Thursday, February 21, 2008

The Thin Red Line (1998)

It came out the same year as another war movie, but I hadn't noticed this until fairly recently. That's a real shame, because in almost every way it surpasses the other, more accepted film. 

The only bit that lets this down is the few dialogue based scenes which drift off into meditation-land. That's fine during the battle scenes or in private moments, but the introspection doesn't work when there are two people beating out an idea together. 

The story is fine, it tentpoles between points and eventually leaves you with your own ideas, not something designed. That's fine with me.

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