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Summary: Didn't care for subliminal messages
Review: Maybe I read too much into the movie, and I've only seen it once, but I didn't like the projected implication that the American's were being in any which way 'evil' for attacking the Japanese. Throughout the movie, they talk about how what we were doing was wrong and how war is wrong. As a soldier in the US Army, I hate war but I must say that this was one war America fought that we should have been fighting. The aggresion we faced needed to be oppressed and stopped before it reached our soils. Granted, our military is now a totally volunteer military, but I seriously doubt that even during WWII there were officers as inept as those shown in the movie. They portrayed the officers as being fearful leaders who would send their men off to their death without a thought. I found that highly offensive to the US military of today and days gone.
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Summary: The Thin Red Line
Review: I saw the movie last night and loved it. It was much better than Saving Private Ryan. The scenary was wonderful as well as the story line. After renting the movie and watching it yesterday I went out and purchased the film today.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: I wanted, more than anything, to like this movie. I am an enormous fan of WWII movies, and after such recent films like Saving Private Ryan, I was really looking forward to this movie. I hate to trash the movie altogether, so I will focus on what I thought was good (with a few bad comments thrown in):1. There is a brilliant film about the taking of a particular hill during the Battle of Guadalcanal. This film is one of the best WWII movies I have ever seen. However, the film I am referring to is only the first hour and a half of The Thin Red Line. Once the hill has been taken by the Americans, I didn't see any need to keep watching the film. 2. Nick Nolte was born to play Colonel Tall. I have long been a fan of Nolte, and this role has got to be the crowning achievement of his career so far. 3. Somewhere, perhaps in an editing room, there is a maginificent 6-hour film about the Battle of Guadalcanal. Unfortunately, The Thin Red Line only comprises three hours of it. Again, I found the last half of the film completely incoherent. Honestly, if you want to see a good WWII movie, watch the first 1 1/2 hours of The Thin Red Line. Then, leave the tape/DVD running, but feel free to go grab a bite or clean the bathroom or something. If you just keep coming into the room every few minutes, you still won't miss anything from the last half. This was once a brilliant film. I can only hope that the uncut version will be released some day, because I am anxious to know how the remainder of the film fits together. I am sure the film editor is haunted by the cuts he had to make, and it's too bad that a six-hour movie would never do well in theaters--anyone ever see "Little Dorritt"? It was about seven hours long--people had to go to the theater twice to see all of it, if I remember right. The Thin Red Line might be such a great film that moviegoers really ought to have a right to see the ENTIRE thing.
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Summary: A gorgeous, and different, war movie
Review: This is not your standard war movie...so fans of action movies or gartuitous violence (like in 'Saving Private Ryan') may want to look elsewhere. However, fans of great cinematography and charcter studies will want to give this movie a viewing. I think that director Terrence Malick has created another visually stunning work that comes close to his earlier 'Days of Heaven'. However, like that earlier work, much of the gorgeous cinematography gets lost on the small screen. I saw this film in the theaters twice, and it had a much larger impact on me than a recent viewing on the smaller screen of TV. However, it's still a compelling story, and beautiful film work. I give this movie five stars based on the cinematograpy, and for the effort that went into writing a war movie that breaks from the convention of the standard tough guy war movies.
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Summary: Sometin' Kool review on Sometin' o.k.
Review: Almost every movie that I ever whatched I loved or Hated. This is dead center. It was to deep. He looks an a circle pattern on the floor and he thinks of his girl back home making me often times say "What did I miss! " It's action scenes are ok but just about everything else isn't worth it. -Sometin' Kool
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Summary: Dune, done to WWII
Review: This movie was a sincere disappointment. I was expecting a well thought out action/war picture, and what I was given was an experience right out of the SciFi movie "Dune." It could have been done so much better. As Homer Simpson said so profoundly, "I want less artsy and more fartsy." Try again, maybe it could be done right next time.
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Summary: Good idea, horrible undertaking.
Review: Watch this movie for the sound, picture, etc, but not the plot. There is no plot, just unsatisfying glipses into the minds of soldiers. True, it is an interesting attempt, but in the way it is executed the entertainment fails misersably.
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Summary: A look at life (and war)
Review: The Thin Red... is foolish to compare to Saving Private Ryan. One of my top dozen favorite films, "Thin Red" touches your mind and heart with a spiritual view of the mankind destroying the world. This is not an arthouse war flick. "Thin Red" only seems that way because of its comparasion to "Ryan". SAVING PRIVATE RYAN is a great war film. But I do believe it has a formula. With exception to the first & last halfhour, Ryan lacked what "Thin Red" will offer. Why are men sent to die? Is death so terrible? the movie doesn't answer but holds these qurestions infront of your eyes. One of the most beauiful films ever made. If you are a Cinamatography guru, or even a John Toll fan (he did Legends of the Fall and Braveheart) check this one out. The script is all over the place, not messy, not unstructured, DIFFERENT. There are no real focused characters, but a couple are standouts. War isn't about one man, its the troops, a whole army. ("Ryan's" point was to save A man) Malick wrote to speak for hypathatical men who fought in the pacific war. If it was said "The land is beautiful and its covered in blood. I recomend for those who want to free their thoughts on war and life.
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Summary: Not worth your time
Review: I saw Private Ryan and loved it - figured id love this too. Not even close. I had trouble staying awake and relating to the characters.
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Summary: Nothing New
Review: I was highly disappointed by this movie. With such a stellar cast and a topic that is not often covered by WWII movies, the war in the Pacific, I thought it would be a can't miss movie. Not so. Many of the big-name actors have no more than a cameo appearance. The action scenes were well done; however, there were not enough of them. I realize that this was supposed to be a movie about the relationships that form as a result of the high intensity situation that is war. The movie did not give the viewer enough of a description of that high intensity state to really appreciate the relationships that these soldiers formed. The voice-overs were often difficult to understand and confusing. There were a few instances when I didn't know who was speaking. It would have been much better to have these men express themselves through conversations or just through body language. The movie really did not find a new way of dealing with the subject matter. In the end it felt like many other movies that had come before it. But it didn't manage to improve on those films and in many cases failed to live up to its forerunners.
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