Purely Joyful Movie!

Powerful

Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War. The Thin Red Line is perhaps the best film of Terrence Malick's career from the terrific perfomances from Jim Caviezel and Nick Nolte to well known cameos from John Travolta and George Clooney but also early roles for well known actors such as Nick Stahl and Jared Leto. It's brutal, beautiful and above else an entertaining cinematic experience of a war movie that you should definitely check out and even buy on dvd. (10/10)

I just watched the movie for the second time (first was many years ago), and came to see the comments...It seems there are mostly 2 sides: one that got deeply moved and thought-provoked by it, and others who watched it only to see what the hype is about and find flaws...For me, this is one of the movies that influences your perspective on live and through which you uncover another small bit of realization about the human nature...If you're looking for an action, war movie, you won't find it here - it will be too long and too philosophical. If you're looking for something "deep" but which will be fully defined, chewed up and served to you, you'll probably find it "pretentious and egoistical" like some of the comments here.But if you let yourself into it without pre-set expectations and opinion, take in all that is going on and let your thoughts dig a bit into some of the directions, you'll find a masterfully created art that takes a period of time and a location and just shows it to you, along with people in it, from multiple angles, not telling you what to think. Then you are, at the same time, exposed to the beauty and duality of nature (tranquility and violence), men which are a part of it, that are conflicted by that same duality, to their (most often) disconnected thoughts while they are trying to make sense of things that are happening and the essence of it ("What is killing us?", "What's keepin' us from reaching out, touching the glory?")...There are no good guys or bad guys, no heros nor villains, no conclusions or answers, no story (in traditional sense) - and it's still one of the most effective, daring and influential anti-war movies ever...If you want to, you will find plenty of topics in the movie (nature, temporality and relative insignificance of man and his conflict's and goals, free will, love, morality, idealism, death, God, goodness, survival...) and lots of symbolism, but never forced upon you...If you want to see a movie primarily as form of entertainment, this is probably not a best choice. But if you want to be exposed to art, as in - a creation that will provoke heavier emotions, change your mood, make you think your own thoughts and keep you "submerged" in it for a bit longer - this is one of those that truly belongs in that category.

Please help i want to stop re-watching this great movie . what can i say ? i can't say anything just if you haven't seen this movie just stop reading and close the window of this page and watch it. i think and believe there is not war movie comparing with this great movie . Thank you Malick

(Flash Review)Rewatched this now that I 'understand' who Terrance Malik really is as a director. This film takes a unique approach to war, which is a feat considering the plethora or war films a person can watch. The approach is less of a story with an expected story arc and more shadowing soldiers at different moments during their time in combat so you never stick with the same person for too much time. Each soldier has a different take on war; some get power hungry and aggressive, some cower in fear, some stay calm, some fight effectively and some lose their marbles. As with much of Malik's work, there is plenty of visual analogies and symbolism. The war is Vietnam and a narrator is often philosophizing about how can there be so much beauty in the land and nature and why are humans slaughtering themselves amongst it. The film is real and raw and at times mentally surreal as it meanders through the war in a similar way as Apocalypse Now does except much less dark and insane. It clocks in at a hefty 2hr 50min and its point is certainly made by then. Let the visuals sink in which give the brain time to contemplate and let Malik wash over you as only he can do.