The Thin Red Line (DVD, 2009, Widescreen; Sensormatic)

This is an excellent movie. There are a lot of big name actors in this film. Overall though i would recommend this movie to anyone that likes war movies.

After 20 years of solice, Terrence Malick hit a home run with his film adaptation of a remake (The Thin Red Line, 1964 <Novel by James Jones>). Too much information very well could leave this film in the ditch, however, I don't think this will disappoint anyone. Terrence Malick's reputation as one of film's most brilliant directors, enabled him to draw the largest all-star casts in Hollywood history. The only thing that I would have hoped for was a better representation of minorities within the cast.

We all must start fresh as we pick up after the 2nd World War in Europe and begin our lengthy saga of fighting in the Pacific. Our author (James Jones) keys upon a WWII story following the efforts of an army platoon that attempts to capture a Japanese-controlled island named Guadalcanal. The war will make an important turn in the overall outcome of the war because of our persistent heros, however, regardless of the circumstances, continue to press the enemy to total defeat. The members of Charlie Company are all fighting for different reasons: some to achieve glory, some to fight for democracy, and some simply to remain alive.

Our wonderful story begins with Jim Caviezel going A.W.O.L. and getting pulled back into the war at hand. Sean Penn leaves us stunned at his total recomprehensible attitude towards life and a steady hand at love and death.

The haunting music led by Hans Zimmer is totally awesome along with a unending score of leading actors. We see first hand how Malick shows us the true meaning of life in the hands of dying soldiers.

The times that are spent between battles show exactly what happens at the hand of generals when the infantry is sent into battle to die. Nick Nolte never delivered a better performance as the power hungry die-hard 3-bar rank standing in charge of the line advance.

Woody Harrelson gives a fantastic performance in this film when he inadvertently pulls a pin out of his grenade and blows himself to bits.

The Charlie Company, Led by Sean Penn and Nick Nolte, all have their own pensive moods. They spend their last moments pondering on their last days. Most try and search for some meaning amid the senselessness of War.

We all all have to give full credit for John Toll's floating camera work. Our impervious members of the infantry chose not to concentrate on the violence and destruction of war. Our director tries to show the soft sides of humanity rather than making these characters super-human.

We should never realize the potential of film without making pure sense out of our understanding of humanity. Humankind has waited for this 270 minute film way longer than it needed to. The people that lived this were way to brave to tell their stories then. That's why we had to wait so long for it to be told. After 65 years, we should thank a person such as Malik, who had enough vision to see into the eyes of thousands of soldiers.

If President Harry S. Trumann hadn't made the decision to drop the bomb, we would have had another 50 million people die at the hands of a waring nation. The entire world should pause and thank our leaders for making the correct decisions based on the number of unnecessary deaths that were already connected with an ideology based on human lives.

My score of this film is 5/5 perfect for utter perfection. Don't miss this film, whatever you do. It certainly has all of the right elements.

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It really shows you how soldiers feel about war how they feel about all the horror and you see how they change as the movie goes on

This is a great war movie and it shows how people think about God in their lives especially at war time. It is very emotional and has some great scenes.