Not a good representation of war, not at all

Rating: Null/10 (29 November 2000)

I'm goint to keep this short. I wanted to love this movie. I'm very intrested in WWII, and I've been waiting for a realistic, good movie about the war in the pacific. Well, this ain't it.
As a film, yea, it's artistic. It' "purdy" to look at. It's poetic. Sure, but does represent the war in the pacific, HELL NO! Excuse me. Well, In a way, it does look at war from the individual's point of view, and in a way it doesn't. People in war are a lot more frightened than the people in this movie. They don't start crying mommy till they realize their legs are gone.
"Artists" will like this movie. That's who it was made for. But you want a truely good story about the war in the Pacific? Read Flags of our Fathers by James Bradley, and you'll see this movie is nothing more than artistic war. Go see Saving Private Ryan, and be amazed.
Oh, and by the way, Saving Private Ryan, while it is mainstream, is genious. THE THIN RED LINE IS MAINSTREAM TOO!!!!!! OKAY?!!!!!! And The Thin Red Line ain't genius, are you art boys okay with that? The big Budget for Saving Private Ryan was put to good use. This movie is a waist of production money and your own.
6/10