War is a hypnotic, blood-soaked dream

Rating: Null/10 (16 December 1999)

The Thin Red Line meanders along in a beautiful sort of dream-like trance puncuated with occasional cries and blood-soaked battle scenes. Beautifully filmed and thought-provoking - you know that something deep is going on beneath the lazy surface of the film as you take it in.
Different than Platoon or Private Ryan or any or war flick (except Full Metal Jacket) BUT pretty good. My one complaint is the celebrity cameos that keep popping up - they are more distracting than anything else. Sean Penn is good though.