the soldier's mind in the war. It is my 2nd favorite war movie, 1st is Saving Private Ryan, for I do seek action in war movies.
Give this movie a 9.5 out of 10.