Astonishing masterpiece! Just kidding.

Rating: 1/10 (1 January 1999)

There can be no argument that Malick can shoot beautiful nature scenes, but making a movie requires a few items in addition to great cinematography: script, plot, characterization, and for a war movie...opposing enemies might help. This film is probably the most boring I've seen in thirty-four years. When I realized the movie had finally ended I turned to my fiancee and said, "It will be better when we see the final cut." She said ,"That was the final cut." "Yikes." Before it goes national, Fox 2000 should consider changing the title to "The Thick Red Durge".
The best thing I can say about this film is that it does have time value. In an era where most movies cost the consumer ten cents a minute, Malick's film is about five.
A Thin Red Line ranks in my bottom ten list for 1998 along with The Big Letdownski, The Avengers and Lost in Space.