Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds !!! (Einstein)

Rating: 10/10 (18 March 2002)

This is not exacly the right words that Einstein used... I don't remember the exact words of the quote.
I think that all the negative reviewers are mediocre minds, because Terrence Malick's Thin Red Line is a masterpiece.
I made 2 others reviews a long time ago, so I won't do it again, but I just want to sensitive the people who hated the film, that it is not because the film is bad, it is because they have not the tools to understand it !
And it shows a big problem with the hollywoodian cinema (because, even if TTRL is produced in Hollywood, it really breaks almost all of the conventions of the Hollywoodian cinema book): its cause such a traumatism when people who are not wide-open-mind and ususally laugh when watching brainless hollywoodian movies (95% of the Hollywood cinematographic production, isn't American Pie such a great film ?!? :P ), and watch a movie like The Thin Red Line. Because it is deep !!! Now you will say : f*** you, this movie is not deep, it is boring...there are no principal character, useless cameo by Clooney or Travolta, etc...
First you will agree with me that TTRL is different. Now most people are not accustom to see something different (because the Hollywood industry only produced pre-masticated consomation products (because that is what it is). So most of the people didn't like it because it was different , but also because it was too deep for them, so they didn't understand it!
But what I would not mind to see in a review is : "This is a terrific movie, but I didn't like it, because I am too sentimental and ... "

But, hey , who am I to tell you this ? ...just try to keep an open mind... and ****** USE YOUR BRAIN AND THINK!!!
Bye
PS. It won the Golden Bear at Berlin Film Festival , and let me tell you that this film festival is not a "let's vote for the biggest box office movie" festival like the Oscars. Exepted money buisness, Oscars are nothing.