splendid

Rating: 9/10 (17 December 2004)

When I first got the movie in video format, I remember myself staring in astonishment the end credits.I was shocked!! Why?
Just because I saw a movie of sublime quality I couldn't expect. I thought I was going to view a warlike film just like the others. I have to say that I don't underestimate this kind of movies; I consider myself a fan, but at that time I needed something different, something that was almost never been said before in this section, an alternative aspect and approach on the primeval destructive behavior of mankind.
This film by Terrence Malick prepares the ground from the beginning. If you think you're going to face a total war movie then you have missed the point. "The Thin Red Line" is made in favor of emotions. It is an ode to peace, a "denudation" of warlike tactics, a total expression of human feelings of all kinds. From affection to disgust, from love to hate, from humbleness to arrogance, from heroism to the dread against duty, from keen action to catatonic acceptance of ghastly war reality.
Only a look to the cast and you're sure for its grandeur. Check these names: Sean Penn, Adrien Brody, James Caviezel, George Clooney, John Cusack, Woody HarrelsonElias Koteas, Jared Leto, Nick Nolte, etc...!! The performance? Equal to their fame as actors. "The Thin Red Line" bristles with lyrical, poetic structure, even though there's no ordinary plot. It bristles with amazing photography and wonderful dialog and monologues of Private Witt (James Caviezel).
Even if you have a minor contact with cinema, see this movie. You can view it as internal quest...