Not a good war movie

Rating: 4/10 (31 January 2004)

I guess after seeing Saving Private Ryan, I thought that The Thin Red Line would be almost as good, considering its length. With a cast that includes George Clooney, Nick Nolte, John Cusack and John Travolta, one would expect more. I think I understand that the point of the movie is having the characters display their inner struggle with war and in one good case, authority. Not that there is anything wrong with that; its just that I didn't expect all three hours to be devoted to that theme.

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Very little is mentioned on the location of the film with the exception of the map of Guadacanal. It seems that this theme would have been much better done in a Vietnam type of setting. The scene where a body is split into two by a possible land mine is isolated from the rest of the movie.

In summary, it seems like a waste of time with the great cast of characters and the length of the film.