The Thin Red Line

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    As a MASSIVE World War 2 aficianado, I always interested in the American campaign of the Pacific against the Japanese and this movie I loved.
    Forget all the cameo roles, they could have cut half of them out and the movie would still be as good.
     
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    Easily Top 5 All-Time for me. Possibly #1.

    Just get better with age.

    Came out same year as "Saving Private Ryan" with much less buzz, and both films lost out to "Shakespeare In Love" for best movie. WTF!! :nono:

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    Jesus Cavezial's breakout role, and he was fantastic in it. Unfortunately, outside of "Passion....", he never really lived up to his potential as an actor.

    From a war movie perspective..........very similar to Tom Berenger in "Platoon" and Colin Farrell in "Tigerland".

    All well known working actors, but just never had other performances that lived up to their breakout roles.
     
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    Didn't it have a lot of buzz about it, being Malik's return after 20 years and all that?
     
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    Not really.

    This was before the internet really made any sort of a dent in movie promotions.

    Came out slightly after "Private Ryan" and people were generally like........."Arhgggg, another WW2 Movie?".

    Private Ryan was a Spielberg movie. "Thin Red Line" was, that guy who made that movie 20 years ago that all the critics bring up but nobody can remember whether they actually watched it or not.

    It also drew negative comparisons to "Private Ryan", because it wasn't as shocking or visceral, though I think it has stood the test of time much better as a piece of art.
     
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    Because Hollywood basically blacklisted him after the movie.
     
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    Great movie BTW. Love all Malick movies
     
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    Didn't get it, didn't like it. Maybe I missed something and needed to see it again, but the sheer boredom I got from the first viewing prevented that from happening.
     
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    I told you Lib. Any movie that has Terrance Malick as the director you wont love.
     
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    I know, and I'll be wary of any films from him too.
     
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    There aren't that many. :lol:
     
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    What, you mean after "Passion Of The Christ"? I think Mel took the brunt of that.

    I had high hopes for the guy but he just doesn't seem to be into the acting thing, blacklisted or not.

    He just sort of sleepwalks through most of the stuff I've seen him in the last 10 years or so.
     
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    Jim Caviezel talks Mel Gibson, being 'rejected in my own industry.' Are you ready to welcome him back?

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    It’s been seven years since Jim Caviezel starred in The Passion of the Christ. Yet it seems he’s still feeling the sting of the movie’s effect on some moviegoers and industry insiders. Speaking to the First Baptist Church of Orlando in Orlando, Fla., on Saturday, the actor discussed being “rejected in my own industry” after playing Jesus in the controversial film directed by Mel Gibson, which many criticized as anti-Semitic. “[Mel] said, ‘You’ll never work in this town again,’” Caviezel told the audience. “I told him, ‘We all have to embrace our crosses.’” Caviezel, who also told the audience that it was appropriate that “in my 33rd year, I was called to play Jesus,” said the starring role affected his career negatively, but, “We have to give up our names, our reputations, our lives to speak the truth.” (The actor didn’t just address his own controversy — Caviezel touched on Gibson’s troubles post-Passion, which included a 2006 DUI arrest made famous for the actor’s anti-Semitic tirade. “Mel Gibson, he’s a horrible sinner, isn’t he?” Caviezel told the audience. “Mel Gibson doesn’t need your judgment, he needs your prayers.”)
    Indeed, Caviezel’s career after Passion did not quite surge the way you’d expect an actor who starred in a $370 million movie’s would. Since headlining the 2004 movie, the actor’s most notable credit has been 2009′s The Prisoner miniseries. Sadly, even that did not quite live up to its potential and was merely overshadowed by its British predecessor. But it’s hard to forget the role that first put us in Caviezel’s corner before Passion complicated matters: Dennis Quaid’s son in Frequency. Looking back on the 2000 film — which you can’t help but love, no matter how corny — it’s easy to wonder whether or not Passion dissenters are ready to welcome Caviezel back. Whatever intention Gibson had creating the torture-laced film, it’s undeniable that Caviezel is a good actor, and one that probably be given more comeback opportunities than, say, the man with the Beaver himself, Gibson.
     
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    Unlike most of you, I did watched this film when it was first released on theaters and found it so-so. It looked very low budget too. I watched many World War II films on tv as a child and this one paled in comparison. Nope. Not a great film. Only for Malick fans who thinks everything he makes is great.
     
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    I'll be honest. I went to see this after seeing Saving Private Ryan and was hoping for something similar to it. The fact that I went in expecting an explosive war epic and instead wind up with a thought provoking subtle hints movie would explain why I didn't like it.

    At the same time even if you just sat me down, and said watch this: giving me no explanations of what it's about I still would have been bored to death.
     
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    It didn't look remotely low budget. WTF were you on? You expecting "Spiderman" CGI?
     
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    You are an idiot: "Spiderman" wasn't even made in 1998. I was expecting a damn old fashion World War II movie. The Longest Day from 1962 shits on this movie.
     
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    Two different kinds of movies. The longest day was about the war itself. Thin Red Line is about what what does.
     
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    On that level Platoon already explored that and was better at it IMO.
     
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    Fucks Spiderman got to do with it? It wasn't a literal timeline statement.
     
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    Platoon was a great movie also. No reason you can't have two different movies exploring the psychology of the soldier.
     
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    Yes it was. I clearly stated that I didn't watched this film the other day and you brought the "WTF you were expecting" Spiderman CGI bullshit. If you can't think straight then shut your mouth.
     
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    OK Panchy, you're right. I meant it literally. Here you go.

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