Pretensions, overrated flick.

Rating: 1/10 (21 April 2013)

First things first, let me introduce myself. Though I had in fact "missed" this movie until last week, I have watched a lot of movies, masterpieces and terrible flicks alike. How this movie happened to be classified into the first group, rather than the second, I cannot even start to guess.
I didn't sit down in front of the screen expecting to see an action movie, and ended up being disappointed because of it. No, I knew full well what I was about to watch, a philosophical flick discussing the nature of war, and man itself. And let me tell you that this movie failed miserably at it. Some people have compared this movie to Full Metal Jacket, a movie that actually illustrated the horrifying nature of war.
The Thin Red Line, on the other hand, was just a pretentious pile of cheap poetry, and repetitive, unnecessarily long scenes. The great soundtrack and good acting from parts of the cast weren't even near to saving this movie.
Absolutely terrible, and an extraordinary example of "The Emperor's New Clothes Effect".
I strongly recommend you not to waste almost three hours watching this flick, I you have nothing else to do, then, by all means, do nothing at all.