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Summary: Stunning
Review: This is a movie experience above the usual. I watched this movie and even though it was three hours and didn't have the greatness of "Private Ryan" in the war scenes, I loved this. It really made me think. What is war? What are we fighting against? It must be ourselves...Not to compare with Spielbergs (not as good) war-movie "Saving Private Ryan". If you can't stand the filosophical aspect, you shouldn't watch this at all.
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Summary: Please rent this BEFORE you buy
Review: There obviously was a tremendous amount of effort that went into this film, unfortunately, too much on art and not enough on research. Please do our vets a favor and research the truth about Guadalcanal and the heroic job they did against the odds. I think anyone who believes the Imperial Army was victimized by the warmongering Americans really should read "Rape of Nanking" or at least talk to the men that actually fought the battles. Bottom line, war is a horrible waste of human life, but so is twisting history. PS, this movie drags out waaaaay too long. Thank you for your time.
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Summary: Amazing! Beautiful! Jaw-dropping!
Review: first off: THIS MOVIE IS NOT SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, DON'T COMPARE THE TWO! Thsi movie is much, much more. Thin Red Line is a beautiful film. It engages the viewer on many levels. It depicts so many things: the psychological horrors of war, fear of death, and the perpetual motion of nature, how it continues even as we destroy ourselves in war. This is a film to be reflected upon, it is not about shooting and killing and action. Unlike the shallow characters of Private Ryan, each one of these characters has a history, a purpose, and we feel for them. To pass on this film is to pass on a glimpse of a rare jewel.
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Summary: TOO CLOSE TO THE TRUTH FOR MOST TO SWALLOW
Review: It took me two attempts at watching this film to appreciatejust how close to the truth Terrence Malick has come. This is a filmdedicated to a select few, if you have no military experience and never experienced combat you will never understand this film. I found the film a very moving experience, war isn't all action but hours of bordom punctuated by five minutes of mind numbing terror.The effect that combat has on young men came through so strongly in this film. The photography was superb, the action spot on and the characterisation close to perfect. I'm glad that most cant understand this film for the true brilliance it stands for, combat will only be understood if you have experienced it,most have no wish to join this club.This is a thinking mans film and as close as you will get to the comradeship in war. Well done, a classic to be remembered forever.
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Summary: Great!
Review: This is a great film. I don't see why everyone is trying tocompare it with Saving Private Ryan. They are two very differentmovies, and both very good. First, if you say it was inacurate, it was written by a guy who lived it! And why most people don't like it is because there is no big plot. There is no special mission, just a group of comman soldiers doing their duty. And to most of the reviewers; how do you know if you hate it if you didn't finish it? And for you others who say it is too long, I tell you this: IT IS ONE MINATE LONGER THAN SAVING PRIVATE RYAN! So, stop complaing. Everyone shoud watch this, and realize what it's about. Then they should enjoy it.
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Summary: Read This If You Hated It
Review: In Aldous Huxley's novel "A Brave New World" an entire society was manufactured and geared toward maximum efficiency and minimum resistance. This was achieved by intellectual stratification, a soothing drug called "soma", and "feelies." These "feelies" (holographic entertainments like movies) were uniformly designed to produce maximum pleasure with ever-predictable stages of stimulation. As I looked on with surprise and amusement at how rankled many American moviegoers were by "The Thin Red Line", I wondered how far off we were from such a society. Read the reviews below for further evidence: "It didn't have enough fighting", "the plot didn't make sense", and "it didn't have a structure". Just like slaves that didn't get a standard "feelie" in Huxley's distopia, many moviegoers were furious that they were watching a film they hadn't seen 80 times already. The same neurons were not being triggered and they were not getting their standard pleasure dosages. "The Thin Red Line" is not like the vast majority of Hollywood, independent and foreign films and that is something to celebrate not protest. This film is an Opus. Like viewing the Sistine Chapel or an ocean sunrise, where one begins, progresses through and concludes is entirely irrelevant to the experience. It is a work of art that challenges its audience and raises many questions and answers none of them completely. It would be hubris to claim that this film is only about a few definable things. Not even the Malick would claim that. One could say that the film is, among other things, a meditation on our place in nature and how absurd, oblivious and destructive human beings can be when they lose their connection to it. One could also say that it examines war, nature, human interaction, and spirituality, but it does so with the expansive humility of an erudite observer. It is a work of art, not a "feelie." No one is going to fully absorb this film in one viewing. No one is going to fully absorb this film in ten viewings. It is a film to own and savor over many years. If you see the beauty and profundity in that island, the aborigines, and Col. Tall's madness you will glean new insights with each viewing. If you are threatened by a film that does not adhere to the lock-step trajectory of most "movies" than this film is not for you. I'll tell you though, the pleasures you'll find if you open yourself up to it are many---and they are new.
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Summary: Proof of Art
Review: This production is that rare example of a motion picture as art...as poetry. It is beautiful, poignant and mystifying. Read as many of these reviews as possible and you'll get the idea. 1's or 5's. It is a shame this is being compared to Private Ryan which along with it's gruesome initial battle scene was much more a cliched cartoon meant to tug at your emotions (as all of SS's movies are). Thin Red Line says, "Think". I can see why people who like to be fed everything would hate this movie.
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Summary: ALTERNATE TITLE: THE ZERO SENSE
Review: I tried to watch this movie a couple of times. The one battle scene where an enemy camp is overrun is good, but the rest of the movie makes no SENSE!
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Summary: Awful
Review: I saw this movie with great hopes. I had heard it was a fantastic movie. I was excited to see it and when it was over I felt it was possibly the worst movie I have ever seen, right next to Mars Attacks! The plot was awful and the setting kept switching . There was no combat other than about 4 minutes of quick, hard to follow mess. DO NOT SEE THIS MOVIE! It is a complete waste of time.
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Summary: Thank God!
Review: Thank God Terrence Malick only makes one film every fifteen years. This laughable movie and all of its unsubstantiated praise makes me sick. The phrase "character chewing" is the one I've used most often to describe the direction of this movie. Who were the characters again? What did they want? Why are we supposed to care when the guys wife leaves him? The reason I typically don't review films I think are bad is because I lose sight of reason when I think about them. I cannot begin to explain how slow moving and unimportant this film is.
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