Boring film - glad it didn't win any Oscars

Rating: 6/10 (24 March 1999)

I have been waiting for The Thin Red Line for some time now. Waiting to see what I believed would be one of the three best films of the year, along with the other two "comeback kids" new movies (George Lucas and the late Stanley Kubrick).
I went into the cinema to see The Thin Red Line full of hope.
Some ten minutes after the film had started, I knew that I was in for a long, hard time in my multiplex.
Terrence Malick hasn't directed a movie since 1978's Days of Heaven, so there was lots of hype in the press about this movie. It received critical acclaim because of it's "intelligence" and the wonderful scenery.
I found The Thin Red Line to be overlong, dull with the exception of a few good scenes and of course, extremely disappointing.
There is a spattering of good performances in the movie, but even cameos from the likes of John Travolta and George Clooney cannot save it.
Watching the Oscars ceremony - I was pleased to see that The Thin Red Line was not successful in any of the awards. I believe that it would not have been deserved.