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Summary: Kills two birds with one stone
Review: A wonderful film that simultaneously manages to reward the perceptive and piss off the yahoos. I can't wait to read what the card-carrying MENSA member thinks of "Eyes Wide Shut."
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Summary: An Astonishing Masterpiece
Review: The Thin Red Line is cinematic poetry with its best and most powerful scenes without dialogue. I must admit the many voice-overs fail to add much to the glorious and horrifying scenes, and can be at times, slightly annoying. I can clearly see why this film was not palatable to much of the viewing public--it is existentialist philosophy in pictures and words. I won't bash those who didn't enjoy it. Much of the bashing of this film is due to its unfortunate release so close to the release of Saving Private Ryan, drawing the inevitable comparisons. Let's face it folks--both films were incredible but different. SPR left me feeling awed and numbed at how ordinary men could endure such a nightmarish ordeal. In fact, I don't think I spoke a word to anyone for an hour or two after seeing SPR. TRL left me feeling awed and numbed at how, in a world of such splendor and beauty, the idea of war could even exist. I feel sorry for those viewers who didn't get something out of this breathtaking cinematic event. The Thin Red Line is not so much a film about war, but more a file about life, the world, and man's place in it.
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Summary: Great Visuals, Fair Movie
Review: Let me first say that I didn't get this movie. It did nothing for me. I payed attention and watched it from start to finish and got nothing out of it. The sceens were cinematic and beautifully shot, but thats all I saw. People have been reviewing it like mad here saying how great it was and I just dont see that. It looked like an attempt to potray war in a different way then the norm and it didnt work for me. Will you like it? No idea, try it and post a review. I just want to say that it didn't do anything for me.
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Summary: One of the best ever!
Review: This is one of the best movies I've ever seen! It's veryphilosophical and intelligent viewers will compare the differentperspectives the characters have toward life.
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Summary: Most of it was boring
Review: This movie had some very good battle scenes in the middle, but the beginning and the end were almost unbearably dull. The viewer is forced to sit around and listen to the pseudo-philosophical monologue of some Southern soldier who was AWOL. After seeing Saving Private Ryan, this movie was a big let-down. I wanted to leave the theater thirty minutes before it ended.
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Summary: The soldiers weren't portrayed as cowards.
Review: How anyone can say The Thin Red Line portrays the soldiers at Guadacanal as cowards mystifies me. It shows them as frightened men who do their job: taking a hill from the Japanese. Yes, there is a vomiting soldier who begs out of the assault and an older soldier, played by John Savage, who goes mad, but they are the exceptions. What about the medic who is killed after insisting on going after the gut-shot soldier or the seven men who eventually take the pillbox? All this film is saying is 90% of the soldiers weren't stoic in facing death. Even a non-soldier like me knows that has to be true. I found the much-maligned woman on the swing to be a very powerful image that worked well with the carnage it "interrupted." In the midst of insanity and death, many soldiers' thoughts would go to what they were fighting for, to hold on to something pure. It makes perfect sense. The Thin Red Line is not a great film. The voiceovers and the long pauses were often irritating rather than illuminating. Character development was spotty. But it was a very good film. The cinematography and music worked well together and many of the images were starkly beautiful. And yes, it was a war film, but in the sense of "The Deer Hunter" in that it looked at the psychological impact of war on the men in it, rather than concentrating on the carnage for its own sake. That interests some people, but not others.
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Summary: Kids or adults who haven't matured yet, skip this movie
Review: You have to have an attention span to enjoy this movie. I have one and enjoyed it thoroughly, whereas my friend who has no attention span didn't enjoy it. Americans ought to watch movies like this to remind ourselves of the price our veterans payed to keep America free. Don't expect another Saving Private Ryan from this movie because they are only similar in that they are both WWII movies. TTRL is not nearly as graphic as SPR but equally as moving. Another difference is that in SPR they are fighting the German forces in the D-Day invasion, while TTRL takes place in the Pacific and fighting against the Japanese forces. See this movie then see Saving Private Ryan and be grateful to our Vets.
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Summary: This Movie Is Good...YEAH, IF IT DIDN'T SUCK!
Review: This movie is BAD! I went with my grandfather (who fought at Gudalcanal) to see it. He thought it was horrible! I agree. #1 Problem: Too Damn Long! This could have been made into a 90 minute film. #2 Problem: Cheesy Effects! The effects in this movie weren't very good. I could have made better explosions in my back yard! I could go on, but I don't think my hand could type that much! THIS MOVIE BLOWS! DON'T SEE IT!
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Summary: ABSOLUTE SNOREFEST
Review: THE NARRATOR OF THIS MOVIE LIKES TO ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS. WHAT I'D LIKE TO ASK IS "WHY MUST I SIT THROUGH THREE HOURS OF THIS DROLL?" ONE OF THE ABSOLUTE WORST WAR MOVIES EVER MADE, NEXT TO THAT "HEART OF DARKNESS" CARBON COPY, APOCALYPSE NOW. A COMPLETE WASTE OF GOOD TALENT AND EVEN THOUGH HE WAS LISTED ON THE BOX, GEORGE CLOONEY IS ONLY IN THE MOVIE THIRTY SECONDS. THE ACADAMY MUST HAVE BEEN SMOKING SOMETHING WHEN THEY NOMINATED THIS FOR AN OSCAR.
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Summary: ENCORE! More of The Thin Red Line
Review: Rumour has it that Malick has 120 hours of "The Thin Red Line" in the can. This film should be about 4-hours. This is a good length for this screen epic and one of the best films of the decade. In this regard it is comparable to "The English Patient". It leaves me wanting more, More, and MORE!...
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