Astonishing

Rating: 10/10 (9 February 2016)

I had seen this film once on DVD and really liked it. I came across the Thin Red Line Criterion Collection Blu-ray and swiped it up, instantly. I watched it that night and it, literally, left me speechless. I don't know if it was the remarkable picture & sound quality, understanding what to focus on, or both. Regardless, their was a much deeper human element that struck me hard during my 2nd viewing of Thin Red Line. I think the 1st time I saw the movie, I focused more on the objective of the soldiers rather than what the men, on both sides of the battle, were experiencing both mentally & emotionally. What they accomplished is merely a fraction of the much "bigger picture". It's more about what these band of brothers were forced to endure for the sake of war, against a desperate & well dug-in enemy. Those men fought because their countries said they had to fight, not because the soldiers wanted to. You see the horror that they experienced and the moments that will haunt them for the remainder of their lives. Thin Red Line is an unbelievably touching and emotional film that paints a very accurate & surreal picture of what the men in WWII did for their countries...whether they wanted to or not. The word brave doesn't even scratch the surface when describing what those solders were & did. It's literally beyond my comprehension. Thin Red Line is a masterpiece that is absolutely captivating.